GDT: Sabres @ Pens - Sat. 7 pm ET, Jan 6, 2024 MSG-B, SN-PIT, ESPN+ 📺 WGR 📻

[Spoonman]

 

Good Game Day Sabre Spacers, looking to extend the 'winning streak' to 2 games tonight....

 

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              16-19-4                                                19-14-4

                                                 Last 10

             4-5-1 (W1)                                          7-2-1 (W1)

         36 pts. / 39 gms.                            42 pts. / 37 gms. 

• Sabres currently sit 8th for WC2 spot, with the Pens in 4th.
• While the Sabres sit 8 pts. out of both WCs, they need to pass 6 teams (5 of 7 in front of Sabres have games in hand).
• Need consistent effort, get a straight out win tonight, and pull ahead of MTL (with a second home loss to the NYR).

#MUST WIN

#LETS GO BUFFALO

#PENGUIN DROP TONIGHT!

https://youtu.be/0gKUKOGqpHQ?si=TulYdMPMWAae6mQU

 

Edited January 6 by Spoonman

[steveoath]

 

let’s get those penguins

[#freejame]

I didn’t watch last game and they won so I’ll try that strategy again

[HOUSE]

OH NO,SAVE YOURSELF , ITS ANOTHER SABRES GAME...

Edited January 7 by Shoot da Puck

[Pimlach]

Sick of Pittsburgh. 
 

Steeler’s lose today and Penguins lose tonight.   Sounds good to me. 

[Spoonman]

1 hour ago, #freejame said:

I didn’t watch last game and they won so I’ll try that strategy again

Yep, that's the reason.

So you take responsibility for the 'watching the losses', eh? 😜

 

[Mustache of God]

Two wins in a row would be cool.

[Scottysabres]

Another opportunity to break the cycle. 2 wins in a row should spark a championship style parade down main street from Williamsville to Lafeyete Square. The confetti is on standby, hundreds of thousands if not over a million Sabres fanatics (blow up doll replacements acceptable for fan base head count at this point) stand ready to move on to the main parade route waving flags of blue & gold or black, red, silver and white.

The moment of triumph is awaited with baited breathe by many. Can the team do it? Pull off the near impossible? 2 wins in a row? We shall see.....

Go Sabres!!!

[Sabres Fan in NS]

MUST WIN !!

GO SABRES !!

AVENGE THAT UGLY DUDE WITH THE BIG NAME AND THE EVEN BIGGER ...

... NOSE !!

SWORDS !!

[Taro T]

Just win.

[Weave]

[Slack_in_MA]

Let’s go. Enough dickin’ around. Time to string a few together and get back in this thing. 

[Stoner]

This is the worst time for a game in Pittsburgh, one of the franchise's city of horrors.

Two Rust Belt small market franchises. The arena, the fans, the generational players, the banners. That should be us.

Hey, Terry tried.

[Pimlach]

10 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

This is the worst time for a game in Pittsburgh, one of the franchise's city of horrors.

Two Rust Belt small market franchises. The arena, the fans, the generational players, the banners. That should be us.

Hey, Terry tried.

Yup. They invented the tank.   Pittsburgh tanked twice and they hit on Lemuiex, Jagr, Crosby, and Malkin.  

 

[Scottysabres]

14 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

This is the worst time for a game in Pittsburgh, one of the franchise's city of horrors.

Two Rust Belt small market franchises. The arena, the fans, the generational players, the banners. That should be us.

Hey, Terry is still trying. Show your unwavering devotion and love to this owner that has this never give up, never surrender attitude. Be proud of him, worship him, as this fan does."I love you Terry"

Signed,

Yours faithfully, PA

Correction......

[Spoonman]

44 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

Another opportunity to break the cycle. 2 wins in a row should spark a championship style parade down main street from Williamsville to Lafeyete Square. The confetti is on standby, hundreds of thousands if not over a million Sabres fanatics (blow up doll replacements acceptable for fan base head count at this point) stand ready to move on to the main parade route waving flags of blue & gold or black, red, silver and white.

The moment of triumph is awaited with baited breathe by many. Can the team do it? Pull off the near impossible? 2 wins in a row? We shall see.....

Go Sabres!!!

[Mustache of God]

If I had to choose a team from Pittsburgh losing today I wouldn't select the Pens...

[Night Train]

The great unknown. Which team shows up..

[Spoonman]

43 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Just win.

[bob_sauve28]

10 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Yup. They invented the tank.   Pittsburgh tanked twice and they hit on Lemuiex, Jagr, Crosby, and Malkin.  

 

We literally tried to copy that. I really believe that snow game back in '08 had a big impact on this franchise. Or maybe it was just getting beaten all those other times by the Pens. 

Water under bridge now. Beat the Penguins! 

[Spoonman]

30 minutes ago, Slack_in_MA said:

Let’s go. Enough dickin’ around. Time to string a few together and get back in this thing. 

Dickin' around is fun. 

And agree Sabres need to win....

[Spoonman]

PENS house.

 

PENS house after Sabres win tonight.

 

[Dreams Burn Down]

The Penguins, though not nearly what they once were, are still more than capable of giving the Sabres a reality check.  We will not be able to roam so freely down low or in the blue paint as we were allowed to by the Habs.  I'd like to see more of the new defensive pairings, though, and continued improvement on the PP. Those two PP goals the other night gave me a nice jolt in an otherwise moribund season.

[Stads]

2 hours ago, Mustache of God said:

Two wins in a row would be cool.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

Yup. They invented the tank.   Pittsburgh tanked twice and they hit on Lemuiex, Jagr, Crosby, and Malkin.  

 

I have made the arguement that the Penguins did not tank in either situation you described above.  Mario is close.  The Penguins still stunk with Mario.  Jagr was draffted 5 or 6 years after Mario.  Jagr was a rookie when the Penguins won their first cup in 1991.  What put them over the top was the fabulous trade with Hartford.

They were lucky to be terrible when Crosby was available in the draft.  Same for Malkin a year earlier.

Edited January 6 by Sabres Fan in NS
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