Injury Updates 12/5

[Brawndo]

 

 

[Buffalonill]

This season just sucks 

[buffaloboy]

  On 12/5/2023 at 1:13 PM, Brawndo said:

 

 

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Is this supposed to be “good news” lol. With these timelines and the rate we are picking up points we can’t afford a 6 game losing streak. Shame on Adams for his wait and see approach. Another season toast because of his inaction. 

[That Aud Smell]

[CallawaySabres]

Sooooo, we’ll be 12 points out of 8th when theses guys all come back, sweet.

[Carmel Corn]

I hope that Dahlin can somehow survive the rest of this month.....DG will use and abuse him to help keep the team competitive in games where we are short-handed, which worries me about how he will hold up over time.

[Flashsabre]

  On 12/5/2023 at 1:46 PM, Buffalonill said:

This season just sucks 

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This 13 year run just sucks

[bob_sauve28]

Unbelievable 

[Believer]

What is unbelievable is Pegula deludes himself in believing he is the best person to lead hockey operations… 

KA and DG would be canned after this season by an experienced hockey executive… if the owner were serious about winning.

[bob_sauve28]

Spectrum news said Tage is playing tonight? 

[Sabres73]

Yes, Sportsnet reporting it too https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/sabres-star-tage-thompson-could-return-as-soon-as-thursday/ 

[Thorner]

  On 12/5/2023 at 1:53 PM, buffaloboy said:

Is this supposed to be “good news” lol. With these timelines and the rate we are picking up points we can’t afford a 6 game losing streak. Shame on Adams for his wait and see approach. Another season toast because of his inaction. 

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It’s two exceptionally marginal forwards when it comes to winning games, Greenway and Girgensons, and a notable absence in Tuch. But at least a few injuries to higher level guys are always expected.

Thompson is back.

It’s a manageable injury load for a team with proper depth, an expected amount league relative. News is fine.

[Marvin]

  On 12/5/2023 at 9:17 PM, Thorny said:

It’s two exceptionally marginal forwards when it comes to winning games, Greenway and Girgensons, and a notable absence in Tuch. But at least a few injuries to higher level guys are always expected.

Thompson is back.

It’s a manageable injury load for a team with proper depth, an expected amount league relative. News is fine.

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Greenway and Girgensons are the type of players the Sabres need more of.  Maybe more effective versions of them, but still necessary.  And every team has players like them whose job is to give useful minutes, pay attention to details, and not embarrass themselves.

[Thorner]

  On 12/5/2023 at 9:38 PM, Marvin said:

Greenway and Girgensons are the type of players the Sabres need more of.  Maybe more effective versions of them, but still necessary.  And every team has players like them whose job is to give useful minutes, pay attention to details, and not embarrass themselves.

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I feel like we have an assembly line of players where the expectation is “don’t embarrass yourself”

[Marvin]

  On 12/5/2023 at 9:42 PM, Thorny said:

I feel like we have an assembly line of players where the expectation is “don’t embarrass yourself”

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True, particularly with the injuries, but it is not their fault that we have a surfeit of those kinds of players.

[Thorner]

  On 12/5/2023 at 9:48 PM, Marvin said:

True, particularly with the injuries, but it is not their fault that we have a surfeit of those kinds of players.

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I honestly do not think they are very good. Isn’t Girgensons someone we should have moved on from in the offseason? From all my years of hockey my sense is if you are down a Girgensons and a Greenway (and a Tuch) you should consider yourself par for the course on the expected injury front.

We were luckier last year, a little more unlucky this year..it’s all around the norm. If your strategy to make the playoffs is to hope for luck in this area and you don’t have the depth to overcome a more likely injury result, your strategy stinks. Teams get injuries.

Edited December 5, 2023 by Thorny

[DarthEbriate]

  On 12/5/2023 at 9:38 PM, Marvin said:

Greenway and Girgensons are the type of players the Sabres need more of.  Maybe more effective versions of them, but still necessary.  And every team has players like them whose job is to give useful minutes, pay attention to details, and not embarrass themselves.

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Defensively sound. And add in the willingness to step into any scrum and protect any and all of your teammates. Maybe throw a tone-setting check once in awhile.

[Marvin]

  On 12/5/2023 at 9:50 PM, Thorny said:

I honestly do not think they are very good. Isn’t Girgensons someone we should have moved on from in the offseason? From all my years of hockey my sense is if you are down a Girgensons and a Greenway (and a Tuch) you should consider yourself par for the course on the expected injury front.

We were luckier last year, a little more unlucky this year..it’s all around the norm. If your strategy to make the playoffs is to hope for luck in this area and you don’t have the depth to overcome a more likely injury result, your strategy stinks. Teams get injuries.

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With respect to injuries, it looks like GMKA planned on getting lucky with the forwards again, which was monumentally short-sighted because the guys in Rochester are not ready to even fill in for a few games with a regular NHL shift.

If I had my druthers, Krebs and the other youngsters would be in Rochester or Juniors, a good veteran would be paired with Power, Okposo would be the 13th forward, and Girgensons and Greenway would be on the 4th line with competent veterans being 4C (also a face-off specialist) and filling in the rest of the top 9.  That line-ups can survive slightly worse than ordinary injury luck at forward.

[Sidc3000]

I’d say those timelines were being very optimistic now that they put Tuch and Greenway on IR  

Edited December 5, 2023 by Sidc3000

[DarthEbriate]

Given Benson's arrival and barring any trades, I hold out hope that we'll see this lineup for at least 1 game in January. Not gritty, but proven pair combos (Quinn-Cozens, Skinner-TNT, Mitts-anyone) while Quinn gets back up to speed (and maybe jumpstarts Cozens).

Skinner - TNT - Tuch
Peterka - Mitts - Greenway
Benson - Cozens - Quinn
Girgensons - Krebs - Rousek

[K-9]

  On 12/5/2023 at 10:46 PM, DarthEbriate said:

Given Benson's arrival and barring any trades, I hold out hope that we'll see this lineup for at least 1 game in January. Not gritty, but proven pair combos (Quinn-Cozens, Skinner-TNT, Mitts-anyone) while Quinn gets back up to speed (and maybe jumpstarts Cozens).

Skinner - TNT - Tuch
Peterka - Mitts - Greenway
Benson - Cozens - Quinn
Girgensons - Krebs - Rousek

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I wouldn’t mind seeing that, either. But I doubt Donnie G ever sits Okposo to allow it.