GDT - 5/27/23 - Hershey @ Rochester - Game 3 ECF - 7:05 pm

[K-9]

1 minute ago, Claude Balls said:

Amerks aren't beating this team. Hershey is too big and physical. Just like the NHL, when it comes to the playoffs, size and physicality, more than not, trumps speed and finesse. Maybe the Sabres will recognize that someday. 

I really hope I'm wrong, but it's not looking good right now. And I'm 100% convinced Appert was told to put Savoie in the lineup. 

Appert being told to insert a player shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. 

[Night Train]

Hershey lines uo 3-4 at their own blue line and just stops the Amerks immediately.  They should be flipping the puk in deep and beating them to the corner. Plus Amerks hold the puck too long om shots instead of just ripping it. Look at all the blocked shots that don't get through. 

[Wyldnwoody44]

It looks like boys vs men out there. Hershey just looks huge on TV. 

[Buffalonill]

And Rochester is playing ryan Johnsons brother lol

[Claude Balls]

16 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

It looks like boys vs men out there. Hershey just looks huge on TV. 

They are.

[Buffalonill]

The bears are getting tired

[tom webster]

36 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

Amerks aren't beating this team. Hershey is too big and physical. Just like the NHL, when it comes to the playoffs, size and physicality, more than not, trumps speed and finesse. Maybe the Sabres will recognize that someday. 

I really hope I'm wrong, but it's not looking good right now. And I'm 100% convinced Appert was told to put Savoie in the lineup. 

I was waiting for this take. Doesn’t matter that the final four in the NHL featured four of the least physical teams in the league.

[Night Train]

Never saw Don Stevens before. Looks like a wrestling character. 

Boom Boom Buffet. 

[Buffalonill]

If Rochester keeps up with the speed they will take over 

[Claude Balls]

Just now, tom webster said:

I was waiting for this take. Doesn’t matter that the final four in the NHL featured four of the least physical teams in the league.

Playoffs are a different animal my friend. 

[tom webster]

1 minute ago, Claude Balls said:

Playoffs are a different animal my friend. 

Well how do you explain that two teams ranked in the bottom five in hits made it to the Eastern Conference final? Dallas also in the bottom five. 

[Claude Balls]

"Refs you suck" chant was just heard for the 6th or 7th time. This might be the most incompetent reffed game I've seen in a long while. 

[Claude Balls]

Just now, tom webster said:

Well how do you explain that two teams ranked in the bottom five in hits made it to the Eastern Conference final? Dallas also in the bottom five. 

Physicality doesn't just mean fighting or hitting. If you know hockey, you can be very physical and not take a penalty. Not sure why so many think the word "physical" always means fighting or hitting. 

[Claude Balls]

Kulich had a yawning net and the puck bounced on him. Amerks not getting any help/luck from anyone tonight.

[Buffalonill]

They will tie it 

[tom webster]

5 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

Physicality doesn't just mean fighting or hitting. If you know hockey, you can be very physical and not take a penalty. Not sure why so many think the word "physical" always means fighting or hitting. 

Maybe you can explain to me how Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, Toronto, teams I consider our top competition in the East, are more physical than Buffalo. I really want to understand.

[pastajoe]

A shame they couldn’t have a better effort with a sellout crowd. This series is over. Last year it was Laval’s speed, this year it’s Hershey’s size and physicality. It was a nice run.

[thewookie1]

Most aggravating part is the fact Rochester is far more skilled but bad refs effectively destroy that

[Claude Balls]

14 minutes ago, tom webster said:

Maybe you can explain to me how Carolina, Florida, New Jersey, Toronto, teams I consider our top competition in the East, are more physical than Buffalo. I really want to understand.

It's easy. Watch how those teams play along the boards and in front of their goalie. Win puck battles and keep your goalie clean. Everything the Sabres aren't good at yet. 

Edited May 28, 2023 by Claude Balls

[pastajoe]

2 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

Most aggravating part is the fact Rochester is far more skilled but bad refs effectively destroy that

It’s the old Flyers philosophy; if you keep committing infractions they won’t call everything, especially in the playoffs.

[Buffalonill]

I was not impressed by Savoie he looked not even close to ahl player 

a player like him is supposed to make people look silly like hes toying with them.

 

[Turbo44]

30 minutes ago, pastajoe said:

A shame they couldn’t have a better effort with a sellout crowd. This series is over. Last year it was Laval’s speed, this year it’s Hershey’s size and physicality. It was a nice run.

Down 2-1, the series is over already? Wow.

[pastajoe]

13 minutes ago, Turbo44 said:

Down 2-1, the series is over already? Wow.

After game 1 Hershey adjusted their game and have shut down the Amerks offense. And their goalie is now dialed in. 

[tom webster]

43 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

It's easy. Watch how those teams play along the boards and in front of their goalie. Win puck battles and keep your goalie clean. Everything the Sabres aren't good at yet. 

I’ll try and watch better.

[Claude Balls]

2 minutes ago, tom webster said:

I’ll try and watch better.

I'm just being an ass because when I played when I was young, I was a physical player, but never played dirty. I just hated being referred to as a "tough guy". Back then it basically meant "goon". That was not me whatsoever. You get into one fight, and you're labeled for life.