GDT: Devils @ Sabres Feb 2, 2025 - 1:00PM, MSG 📺, WGR550 📻 🎙

[inkman]

2 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said:

Forgot to say….this team is still a bunch of weak, cowardly chicken $hits who don’t stick up for their teammates….maybe the thing I dislike most about the Sabres.

It’s almost as if they don’t like each other.  You see one of your boys get lit up and it evokes nothing? 

[Flashsabre]

Noesen is a piece of garbage. Someone needed to confront him.

This team has too much talent to be where they are in the standings.

 

[ExWNYer]

Duff mentions Thompson not coming back but is happy with the win and keeps skinning & grinning in his condom hat on the postgame.

[SwampD]

1 minute ago, inkman said:

 You see one of your boys get lit up and it evokes nothing? 

1 minute ago, inkman said:

It’s almost as if they don’t like each other.  You see one of your boys get lit up and it evokes nothing? 

I think it's Tage. If he's out for any amount of time, I see a run for the playoffs.

[Believer]

13 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

Samuelsson needs to be traded or bought out. Done with him. 

Been saying that for months. Adams is an incompetent.

[Dreams Burn Down]

6 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Tage was the first star but did not come back on the ice during the announcements

I hope he's okay.  The fact that he skated off on his own is encouraging.

[inkman]

7 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

So...  replace the coaching staff, and for goodness' sake, trade for any old schmuck who will at least protect your leading scorer.

I honestly think it doesn’t matter who coaches these guys. They just don’t have it in em.  No GM in the league assembles a roster like it minus our FORMER 4th LINE GRINDER GM.  

[LGR4GM]

6 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Tage was the first star but did not come back on the ice during the announcements

Hey Siri, show me an example of a Pyrrhic victory. 

[Believer]

1 minute ago, ExWNYer said:

Duff mentions Thompson not coming back but is happy with the win and keeps skinning & grinning in his condom hat on the postgame.

Embarrassing. Win aside, Ruff should be furious with no response by Thompson’s teammates.

[Scottysabres]

We need a couple enforcers. Many have been saying it for awhile now, they aren’t wrong.

[jad1]

Just now, Dreams Burn Down said:

We escaped that one.  The Sabres should really be coached by someone more befitting this team's make-up:

What is Sabres makeup?  Cuz, I can't figure it out.  It's just a bunch of best-player-availables thrown out on the ice. They're not a net-out team.  Not a possession team. Not a physical team.  Nor a mentally tough team. They're built around some idea of speed, but they don't play like a fast team. 

There are no Griers on this team.  No Vradas, no McKees, no Hechts, Browns, no Tallinders.  Guys who aren't 1st picks or super-skilled, but crucial to gluing the roster together

After 5 years, you have to wonder what kind of team is Adams trying to build?

 

[Stoner]

3 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

Duff mentions Thompson not coming back but is happy with the win and keeps skinning & grinning in his condom hat on the postgame.

Brian always makes it about Brian.

[Weave]

It should be painfully obvious now that an every day roster tough guy is about as big a need as a 2nd pair Dman.  Maybe a bigger need.

[Scottysabres]

Just now, Believer said:

Embarrassing. Win aside, Ruff should be furious with no response by Thompson’s teammates.

The old Ruff is gone. The new Ruff is an ice cream truck chaser.

[sabremike]

3 minutes ago, ExWNYer said:

Duff mentions Thompson not coming back but is happy with the win and keeps skinning & grinning in his condom hat on the postgame.

Good on Marty for calling ***** on this.

[ExWNYer]

6 minutes ago, inkman said:

It’s almost as if they don’t like each other.  You see one of your boys get lit up and it evokes nothing? 

 

[LGR4GM]

Just now, Weave said:

It should be painfully obvious now that an every day roster tough guy is about as big a need as a 2nd pair Dman.  Maybe a bigger need.

No it's ***** not. Team toughness needs to come from everyone. It always has. 

[Weave]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

No it's ***** not. Team toughness needs to come from everyone. It always has. 

Team toughness also needs someone to lead it.  This group isn’t inspiring itself.

[SwampD]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

No it's ***** not. Team toughness needs to come from everyone. It always has. 

The fact that he said "everyday roster tough guy" means that he still has to be able to play. Not just be a one dimensional tough guy and Weave is absolutely correct.

Edited Sunday at 08:50 PM by SwampD

[GASabresIUFAN]

The new Sabres team bus

[jad1]

1 minute ago, Scottysabres said:

The old Ruff is gone. The new Ruff is an ice cream truck chaser.

I think he tried to press these guys during the losing streak and they shattered like glass. Adams isn't making any moves, so he's probably coaching with the understanding that this is just a losing effort. 

[thewookie1]

Well we probably won’t see great Tage until late March now since coming off injuries he takes time to get his ball rolling. 
 

Muel, you needed to address that hit; your star center is laying prone on the ice so grab someone and chuck fists. Power isn’t going to and Kulich and Peterka aren’t exactly built to fight bare fist brawls. 
 

Can someone inform Quinn that on the PP, if Peterka is tangled with a PKer it only hurts us if you skate directly into them or that just throwing the puck into the slot when Zucker is in position for a screen is completely unacceptable.

Peterka, love ya man but those knuckleball passes to the point need to stop. There isn’t a soul around who could play that puck and you put Dahlin in a catch-22.

 

A win is a win though

[PromoTheRobot]

Good win, especially with how the refs had it in for them.

[mjd1001]

7 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:

We need a couple enforcers. Many have been saying it for awhile now, they aren’t wrong.

Agreed.

I do not like fighting in hockey, If I see a well played, end to end game I don't think about fighting anymore...but you should have 1 or 2 guys that can play that game.

I know, an enforcer who is decent on the ice is hard to find, but they have had years to find one, its about time.

[PromoTheRobot]

I see everyone is going off about the lack of retaliation for Tage. You have to be a special type of person to give this officiating crew an excuse to give you a penalty in a one goal game. Retaliation comes late when you are up two.