GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ Montreal Canadians 11/22/22--MSG and Radio

[Broken Ankles]

2 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

Horrible line. Does anyone on that forward line ever win a puck battle?  Ever?  Their expected goals against is 5 times worse than Cozens line, and on the ice for both goals against.  Ice time slashed that period.  Play Zemgus line more this period.  

[Brawndo]

[steveoath]

I think Caseys time is coming to an end.

[rickshaw]

Haven’t got the game here but nice to see Jost drop the mitts as well as the pushback when Cozens got hit. Now don’t blow this.

[LGR4GM]

3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Wonder if the keep them together to limit the damage to one shift. 

[Thorner]

Just now, Broken Ankles said:

Horrible line. Does anyone on that forward line ever win a puck battle?  Ever?  Their expected goals against is 5 times worse than Cozens line, and on the ice for both goals against.  Ice time slashed that period.  Play Zemgus line more this period.  

The good thing about the fact we acquired a bunch of potential 2Cs (Krebs, Mittelstadt, Cozens, Savoie) is that it was always a reasonable strategy because it's a good odds-play. A couple of them not meeting the mark isn't disappointing, it's likely. But it also appears to have worked in accomplishing it's positive goal, too: Cozens looks like he'll be a damn good 2C to me. 

If Thompson holds up at 1C and Cozens is a good 2C, not only is that a reasonable spot to be in for your top 2Cs, we may end up w/some found money on Savoie. 

Like I've said a million times - the easiest way to find yourself with successful prospects is to limit the expectations of what you are asking for them. If Savoie only "needs" to become a good 3C... hey look out 

[Brawndo]

2 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said:

Horrible line. Does anyone on that forward line ever win a puck battle?  Ever?  Their expected goals against is 5 times worse than Cozens line, and on the ice for both goals against.  Ice time slashed that period.  Play Zemgus line more this period.  

The coaching staff has a love affair with Mittelstadt. He should be moved to the 4th Line and be given Special Teams Time where He excels 

[DarthEbriate]

5 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

He leads the team in penalties drawn, They don’t need Him to fight 

True. But in this particular case, Skinner also took a matching penalty and the previous comment was about him getting a Gordie Howe hat trick.

[Refuting]

1 minute ago, Thorny said:

The good thing about the fact we acquired a bunch of potential 2Cs (Krebs, Mittelstadt, Cozens, Savoie) is that it was always a reasonable strategy because it's a good odds-play. A couple of them not meeting the mark isn't disappointing, it's likely. But it also appears to have worked in accomplishing it's positive goal, too: Cozens looks like he'll be a damn good 2C to me. 

If Thompson holds up at 1C and Cozens is a good 2C, not only is that a reasonable spot to be in for your top 2Cs, we may end up w/some found money on Savoie. 

Like I've said a million times - the easiest way to find yourself with successful prospects is to limit the expectations of what you are asking for them. If Savoie only "needs" to become a good 3C... hey look out 

Kinda like Roy and Pominville we had the right guys ahead of them and then when they left they had career years. They were ready 

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, Toilet_Mop said:

Kinda like Roy and Pominville we had the right guys ahead of them and then when they left they had career years. They were ready 

It's a good point. We loved them as a L3, didn't much care for them as our L1

[Pimlach]

20 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Just win!

Or, are you thinking we'd be at a disadvantage in OT

Yes.  Win in regulation.  Don’t yield a point to the Habs. 

[Cityo'Rasmii]

4 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

The coaching staff has a love affair with Mittelstadt. He should be moved to the 4th Line and be given Special Teams Time where He excels 

or watch from above

[Brawndo]

JOKIHARJU 

[bob_sauve28]

Henry!!!

[Slack_in_MA]

JOKI

[Doohicksie]

[Pimlach]

Score by Joker!  Nice    Finish them ! 

[Thorner]

Just now, Pimlach said:

Yes.  Win in regulation.  Don’t yield a point to the Habs. 

Yup, and as I was responding to your notification:

That's a good start to the REG win 

Just now, Brawndo said:

JOKIHARJU 

 

[Brawndo]

Tage and Tuch’s Vision is outstanding 

[steveoath]

[LGR4GM]

Joker!

[DarthEbriate]

6 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said:

Horrible line. Does anyone on that forward line ever win a puck battle?  Ever?  Their expected goals against is 5 times worse than Cozens line, and on the ice for both goals against.  Ice time slashed that period.  Play Zemgus line more this period.  

I don't understand the makeup of that line other than as an odds-and-ends combined line. VO is a sniper who finds open space but needs a distributor/puck carrier, not a boards guy; Mitts can stickhandle, but doesn't rush up the ice or force anything to the center of the ice, nor win board battles; Hino is a forechecker has has speed, but he's also very much the 13F complimentary piece. It's just not a good construction. Each of them is the 3rd guy you put with two other forwards.

[Cityo'Rasmii]

Kickstart My Heart    Jokiiiiii

[Slack_in_MA]

Are we all ready for some BS "keep it close" penalties on the Sabres? 

[Refuting]

3 minutes ago, Thorny said:

It's a good point. We loved them as a L3, didn't much care for them as our L1

They would have made the best 2nd line in the league. Solid overall players