GDT: Buffalo @ Arizona, 9:00 pm est, 1-18-2016

[WildCard]

Yoooouuuurrrr Buffalo Sabres will look to continue their winning ways of late as they travel out to the desert and look to rip the tit right of the mouth of Remus and Romulin as they play the Arizona Coyotes. The Sabres, 3-1 in their last 4 and coming off a dominating performance against Washington last Saturday, one that saw the Sabres chase Vezina candidate Holtby and the AHL come to life, will look to start a streak of games that will ultimately have them end 30-7 in their last 37 games, thereby getting into the playoffs and and fulfilling miracles unseen since a nip slip gave us youtube and George Bush finished 'Green Eggs and Ham'. With any luck we'll see Eichel get off the snide, Reinhart continue to keep pace, Zemgus will be back, and I won't run out of beer. 
 
Ahhh the Yotes. Every time we play them it's like seeing that old flame across the bar. That one where everything was both ridiculous but exciting at the same time? She kicked your dash and threw that necklace out the window, but in the end you went home with her roommate and she got Dylan Strome? Good times. 
 
Anyway, back to these Roman cubs from hell. For, is that not where Domi and Duclair represent? The fabled tale of twins set out to create a new city of destiny, Domi and Duclair have quickly put the league on notice that not only is hockey alive and well in the desert, but Eichel, McDavid, and Larkin aren't the only rooks worth having. Yet for all of their bluster and talent, they are still young, and as we all know, when in Rome, don't build it in a day. Or something like that. The Yotes are 6-2-2 in their last 10, but are coming off a 2-0 loss against NJ on Friday night, only the 2nd time all season they've been shutout. 

 

The last meeting between the teams saw Mike Smith have a very shaky start, stopping 23/27 shots, including a shg by Kane and a goal by Reinhart. Max Domi shined, scoring 2 goals, the only two Johnson would let in on 20 shots. 

 
Steve Downie was waived; recently acquired Tinordi may get his first start as a Yote; Zemgus is unknown; Lehner and Dominque get the starts.
 
Game Preview 

Buffalo has gotten goals from different lines, which has pleased coach Dan Bylsma. "To get positive results we have leaned on Ryan O'Reilly and Jack Eichel to get us goals and our last few wins have come with [other players] scoring goals," Bylsma told the Sabres website.

 
STATS:
Arizona @ Buffalo, 5-2 win
All Team Rankings
Team Comparison Chart
 
 
Buffalo:
O'Reilly's:
9 Evander Kane – 90 Ryan O'Reilly – 23 Sam Reinhart
 
84 Phil Varrone – 15 Jack Eichel – 88 Jamie McGinn
 
82 Marcus Foligno – 22 Johan Larsson – 12 Brian Gionta
 
26 Matt Moulson – 59 Tim Schaller- 17 David Legwand

 
Risto's:
47 Zach Bogosian– 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
 
29 Jake McCabe – 46 Cody Franson
 
6 Mike Weber – 3 Mark Pysyk
 
25 Carlo Colaiacovo – 4 Josh Gorges 
 
Unknowns:

31 Chad Johnson
40 Robin Lehner
 

 

Edited January 18, 2016 by WildCard

[Doohicksie]

That GDT was absolutely poetic. 

 

I'm looking forward to this game because except for possibly Edmonton (who has no idea how to handle young players), I think Buffalo and Arizona have the two best pools of young, developing talent in the NHL, almost to the point that I view Arizona as Buffalo West.  I'm really looking forward to this game.  I'm hoping for an evenly matched affair that eventually the Sabres will pull out in the end, but if it's close and Arizona wins, I won't be heartbroken.  They seem to be a tad further along in their rebuild, mostly because they didn't totally blow up the old team (which is good because Shane Doan is still doing good things for them).

[LTS]

Am I really up right now?  Oh man.  :)

 

Can't wait to catch this game.  Always had a soft spot for Arizona.. mostly because I love the state.

[Doohicksie]

 

 

 

[Doohicksie]

 

[Doohicksie]

Oh, and on the Arizona GDT on HFB, it starts out like this:
 

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:w00t:

[WildCard]

Loving the gifs, and thanks for the compliment, TBJ, much appreciated. Every time I see that avatar I think of Tank, though I like his new username and avatar (btw Hoss, that avatar is sweet, did you make that?)

 

Spot on comparison TBJ, Arizona is the Buffalo of the west. Constantly afraid of relocation and a huge flux of young talent, I really hope they stay where they are. There will always be a special place in my heart for the Yotes from our Tank Wars

[Hoss]

Every time I see that avatar I think of Tank, though I like his new username and avatar (btw Hoss, that avatar is sweet, did you make that?)

 

Indeed I did. One of my proudest creations. :)

[...]

OMG, the Wile E. Coyote gifs sent me into a tizzy.

[qwksndmonster]

 

rip the tit

 

*shudder*

[SABRES 0311]

Let's put the foil on boys

[Brawndo]

Wild outstanding GDT as usual.

 

This is the Sabres Annual Mentor Trip, each player gets to bring a parent, a relative or someone who has had a positive impact on their lives.

 

Zemgus will not make the trip per DB.

[Beer]

Let's go Sabres.

 

My brother will be at the game. I'll see if I can get some game time pictures. Like TBJ, I'm looking forward to watching the young guns on both teams. I haven't seen much of Domi but he seems to be legit. Here's to expecting our rookies to be > their rookies.

