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

[PromoTheRobot]

46 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

So... when was that time going to be? After they looked into the future and saw that they got out of the PP having given up a goal against so then the game was too close to address the cheapshot on their leading scorer, alternate captain, and leaguewide face of the franchise?

 

And Ruff is apparently just a defective clone of himself now.

What's the matter? Sad that Lindy put winning the game over some blood lust? 😂

41 minutes ago, Sabres73 said:

I suspect the message to the public was different from the message in the dressing room. Or the dressing down room. He knows someone has to step up, he's just protecting his players.

Spin, spin, spin! Gotta save the narrative.

[FrenchConnection44]

1 minute ago, Crusader1969 said:

 I thought they had corrected or added some toughness in the offseason.  Unfortunately, of the guys they added, one is in the AHL and the other is out of the lineup....wait .where is Lafferty?  I forgot about him 

again it falls on the GM.  2 of the 3 guys he brought in to make up his 4th line failed.  

btw, Zucker said he didn't see it.  Kulich I don't expect to get involved 40 games into his career.    Power, is well Power but Samuelsson was also on the ice....did he see it?  If he did, take the A off his jersey tomorrow 

There is no one man enough to retaliate on this team. Krebs is the only one with the fire to do so but he doesn’t have the size and strength. And the players with size (Muel, Power) are, frankly, female genitals on ice. 

But 1-2 self appointed experts (fans who aren’t in the ring) keep arguing “nah, we don’t need bigger, physical, bad ass players.”

That Tage incident is Exactly why we need 1-2 of those, a poor man Tom Wilson types. 

I don’t see anyone in the Amerks ready for that. Tyson Kozak would be as he’s about the only other one I see with any real gumption on the ice, but he has the same problem Krebs has as he goes only 5’11 173. Maybe if Komarov puts on 30 lbs of muscle he could. But that isn’t happening.

If we are going to finish last or near last in the East and bottom 5 overall, we might as well be a team everyone fears playing. And make other players think twice about attempting some BS hit to the head of our star players. 

I’ll say it again, trade Power and some future small talent for a 6’4, 220+ guy who plays defense (F or D) and has some physical intimidation if not brutality to his game. And get these weaklings in the **** weight room. Stop adding 3 lbs of muscle to your 180 lb frames and on 10 lbs of muscle and start hammering some people. 

It’s a talented but soft team. That doesn’t play much D. 
 

3 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

Because they are trying to insulate Cozens with veterans.

That’s a bad reason. 

[PerreaultForever]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

What's the matter? Sad that Lindy put winning the game over some blood lust? 😂

Most teams do both. 

It's the same old same old when nobody addressed this right away. Who would? You can argue whichever philosophical stance you want on this but as long as this sort of thing goes without repercussions this team will never win. 

Yes, they won a skating game against a skating team and they will maybe win a ton of games and be a few points out but don't be fooled, they will still be out and the roster weak spots will remain. 

[PromoTheRobot]

42 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

But this hadn't happened yet. I didn't care about a collapse, I cared about a team defending their own, momentum be damned. The worst that comes out of it is the Sabres don't get a power play by taking a major of their own. Whoop-de-doo. Statistically, they're good 5-on-5 (when Cozens/Quinn aren't on the ice).

Lindy obviously felt the way I did, and got a win. Three in a row. Whoop-de-doo, right?

[DarthEbriate]

2 minutes ago, FrenchConnection44 said:

I don’t see anyone in the Amerks ready for that. Tyson Kozak would be as he’s about the only other one I see with any real gumption on the ice, but he has the same problem Krebs has as he goes only 5’11 173. Maybe if Komarov puts on 30 lbs of muscle he could. But that isn’t happening.

If we are going to finish last or near last in the East and bottom 5 overall, we might as well be a team everyone fears playing. And make other players think twice about attempting some BS hit to the head of our star players. 

I think Novikov would likely be good with it. He's got some muscle and recently took a one-game suspension for an "eat stick" moment.

32 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:

No he wasn't ok with it.   Didn't he go ballistic?  It was a long time ago so it might be wrong. ...sorry if I am 

He was upset. But Kaleta was out injured and McCormick was in his first game back from a concussion and on a no-fight mandate. Everyone else just cowered. The person most willing to fight was RJ.

10 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Did Quinn get hurt again or just benched?  by far and away the least ice time among forwards with about 8 minutes.

After looking like he was turning it around he now has only 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 9 games. I'm just not sure if its a benching or something injury related I missed (didn't see the entire game)

Quinn took an awkward hit in the first and might have missed a couple shifts.

[PerreaultForever]

4 minutes ago, FrenchConnection44 said:

There is no one man enough to retaliate on this team. Krebs is the only one with the fire to do so but he doesn’t have the size and strength. And the players with size (Muel, Power) are, frankly, female genitals on ice. 

But 1-2 self appointed experts (fans who aren’t in the ring) keep arguing “nah, we don’t need bigger, physical, bad ass players.”

That Tage incident is Exactly why we need 1-2 of those, a poor man Tom Wilson types. 

It's not an accident NJ has McDermitt or Columbus has Olivier. You can argue about how much of a "goon" vs. talented player you want but we got nobody. We don't value that and trust me, this will just get worse if it's not addressed. We have been bad enough so far that generally teams don't feel the need to go after our star players and we don't get hit all that much most of the time, but if we do get good enough to compete it'll happen more as it'll be the blueprint for how to beat the Sabres. We don't seem to learn from the past and so we are doomed to repeat it.

[PromoTheRobot]

10 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Most teams do both. 

It's the same old same old when nobody addressed this right away. Who would? You can argue whichever philosophical stance you want on this but as long as this sort of thing goes without repercussions this team will never win. 

