GDT: Bruins at Sabres. Oct 4 7PM

[nfreeman]

Yeah, baby!  Yeah!

[nfreeman]

Random prediction:  Marchand cheap-shots Dahlin and someone we wouldn’t normally think of for this comes flying in for immediate retribution.   

[LGR4GM]

First... holy s#!t can Dahlin skate. 

Second... come on Jack haha

 

[mphs mike]

1 hour ago, Neo said:

For reasons I do not understand, I cannot post in Flagg’s First Goal thread, so here ...

Dahlin, first shift, joining Gare, Mogilny and .....  Rob Ray!  Historians, check my math.

Me neither. I voted for Dahlin and expect him to join that triumvirate in a first shift of his career goal to send every Sabres fan into a frenzy!

[freester]

8 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Random prediction:  Marchand cheap-shots Dahlin and someone we wouldn’t normally think of for this comes flying in for immediate retribution.   

Agreed and that retribution will come from Tage Thompson in a big way.

[nucci]

3 hours ago, SabresBaltimore said:

I haven't been following much of the preseason, so I'll be curious to see how they look. Can't be worse than last year, right?

or the last 3

[dudacek]

@#$& Boston

[LGR4GM]

If you are going to be a playoff team, these are the games you have to win. A team that got destroyed the night before, traveling, coming to your barn. There is no acceptable excuse for losing this game. 

[Randall Flagg]

Hell yeah.

 

lines are fine for the start of the jack-skinner experiment. Though I'd switch Evan and vlad. No big deal though, and Evan might keep a typical Sabres 4th line that's worse than it should be afloat 

[bob_sauve28]

Love to win and send Bruins to 0-2! Go Sabres!! 

[shrader]

Has there ever been a time in the history of the game of hockey where people have been happy with the line combinations?

[darksabre]

Just now, shrader said:

Has there ever been a time in the history of the game of hockey where people have been happy with the line combinations?

pre-internet?

[Thorner]

I have no idea what metrics they are using or how accurate they may be, but I still find the rankings on the lineup listings on this site fun to go through:

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/

Edit: Nm, says they are from Corsica. 

Edited October 4, 2018 by Thorny

[Randall Flagg]

6 minutes ago, shrader said:

Has there ever been a time in the history of the game of hockey where people have been happy with the line combinations?

I've always found it a therapeutic sign that hockey is happening. 

[mphs mike]

24 minutes ago, shrader said:

Has there ever been a time in the history of the game of hockey where people have been happy with the line combinations?

Yes - look at the banner hanging in the rafters!

[That Aud Smell]

I agree with the sentiment and philosophy that top talent should be paired on the forward lines -- not lumped into a trio.

[inkman]

1 hour ago, nfreeman said:

Random prediction:  Marchand cheap-shots Dahlin and someone we wouldn’t normally think of for this comes flying in for immediate retribution.   

It'll have to be someone we don't think of because no one in that lineup, sans Scandella and maybe Risto, scares anyone. 

Anyone else worried about our kids getting taken advantage of with no response?

[LGR4GM]

Bill Hoppe‏ @BillHoppeNHL 49s50 seconds ago

Mor#Sabres newcomer Remi Elie is skating on D with Matt Tennyson, so those two are likely out tonight.

[Brawndo]

 

[shrader]

How long have the seats been different colors like that?  I haven't been in that building in ages so it's all new to me.  It's a cool look, granted I don't hope to ever see it on tv.

[darksabre]

5 minutes ago, shrader said:

How long have the seats been different colors like that?  I haven't been in that building in ages so it's all new to me.  It's a cool look, granted I don't hope to ever see it on tv.

Those are different colored shirts on the seats. Seats are still blue. 

[WildCard]

12 minutes ago, shrader said:

How long have the seats been different colors like that?  I haven't been in that building in ages so it's all new to me.  It's a cool look, granted I don't hope to ever see it on tv.

 

6 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Those are different colored shirts on the seats. Seats are still blue. 

Looks awesome though, they should make the seats like that

[bob_sauve28]

1 hour ago, nfreeman said:

Random prediction:  Marchand cheap-shots Dahlin and someone we wouldn’t normally think of for this comes flying in for immediate retribution.   

At least he won't lick him 

[shrader]

5 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Those are different colored shirts on the seats. Seats are still blue. 

Ahhh crap, I had a feeling it could be something like that.  The colors are so evenly spread and not a single shirt has fallen or shifted, so I was kind of hoping that was the seats themselves.  I'd do that in a future building renovation.  It's a cool look.

[Iron Crotch]

Last season we scored the fewest goals of any team (198) and gave up the third most, so we had the worst goal differential (-80) of any team by far. Cut that goal differential in half or better and I'll consider the season to a success (gotta walk before you can run).

 

A lot of new players in the lineup tonight so I'm interested to see how they all look. Go Sabres!