GDT Sabres at Pens 11/14/17 7pm MSG WGR 550

[Stoner]

Ah geez.

[Brawndo]

Are you kidding me

[ubkev]

Lehner, you suck

[hockeyhound]

C'mon Lenny, stay in the net. :wallbash:

 

It should be 3-0 Sabres by now.

 

I hope the refs start calling the Pens for cross checking.

Edited November 15, 2017 by hockeyhound

[Thorner]

So unlucky.

[Radar]

Lehner bad play in back of net.

[DarthEbriate]

Whhaaaat?

[ubkev]

So unlucky.

It's not unlucky if it happens every single time he leaves the net.

[Tondas]

Couldnt make it out with a 2-0 lead.  Sheesh.

[Stoner]

He looked right at a wide open McCabe and reversed it anyway.

[Weave]

What defenseman did Reaves just crush before the whistle?  That had week to week with an UBI written all over it.

[Randall Flagg]

The move back to wing has perhaps ignited Sam. If it took his lacklustre period of time at C to reaffirm to him and the team his proper long term placement, it was more than worth it.

Right? I'm so comfortable moving forward now that we gave it the time. They may try him again in the future when we have better wing depth but there is no longer any "what if" for me. We just doubled the sample size and have come to a more solid conclusion. 

Edited November 15, 2017 by Randall Flagg

[Brawndo]

I think we just saw 20 minutes of what Phil Housley’s Vision of Sabres Hockey looks like. I really like it

 

Sans Lehner’s Road Trip

[hockeyhound]

Well, guys who wins. They do.

 

I was surprised Jack would drop the gloves; I didn't think it was a good idea for the fact that A) Jack could break a finger or worse and B) We end up short handed.

[Thorner]

Right? I'm so comfortable moving forward now that we gave it the time. They may try him again in the future when we have better wing depth but there is no longer any "what if" for me. We just doubled the sample size and have come to a more solid conclusion.

 

Agreed. Let Sam grow into the contributing top 6 winger that, honestly, we need more than a 3C right now, and likely going forward, with the likes of Asplund, Mittelstadt, and others in the system, and Eichel and ROR up top. If he develops to his full potential, complete with the accompanying confidence, he'll be better equipped to fill in at C in a pinch down the line for an injury when we are a better team, with more depth.

Edited November 15, 2017 by Thorny

[Randall Flagg]

That last goal against highlights something that rarely gets pointed out with respect to Lehner: Every, single, time, he plays the puck, it's a giveaway. There's absolutely no point. He just flings it around and an opponent gets there first. Without fail. The only time he should ever leave that cage is to stop the puck on the PP when there's no forechecking pressure. Otherwise, our players at least have a chance to win a race and he is prepared to make a save if he just stays put, versus a guaranteed possession for the opponent, with a floundering goalie. 

[hockeyhound]

What defenseman did Reaves just crush before the whistle?  That had week to week with an UBI written all over it.

 

Reeves has been taking cheap-shots at guys all night long. The refs seem completely blind to the cross checking tonight.

[Randall Flagg]

Agreed. Let Sam grow into the contributing top 6 winger that, honestly, we need more than a 3C right now, and likely going forward, with the likes of Asplund, Mittelstadt, and others in the system, and Eichel and ROR up top. If he develops to his full potential, complete with the accompanying confidence, he'll be better equipped to fill in at C in a pinch down the line for an injury when we are a better team, with more depth.

Plus, is there a single person on Earth who can't see that Sam-Jack-Kane is miles better than Pominville-Jack-Kane? He makes good players better it seems, even if he can't elevate the play of bad ones. I'm seriously tempted to go rewatch games and clock offensive zone time and completed passes at even strength for the two lines to see how big the discrepancy is. My eye test says it's enormous. 

[3putt]

After the tussle Sam had a smirk on his face, and I think he was whistling the tune from “ My boyfriends back”. But I could be mistaken.

[Stoner]

Nice challenge for a generally mentally weak team to try and get it right.

[Brawndo]

JACK

[hockeyhound]

YES! Jack Is Back!

 

Thanks Bing, nice pass you gave us back the 2 goal lead.

Edited November 15, 2017 by hockeyhound

[Stoner]

One bad reverse with 16 to go in the first; one good reverse 16 into the second.

Edited November 15, 2017 by PASabreFan

[Neo]

Well, this is a line combination I might leave together for some time.

[DarthEbriate]

I see your 18 seconds and raise you 2.