GDT: Detroit at Buffalo, 7:00 PM ET, 11/23/2016

[CallawaySabres]

Back off of lehner in the interview and ask Kane and Girgs why THEY suck so badly

[Randall Flagg]

Does Toronto ever score less than 5 goals?!

Matthews and Jack are tied in goals over the past thirteen games, and it's no excuse for them. They've been pumping in 6 goals every other game. Zach Hyman and Tyler Bozak get significant offensive minutes there. 

[Claude Balls]

Lehner taking credit for being lousy in shootouts. But also says He does great in practice in shootout drills. Well Robin, maybe you do well in practice because your teammates suck at shootouts as well. I could make saves on most of these Sabres players. But he is right about the team hitting posts, they just can't find the open net.

[woods-racer]

To the fire Byslma thread!

I have the pitch forks and torches at the ready.

 

A burnin stake and firewood can be gathered up pretty quickly if given the word.

 

Just waiting for your command.

[CallawaySabres]

Take away that 5 on 3 last game and there are ZERO positives to see in the last 10 games

[Randall Flagg]

Power plays and loser points. That's what this team strives for.

[TrueBlueGED]

Good news: Apparently I missed what was an excruciating way to collect a point.

 

Better news: I got all of my grading done for the week. Not touching anything teaching-related until Monday!

 

Bad news: I forgot to set my fantasy hockey lineup, leaving Ovechkin and his hat trick on the bench and 3/4 Dman slots with players not playing. Whoops.

[Randall Flagg]

In his Sabres career, Lehner has stopped 2 shootout attempts and let in 8 shootout goals. 20% Save percentage.

 

Nilsson stopped all five attempts he faced last year, and has stopped 4 of the 6 he's faced this year.

Edited November 24, 2016 by Randall Flagg

[qwksndmonster]

Dan Bylsma is being a huge dick to Ristolainen. It's like he doesn't want Risto to believe in himself as a top player in the NHL. AHLer Fedun gets your #1 PP minutes and AHLer COR gets your shootout attempt. Keep dumping it in and grinding it out, DORK.

 

Hot Daniel really believes in AHL magic.

Edited November 24, 2016 by qwksndmonster

[Thorner]

Good news: Apparently I missed what was an excruciating way to collect a point.

 

Better news: I got all of my grading done for the week. Not touching anything teaching-related until Monday!

 

Bad news: I forgot to set my fantasy hockey lineup, leaving Ovechkin and his hat trick on the bench and 3/4 Dman slots with players not playing. Whoops.

I thought it was a decent game. They generated a fair few close chance. The Snickers supply seems low around here.

Dan Bylsma is being a huge dick to Ristolainen. It's like he doesn't want Risto to believe in himself as a top player in the NHL. AHLer Fedun gets your #1 PP minutes and AHLer COR gets your shootout attempt. Keep dumping it in and grinding it out, DORK.

Hot Daniel really believes in AHL magic.

Going back to COR was logical as he scored last time. Give him another chance.

Back off of lehner in the interview and ask Kane and Girgs why THEY suck so badly

At least Kane set up our only goal.

 

At least Girgs......has an interesting stache.

[qwksndmonster]

Going back to COR because he scored last time is like expecting Matt Moulson to score 30 this year.

[JJFIVEOH]

17 goals in the last 12 games. That makes the tank teams look good. 

[CallawaySabres]

I'm glad they run into a bunch of playoff teams coming up because they absolutely have to know 1 goal stands zero chance.

 

I'm going back to not watching until Eichel gets back, works much better for me. It's just boring and I can't think of one reason why I should be wasting my time this way.

[Thorner]

Going back to COR because he scored last time is like expecting Matt Moulson to score 30 this year.

No it's not. A shootout is a one-off, a gimmick that someone may be unreasonably good at, or unreasonably poor at when otherwise talented, and Cal O'Reilly is a pretty much unknown in the format, and scored last time.

