GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ SJ Sharks 8:00 PM EST MSG-B, NBCSCA, WGR550

[#freejame]

7-4 on the month. I’ll be fantasizing about 10-4 at least until Wednesday 

[JohnC]

5 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

Byram played well but I wouldn't have given him a star. Giving a star to a hometown player is understandable. I would have given a star to Dahlin instead of Byram. But I can't dispute the fact that Bo played well. And as the games add up it he seems to be getting better and better. 

Edited 3 hours ago by JohnC

[GASabresIUFAN]

Great comeback on the road with the backup goalie on the back end of a back to back.  Well done!

[Doohicksie]

27 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:

I will say that the player that has benefited the most from Ruff as coach has been Tuch Krebs.

fify

Granato opened the door for Krebs by giving him a role.  That role has been consolidated and enhanced under Ruff.

[PerreaultForever]

Reimer looked pretty good, so no worries on the back up situation. Levi can get the development he needs. 

I thought the D was a little soft tonight but the team played just well enough to win. Kept moving ahead of Detroit and Ottawa in the standings so that's good. 

Cozens looked better. Maybe his best game of the year. A successful road trip like this, without our star scorer, that can go a long way to building a winning culture. 

[Stoner]

 

[Big Guava]

36 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Hmm. 

We need another top 6 forward still. We're beating teams we should, which is new. I don't think we played bad tonight but Reimer really kept us in it. 

It's better. They gritted out a win on a back to back where a Sharks legend had his number retired. Need to clean up the penalties and get more chances still. They have my curiosity, but not my attention. 

Finally, Jack Quinn is getting closer to being back. He stopped being a liability and was useful at times. 

Ps. Reimer was great. 

I guess beating Dallas and then kicking the living hell out of the Rangers were games we were supposed to win too?

[Flashsabre]

39 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Hmm. 

We need another top 6 forward still. We're beating teams we should, which is new. I don't think we played bad tonight but Reimer really kept us in it. 

It's better. They gritted out a win on a back to back where a Sharks legend had his number retired. Need to clean up the penalties and get more chances still. They have my curiosity, but not my attention. 

Finally, Jack Quinn is getting closer to being back. He stopped being a liability and was useful at times. 

Ps. Reimer was great. 

I agree they need another top 6 forward. I would see if there is a legit scoring winger to play with Tage and Tuch. Move JJ down to reunite with Cozens and Quinn and get them going again:

legit scorer Tage Tuch

JJ  Cozens Quinn

Benson McLeod Zucker

Greenway Krebs one of Lafferty/Malenstyn/NAK

[JoeSchmoe]

Still awesome to get the win, but they pulled this out by the skin of their teeth. They need Thompson to really be dominant.

[triumph_communes]

Lafferty is the weakest link up front. And he isn’t too shabby just no offensive skill. Good place to be. Get our tall guys back and we are in business. 
 

annoying we brought in byram and still have defensive depth issues. Lot of times Bryson did something dumb out there.

 

i go find more defensive depth before I touch the forwards. We have tons they’re all young, let the cream rise 

[Porous Five Hole]

Three games in four nights on the west coast and the Sabres win them all. What a week!
 

Buffalo is in the mix, which was tough to imagine a week ago…we called it the mushy middle.  Now we are a playoff team on thanksgiving 🦃.

Let’s friggin gooooo. 

[Doohicksie]

38 minutes ago, Stoner said:

 

Yeah... about that...

1 hour ago, Doohicksie said:

 

 

[nfreeman]

Well done Sabres and well done SabreSpace.  1 over DeLuca .500 and coming home.  

Good goaltending and good coaching make such a huge difference.

Krebs is playing the best of his career.  I think his goal was the most skilled offensive play I’ve ever seen from him.

That was probably the best game of the season from both Cozens and Quinn.

Kulich looks more comfortable and aggressive to me than he did earlier in the season.

Dahlin has his offensive mojo back but still isn’t playing smart, winning hockey like a captain should.  And he and BB are meshing pretty well.

Clifton isn’t a star but he is giving them good value and plays with heart.

JJP has been very quiet lately.

Next up they are home vs Minny, which is tied for 2nd in the NHL with 30 pts, then home vs Vancouver, which is tied with the Sabres with 23 pts, then at the Islanders (which I’ll be attending with a hearty squad of 6 Sabres fans).

Go Sabres.

 

 

[JoeSchmoe]

4 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Well done Sabres and well done SabreSpace.

We did it! 💪

[Andrew Amerk]

3 hours ago, SABRES 0311 said:

The team confidence should now be there. Greenway and Tuch will return to a slightly better team. 

Reimer is probably the backup to stick with if/until he cracks. All the bouncing around in his career and maybe he finds a last home in Buffalo.

With a healthy team it’ll be fun to see how the lines shake out.

 

Where did Tuch go?

Could have sworn he had a SHG tonight. 

[Doohicksie]

57 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said:

Where did Tuch go?

Could have sworn he had a SHG tonight. 

Yeah, just imagine how much better the team will be when actually plays!

Edited 8 minutes ago by Doohicksie