GDT: Wild @ Sabres - Nov 10, 2023 - 7:00pm, MSG-B/ESPN+📺WGR📻

[LGR4GM]

UPL and Levi have delivered some good games for us. Levi was great tonight. 

Sabres don't look great right now. The PP is beyond useless, it's truly the dumbest part of their game. Krebs is tough to watch. Savoie was a non factor. Big Johnson isn't holding up and I would give him a game off. 

Tage and Skinner are looking good. Peterka was a good compliment to them. 

Cozens... I mean woof. Dude is in his head and needs to simplify his game. 

Mittelstadt is an important part to this team. I'd extend him now.

Ryan Johnson should stay and start. 

We won and honestly I think overall we played them even. I know the shots are in their favor but they didn't feel very threatening. Our pk looked like poo at times. 

Winning is winning but this team still isn't firing on all cylinders. 

[Zamboni]

Glad my prediction was so wrong 👍🏼
 

woooooooo

[GASabresIUFAN]

1 minute ago, Believer said:

3:55

He got a taste.

Taste?  That’s more like a crumb.

[Mango]

4 minutes ago, Believer said:

3:55

He got a taste.

Savoie was very hectic in the few times I saw him. Benson is miles ahead at this point. 

Cozens had a moment or two, but he was not good again. I know the whole injury thing. But he really hasn’t been good since puck drop. I’m getting to a point where I’m a little salty Mitts doesn’t have an extension and Cozens does. 

Edited November 11, 2023 by Mango

[LGR4GM]

1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Taste?  That’s more like a crumb.

It is funny because I remember 2 of his shifts and only 1 was dangerous. The other one died on Krebs stick. 

[Night Train]

Lots to still work on.

Faceoffs comes to mind.  

[Mango]

Felt like by the time we were in the second we were mixing and matching 2 lines. Greenway and Skinner looked to be double shifting at points in the Thompson line. I think I caught Mitts on the wing there a few times too. Cozens has got to get his game together. 

[Flashsabre]

7 minutes ago, Mango said:

Mitts is the best player on the team right now. He’s been lights out. JJP isn’t far behind.

Lock Mitts up long term tonight please. He is the lynch pin in what we're trying to do. 

Mitts ability to shield the puck has been a revelation.

It doesn’t always look pretty or consistent but they are making strides defensively.

Ryan Johnson has been a god send with Muel out. 

I’ve said it before but Greenway is becoming the modern day Grier.

JJP is right on the cusp of exploding.

Amerks won tonight with a ridiculous 13 regulars out. 4 called up and 9 injured. Just insane.

Edited November 11, 2023 by Flashsabre

[GASabresIUFAN]

3 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

The other one died on Krebs stick. 

Where hockey plays go to die this season.

[PerreaultForever]

The Wild are well named as that's how they shoot the puck, all over the place and a lot of them not on net. On the other hand we capitalized on prime opportunities. Levi definitely saved their butts tonight though. They owned us for most of the second but were also a little gassed in the third on the back to back. Goaltending matters, that's for sure. 

I do like the way Mitts has become a player who uses his body and bulls his way into creating open ice rather than just looking for open ice. We need more of that from others as well but it's a start. 

We will have to be better than that against Pittsburgh though but you never know, Pens not exactly tearing it up this year. 

Good win. Necessary win. But Wild will not make the playoffs. 

[SDS]

5 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

We won and honestly I think overall we played them even. I know the shots are in their favor but they didn't feel very threatening.

I would not have said we played them even. And I thought they were very, very threatening but lacked anyone who could finish. As a fan, I feel fortunate to get two points out of that.

[Cheektorado]

Sabres at .536.  Sure would be nice to beat the Penguins AND Bruins!

[LGR4GM]

Just now, GASabresIUFAN said:

Where hockey plays go to die this season.

He just skates into trouble, constantly. 

[elijah]

Ryan Johnson stays, Mitts needs to get extended sooner than later, overall we ‘stole’ a win. 

4-1-1 in the last 6, keep it rolling. 

[Thorner]

11 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

But who's got time for that? You?

You bet I could... 

10 thousand now, 15 by when we reach the final 

[JohnC]

Levi is the first star by far. What he does exceptionally well is keep his pads down so the puck won't go underneath him. He reacts so quickly. I can't fault him for either of the goals. 

As others have also observed, Mitts was terrific. 

Tage made a nice pass to JJ for the score. Tage is also playing a hard two-way game. 

Greenway isn't flashy and won't score many goals for you. I thought he played really well. He is well worth the second-round pick that it cost us. 

Cozens wasn't much of a factor in this game. 

I thought Girgs was very active in this game. 

The penalty on Greenway was an odd call. If the ref is going to make that call, he should have included Bogo on the call. 

JJ is getting better and better. 

I'm so glad that the Sabres gave a good effort and got a win for the home crowd. 

[Big Guava]

32-0-4.

[LGR4GM]

8 minutes ago, SDS said:

I would not have said we played them even. And I thought they were very, very threatening but lacked anyone who could finish. As a fan, I feel fortunate to get two points out of that.

You are right according to numbers

 

 

[RochesterExpat]

17 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

UPL and Levi have delivered some good games for us. Levi was great tonight. 

Sabres don't look great right now. The PP is beyond useless, it's truly the dumbest part of their game. Krebs is tough to watch. Savoie was a non factor. Big Johnson isn't holding up and I would give him a game off. 

Tage and Skinner are looking good. Peterka was a good compliment to them. 

Cozens... I mean woof. Dude is in his head and needs to simplify his game. 

Mittelstadt is an important part to this team. I'd extend him now.

Ryan Johnson should stay and start. 

We won and honestly I think overall we played them even. I know the shots are in their favor but they didn't feel very threatening. Our pk looked like poo at times. 

Winning is winning but this team still isn't firing on all cylinders. 

Agree with everything but want to add that Joki has been a reliable player this season and it’s made a difference. Nice step forward for him. 

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I agree with @LGR4GM that we played them just about even according to the eye-test. This was the kind of game we haven't seen in a while 'round these parts: a lunch-pail effort to get the win. Was far from perfect but they did indeed put in the effort tonight. They'll probably play a tighter game tomorrow.

Mitts' transformation and game-day guts should be an inspiration for the team. 

The players routinely hurting this team right now are Krebs, KO, Power, VO and Cozens. I also think it's not helpful to have two AHLers at a time starting a game if they don't need to.

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[LGR4GM]

Just now, ... said:

I agree with @LGR4GM that we played them just about even. This was the kind of game we haven't seen in a while 'round these parts: a lunch-pail effort to get the win. Was far from perfect but they did indeed put in the effort tonight. They'll probably play a tighter game tomorrow.

Mitts' transformation and game-day guts should be an inspiration for the team. 

The players routinely hurting this team right now are Krebs, KO, Power, VO and Cozens. I also think it's not helpful to have two AHLers at a time starting a game if they don't need to.

Can't agree that Power is hurting the team. 

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Just now, LGR4GM said:

Can't agree that Power is hurting the team. 

Would you agree he's hurting the PP?

[K-9]

Glad we won so I won’t bother with the things that suggest we still have a long way to go. Except to say the only time I’m not concerned when Clifton is on the ice is when he’s heading towards the bench. 

[LGR4GM]

Just now, ... said:

Would you agree he's hurting the PP?

No. The structure of the pp hurts the pp. They don't seem to understand standing there passing to the wall and back to point is never going to open *****. 

[Nitro60]

Just got finishing watching the game (recorded it).   Greenway is a physical presence they need.  The penalty in the third on him  was a farce.  Overall a strong game but there are things that they have to work on and improve.