GDT: Lightning @ Sabres 7pm ET, Jan 11th 2022, msg-b wgr espn+

[Mustache of God]

Victor ain't right, that shot was awful

[Radar]

Just now, Nitro60 said:

Right into the pads.  UGH!

OV plays here. On a good team bottom six player.

[DarthEbriate]

How we doing?

Same as always.

That bad, huh?

[FrenchConnection44]

4 minutes ago, SwampD said:

Um, wait. Since when has this not been a tank?

2006/07? 2012/13?
 

The Sabres have been tanking since they fired Lindy Ruff.
 

But really the gradual tank started after the 06/07 season when the let both Briere and Drury leave. 

[Pimlach]

Do you think the Lightning fans are calling for Hedman to get cut for coughing up the puck?  

[DarthEbriate]

1 minute ago, Mustache of God said:

Victor ain't right, that shot was awful

When Olofsson is Golofsson, he isn't shooting for a rebound off the pads.

[Nitro60]

I have a feeling that this will end in a 5-2 finish.  TB will cruse to victory.   Sabres are short on talent and speed. 

1 minute ago, Radar said:

OV plays here. On a good team bottom six player.

Strictly a PP specialist (second line) too

[Brawndo]

So damn close Cozens and Quinn

[DarthEbriate]

Tampa is just so calm. Calmly bouncing the puck off the boards to a teammate. Calmly bouncing it off the boards to clear a zone. Calm into our zone. Calmly taking it away from Sabres' skaters when the Sabres are trying to advance the puck. It's effortless.

[bob_sauve28]

Was that Quinn that missed his first? 

[Nitro60]

Open net and you shoot the puck into the butt of your teammate.   

[Doohicksie]

Quinn belongs.  He's snakebit like the rest of the team.

[Brawndo]

UPL Nice save 

[Nitro60]

Wow!  That was one ugly play.  Tb is toying with the Sabres.

[Pimlach]

UPL with a big save.  

[Dreams Burn Down]

Welcome back, UPL.  Wow.

[Pimlach]

1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said:

Tampa is just so calm. Calmly bouncing the puck off the boards to a teammate. Calmly bouncing it off the boards to clear a zone. Calm into our zone. Calmly taking it away from Sabres' skaters when the Sabres are trying to advance the puck. It's effortless.

We offer no resistance or compete. 

[Mustache of God]

I miss the days when the sabres were good and Rick would have been howling after a save like that.

[DarthEbriate]

Great save....  that shouldn't have ever have needed to take place because Asplund couldn't handle the puck and weakly tapped the puck back into his own zone! C'mon Rasmus the Middle! You're the Elder now... but that doesn't mean you have to pass like Rasmus the Eldest/Former.

[SwampD]

1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said:

How we doing?

Same as always.

That bad, huh?

This team is terrible.

 

Bob: "SwampD, I hear you've been missing hockey."

SwampD:

 

[Dreams Burn Down]

Creative?  He walked in untouched.

[Spoonman]

FWIW: average age of tonight’s lineup 25.2 yrs. Youngest 19, eldest 30  Don’t know what if anything, that means…. But, was something to do while watching another ‘game’.

Edited January 12, 2022 by Spoonman

[DarthEbriate]

Just now, Mustache of God said:

I miss the days when the sabres were good and Rick would have been howling after a save like that.

Is RJ on the mic tonight? I'm watching the TB feed because it's fun to scope out opposition production values.

[HumanSlinky39]

This or "The Hunt For Red October" on Amazon prime?

[Slack_in_MA]

Not watching but catching lowlights on NHL Network. They were killing the Sabres for lackadaisical back check on that second goal. “That’s called hanging your goalie out to dry”.

Edited January 12, 2022 by Slack_in_MA