GDT: Pittsburgh at Buffalo, Sept. 16, 2019, 7pm (at Penn St.), WGR, online stream.

[Randall Flagg]

21 minutes ago, dudacek said:

Be interesting to see how that translates against an NHL team.

He's been one of the standouts tonight, IMO. Rare combination of quickness and no wasted movement.

That goal was exactly the kind of mental presence he never showed last year, and he made nice pass through the crease to Skinner on the PP. And he looks stronger. Like how he and Cozens have gone to the net.

Again, hard to tell against an AHL team.

 

As an aside, what do the Penguins hope to learn from dressing a lineup like this?

Besides last year's preseason of course, in which he was also excellent

18 minutes ago, dudacek said:

I hear what you're saying, but how often did you see the Sabres move the puck through the neutral zone like that last year.

I've been hoping that Johansson and Miller would help with that. Nice to see Vesey can too.

Fairly often, honestly, it's just most NHL RHD don't look like the Pens' did there ?

Our transition game last year gets dumped on too much (not saying that's what you're doing here) 

[...]

The score, so far, is embarrassing.

[Randall Flagg]

That's one of those Dahlin plays everyone magically forgets 2 days after it happens! 

[Brawndo]

Crap 4-3

[darksabre]

That was Dahlin's fault

[...]

If this were the NHL Penguins the Sabres would be buried.

[dudacek]

Dahlin with pretty much the first brutal play of the evening for Buffalo.

[Randall Flagg]

Honestly that Eichel shift was the least-encouraging one of the night - the way Vesey and Sheary just sat there in front of the net while Jack and Dahlin and Joki were forced to go 3 on 3/4 with very little room. Move around guys! Make some lanes! 

[Zamboni]

Imagine if it was Scandellas or Nelson’s fault ... we’d have 2 pages of “get him off the team nowwwww!”

??

[Randall Flagg]

Cozens with a very nice shift before breaking his stick.

[darksabre]

Cozens looks pretty serviceable for an 18 year old

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said:

Honestly that Eichel shift was the least-encouraging one of the night - the way Vesey and Sheary just sat there in front of the net while Jack and Dahlin and Joki were forced to go 3 on 3/4 with very little room. Move around guys! Make some lanes! 

Aside from that one nice pass Vesey has been poor. 

[...]

Oh here we go, they're trying to do too much. Didn't take long for Ray to get there.

[bob_sauve28]

Same old Sabres ? 

[Brawndo]

Dahlin has been on the ice for all four goals against 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

NS reporting for duty.

When's puck drop?

[In The Buff]

[Thorner]

This illustrates sometimes you still need your goalie to steal a few saves, even if mistakes are being made. 

[Randall Flagg]

Some "home game." Typical Pegulas!!!!

(1000000000% joking)

The score of this game is roughly as relevant to how I feel about this game as the color of the Sabres' jerseys is

I would be so depressed right now if Skinner had left 

Edited September 17, 2019 by Randall Flagg

[thewookie1]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

This illustrates sometimes you still need your goalie to steal a few saves, even if mistakes are being made. 

Yup, sometimes you need a save from your goalie and in this game there's not been many from our two.

[miles]

its like a completely different game in the 3rd. I still think the sabres will be great this year

[Randall Flagg]

"Thinking instead of reacting" is 100% going to be the new "five man attack, activating the D"

Like it's fine, but if Rob is gonna talk about it 8 times per game it's going to drive me nuts 

Was a single one of Skinner's 40 goals a slap shot? 

[matter2003]

Can't remember ever seeing a team have 4 goals on 13 shots...who is the goalie coach again??

30 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

Yea, I have cautious optimism. But in the context of what this is and who we dressed and who they dressed... it’s nice to see us dominating. 

Dominating but tied at 4...amazing

[thewookie1]

Just now, matter2003 said:

Can't remember ever seeing a team have 4 goals on 13 shots...who is the goalie coach again??

New guy

3 were on Johansson

 

[Randall Flagg]

1 minute ago, matter2003 said:

Can't remember ever seeing a team have 4 goals on 13 shots...who is the goalie coach again??

Dominating but tied at 4...amazing

Pretty sure in the tank year we took Carolina to OT at 4-4 while being outshot something like 50 to 15 lol

Sabres fans were nooooooot happy

a goalie coach will not bring returns in the first preseason game in Penn State Arena with the AHL backup