GDT: Preseason Blue Jackets @ Sabres, 9/25/2019, 7pm est, MSG WGR

[LGR4GM]

What will the lines look like...

Edited September 25, 2019 by LGR4GM

[inkman]

Must win 

[erickompositör72]

Is this the day our dreams come true, and we see an opening-night-ready lineup with no Sobotka? 

[MakeSabresGrr8Again]

18 minutes ago, erickompositör72 said:

Is this the day our dreams come true, and we see an opening-night-ready lineup with no Sobotka? 

Aaaaahhhhh, wet dreams, haven't had those in awhile.

[Zamboni]

Will we have a Buffalo broadcast crew or will the Blue Jackets crew be patched in?

[LGR4GM]

3 minutes ago, Zamboni said:

Will we have a Buffalo broadcast crew or will the Blue Jackets crew be patched in?

As it is in Buffalo, I would assume Buffalo broadcast crew. 

[Mustache of God]

23 minutes ago, erickompositör72 said:

Is this the day our dreams come true, and we see an opening-night-ready lineup with no Sobotka? 

No, this is the last game for bubble players to prove it. I think Friday vs Pitt will be a pretty good indication of the opener

[Brawndo]

It’s the MSG Crew Tonight and then Pittsburgh’s on Saturday 

[LGR4GM]

With that in mind, here's the roster for tonight's game:

Forwards
9 Jack Eichel
13 Jimmy Vesey
17 Vladimir Sobotka
21 Kyle Okposo
23 Sam Reinhart
28 Zemgus Girgensons
37 Casey Mittelstadt
53 Jeff Skinner
68 Victor Olofsson
71 Evan Rodrigues
72 Tage Thompson
90 Marcus Johansson

Defense
6 Marco Scandella
8 Casey Nelson
10 Henri Jokiharju
26 Rasmus Dahlin
33 Colin Miller
55 Rasmus Ristolainen
58 John Gilmour

Goaltenders
35 Linus Ullmark
40 Carter Hutton

 

[Brawndo]

When does Cozens get assigned to Lethbridge? 

[Brawndo]

RJ is calling the game tonight 

[...]

There's one extra dude there.

Plus there's a Mitts, a KO, a Sobotkaka, and a Scanderella.  Yikes.  

There's also a Hutts.

Doom.

[Brawndo]

No McCabe 

[MakeSabresGrr8Again]

14 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

When does Cozens get assigned to Lethbridge? 

When Eichel earns his spot on the top line......just kidding,LOL

[LGR4GM]

 

[Zamboni]

Bogo

Pilut

Montour

McCabe

Good thing we have decent depth on D. Key word decent. 

[North Buffalo]

Wont be happy till the Boat is anchored

[TrueBlueGED]

Swap out Gilmour for McCabe and flip a coin between Sheary and Thompson for press box duty, and that's our most likely opening night roster, right? 

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

Swap out Gilmour for McCabe and flip a coin between Sheary and Thompson for press box duty, and that's our most likely opening night roster, right? 

Scandella. Swap out Scandella for McCabe. 

[TrueBlueGED]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Scandella. Swap out Scandella for McCabe. 

I said most likely, not most preferred. 

[Brawndo]

 

[LGR4GM]

I oddly think that 2nd line could work. Could be the key word. 

[darksabre]

8 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

That sure looks like an opening night roster

[bob_sauve28]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

With that in mind, here's the roster for tonight's game:

Forwards
9 Jack Eichel
13 Jimmy Vesey
17 Vladimir Sobotka
21 Kyle Okposo
23 Sam Reinhart
28 Zemgus Girgensons
37 Casey Mittelstadt
53 Jeff Skinner
68 Victor Olofsson
71 Evan Rodrigues
72 Tage Thompson
90 Marcus Johansson 

 

@Taro TWe are here for you if you need someone to talk to. Life takes funny turns sometimes, so we will get over this together. ?

[Taro T]

6 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

When Sheary is healthy, expect him to move onto the 3rd line in place of Okposo.

Hopefully all 3 on the 4th line are there tonight just to show whether they can beat somebody else out or not.  (And Sobotka not even that much, just to fill in for the injured Larsson. )

If Skinner can play at his upper Carolina level, with using last year's 4th line (or subbing Lazar into Kyle's spot and sliding him into the press box) that is probably the best grouping they can come up with based on the current forwards.