GDT: Sabres @ Islanders - October 14, 2023 - 7:30PM, MSG-B/MSGSN/ESPN+📺WGR📻

[SabresBaltimore]

The Sabres will be looking bounce back after losing their home opener to the Rangers. Tonight they head to take on the Islanders.

This will be the Islanders first game of the season. They are coming off a wild card berth last year.

 

No word yet on the lineup. Will Granato mix anything up, or run it back with the same lines and defense pairs? Does Levi get the start again or do they go with one of two back ups?

[LGR4GM]

Gonna have to skate harder, pass better, backcheck 100 times better, and be physically disruptive.

[triumph_communes]

Another trap team. Ruh roh

[Believer]

45 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Gonna have to skate harder, pass better, backcheck 100 times better, and be physically disruptive.

And shoot more.

[inkman]

[Stoner]

14 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

Another trap team. Ruh roh

Initiate caffeine. Sarcasm meter was out late last night.

[French Collection]

Time to ruin someone else’s home opener.

These guys have played better on the road and they should want to put forth a better effort. Lou’s crew will try to suffocate them.

Avenge the Hudson Fasching soccer goal!

[That Aud Smell]

26 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

Another trap team. Ruh roh

I got a bad feeling about this.

Let’s Go, Buffalo.

[nfreeman]

The Islanders are one of the teams the Sabres will hopefully be competing for a playoff spot with.

I'd like to see their A game tonight, not the C game we got in the opener.  That includes the top line.

[bob_sauve28]

Today is the first game of the rest of the season. 

 

Go Sabres! 

[Kristian]

Be better. Be a lot better.

[Randall Flagg]

Last year in 3 games against NYI the Sabres were 2-1 and outscored them by a scintillating 7-5 margin. The Sabres can show how they've grown, or they can show the rest of the league how trivial it is to shut them down. 

Edited October 14, 2023 by Randall Flagg

[Gatorman0519]

If their strategy and effort resembles anything like the other night, they will get smoked again.  Their response tonight is a very important measure of how far they have come. 

[Pimlach]

2 hours ago, triumph_communes said:

Another trap team. Ruh roh

How is it a trap?   The isles have a better team, they made the playoffs, they have excellent goaltending, and they are the home team.  
 

The Sabres should be considered underdogs almost every night.  They are not proven at all, especially with a rookie goaltender.  

[triumph_communes]

3 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

How is it a trap?   The isles have a better team, they made the playoffs, they have excellent goaltending, and they are the home team.  
 

The Sabres should be considered underdogs almost every night.  They are not proven at all, especially with a rookie goaltender.  

They play the trap 

[Scottysabres]

Oh hey, a game day. Nice.

Maybe someone has told them the season started. 

Go Sabres!

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said:

Last year in 3 games against NYI the Sabres were 2-1 and outscored them by a scintillating 7-5 margin. The Sabres can show how they've grown, or they can show the rest of the league how trivial it is to shut them down. 

It should not be trivial to shut the Sabres down if they are skating hard, you have to have the right players and the will.  The Rangers played a solid 1-3-1, and they blocked 23 shots in a playoff-like effort in a game were the Sabres were still shaking off rust.  
 

The islanders are even grittier.  They will play the same game, they have the people to do it, and like the Rangers, they have really good goaltending.  
 

I don’t see a win here unless a Sabres goalie steps up and can keep us in a close game. 

[Stoner]

4 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

They play the trap 

Come on Punch! Go take a walk with Dodo and get some hard cider and a doooooonut.

I'll show myself out.

 

[Mango]

If the Isles try and go full trap I hope the Sabres ruin their home/season opener for their fans.

 

[Pimlach]

5 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

They play the trap 

Oh, yes, they do.  I thought you meant “trap” as in we are better and cannot take them lightly.  
 

The Islanders normally play a style we have trouble with, but we beat them twice last year so maybe we can get going. 

[Pimlach]

3 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

Come on Punch! Go take a walk with Dodo and get some hard cider and a doooooonut.

I'll show myself out.

 

Ha ha.  I am staining/painting my deck railings today.  Well, my son is doing it and I am “helping” out a bit.  It’s nice that the tables turned and now he can out work me on the physical labor stuff.   It's especially nice that I can still beat him in golf.  

Edited October 14, 2023 by Pimlach

[Mango]

I hate that the Islanders sweaters seem waaaay too similar to the Sabres.  Other than the slug/goat head era this has been the case. It drives me nuts.
 

And it’s a dumb name, “oh we live in Long Island, we’re Islanders. Oh and our logo is a map of the place we live. But also include other places like Brooklyn” The Long Island Cartographers would be a better name. Imagine if we were the Buffalo Buffalonians and our logo was an outline of all of WNY. So dumb. 

Eff the Isles in the A. 

[Randall Flagg]

10 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Ha ha.  I am staining/painting my deck railings today.  Well, my son is doing it and I am “helping” out a bit.  It’s nice that the tables turned and now he can out work me on the physical labor stuff.   It especially nice that I can still beat him in golf.  

I take it you're not local? It is miserable outside here today

[Sabres Fan in NS]

GAME ON !!

MUST WIN !!

GO SABRES !!

I have no feelings for the Islanders.  They are not on the same scale as the dastardly duo.

The Sabres have to be able to win games against the Islanders - a pretty good team that will likely be challenging for playoff spots with the likes of the Sabres, Senators and Red Wings.

[steveoath]

81 game win streak incoming.

pov: rest of the league