GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ Boston Bruins 3/17/25 ☘️ 7pm MSG, NESN, WGR

[Big Guava]

Nice win...but another game with a sub .900 save percentage by UPL.

In his last 12 games, he only has 3 games where he registered a .900+ save percentage.

Pathetic.

Edited 19 hours ago by Big Guava

[PerreaultForever]

47 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

The Bruins have Pastrnak and McAvoy.   Can Sabres pass them with Thompson and Dahlin?  Which duo has the better supporting cast?  Better coaching?  Better culture?  Better Uni’s?  

Hey come on, you're forgetting they have Mittelstadt 🙂

 

[pi2000]

They played hard and I'd say they were fortunate to win.   

Still many mistakes, poor puck support and poor puck management.

Boston is a bad team, 3 wins in their last 10.   

Not impressed, do better.

[PromoTheRobot]

12 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Hey come on, you're forgetting they have Mittelstadt 🙂

 

I forgot too.

[PromoTheRobot]

53 minutes ago, Big Guava said:

Nice win...but another game with a sub .900 save percentage by UPL.

In his last 12 games, he only has 3 games where he registered a .900+ save percentage.

Pathetic.

Gave up just two goals, made critical saves to win the game too. But stats say he sucks. 🙄 

What you saw was good defense limiting the other teams scoring chances. As in 19 shots. That's a good thing. 

Here's how meaningless this sub .900 argument is. If UPL saw one more shot from the Bruins, his sv% becomes .900. What changes from the overall game? Still only two goals allowed.  Still a Sabres win.

Edited 18 hours ago by PromoTheRobot

[Doohicksie]

1 hour ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Ah When Genesis was great!

I'm diving back in.  Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is one of my favorites; I just picked up A Trick of the Tale and Wind & Wuthering on CD; I've never owned either one though I'm familiar with both.  Been listening to them a lot lately.  Although I love Lamb, I'm not sure the other albums with Peter Gabriel are as good.  It's like losing him kind of focused the band in a new, clearer direction.

[Doohicksie]

54 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

 

Rollin' with all the old tunez tonight.

[inkman]

2 hours ago, Stads said:

I doubt we see him in OT. Slow of foot be he

I transformed into a pirate the last three words. 😆

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, inkman said:

I transformed into a pirate the last three words. 😆

Arrrggh,

[Pimlach]

@Doohicksiedoing the prog rock thing.  How about Yes and ELP?  

[GASabresIUFAN]

59 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

I'm diving back in.  Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is one of my favorites; I just picked up A Trick of the Tale and Wind & Wuthering on CD; I've never owned either one though I'm familiar with both.  Been listening to them a lot lately.  Although I love Lamb, I'm not sure the other albums with Peter Gabriel are as good.  It's like losing him kind of focused the band in a new, clearer direction.

Saw a great Genesis cover band play the entire Lamb stage show with the original slide and costumes.  Great Show.  The Lamb is a great great album.  Selling England by the Pound is also a really good Peter Gabriel Genesis album.  From the earlier albums the best songs are The Knife (Trespass), The Musical Box (Nursery Crimes), Watcher in the Sky and the 23 minute long Supper's Ready from (Foxtrot).  

Edited 17 hours ago by GASabresIUFAN

[GASabresIUFAN]

37 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

@Doohicksiedoing the prog rock thing.  How about Yes and ELP?  

The psyche of this team is very Fragile and Adams is a very Lucky Man to still have a job.

[Doohicksie]

3 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

The psyche of this team is very Fragile and Adams is a very Lucky Man to still have a job.

Noice.  🙂 

  

28 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

@Doohicksiedoing the prog rock thing.  How about Yes and ELP?  

All in good time.  I've got a couple of each of their albums.  When a piece of music strikes me and I dig into it a little and decide I like it, I put it on a list and eventually buy the CD, or for my birthday and Christmas I give the list out to my family if they don't know what to get me.  The list is currently comprised of:

• Bob Seger:  Against the Wind
• Pretenders:  Learning to Crawl
• Joe Jackson's Jumpin Jive
• Joe Jackson:  Body and Soul
• Jack White:  Blunderbuss
• Jack White:  Entering Heaven Alive
• Linda Ronstadt:  Heart Like a Wheel
• Steven Wilson:  The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
• Steely Dan:  The Royal Scam
• Styx:  Crystal Ball
• Genesis:  And Then There Were Three
• The Rolling Stones:  Sticky Fingers
• The Rolling Stones:  Beggars Banquet
• The Doobie Brothers:  Toulouse Street
• Fleetwood Mac:  Then Play On
• Bruce Cockburn:  Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
• Al Stewart:  The Year of the Cat

Last week I got A Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering.