 

Scoring 30 across a season requires consistency.

 

And he's on pace for 29.

[JJFIVEOH]

Cal is 7 of 15 in his NHL career in shootouts. Going with him was the only smart thing Goober did all game. 

Edited November 24, 2016 by JJFIVEOH

[Thorner]

Cal is 7 of 15 in his NHL career in shootouts. Going with him was the only smart thing Goober did all game.

 

Thanks for this. I tried to find a site with career shootout stats but couldn't.

 

It's funny that everyone just assumed he was bad at it.

 

Small sample size but definitely warranting more attempts.

[Randall Flagg]

I don't mind how Dan does the shootouts, though I do want to see Risto in them (which may blow up in our faces if we try, but I'm curious.)

Okposo turned into ROR with shootouts, which is weird because he was so good as an Islander at them. I don't want either of them taking shots. 

Reinhart, Risto, Moulson/COR. Hell, I'd try Larsson, why not? Carrier? We don't have much to work with in terms of 1v1 skill in that setting, which is fine because the shootouts are stupid and I want to be a team that wins games in OT.

[PromoTheRobot]

Dan Bylsma is being a huge dick to Ristolainen. It's like he doesn't want Risto to believe in himself as a top player in the NHL. AHLer Fedun gets your #1 PP minutes and AHLer COR gets your shootout attempt. Keep dumping it in and grinding it out, DORK.

 

Hot Daniel really believes in AHL magic.

Maybe Ristolainen could make an effort to finish plays? Control the puck? Hit his man with passes? He deserves to get benched. Edited November 24, 2016 by PromoTheRobot

[JJFIVEOH]

Thanks for this. I tried to find a site with career shootout stats but couldn't.

 

It's funny that everyone just assumed he was bad at it.

 

Small sample size but definitely warranting more attempts.

 

NHL.com was the best I could come up with. Not a big fan. 

[ubkev]

On Risto and breaking sticks: He gets waaaayyyyy too much ice before touching the puck. If it were golf, his divot would fly farther than the ball. You have to get a little ice to start the bend in the stick to slingshot the puck. If you get the puck perfectly clean, you're probably going to sail it over the net. He's just driving down way too early on the shots where he's snapping sticks. It's just bad mechanics.

 

On Byslma: Man, his team plays like shiit.

[Randall Flagg]

On Risto and breaking sticks: He gets waaaayyyyy too much ice before touching the puck. If it were golf, his divot would fly farther than the ball. You have to get a little ice to start the bend in the stick to slingshot the puck. If you get the puck perfectly clean, you're probably going to sail it over the net. He's just driving down way too early on the shots where he's snapping sticks. It's just bad mechanics.

 

On Byslma: Man, his team plays like shiit.

I was hoping that someone had watched a replay of his shots closely to look for something like that. My slapshots are awful for reasons I haven't figured out yet, so it wasn't my place to pretend I knew what was happening there. That makes sense though.

 

I've seen Parayko shoot and he also gets loads of ice before hitting the puck, I wonder if his sticks also explode.

[dudacek]

Forgive me if already posted, but Lehner is 2 for 10 as a Sabre in shootouts.

Previous two seasons in Ottawa he was 10 for 14 and 20 for 30.

 

So clearly it's Bylsma's fault he sucks now.

[LGR4GM]

There is definitely a coaching issue in Buffalo. This team has been "snake bitten" for almost 2 years, that doesn't add up. They are under performing and the more you watch the more you see a system that restricts player creativity and is predicated on getting lucky.

Edited November 24, 2016 by LGR4GM

[dudacek]

I'm tempted to ask turd-burger owners what they're doing with their lives.

 what if their turdburger is a game-worn Joel Armia?

[Claude Balls]

After winning two in a row, and after tonight's loss, I expect a nice 4-5 game losing streak. The only hope they have Friday is if the Caps all get Turkey poisoning.