GDT: Sabres @ Sharks - Sat Jan 27, 2024, 4:00 pm ET MSG, ESPN+ NBCSCA 📺 WGR 📻

[PromoTheRobot]

40 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

.727 pt% gets you to 96. .700 gets you 94, .667. = 92, and .636 gets 90. Anything less is futile.

I need to convert this to a season long pace.
Sabres are .490 right now, which gets them to just 80 points.
.585 gets 96
.573 gets 94
.561 gets 92
.549 gets 90.
 

 

Edited January 28 by PromoTheRobot

[PerreaultForever]

Well they beat the toothless Sharks, as they should, but I do not think there was anything there that makes you think they will move out of what I would call the third tier of the nhl (teams that are better than bottom feeders/tankers but not good enough to make the playoffs). 

Tuch, Greenway, Mitts played the game like a proper NHL line. 

Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, had solid moments and were rewarded,

The top (?) line was garbage. 

and Bryson? lol, why is he here? just WHY?

[Sabres Fan in NS]

The Sabres lost the first 10 minutes 2 - 0.

The Sabres won the next 50 minutes 5 - 0.

I'll allow it.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

1 minute ago, PerreaultForever said:

Well they beat the toothless Sharks, as they should, but I do not think there was anything there that makes you think they will move out of what I would call the third tier of the nhl (teams that are better than bottom feeders/tankers but not good enough to make the playoffs). 

Tuch, Greenway, Mitts played the game like a proper NHL line. 

Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, had solid moments and were rewarded,

The top (?) line was garbage. 

and Bryson? lol, why is he here? just WHY?

The Sharks were on a 3 game winning steak.

A word that is foreign to the Sabres.

Now they have another chance.

[PerreaultForever]

6 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

The Sharks were on a 3 game winning steak.

A word that is foreign to the Sabres.

Now they have another chance.

So what you're saying is a team that bad had very little chance of having a 4 game win streak right? 🙂

 

[Scottysabres]

They got the 2 pts 👍 

That is all that accounts.

[Broken Ankles]

4 hours ago, JohninMinn. said:

Bryson going for his 4th straight W.

Apologies in advance for the negativity after a win. They win despite Bryson. His contribution was negligible in his 14:12 TOI. 

As @JohnC stated, Greenway with maybe his best performance of the year.  According the natural stat trick that line has only played together for 24 minutes all year. Statistically nothing stands out, other than a good scoring chance for and high danger for but too few minutes to glean anything.  They lost the Corsi battle tonight but I thought they dominated with a +2.  Big bodies driving to the net is a good thing.

[thewookie1]

26 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

The Sharks were on a 3 game winning steak.

A word that is foreign to the Sabres.

Now they have another chance.

Hopefully the break allows us to forget the other 2 wins and we can try to get another 2 wins

[SHAAAUGHT!!!]

2 hours ago, Ross Rhea said:

High ankle sprain

That’s best case Ontario.  6-8 weeks

[TageMVP]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Well they beat the toothless Sharks, as they should, but I do not think there was anything there that makes you think they will move out of what I would call the third tier of the nhl (teams that are better than bottom feeders/tankers but not good enough to make the playoffs). 

Tuch, Greenway, Mitts played the game like a proper NHL line. 

Cozens, Quinn, Peterka, had solid moments and were rewarded,

The top (?) line was garbage. 

and Bryson? lol, why is he here? just WHY?

This guy is always a downer I love it 

[JohnC]

38 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said:

Apologies in advance for the negativity after a win. They win despite Bryson. His contribution was negligible in his 14:12 TOI. 

As @JohnC stated, Greenway with maybe his best performance of the year.  According the natural stat trick that line has only played together for 24 minutes all year. Statistically nothing stands out, other than a good scoring chance for and high danger for but too few minutes to glean anything.  They lost the Corsi battle tonight but I thought they dominated with a +2.  Big bodies driving to the net is a good thing.

I'm going to take a different perspective on the play of Bryson. Everything you said about him in this game is accurate. His minutes were a little more than modest. He is essentially a substitute player from the AHL who was temporarily brought up to replace an injured defenseman, Eric Johnson. He was far from being an impactful player in this game but he wasn't a liability. He's essentially an AHL player who fills in when needed and then goes back to being a decent AHL player. That's a sign that the regular roster is being filled with NHL caliber players. 

[JoeSchmoe]

16 minutes ago, JohnC said:

I'm going to take a different perspective on the play of Bryson. Everything you said about him in this game is accurate. His minutes were a little more than modest. He is essentially a substitute player from the AHL who was temporarily brought up to replace an injured defenseman, Eric Johnson. He was far from being an impactful player in this game but he wasn't a liability. He's essentially an AHL player who fills in when needed and then goes back to being a decent AHL player. That's a sign that the regular roster is being filled with NHL caliber players. 

Who's playing better in Rochester... Bryson or Clague?

[JohnC]

4 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Who's playing better in Rochester... Bryson or Clague?

I don't know. I don't watch enough games to give a fair assessment. Usually, the calculation to which player to bring up doesn't revolve around which player is better so much as it is which player better fits the role as a replacement. 

Edited January 28 by JohnC

[K-9]

54 minutes ago, JohnC said:

I'm going to take a different perspective on the play of Bryson. Everything you said about him in this game is accurate. His minutes were a little more than modest. He is essentially a substitute player from the AHL who was temporarily brought up to replace an injured defenseman, Eric Johnson. He was far from being an impactful player in this game but he wasn't a liability. He's essentially an AHL player who fills in when needed and then goes back to being a decent AHL player. That's a sign that the regular roster is being filled with NHL caliber players. 

He wasn’t a liability? He was directly involved in both goals against. 

 

38 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Who's playing better in Rochester... Bryson or Clague?

Bryson.

[Buffalo Super Fan]

Another good win by the Buffalo Sabres in California today. Two out three games is a good road trip in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo 

[Wyldnwoody44]

Granato says Quinns injury "certainly isn't day to day" 

 

Ouch 

[Big Guava]

23 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Granato says Quinns injury "certainly isn't day to day" 

 

Ouch 

I think that much was obvious, he didn't need to say it.

[Broken Ankles]

1 hour ago, K-9 said:

He wasn’t a liability? He was directly involved in both goals against. 

@JohnC  This.  

[Doohicksie]

4 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

and Bryson? lol, why is he here? just WHY?

Good luck charm.  Sabres are 5-0 with him in the lineup this year.

[Weave]

4 hours ago, Doohickie said:

Good luck charm.  Sabres are 5-0 with him in the lineup this year.

Just like the black and reds, this too shall pass.

[Demoted]

Hopefully they forget they won 2 in a row and come back out in Feb and win the first game back. It would mark the first time they won 3 in a row since late October I think.

[bob_sauve28]

Here's Donny in case you missed him 

 

 

[JohnC]

9 hours ago, Broken Ankles said:

@JohnC  This.  

Just because a player is on the ice when another team scores it doesn't mean that he is responsible for the score. On one of the scores there was a deflection off of another defenseman's stick. I'm not arguing that Bryson was an asset, but in this game he wasn't a liability. His role was limited; he was a fill-in player brought up from the AHL. He sufficed as a player for us. 

[JohnC]

11 hours ago, K-9 said:

He wasn’t a liability? He was directly involved in both goals against. 

 

Bryson.

One goal went off the stick of Johnson. How was he to blame? He's an AHL player who served as a fill-in for an injured player. He played to his level. He was adequate with limited minutes. Bryson is a fringe player. What else do you expect from him? 

[Stads]

Who had on their "At the All Star Break" Bingo Card that Connor Clifton would be leading the team in plus/minus?