And this was my Christmas haul

• Michael Franks:  The Art of Tea
• Willie Nelson:  Red Headed Stranger
• Steely Dan:  Gaucho, Katy Lied
• Billy Joel:  The Nylon Curtain
• Joe Jackson:  Stepping Out
• Traffic:  Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
• The Raconteurs:  Consolers of the Lonely

[GASabresIUFAN]

1 minute ago, Doohicksie said:

Styx:  Crystal Ball

Saw Styx for the first time recently.  Tommy Shaw is still great.  They sounded really good.  I would start with Grand Illusion before Crystal Ball but that's my humble opinion.  

[PerreaultForever]

1 minute ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Saw Styx for the first time recently.  Tommy Shaw is still great.  They sounded really good.  I would start with Grand Illusion before Crystal Ball but that's my humble opinion.  

Is Larry Gowan still in that?

[GASabresIUFAN]

3 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Is Larry Gowan still in that?

He is and he sounds very much like Dennis DeYoung, and he puts on a hell of a show.  Chuck Panozzo and James Young are the only original guys still in the band, although the Tommy Shaw addition helped make them a huge 70/80s band. 

[Demoted]

I do love when the Bruins lose. 

[HOUSE]

Nothing like a win in Boston

[Doohicksie]

6 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Saw Styx for the first time recently.  Tommy Shaw is still great.  They sounded really good.  I would start with Grand Illusion before Crystal Ball but that's my humble opinion.  

I've already got Grand Illusion.  And Equinox.  Crystal Ball completes the "golden trilogy" of the band for me.  (I have a theory that for a lot of bands, they have three really good albums in a row and the rest are rather forgettable.  there are exceptions like Genesis, Rush and the Rolling Stones.)

[CallawaySabres]

It will be nice when winning a game actually means something again…

[Pimlach]

9 hours ago, pi2000 said:

They played hard and I'd say they were fortunate to win.   

Still many mistakes, poor puck support and poor puck management.

Boston is a bad team, 3 wins in their last 10.   

Not impressed, do better.

Not  impressed with a road win in the Garden?   Peterka, Norris, and Kulich out.  Hmmm.  I thought they played pretty good, had some down stretches but kept the shots against down.  

[JohnC]

1 minute ago, Pimlach said:

Not  impressed with a road win in the Garden?   Peterka, Norris, and Kulich out.  Hmmm.  I thought they played pretty good, had some down stretches but kept the shots against down.  

My takeaway from the game is that even with the shooters out of the lineup, collectively this team played hard and with effort throughout. There were no lulls---the players kept pushing. When watching this game it was apparent why there was a need for keeping veteran rugged players, such as Greenway, Zucker, in the fold. What our young players, such as Quinn, JJP and Kulich, can't bring at this stage of their career is the physicality to go along with their offensive skills.   

In general, I thought Zucker, Tuch and Byrum played well. Just maybe, Byrum playing without Dahlin allows him to control the puck and freelance more??? Still an open issue for me. 

This was a good win in another end of season meaningless game. However, if the remaining games are used to instill playing the right way (tougher two-way hockey), then it can be a good lesson for next season. 

I'm aware that I have repeated myself but I strongly believe that if the organization can make a few smart moves to get a better mix and balance to the roster, this team would be much better. 

[Doohicksie]

4 hours ago, JohnC said:

Just maybe, Byrum playing without Dahlin allows him to control the puck and freelance more??? Still an open issue for me. 

I think he and Dahlin play well together in the offensive zone, but it seems that Byram doesn't care who he plays with; he likes the offensive part of being a defenseman, plain and simple.

Edited 4 hours ago by Doohicksie

[JohnC]

9 minutes ago, Doohicksie said:

I think he and Dahlin play well together in the offensive zone, but it seems that Byram doesn't care who he plays with; he likes the offensive part of being a defenseman, plan and simple.

The Byrum trade for Mitts is looking good. I hope that we will be able to eventually get a contract worked out. 

[Pimlach]

8 hours ago, Doohicksie said:

Noice.  🙂 

  

All in good time.  I've got a couple of each of their albums.  When a piece of music strikes me and I dig into it a little and decide I like it, I put it on a list and eventually buy the CD, or for my birthday and Christmas I give the list out to my family if they don't know what to get me.  The list is currently comprised of:

• Bob Seger:  Against the Wind* $
• Pretenders:  Learning to Crawl*
• Joe Jackson's Jumpin Jive* 
• Joe Jackson:  Body and Soul *
• Jack White:  Blunderbuss
• Jack White:  Entering Heaven Alive *
• Linda Ronstadt:  Heart Like a Wheel* $
• Steven Wilson:  The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)
• Steely Dan:  The Royal Scam * $
• Styx:  Crystal Ball
• Genesis:  And Then There Were Three
• The Rolling Stones:  Sticky Fingers * $
• The Rolling Stones:  Beggars Banquet * $
• The Doobie Brothers:  Toulouse Street * $
• Fleetwood Mac:  Then Play On * $
• Bruce Cockburn:  Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
• Al Stewart:  The Year of the Cat *

Last week I got A Trick of the Tail * and Wind & Wuthering *$

And this was my Christmas haul

• