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Forwards I trust to backup a pinching Dman: Tage (speed, wingspan) Kulich Benson Krebs Kozak Oh, and Girgensons when he was still here.

Rosen had 1 shot on goal. The line had 5. They had 10 shots as a line the previous game, but only 4 shots the game before that. So it was in line with a "quiet" night for that line. The line as a whole was -1 in the +/-. Considering that's the Sabres top line, you might say he dragged them down, but as an individual I think he acquitted himself well.

Earlier in the season, the style of play of the Sabres recent opponents (high pressure, contest every puck, disrupt the rush, etc.) would have meant doom. Those teams aren't necessarily great teams, but the Sabres style did not match up well against teams that continually pressure. We've only seen "typical" Sabres play in the first game of the streak against Boston- high power offense slicing through the other team. The other three were more workman-like, giving up little defensively while capitalizing on limited offensive opportunities. If the Sabres are ever going to be competitive in the NHL, they need to know how to play the latter style. This is what Lindy is referring to as "grinding it out."

While I can't argue with you there, he did take a lot of faceoffs for a "winger." It would be interesting to dig into the stats and see which forwards were on ice for every faceoff, this game being a little weird due to 11 forwards dressed. I've said things along these lines before, but this team has 99 problems, but Peyton Krebs ain't one. He's not a $7 million dollar player either, but he fills a useful niche. Thanks to Donny Meatballs for training him for that assignment.

It would all work if they didn't "fail to clear pucks" imo. Of course I'd like to see them grinding it out down at the other end of the rink but that's just me I guess.

Why do you even show Cozens in this list when Krebs had 16:26 of ice time and actually didn't even have a line (with the Sabres playing 7D and Malenstyn being the only winger on his "line" and he only had 6:58 TOI). Has Krebs passed Cozens on the depth chart? TOI sez so, at least for this game. Looks like Krebs was taking a lot of Cozens' faceoffs as well: Kulich: Took 17 (won 9 for 53%) McLeod: Took 14 (won only 5 for 36%) Krebs: Took 12 (won 7 for 58%) Cozens: Took only 7 (won 4 for 57%) On a tangent, throw in Zucker and Tuch both going 1-for-1 on the dot and the Sabres won the faceoff battle 52% to 48%. It seems that as the season goes on the team has improved.

Quinn looked like he had "arrived." (Just as Cozens had.) Just like Kulich is doing this season. Both Quinn and Cozens took steps back after convincing us they were the real deal.

I'll be here.

The bane of the Sabres existence are tight checking, high pressure teams. And yet here they are, winning games against tight checking, high pressure teams, partly with offensive creativity and partly with being hard to play against themselves. It seemed like there were very few uncontested pucks either way tonight. Wherever there was a puck, there was a player from each team striving to get it. The Sabres played a fairly tenacious game. I think if they get comfortable playing that style, the consistency will come.

This is a four game winning streak.

DAMMIT! Now I'll NEVER be able to retire!

So now they're saying Dahlin... what a country! And now back to Tuch.

I like Zucker pumping up Quinn on the bench after Quinn was frustrated he didn't put that shot where he wanted.

Really? Who did we get for him?

Pointless.

The intersection of Chippewa and Pearl in Buffalo.

For real? If Krebs had been out there he woulda gone, gotten his ass kicked, and then we'd still be complaining about how pathetically soft this team is. I really think they need to room Krebsie with Rob Ray on the road and let Rayzor teach him some stuff.

Not even if they rip off 20 in a row and make the playoffs?

Waddya mean "looks like"?