GDT - Sabres at Blues - December 27, 2018 - 8:00 PM

[Andrew Amerk]

Xmas is over. Hope everyone on SS got what they asked Santa for, other than a Stanley Cup, which doesn’t come in December. 

Buffalo skates into STL to face their old locker room cancer, ROR. Can Sobotka and Tage show him up?

Sabres (21-11-5, 111GF and 105GA) are 4th in the Eastern out of 16 teams. Blues (14-6-4, 96GF, 114GA) are 13th out of 15 in the Western. 

The Blues have dominated the Sabres for the better part of two decades. Since 1999, St. Louis has a 17-3-4 record against Buffalo, including 9-1-2 in the last 12 meetings.

The Sabres haven’t beaten the Blues in St. Louis since Dec. 27, 2009. (TAKE NOTE OF TODAYS DATE)

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Game day rules have been suspended for awhile now. The ONLY game day rule that stays in effect is:

MUST WIN. The more must win comments, the better.  

Edited December 27, 2018 by Andrew Amerk

[JJFIVEOH]

Hated to see O'Reilly go, but I'm glad to see he's doing well. Every team he goes to turns out to be losers, but I think it's coincidence. I'd like to see him get his Cup before he retires. He has plenty of time. 

[LGR4GM]

Must win. 

[SabresBaltimore]

I won't be there to help them win, but they must win anyways.

 

I personally like O'Reilly (and bought his jersey). I really don't think he was the problem, he just made the mistake of being too honest in an interview. We seem to be doing well enough without him though, so I'm less upset by the trade now than I was at the time it was made.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Thanks, Andrew, for getting us off and running.

I like ROR, but he will be a great big loser tonight, along with the rest of his team that will be singing The Blues once Eich and the guys are finished with them.  Hatter for KO and a SO for Huttsie, just to keep pace with Lenus.

MUST WIN!!

GO SABRES!!

+++++

LW	C	RW	Forwards
JADEN SCHWARTZ Rating: 79.0#14 LW	BRAYDEN SCHENN Rating: 76.9#40 C	VLADIMIR TARASENKO Rating: 79.3#14 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 78.42#17 FL1
ALEX STEEN Rating: 73.0#54 LW	RYAN O'REILLY Rating: 80.5#15 C	DAVID PERRON Rating: 73.4#47 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 75.61#12 FL2
PATRICK MAROON Rating: 72.8#59 LW	TYLER BOZAK Rating: 72.5#94 C	ROBERT THOMAS Rating: 72.1#73 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 72.48#12 FL3
JORDAN NOLAN Rating: 68.7#125 LW	IVAN BARBASHEV Rating: 70.6#101 C	OSKAR SUNDQVIST Rating: 70.3#103 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.83#24 FL4

 

 

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOEL EDMUNDSON Rating: 71.7#75 LD	COLTON PARAYKO Rating: 76.1#24 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 73.92#21 DL1
JAY BOUWMEESTER Rating: 69.7#120 LD	ROBERT BORTUZZO Rating: 71.8#60 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 70.76#27 DL2
VINCE DUNN Rating: 73.9#35 LD	CHRIS BUTLER Rating: 71.9#57 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.91#5 DL3

Edited December 27, 2018 by New Scotland (NS)
with those forwards these guys shouldn't stink ... D is suspect to say the least, though

[Samson's Flow]

11 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Thanks, Andrew, for getting us off and running.

I like ROR, but he will be a great big loser tonight, along with the rest of his team that will be singing The Blues once Eich and the guys are finished with them.  Hatter for KO and a SO for Huttsie, just to keep pace with Lenus.

MUST WIN!!

GO SABRES!!

+++++

LW	C	RW	Forwards
JADEN SCHWARTZ Rating: 79.0#14 LW	BRAYDEN SCHENN Rating: 76.9#40 C	VLADIMIR TARASENKO Rating: 79.3#14 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 78.42#17 FL1
ALEX STEEN Rating: 73.0#54 LW	RYAN O'REILLY Rating: 80.5#15 C	DAVID PERRON Rating: 73.4#47 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 75.61#12 FL2
PATRICK MAROON Rating: 72.8#59 LW	TYLER BOZAK Rating: 72.5#94 C	ROBERT THOMAS Rating: 72.1#73 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 72.48#12 FL3
JORDAN NOLAN Rating: 68.7#125 LW	IVAN BARBASHEV Rating: 70.6#101 C	OSKAR SUNDQVIST Rating: 70.3#103 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.83#24 FL4

 

 

