GDT Bruins at Sabres 4/22/21 7pm MSG/WGR550

[Marvin]

Just now, Randall Flagg said:

Reinhart and Reesto have been noticeably bad to me tonight, though Risto had some good passes on that power play

If we wan Reinhart to be a centre, then he needs to learn from this experience.

[bunomatic]

Watching that Sabres PP is painful. Telegraphing every pass or the rare shot. Slow as a one legged dog. 

[tom webster]

9 minutes ago, Slack_in_MA said:

Love Sam' offensive talent but he is soft as baby sh*t.

I’m starting to think that Sam is Pierre Turgeon and we need to find Pat Lafontaine. Turgeon had a nice career but like Sam, he was more of a great complimentary guy and not the driver you need against the Bruins.

[Carmel Corn]

Just now, bunomatic said:

Watching that Sabres PP is painful. Telegraphing every pass or the rare shot. Slow as a one legged dog. 

At times during the Sabres PP, I thought I was watching an old college basketball game with the Tar Heels playing the ol' 4-corners offense.  Ugh!

[Claude Balls]

5 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

Reinhart and Reesto have been noticeably bad to me tonight, though Risto had some good passes on that power play

Reinhart is playing?

[Slack_in_MA]

2 minutes ago, tom webster said:

I’m starting to think that Sam is Pierre Turgeon and we need to find Pat Lafontaine. Turgeon had a nice career but like Sam, he was more of a great complimentary guy and not the driver you need against the Bruins.

Maybe he's campaigning for the Lady Byng.

[Torpedo Forecheck]

4 minutes ago, tom webster said:

I’m starting to think that Sam is Pierre Turgeon and we need to find Pat Lafontaine. Turgeon had a nice career but like Sam, he was more of a great complimentary guy and not the driver you need against the Bruins.

This in a nutshell is Sam-moxey guy

Edited April 23, 2021 by Torpedo Forecheck

[DarthEbriate]

8 minutes ago, tom webster said:

I’m starting to think that Sam is Pierre Turgeon and we need to find Pat Lafontaine. Turgeon had a nice career but like Sam, he was more of a great complimentary guy and not the driver you need against the Bruins.

We know Sam can be a really good complementary player. But if he can't elevate, fine... there's still a role for him. That just means someone else needs to step up for him to complement. Mitts, Skinner, Cozens, Thompson, Olofsson... none of them are escalating today either. We can't just rely on Eichel. (And Cozens, but he's not ready to be the alpha yet).

(For the Samson thread --- if you move him, move him this summer so you can maximize the return from a team with a free season on him before he's a UFA.)

[pi2000]

..again, if Sam isn't scoring he's largely a liability.    

Has anybody ever seen him go into a wall battle and come out with the puck?   

His compete level is just too low, the young guys are working their tails off and he's mostly a spectator, smh.

[Pimlach]

17 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

The Flyers were the other always physical team, but they got away from that amd have sucked ever since. 

They have not completely git away from it over the years, it just that the NHL was never going to like the antics of the  Broad Street Bullies era ever exist again.  If the refs called an honest game Philly would not have been out opponent in the 75 season.  
 

BTW - I edited my posts to read 60’s

[DarthEbriate]

Thompson had space... get the zone, then make the pass. Mitts can wait, but let him get in with momentum.

[Claude Balls]

Hall goes right in on Toker and no one lays him out. Pathetic.

Hall never got in the goalies house when he played for Buffalo. Totally different culture in Boston.

[Stoner]

Hire that man!

[Claude Balls]

I miss Scotty Bowman.

[Carmel Corn]

14 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

Reinhart is playing?

The first line as a whole has been invisible tonight. 

[DarthEbriate]

2 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

..again, if Sam isn't scoring he's largely a liability.    

Has anybody ever seen him go into a wall battle and come out with the puck?   

His compete level is just too low, the young guys are working their tails off and he's mostly a spectator, smh.

Yes. Probably hundreds of times at this point in his career. It's usually with positioning, a pinch, and a quick stick. He does it quite frequently. But if it's a grapple/tackle battle, then no... then the puck is likely going the other way. Perhaps the better question, does he win more or lose more pucks along the wall?

[Brawndo]

JFC

[Taro T]

9 minutes ago, tom webster said:

I’m starting to think that Sam is Pierre Turgeon and we need to find Pat Lafontaine. Turgeon had a nice career but like Sam, he was more of a great complimentary guy and not the driver you need against the Bruins.

Really hope you're wrong about that, primarily because absolutely didn't like Turgeon (never rose to Smehlik, Housley, Satan, or Zhoey Zhuneau level of dislike, but was ecstatic when the rumors that LaFontaine would come to Buffalo were swirling) and it was because of the style he played and his never once getting dirty.  But you might have something there.

Actually like Reinhart.  But maybe that's what it is that keeps the preference being keeping him on the wing.  Not strong enough in front of his own net.

[Doohicksie]

Like shooting fish in a barrel...

[Claude Balls]

I said in the Granato for HC thread that I will have my decision about him after this 3 game stint. I think I have my answer. See ya Meatballs.

[Brawndo]

Yuck 

[Taro T]

Nuts.

[DarthEbriate]

Good scorer, there, Pastrnak.

And... huh. This is the first time they've look RaKruish in a long time. Folding...

[darksabre]

Tokarski is out of gas. 

[NE Branch]

Just now, Claude Balls said:

I said in the Granato for HC thread that I will have my decision about him after this 3 game stint. I think I have my answer. See ya Meatballs.

This is the B team to be fair.