GDT - Sabres @ Vegas - December 19, 2022 - 10:00 PM (EST) - MSG and WGR

[Doohicksie]

1 minute ago, Believer said:

Tage… Stick Dance… Boom

That's the thing:  He comes virtually to a stop and just stickhandles without hardly moving but the puck is all over the place then BOOM.  As a fan you know it's coming; I think the other team knows it too.  But it's inevitable.

[GASabresIUFAN]

Just now, Amaru523 said:

Jeez, would it be out of line to say that we're incredibly lucky to have Josh Allen as our QB and almost as lucky to have Tage Thompson on the Sabres?

Unicorns.

[sweetlou]

Mitts needs to learn to play more physical all the time.  He has shown glimpses.

[K-9]

Just now, HumanSlinky39 said:

Tage is a top-10 player in the NHL.

I said what I said.

Before the season, I said Tage would threaten 50 this season and I was told he would be lucky to reach 30 again. I gotta find that thread. 

[Mustache of God]

Just now, ... said:

Thompson must mesmerize them on the ice because the defenders effectively froze to wait and see what he'd do.

It's rare to see players exercise that sort of patience, the defense looks like they're freezing because they're expecting the immediate shot and are trying to block it. Tage has unlocked matrix like powers where he slows reality down and weaves around until his finds his spot.

[GASabresIUFAN]

Best play of Fitzgerald’s career so far setting up TNT on that goal.

[matter2003]

Sabres are tenaciously backchecking on D...forwards just giving the Vegas players no space in the zone

[Zamboni]

I’m so glad KA did something and locked TNT up for a long time. Smart move.

[JohninMinn.]

Peddle to metal fellas. Don't sit on it.

[matter2003]

1 minute ago, K-9 said:

Before the season, I said Tage would threaten 50 this season and I was told he would be lucky to reach 30 again. I gotta find that thread. 

He could have 30 by the beginning of January

[nfreeman]

When I see Mitts leading the breaktout like that and unaccountably just skate into his teammates and produce an offsides, I despair for his future.

He has no hockey IQ.  

[SwampD]

Just now, nfreeman said:

When I see Mitts leading the breaktout like that and unaccountably just skate into his teammates and produce an offsides, I despair for his future.

He has no hockey IQ.  

It's so GD frustrating.

[matter2003]

3 minutes ago, Amaru523 said:

Jeez, would it be out of line to say that we're incredibly lucky to have Josh Allen as our QB and almost as lucky to have Tage Thompson on the Sabres?

No player averages more goals/60 minutes than Tage over the last 82 games...or this year

[TheAud]

4 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

That's the thing:  He comes virtually to a stop and just stickhandles without hardly moving but the puck is all over the place then BOOM.  As a fan you know it's coming; I think the other team knows it too.  But it's inevitable.

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3 minutes ago, Mustache of God said:

It's rare to see players exercise that sort of patience, the defense looks like they're freezing because they're expecting the immediate shot and are trying to block it. Tage has unlocked matrix like powers where he slows reality down and weaves around until his finds his spot.

Good follow up. I agree!

[Pimlach]

2 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

When I see Mitts leading the breaktout like that and unaccountably just skate into his teammates and produce an offsides, I despair for his future.

He has no hockey IQ.  

Even when he plays hard he makes mistakes in the defensive zone. 

[Believer]

Nice puck work by Pilut there

[Second Line Center]

UPL looks completely in control.  

[Taro T]

At least that time the Jost line 3rd pairing combo was out against Lescysyn's (sp?) line rather than Stone's.

[HumanSlinky39]

First line is BUZZING tonight.

[Pimlach]

26 and 23 are getting tired. 

[Taro T]

Htf did the cheap hit on Lyubushkin as the Sabres brought the puck into the zone not get called?

He did something to tick these refs off.

[Zamboni]

1 minute ago, Second Line Center said:

UPL looks completely in control.  

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One thing that doesn't get old: the VGK unis are damn ugly.

[Doohicksie]

7 minutes ago, JohninMinn. said:

Peddle to metal fellas. Don't sit on it.