 

Wild, I've been enjoying your GDT all season. Keep up the excellent work.

 

-Beer

[TrueBlueGED]

Ahhh the Yotes. Every time we play them it's like seeing that old flame across the bar. That one where everything was both ridiculous but exciting at the same time? She kicked your dash and threw that necklace out the window, but in the end you went home with her roommate and she got Dylan Strome? Good times.

 

This part in particular is tremendous.

OMG, the Wile E. Coyote gifs sent me into a tizzy.

Yea, good start to my morning.

[bob_sauve28]

Wild and Big j you guys are awesome. Got a good laugh out of your posts.

 

Let's go Sabres!

[Wyldnwoody44]

26CB who?!?

 

I look forward to these, simply awesome

[That Aud Smell]

That GDT was absolutely poetic. 

 

Agreed.

 

That was fun.

 

I don't often read the GDT intros (sorry, really no offense intended), but I'm going to be doing so from now on.

[Neo]

Awesome GDT, both WC and TBJ with the gifs .... my YOUTH.  

 

Tonight will be fun ....  almost like cousins who get to see one another a few times a year .... and learn how the other's doing ...   I feel a tank kinship with AZ .... 

[Iron Crotch]

Let's go Sabres.

 

My brother will be at the game. I'll see if I can get some game time pictures. Like TBJ, I'm looking forward to watching the young guns on both teams. I haven't seen much of Domi but he seems to be legit. Here's to expecting our rookies to be > their rookies.

 

Wild, I've been enjoying your GDT all season. Keep up the excellent work.

 

-Beer

 

Beer is a great screen name. The staple foods are well represented on this forum.

[Brawndo]

#Sabres on the ice in Arizona. AM lines:

9-90-23

84-15-88

82-22-12

26-59-17

 

47-55

29-46

6-3

4-25

 

Looks like McGinn and Reinhart have flipped

[That Aud Smell]

I will say: I never envisioned Phil Varone skating on Eichel's wing. 

[inkman]

Looks like McGinn and Reinhart have flipped

They did prior to last game as well

[DirtDart]

Yoooouuuurrrr Buffalo Sabres will look to continue their winning ways of late as they travel out to the desert and look to rip the tit right of the mouth of Remus and Romulin as they play the Arizona Coyotes. The Sabres, 3-1 in their last 4 and coming off a dominating performance against Washington last Saturday, one that saw the Sabres chase Vezina candidate Holtby and the AHL come to life, will look to start a streak of games that will ultimately have them end 30-7 in their last 37 games, thereby getting into the playoffs and and fulfilling miracles unseen since a nip slip gave us youtube and George Bush finished 'Green Eggs and Ham'. With any luck we'll see Eichel get off the snide, Reinhart continue to keep pace, Zemgus will be back, and I won't run out of beer. 

 

Ahhh the Yotes. Every time we play them it's like seeing that old flame across the bar. That one where everything was both ridiculous but exciting at the same time? She kicked your dash and threw that necklace out the window, but in the end you went home with her roommate and she got Dylan Strome? Good times. 

 

Anyway, back to these Roman cubs from hell. For, is that not where Domi and Duclair represent? The fabled tale of twins set out to create a new city of destiny, Domi and Duclair have quickly put the league on notice that not only is hockey alive and well in the desert, but Eichel, McDavid, and Larkin aren't the only rooks worth having. Yet for all of their bluster and talent, they are still young, and as we all know, when in Rome, don't build it in a day. Or something like that. The Yotes are 6-2-2 in their last 10, but are coming off a 2-0 loss against NJ on Friday night, only the 2nd time all season they've been shutout. 

 

The last meeting between the teams saw Mike Smith have a very shaky start, stopping 23/27 shots, including a shg by Kane and a goal by Reinhart. Max Domi shined, scoring 2 goals, the only two Johnson would let in on 20 shots. 

 

Steve Downie was waived; recently acquired Tinordi may get his first start as a Yote; Zemgus is unknown; Lehner and Dominque get the starts.

 

Game Preview 

 

STATS:

Arizona @ Buffalo, 5-2 win

All Team Rankings

Team Comparison Chart

 

 

Buffalo:

O'Reilly's:

9 Evander Kane – 90 Ryan O'Reilly – 23 Sam Reinhart

 

17 David Legwand – 15 Jack Eichel – 88 Jamie McGinn

 

82 Marcus Foligno – 22 Johan Larsson – 12 Brian Gionta

 

26 Matt Moulson – 59 Tim Schaller- 84 Phil Varrone

 

Risto's:

47 Zach Bogosian– 55 Rasmus Ristolainen

 

29 Jake McCabe – 46 Cody Franson

 

6 Mike Weber – 3 Mark Pysyk

 

25 Carlo Colaiacovo – 4 Josh Gorges 

 

Unknowns:

40 Robin Lehner

31 Chad Johnson

 

Awesome........Best yet. Legwand with Eichel? We need to find this kid a winger...

They did prior to last game as well

I like McGinn on his right.

[qwksndmonster]

Our forward lines are so much worse than I thought they'd be this year. Losing Ennis and Moulson's production has killed us. I was counting on both of them to be solid 2nd liners.

[Brawndo]

Johnson in net