Game discussion thread GDT: Kings at Sabres 7PM 12-13-16

[MODO Hockey]

:w00t: :flirt:

[Randall Flagg]

It's been a while since the Kings won in Buffalo, right?

Edited December 13, 2016 by Randall Flagg

[WildCard]

It's been a while since the Kings lost in Buffalo, right?

Last year, ROR ot winner falling down over Enroth's right shoulder

[Randall Flagg]

Last year, ROR ot winner falling down over Enroth's right shoulder

Haha I meant to say "won". My bad

[WildCard]

Haha I meant to say "won". My bad

To be fair the slip makes sense :Lol: :(

[Randall Flagg]

I just looked, the Kings haven't beaten us in Buffalo since 2003, we're 9-1 in the last 10 games against them here

[WildCard]

Well now we know we're screwed

[Samson's Flow]

Hey look a hockey game! It seems like it has been week since the Sabres last played.

[sodbuster]

I'm reasonably confident a game between the Kings and wannabe 2000 Devils would put me to sleep if I gave it my full attention. Luckily, I still have grading to do.

Just give everybody a B.

[bob_sauve28]

Is Kyle Ok playing? Any word on his illness? 

[WildCard]

Lehner in net, Bogo skating but not ready yet, Okposo skating and feeling better, should be in tonight

[bob_sauve28]

Lehner in net, Bogo skating but not ready yet, Okposo skating and feeling better, should be in tonight

Oh no! 

[Beer]

I just looked, the Kings haven't beaten us in Buffalo since 2003, we're 9-1 in the last 10 games against them here

This is like Rob Ray telling us how aweful a teams PP unit is 15 seconds before they score. It's uncanny...

[Huckleberry]

[MODO Hockey]

As long as we leave this game with 1 point im happy

[MattPie]

WTF kind of Viking are you?

As long as we leave this game with 1 point im happy

[CallawaySabres]

As long as we leave this game with 1 point im happy

 

I would still like to believe playoffs are not a pipe-dream yet so 1 point would be a colossal failure in my book

[Taro T]

I would still like to believe playoffs are not a pipe-dream yet so 1 point would be a colossal failure in my book

Yep. Though there are no "must-win out of conference games in December," this one would be very big. They're well rested, as healthy as they've been all year, at home against a team that doesn't play well in this barn. Get up early, and this could be fun.

[K-9]

Yep. Though there are no "must-win out of conference games in December," this one would be very big. They're well rested, as healthy as they've been all year, at home against a team that doesn't play well in this barn. Get up early, and this could be fun.

This is the type of game the Sabres win while those more important games vs. division and conference opponents are lost. 

[Taro T]

This is the type of game the Sabres win while those more important games vs. division and conference opponents are lost.

 

Well, that's what this season was SUPPOSED to be. Winning the games they're supposed to and even a few (enough?) of the ones they aren't supposed to sneak into the playoffs. Too many supposed to's that were lost w/ Eichel out. Need to make sure they win 'em w/ him back.

[Randall Flagg]

This is the type of game the Sabres win while those more important games vs. division and conference opponents are lost. 

Yep. If they win, the "tough stretch" that held the Caps twice, Rangers, Oilers, Bruins, and Kings would have us at 3-2-1, which we'd all have signed up for before it started. 

 

And we'd likely be further behind the wild card spot than we were to start, because we beat all of the teams that aren't in our conference or right in front of us, and lost every game against teams in the WC spot when we played them (Caps both times and Bruins)

[K-9]

Well, that's what this season was SUPPOSED to be. Winning the games they're supposed to and even a few (enough?) of the ones they aren't supposed to sneak into the playoffs. Too many supposed to's that were lost w/ Eichel out. Need to make sure they win 'em w/ him back.

Agree. We got off to a good start with Jack back in beating Ottawa and the Rags, but we lost that ground by losing to the Bruins and the Caps twice since. And even though he's in the lineup again, I don't think he's really "back" in the truest sense of the word. 

[CallawaySabres]

Wild card is not happening, have to be in top 3 of division

[That Aud Smell]

Wild card is not happening, have to be in top 3 of division

 

Saw something to this effect on Twitter today - hafta agree.

[Randall Flagg]

Saw something to this effect on Twitter today - hafta agree.

The Metro is absolutely fierce with the ascension of the Blue Jackets and the Flyers winning a lot recently. 

 

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PSA: This game is streamed for free on Yahoo! tonight: https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/los-angeles-kings-buffalo-sabres-2016121302/ 

 

I think local blackouts apply, but if posters outside of Western New York and Los Angeles don't have cable and want to see the game, this should work.