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GDT - Sabres @ Penguins - December 17, 2021 - 7:00 PM (EDT) - MSG-B / SN and WGR

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5 of a possible 6 points on the trip. 

Subban played much better tonight.

Let's hope he lands somewhere in the middle of the two starts, most nights it should be enough. 

Good effort from the boys. 

 

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Flashsabre First Liner

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That was a hell of a character point there. This team is everything Krueger tried to tell us his team was but could never get them to be.

Hats off to Subban, hell of a game.

Fitz was inspired tonight, hope he gets a long look.

Dahlin is starting to consistently impact games.

Don’t know how long Mitts is out for but him and Tuch anchoring another line would be very nice in the 2nd half.

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I was happy with the tie, until we tied it. Then I wanted the 2nd point. I just can’t stand Pittsburgh. 
 

This team got outshot and probably beat in all the fancy stats too.  But they played hard to the end and it is more than a moral victory.  I think they are showing some balls finally. 
 

 

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sabresparaavida Third Liner

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33 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

You don't have to shift when you're just playing catch from point to half wall. Unless the point guy is going to attack, teams just have to watch us pass and stay in the lane. 

Why was Eakin even out there? Because back to back games. 

I could be wrong, but I think that the bolded is incorrect. Eakin has played in other OT games this season, Krueger and it seems Granato as well likes to have him out for a better chance on the face offs in OT. Kinda backfired here though.

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51 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

Let’s be honest, we were outplayed majority of this game. Credit to the guys for not giving up and getting to OT. 

Actually only the first period. We hung with them the next two, and cave back from two down. Considering I thought we'd get run over tonight, I'll take this gladly.

6 points out right now.

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8 minutes ago, sabresparaavida said:

I could be wrong, but I think that the bolded is incorrect. Eakin has played in other OT games this season, Krueger and it seems Granato as well likes to have him out for a better chance on the face offs in OT. Kinda backfired here though.

Not that your are saying this but, if they are keeping eakin in because he wins faceoffs... Holy crap do they need a strategy update. 

His faceoffs% is only 57

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46 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

You don't have to shift when you're just playing catch from point to half wall. Unless the point guy is going to attack, teams just have to watch us pass and stay in the lane. 

Why was Eakin even out there? Because back to back games. 

Eakin is out there because he’s their best face off guy. So if he wins the draw he goes off for a more skilled player. They really need one of their top centers to get better on face offs.

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Everyone is on Eakin here, but that really wasn’t the most difficult shot to stop. Kinda a soft goal by Subban.

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10 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Back to back on road w/a time zone change, 3rd match in 4 eves, with the backup goalie. Dahlin scored. Loser point becomes winner point. 

Cue up the Russell Crowe gif 

"We got 5 of 6 points"

Character Master GIF

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3 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Full marks for the off-board choice. Sabres losing in OT rather than regulation was definitely the lesser of two weevils 

Hey! Someone else has watched that fantastic film

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Late here as I recorded this one, and it doesn't matter to me that we lost. Would have been nice to win of course but what really matters to me here is that once again we looked like a real hockey team. This may seem like a meaningless sentence, but it's not. We haven't resembled one in years. We actually pushed back and answered the bell. Amazing!

Fitzgerald? Wow. Didn't see that coming. Guy is already better than Hagg and Butcher and deserves a longer look. Pity he couldn't win the game with a storybook Gordie Howe hat trick but heck of a debut. Sure he lost the fight, but he stepped up. 

WE PLAYED LIKE A TEAM. 

I am very surprised and very encouraged. Lots left to fix, but the lines look more balanced as a team and there's continuity, and players are developing and using their skills, so many positives. 

Hayden's best game as a Sabre, probably not noticed by many, but he was effective in his role. 

Dahlin showing confidence and seems calmer. Have to see if it holds up to the tight checking physical teams but still, big positives for the moment. 

Two things I hated in this game. The refs, who I think are Crosby fans, and listening to the Pittsburgh announcers rave about E-Rod. Dude has 10 goals wtf? I guess you can put anybody on Crosby's wing and they will have career years. (probably not Taylor Hall, but anybody else ) 

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41 minutes ago, pastajoe said:

Eakin is out there because he’s their best face off guy. So if he wins the draw he goes off for a more skilled player. They really need one of their top centers to get better on face offs.

This is true. Cozens and Thompson both have to get a lot better at draws.  (not that face offs matter of course :0)

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27 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Dahlin showing confidence and seems calmer. Have to see if it holds up to the tight checking physical teams but still, big positives for the moment. 

Two things I hated in this game. The refs, who I think are Crosby fans, and listening to the Pittsburgh announcers rave about E-Rod. Dude has 10 goals wtf? I guess you can put anybody on Crosby's wing and they will have career years. (probably not Taylor Hall, but anybody else ) 

I really think (hope) we see a tail of two halves of the season. First half is uncomfortable and unsure Dahlin learning to be confident and trust his skill again. Second half is deployment of that skill and minimizing the mistakes (he takes risks so some of them wont work). 

 

The Pitt announcers were trash and I moved over to the home feed after the first period. 

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