GDT: Rangers @ Sabres, Feb 22, 2025 - 5:30PM, MSG 📺, WGR550 📻 🎙

[Pimlach]

Rempe runs Benson.  Benson ducks. 

[Brawndo]

JOKER

[PromoTheRobot]

The FU goal 

[DarthEbriate]

There's three!

Done and done. And done.

Edited yesterday at 01:09 AM by DarthEbriate

[LGR4GM]

[Pimlach]

Rangers playing Rempe, we will score another one. 

[JohninMinn.]

Way to start the second half of the season boys!

[Night Train]

I called it..

 

  LOL

[PromoTheRobot]

Now to watch the Amerks on delay. Don't tell me the score.

[Sidc3000]

Too bad this team can’t play like this every single game. 

[Indabuff]

[bunomatic]

Good game boys. An old fashioned beatdown. The Rangers needed that.😝

[Stoner]

Why does Dylan Krebs have to lay low for awhile?

Or Peyton lol.

[LGR4GM]

Rasmus Dahlin woke up and chose violence. 

[thewookie1]

Good to see Tage playing with some rage after the whole 4nations snub

Dahlin continues to just play great 

Everyone got in on the fun it seemed and neither GA was a “bad” goal so a happy 2 pts to start the final 28.

[mjd1001]

15 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

Too bad this team can’t play like this every single game. 

Well, this is now 5 wins in the last 6.....just a little too late for this season.

[Huckleberry]

That shesterkin contract certainly looking good the first year 😛

[Pimlach]

5 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

Good to see Tage playing with some rage after the whole 4nations snub

Dahlin continues to just play great 

Everyone got in on the fun it seemed and neither GA was a “bad” goal so a happy 2 pts to start the final 28.

UPL had some tough stops to make.  Tage and Dahlin were very good. 

Getting Greenway back helps.  Losing Tuch is just bad luck, I hope he is ok. 

[JohnC]

Some quick thoughts on this game: I thought Greenway changed the dynamic of his line and influenced the game. Not a dynamic player but strong, tough and smart. He was a factor on his line and in Cozens having a good game. 

The two big plays in this game was Greenway hanging on to the puck and moving to an open area and scoring early in the game. The second big play in this game is when Dahlin cleared the puck out of the goal area when UPL last sight of it behind him. There was a Ranger ready to pounce on the puck but Dahlin reacted first. 

Tage had a big game. His most impressive goal was when he was in tight quarters and muscled his way towards the net to score. 

I paid close attention to the Power/Samuel pairing. They weren't noticed because they were fundamentally doing their jobs. Samuelsson was solid. 

The defensive play of our forwards was excellent. 

On the broadcast it was mentioned that there were a number of scouts in the arena. My suspicion was the main center of attention was Cozens. I don't want him traded. If dealt, he will be another young Sabre player playing well for another team. 

I hope Tuch is not hurt too bad. The Zucker, McCleud and Tuch line is a tough manly line that can also give you some scoring. 

Dahlin is our best player and an elite defenseman. He deserves to have an opportunity to play in the playoffs. 

This was a good win in front of a capacity crowd. The Sabres have won 5 out of 6 games. That 13 game winless streak sunk this season. The Sabres should have had around 10 more points. 

What the return of Greenway demonstrated is that a veteran presence is invaluable. 

One game at a time. Let's go for 6 wins out of 7.  

[thewookie1]

5 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Well, this is now 5 wins in the last 6.....just a little too late for this season.

2 years in a row of a very similar seasonal journey 

play .500 or slightly above

Take a few injuries to key pieces and have a death spiral of multiple losses

play .500 or above

season ends

[Stoner]

11 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Well, this is now 5 wins in the last 6.....just a little too late for this season.

They closed the playoff gap from 14 to 11 points.

[PerreaultForever]

This reminded me of pummeling the Leafs the other year. This team has one of these offensive outburst games every now and again where they seem unstoppable but it's never lasted long before so likely doesn't now either. They are too  far down for any of this to matter. Just going to make themselves and some fans think that everything's fine and just wait for next year. 

So enjoyable, but meaningless. 

3 minutes ago, Stoner said:

They closed the playoff gap from 14 to 11 points.

How does that math work?

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, Sidc3000 said:

Too bad this team can’t play like this every single game. 

Maybe they will with Greenway back.

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, Stoner said:

They closed the playoff gap from 14 to 11 points.

Don't pay attention to that. Right now the Sabres have between 2-4 games in hand on every team above them. The wild card teams are pacing for 91 points. They need 39 points in 27 to get there. (.722) Just keep stacking wins.

[HumanSlinky39]

Well this is a pleasant surprise. Put the phone away as the movie started with it 5-2 lead expecting to come out to a 6-5 loss or at best them holding on for a 5-4 squeaker, but looks like they were on the throttle in the 3rd with the lead for a change.

Hope Tuch is okay. Always great to beat the Rags. On to the next one...

Edited yesterday at 02:50 AM by HumanSlinky39