Doohicksie Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) I HATE THIS TEAM. I posted this on 12/29 when the Sabres blew a 2-goal lead on the Bruins. Since the first of the year though..... not so much. I actually like to watch the team. They've captured 7 of 8 points in 2017 and just as importantly, they're playing inspired hockey. Please, Sabres, don't take me back to I HATE THIS TEAM. I love watching you now, don't ruin it! The Sabres are getting healthy, while the Lightning are suffering from the injury bug. Starting goalie Ben Bishop is out. Several others are too, and TB is dipping into the AHL to fill out their roster (and no, their Peca and Dumont are not related to the former Sabres). The Sabres know what that's like, they know how other teams can take advantage of a banged up roster, and now it's time to take it out on the Lightning. Kick 'em while they're down, Sabres! Also of note: If we beat TB in regulation and push their losing streak to 5, we pass them in the standings. Likely starting goalies are Anders Nilsson and Andrei Vasilevskiy.Doohickie's pick is Matt Moulson. Look for Matty Mo to score a goal or three! Edited January 12, 2017 by Doohickie Quote
Taro T Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 I HATE THIS TEAM. I posted this on 12/29 when the Sabres blew a 2-goal lead on the Bruins. Since the first of the year though..... not so much. I actually like to watch the team. They've captured 7 of 8 points in 2017 and just as importantly, they're playing inspired hockey. Please, Sabres, don't take me back to I HATE THIS TEAM. I love watching you now, don't ruin it! The Sabres are getting healthy, while the Lightning are suffering from the injury bug. Starting goalie Ben Bishop is out. Several others are too, and TB is dipping into the AHL to fill out their roster (and no, their Peca and Dumont are not related to the former Sabres). The Sabres know what that's like, they know how other teams can take advantage of a banged up roster, and now it's time to take it out on the Lightning. Kick 'em while they're down, Sabres! Also of note: If we beat TB in regulation and push their losing streak to 5, we pass them in the standings. Likely starting goalies are Anders Nilsson and Andrei Vasilevskiy. Doohickie's pick is Matt Moulson. Look for Matty Mo to score a goal or three! Pretty certain that is NOT the Sabres' lineup. ;) Quote
Huckleberry Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 I'm going to go with franson, 2 goal night :D Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Pretty certain that is NOT the Sabres' lineup. ;) Dang it! :blink: Edit: Fixed. Derek Grant, we hardly knew ye. Edited January 12, 2017 by Doohickie Quote
Huckleberry Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Hope that Ennis takes that LW spot on the 4th line :D Quote
SabresBaltimore Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 I'm going to miss the next two games, but hopefully we can keep some momentum going. Quote
jsb Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Hopefully they continue on their 2017 hot streak, team is getting healthier and it's beginning to show. Quote
sodbuster Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Is it just me, or does that lineup look better without Grant? Quote
Brawndo Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Bishop is back for Tampa. Wonder if he gets the start tonight Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Posted January 12, 2017 Bishop is back for Tampa. Wonder if he gets the start tonight They have back-to-back games today and tomorrow. Coming off injury, I bet they only play him one of the two games. If I've only got him for one game, I save him for Columbus. Quote
WildCard Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 They have back-to-back games today and tomorrow. Coming off injury, I bet they only play him one of the two games. If I've only got him for one game, I save him for Columbus.If he's coming off an injury I bet they give him the easier game which is us Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Posted January 12, 2017 DailyFaceOff is guessing Vasilevskiy. They've been so-so on being up to date. (But their pictures are colorful.) Quote
RonHextallsShoulderPads Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) If he's coming off an injury I bet they give him the easier game which is us i mean what is an 'easier' game? he still has to move like a goalie no matter who he plays. it's not like we shoot 45 mile an hour pucks directly into his glove from the blue line for 60 minutes. what i'm saying is that he's going to have to do more than a bubble hockey goalie. Edited January 12, 2017 by RonHextallsShoulderPads Quote
Mig22 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 . it's not like we shoot 45 mile an hour pucks directly into his glove from the blue line for 60 minutes. Have you seen us play? Sometimes the 45 MPH stomach shot is exactly what we do. :( Let's hope that our recent games are more indicative of the shot difficulties! Quote
WildCard Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 i mean what is an 'easier' game? he still has to move like a goalie no matter who he plays. it's not like we shoot 45 mile an hour pucks directly into his glove from the blue line for 60 minutes. what i'm saying is that he's going to have to do more than a bubble hockey goalie.I think we can agree the Blue Jackets create more offense and challenging saves than the Sabres Quote
bunomatic Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Teams regularly gave us the backup because we were the easy win for the last few years ( well o.k. forever ). Hopefully it'll get to the point where we only ever face first stringers Must win ! Quote
NowDoYouBelieve Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Surprising fact: 8 skaters in our lineup today have a positive +/- stat. Slightly less surprising: Foligno leads that group at +5. Last year, the only 2 regular skaters (definition being 41 games or more) with a positive were Foligno and McCabe. Edited January 12, 2017 by NowDoYouBelieve Quote
Mig22 Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Teams regularly gave us the backup because we were the easy win for the last few years ( well o.k. forever ). Hopefully it'll get to the point where we only ever face first stringers Must win ! For a while this season, we had a comfortably better record versus starters than vs backups. I can't find the numbers at the moment though. Quote
Stoner Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 Hate them when they're losing, love them when they're winning. Got it. There's an easier way: hate them all the time. Quote
Huckleberry Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 I think we can agree the Blue Jackets create more offense and challenging saves than the Sabres I think we can agree they have two #1 goalies, only difference one is paying paid more than the other. Doesn't really matter which one they play. Quote
Doohicksie Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Posted January 12, 2017 Hate them when they're losing, love them when they're winning. Got it. There's an easier way: hate them all the time. Then why follow them? I hate the Bruins all the time. I hate the Flyers all the time. I hate the Sens all the time. The Sabres.... I want to love them all the time (but they just won't let me). Quote
Winston Posted January 12, 2017 Report Posted January 12, 2017 I think we can agree they have two #1 goalies, only difference one is paying paid more than the other. Doesn't really matter which one they play. Vas is in a funk recently though.. 5-5-4-6 goals allowed over his last 4 games. And Bishop could conceivably come back pretty rusty. Earlier in the year, I'd agree that they have two #1s, pick your poison, it's gonna be tough. But the timing is right for this game and I'm actually optimistic no matter which goalie we get. Quote
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