Yes, they won a skating game against a skating team and they will maybe win a ton of games and be a few points out but don't be fooled, they will still be out and the roster weak spots will remain. 

There's a time and place for such things. Lindy put more value on not blowing the game by taking penalties.

[DarthEbriate]

4 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Lindy obviously felt the way I did, and got a win. Three in a row. Whoop-de-doo, right?

Absolutely right. A good team addresses it and still wins the game because they won't blow a two-goal lead with a 5-minute PP and that will expire with under 10 minutes to play in the game. Tampa, Boston, Florida would have all responded.

[PerreaultForever]

5 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

There's a time and place for such things. Lindy put more value on not blowing the game by taking penalties.

Right, cause we have playoff aspirations lmfao.

The other 4 guys on the ice didn't even push and shove they just stood there like a bunch of children wondering where their daddy was. 

You want to build a real hockey culture you don't give a crap about the score you turn it into a war and show the league you aren't going to allow that sort of thing. They hit Tage, the whole bench should have started going after Hughes every shift thereafter. 

Edited Sunday at 10:53 PM by PerreaultForever

[CallawaySabres]

The whole non-response thing is just so incredibly pathetic, and fitting for this team.

[PromoTheRobot]

Retaliation, apparently, went into the shitter with the short-handed goal.

[CallawaySabres]

They are 11 points out of eight place and playoffs are dead. Screw the win and man up for once in your lives.

[PromoTheRobot]

5 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Absolutely right. A good team addresses it and still wins the game because they won't blow a two-goal lead with a 5-minute PP and that will expire with under 10 minutes to play in the game. Tampa, Boston, Florida would have all responded.

You gotta win to be good.

[Pimlach]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Looks like Lindy and I are on the same page. 

 

I would think that both you and Lindy would have learned after the Lucic-Miller hit, the response has to be immediate.  The team is out of it, winning the game means little.  
 

The will play NJ next year and no one will care. 
 

[Stoner]

Nice job, Lance.

PTR shows his hand fully. He's with the coach, the GM owner, the players (especially goalie, a position he has played!). We know for sure he's with Dan. Never with the fans.

I'm not sure who's angling for a job with the Sabres more, Promo, Lance or Bill Hoppe.

[PromoTheRobot]

2 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

I would think that both you and Lindy would have learned after the Lucic-Miller hit, the response has to be immediate.  The team is out of it, winning the game means little.  
 

The will play NJ next year and no one will care. 
 

I find it hilarious that we are accusing Lindy of getting soft. 

[inkman]

Now the national pundits are calling out the Sabres.  Embarrassing.  

[DarthEbriate]

3 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I find it hilarious that we are accusing Lindy of getting soft. 

There are no accusations. This is all based on empirical evidence.

8 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

You gotta win to be good.

And you lay the groundwork to be good by doing the simple things right, like protecting your best player and letting the League know that this garbage will not stand.

[TheAud]

Sabres win 3 in a row! I missed the game, yet again. Sounds like the team needs some Viagra though. 

Only 5 points out of 15th place in the conference, but two games in hand!

[Dreams Burn Down]

8 minutes ago, inkman said:

Now the national pundits are calling out the Sabres.  Embarrassing.  

There are many reasons that other teams' benches laugh at us.  This is one of them.

[Pimlach]

I missed the live action. I watched on ESPN+ after knowing we won.  
 

- Great first period. 
- inconsistent second period. 
- terrible hit on Zucker after the 4th goal, unanswered 
- terrible hit on Tage that went unanswered
- hit on Kulich, unanswered
- overall poor 3rd period, giving up a goal in 18 seconds,  giving up a Shorty when on a 5min PP,  no attack on a $hitty minor league backup goalie. 
- they held on to win because of UPL.   UPL was fantastic   

The Devil have no respect or fear of the Sabres and pounded them until the final horn. 
 

A win is a win.  Oh boy.  

The conversation on Lindy wanting to avoid penalties to try to win just blows me away.  Noesom was running everyone, even before the cheap hit on Tage.  Why was Gilbert dressed?   

This team is not likable.  They just aren’t.  

 

[PromoTheRobot]

12 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

There are no accusations. This is all based on empirical evidence.

And you lay the groundwork to be good by doing the simple things right, like protecting your best player and letting the League know that this garbage will not stand.

By taking bad penalties and letting you're opponent back in the game? Cracker Jack strategy fer sher. And I'm sure we'd all be so happy losing the game as long as there was a fight right there. Yeah. 🙄

3 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

The Devils have no respect or fear of the Sabres and pounded them until the final horn.

And what did that get them? An L.

[Pimlach]

15 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I find it hilarious that we are accusing Lindy of getting soft. 

Why is it hilarious?   He admitted it.  No penalties so we can hold on to the win, right?   That was his direction.  Those 2points will mean nothing, they are going to finish 16th in the conference.  Next year NJ will push them around again.  Just like Montreal, NYI, and Columbus have this season. 

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, Pimlach said:

Why is it hilarious?   He admitted it.  No penalties so we can hold on to the win, right?   That was his direction.  Those 2points will mean nothing, they are going to finish 16th in the conference.  Next year NJ will push them around again.  Just like Montreal, NYI, and Columbus have this season. 

He admitted to not going for retaliation because it was a one goal game. Because he didn't want to blow another game. But you feel free to make up your own stories. 

[Stoner]

Excuse me... it's not really Lindy's decision. It's in the moment the millisecond after the hit. No one responded. That's a problem. Lindy being flaccid is a secondary problem.

I don't know the cut of new COO Guelli's jib, but there's a good chance he bit a chicken wing bone in half. Mayhem sells, too.