GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ Detroit Red Wings 3/12/25 7:30 pm TNT

[bunomatic]

Bad call lindy

[Believer]

Ruff what were you thinking.

[_Q_]

5 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

 

 

You have been pushing the Quinn is injured storyline.  Do you know this, or do you just think it?

 

I am not a prophet.

But I have been ISO’ng Quinn for quite awhile.

Watch him, he looks like he has no legs/wind.  Two major leg injuries makes it add up.

I want to see him train medically healthy for a full offseason.

 

Remember he was Peterka ++

[North Buffalo]

Just now, Carmel Corn said:

Actually, I thought he was trying to box him out....which he needs to do

agreed but he needs some better quad strength

[HumanSlinky39]

That was a stupid challenge.

Soon to be 5-2...

[GoPuckYourself]

Add goalie to the long list of needs for this team next season.

 

[Doohicksie]

38 minutes ago, clink said:

This meme, or the one where the guy is eyeballing someone new (Norris) whilst ignoring the "old news" gal (Cozens) 😃

That was my second choice but I think I've already used that one.

[Sidc3000]

Just now, Carmel Corn said:

Actually, I thought he was trying to box him out....which he needs to do

I don’t think he was trying to do anything 🤷‍♂️. Either way it was a stupid challenge 

[mjd1001]

Just now, _Q_ said:

I am not a prophet.

But I have been ISO’ng Quinn for quite awhile.

Watch him, he looks like he has no legs/wind.  Two major leg injuries makes it add up.

I want to see him train medically healthy for a full offseason.

 

Remember he was Peterka ++

It would explain a lot. 

But if its true, he can't be playing every game. He needs to be rotating in until he gets a full offseason.

[Pimlach]

Just now, Wyldnwoody44 said:

Power was a poor draft pick 

It looks like it. 

We get on these national TV games and there is never any positive buzz from the media for Power either.  He is nowhere near Dahlin and the other top defensemen in the league. 

He is a passive player with some offensive skill.  

[Indabuff]

[HumanSlinky39]

Again, this red wings team scored 11 goals in their previous 6 games. 4 and counting tonight...

[_Q_]

Just now, mjd1001 said:

It would explain a lot. 

But if its true, he can't be playing every game. He needs to be rotating in until he gets a full offseason.

Agreed, but we don’t have many options.

[LGR4GM]

Just now, HumanSlinky39 said:

Again, this red wings team scored 11 goals in their previous 6 games. 4 and counting tonight...

UPL stinks. His defense stinks. Ruff stinks.

[bunomatic]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

UPL stinks. His defense stinks. Ruff stinks.

Eww de toilette

[_Q_]

1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:

UPL stinks. His defense stinks. Ruff stinks.

The tank is on

[Crusader1969]

2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

UPL stinks. His defense stinks. Ruff stinks.

How bad does your defensive depth have to be to have Bryson killing penalties ?

[Forecheck]

When your goaltender gets outplayed by Mrazek, you have a goaltending problem. 

[OverPowerYou]

People still care? 

[Flashsabre]

Will this be rebuild 3 or 4?

[Pimlach]

10 minutes ago, _Q_ said:

I am not a prophet.

But I have been ISO’ng Quinn for quite awhile.

Watch him, he looks like he has no legs/wind.  Two major leg injuries makes it add up.

I want to see him train medically healthy for a full offseason.

 

Remember he was Peterka ++

I never thought he was Peterka ++  

I was never convinced he was the better player between the two.   I liked Peterka's speed and his body type is much stronger.  

No legs and no wind could be that he is lazy and lost.   But I want you to be right. I want to be wrong on Quinn.  

I prefer in the off season that we add a top 6 forward similar to Tuch in size, speed, and skill.  I think this player makes Quinn expendable.    

Edited 4 hours ago by Pimlach

[K012010]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

UPL stinks. His defense stinks. Ruff stinks.

I’m just curious, what people like you think about all of the games where UPL has legitimately shut down very good teams. There has been a decent amount at this point.

You say he stinks— do you think what he has shown is not enough to build around? Are you saying he’s just too inconsistent? Or are you saying he doesn’t have the ability to be a number one goalie in this league? I’m just trying to understand what fans like you really mean by this.

I just find it interesting that our fan base flip-flops on UPL so much. We have to acknowledge that our entire team is lacking. Our defense in my opinion is our worst group. There is talent there obviously, but they don’t know how to play together and they really end up being a terrible defense.

When you say UPL stinks, are you factoring this in? Do you not think that could have a tremendous effect on a goalie over a whole season, multiple seasons etc? I think it would be very Sabres like for us to part ways with UPL anytime in the next three or four years and then watch him go dominate on a good team with a good defense in front of him.

Our fan base just continues to punish goalies for not being Dominik Hasek or Ryan Miller. I’ve already acknowledged that UPL definitely needs to be more consistent, but imagine playing with that garbage defense in front of you on a nightly basis. He has shown that he has the ability to be a number one. The issue is figuring out where his inconsistency is really coming from. He’s also still young.

It seemed that our fan base had come to a conclusion a year or so ago that UPL was indeed a number one goaltender in this league. Now he’s not? Did he forget how to play the position? Or is it more the fact that he has a garbage defense in front of him and he’s struggling to maintain the right mindset?

 

[clink]

8 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

That was my second choice but I think I've already used that one.

It's soooooo fitting for this particular situation, IMO 

 

Not that the Smudge vs the RHWOC is bad.... 😃

[HumanSlinky39]

My take on UPL is he makes a lot of great saves and keeps us in some games we shouldn't be in. But he also lets in a lot of trash and costs us some games. He's just very inconsistent.

[Slack_in_MA]

I actually saw Quinn mix it up!