GDT: Sabres at Wild, Sat 11/17/18, 6:00 pm

[WildCard]

Anyone else notice Foligno tried to end Dahlin on McCabe's goal?

[Brawndo]

  On 11/18/2018 at 10:45 PM, WildCard said:

Anyone else notice Foligno tried to end Dahlin on McCabe's goal?

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Yep, I noticed it on the replay right after the goal. 

I was advocating for Bogo or Risto to say hello 

[Taro T]

  On 11/18/2018 at 10:45 PM, WildCard said:

Anyone else notice Foligno tried to end Dahlin on McCabe's goal?

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Wasn't the only time he went after him.  It kind of seemed Marcus to a personal dislike to Rasmus. Curious as to the source of that.  I don't recall him making Nick Foligno look particularly stupid in the Columbus game, did he & Dahlin have a run in?  

[WildCard]

  On 11/18/2018 at 10:51 PM, Brawndo said:

Yep, I noticed it on the replay right after the goal. 

I was advocating for Bogo or Risto to say hello 

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  On 11/18/2018 at 10:56 PM, Taro T said:

Wasn't the only time he went after him.  It kind of seemed Marcus to a personal dislike to Rasmus. Curious as to the source of that.  I don't recall him making Nick Foligno look particularly stupid in the Columbus game, did he & Dahlin have a run in?  

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Maybe a little bitter about his time in Buffalo? The hyped rookie being targeted by vets is nothing new, but I was pretty surprised to see it was Foligno. Thank god Dahlin kept his head up and was able to avoid that

[spndnchz]

  On 11/18/2018 at 5:06 PM, PASabreFan said:

Watched the end one more time. Dahlin's celly was pretty good. Down on one knee while spinning around. Young, stretchy ligaments must be nice. I'm not sure that Eichel passed the puck to Pominville on the winner. It looked like the Wild player might have tipped it. Unfortunately I'm watching in standard def because my cable company has had the wrong programming on the high def MSG channel all weekend. Finally, I'm still shocked at Dumba quitting with 4 seconds left and just giving Eichel the puck. It's only a one in a million shot to tie the game from where that play would have started (Wild line), but what Dumba did made it zero in a million.

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I’m not so sure he meant to but Eichel put his stick up against the Wild’s players stick so the Wild player couldn’t get a good handle on it. It spat right out of the corner on to Pommers stick.

[Brawndo]

  On 11/18/2018 at 11:01 PM, WildCard said:

 

Maybe a little bitter about his time in Buffalo? The hyped rookie being targeted by vets is nothing new, but I was pretty surprised to see it was Foligno. Thank god Dahlin kept his head up and was able to avoid that

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If Foligno wants to make it personal perhaps the Sabres Senior Marketing Director can tell him to lay off one of the Sabres Most Valuable Marketing Pieces 

[MakeSabresGrr8Again]

  On 11/18/2018 at 10:40 PM, Leaf Blower said:

Absolutely agree. Of course this come from behind model isn't sustainable. Gotta start somewhere, somehow. This is just how it's happening thus far. 

Where I disagree? The culture change is in motion - now. 

 

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Then you don't disagree....I said "keep the change headed in this direction". Similar too your "change is in motion" All is good either way?

[Weave]

  On 11/18/2018 at 11:01 PM, WildCard said:

 

Maybe a little bitter about his time in Buffalo? The hyped rookie being targeted by vets is nothing new, but I was pretty surprised to see it was Foligno. Thank god Dahlin kept his head up and was able to avoid that

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I think we are seeing the other side of when Foligno was a Sabre and there were moments where we'd say, "welcome to the NHL, rook".

[Doohicksie]

  On 11/18/2018 at 10:45 PM, WildCard said:

Anyone else notice Foligno tried to end Dahlin on McCabe's goal?

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I don't know about other plays, but to me that looked like Foligno trying to prevent a scoring chance.  If Dahlin leans into a shot, he would have taken a hit.  It's funny because in the post-game, Dahlin said he didn't see McCabe until the last second.  I think he noticed Foligno an pulled up and just tapped the puck ahead; not sure that was a pass or a survival tactic.

You have to remember that he's been playing in an adult league since he was 16; I'm sure you see the same kind of stuff in Sweden, plus I'm sure the other Sabres and HCPH have warned him to keep is head up in the slot.

Edited November 19, 2018 by Doohickie

[TheAud]

  On 11/18/2018 at 10:45 PM, WildCard said:

Anyone else notice Foligno tried to end Dahlin on McCabe's goal?

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I don't believe Foligno could do this with a legal hit (destroy Dahlin, that is). He's not nearly quick enough to catch Dahlin with such a tactic. More likely than not he ends up whiffing in air or hitting the boards empty handed.  Illegal hit is another story but that's not what was going on here. 

[Doohicksie]

  On 11/19/2018 at 12:41 AM, Sakman said:

Illegal hit is another story but that's not what was going on here. 

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It was in the middle of the slot, and Foligno was clearly headhunting.

[Doohicksie]

Other tangent but... The Sabres have the longest active winning streak in the NHL.

[Stoner]

  On 11/18/2018 at 9:50 PM, Leaf Blower said:

Culture change is real. They ARE learning to win making anything else unacceptable.

This team has accepted failure in these previous years. This unit will not accept loss. They have learned that they are never out of it.

No offense.

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I don't think those teams accepted failure. Anyway, this team and last year's team and the team from the year before are not the same team. The turnover has been enormous.

  On 11/18/2018 at 11:30 PM, Brawndo said:

If Foligno wants to make it personal perhaps the Sabres Senior Marketing Director can tell him to lay off one of the Sabres Most Valuable Marketing Pieces 

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Very sneaky, sir.

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  On 11/18/2018 at 10:45 PM, WildCard said:

Anyone else notice Foligno tried to end Dahlin on McCabe's goal?

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  On 11/18/2018 at 12:20 AM, ... said:

Foligno has a stiffy for Dahlin.

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[nfreeman]

  On 11/18/2018 at 10:45 PM, WildCard said:

Anyone else notice Foligno tried to end Dahlin on McCabe's goal?

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I watched the replay and while I agree that Foligno was aiming for a big hit, I don't think it would've been, if it connected, a late hit or otherwise cheap shot.

[TheAud]

  On 11/19/2018 at 12:43 AM, Doohickie said:

It was in the middle of the slot, and Foligno was clearly headhunting.

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Only if Dahlin's head was about 4' 11" off the ice. Foligno didn't leave his feet and barely raised his elbow. 

Nonetheless, it was so slow and weak Dahlin just swerved away easily. 

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  On 11/19/2018 at 1:43 AM, nfreeman said:

I watched the replay and while I agree that Foligno was aiming for a big hit, I don't think it would've been, if it connected, a late hit or otherwise cheap shot.

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I don't know, it looked to me that Foligno was a bit hard on Eichel and Dahlin.  Coincidentally, the players that we tanked for.

[nfreeman]

I think you have to try to hit someone trying to stickhandle through the slot, and if a big hit is available, you have to take it.

[Thorner]

  On 11/18/2018 at 2:32 PM, LGR4GM said:

Flip nylander and olofsson so they're on their correct wings and yes. 

Also... we should sit mittelstadt 1 game. Just to let him see from the box. I think it would give him some more perspective. 

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You certainly can do that too, but I do know they have experience on their off-wings. 

[inkman]

  On 11/19/2018 at 1:44 AM, ... said:

I don't know, it looked to me that Foligno was a bit hard on Eichel and Dahlin.  Coincidentally, the players that we tanked for.

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Isn't that what pluggers do? Target other teams stars and take runs at them.