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS		Defense
JOEL EDMUNDSON Rating: 71.7#75 LD	COLTON PARAYKO Rating: 76.1#24 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 73.92#21 DL1
JAY BOUWMEESTER Rating: 69.7#120 LD	ROBERT BORTUZZO Rating: 71.8#60 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 70.76#27 DL2
VINCE DUNN Rating: 73.9#35 LD	CHRIS BUTLER Rating: 71.9#57 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.91#5 DL3

Those forwards (especially the centers) should make this team much better than they are, but then I go down to the defense and realize how good we have it with our lineup (thanks JBot!). Our Defense and Goaltending has differentiated us from other seemingly better teams on paper. I'm sure there were other fans saying the same thing about our lineup last year when we were rolling Eichel-O'Reilly as our top two and saying we should be better than last place.

Glad to have hockey back - I've missed it during the holiday break. 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Just now, Samson's Flow said:

Those forwards (especially the centers) should make this team much better than they are, but then I go down to the defense and realize how good we have it with our lineup (thanks JBot!). Our Defense and Goaltending has differentiated us from other seemingly better teams on paper. I'm sure there were other fans saying the same thing about our lineup last year when we were rolling Eichel-O'Reilly as our top two and saying we should be better than last place.

Glad to have hockey back - I've missed it during the holiday break. 

Did you see my edit ... LOL!!

[Samson's Flow]

2 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Did you see my edit ... LOL!!

I did. 

I always read your edits - that's where the juicy insight is! Also, from the sounds of it you need to get a new keyboard my friend

[French Collection]

Back in action, keep things rolling boys!

Let's go Buffalo!

[R_Dudley]

Christmas break is over and back to most wonderful Hockey.  

I am guessing Hutton in against his old team.

Win this one and we can get back to putting together another winning steak. 

Let's go Buff-a-lo!

Must win, do not want to suffer the Blues tonight. 

 

[SwampD]

Chris Butler? Seems like he was a Sabre a really long time ago.

[jsb]

Dedicated to the memory of ROR's post game conversations:

 

[darksabre]

We're gonna spend this GDT crapping on O'Reilly and he's gonna light us up.

[North Buffalo]

OReilly will do well but Sabres will win and Ryan will hang his head stating that if he just worked harder...

[Sabres Fan in NS]

31 minutes ago, SwampD said:

Chris Butler? Seems like he was a Sabre a really long time ago.

Not to mention the mumified Jay Bouw... (what's his name).  Never a Sabre (yet), but still 100 years old, eh?

13 minutes ago, darksabre said:

We're gonna spend this GDT crapping on O'Reilly and he's gonna light us up.

Some positive waves you have going there, eh?

[darksabre]

6 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

Not to mention the mumified Jay Bouw... (what's his name).  Never a Sabre (yet), but still 100 years old, eh?

Some positive waves you have going there, eh?

I'm wary of cockiness

[French Collection]

20 minutes ago, darksabre said:

We're gonna spend this GDT crapping on O'Reilly and he's gonna light us up.

Yeah, let's light them up, then crap on ROR.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Just now, darksabre said:

I'm wary of cockiness

You're gonna make Inky blush with that kind of talk.

[darksabre]

3 minutes ago, French Collection said:

Yeah, let's light them up, then crap on ROR.

I would prefer this route lol

[jsb]

3 minutes ago, darksabre said:

I would prefer this route lol

Didn't mean to offend you but I just brought home a 8 week old puppy, so I'm into crap right now.

[PromoTheRobot]

Actually the Blues never wore those monstrosities. Mike Keenan refused to let his guys be seen it them. Oddly they look a lot like the logo of the New Orleans Brass of the ECHL. (They were a MTL farm team and have long been defunct.)

[SwampD]

Man, those Turdburgers really are terrible. They look like someone has a grey long-sleeved sweatshirt on under a short-sleeved jersey and are about to go play football with their buddies on Thanksgiving.

Just awful.

I need one.

[sabills]

ok, but really.



Must. Win.

[bob_sauve28]

What a let down for the Blues. I'm sure they were pumped up to play against Berglund. Oh well

[SABRES 0311]

I have no bad feelings toward ROR. I think the whole losing love for the game or his smile whatever is a bit beta. He’s still a good player even if he sometimes sounds like he wears skinny jeans with no discomfort.

Any lineup for the Sabres? I’m guessing Hutton in net.

3 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:

What a let down for the Blues. I'm sure they were pumped up to play against Berglund. Oh well

Who is Berglund? Oh yeah the guy holding a spot warm for a better player to be named later.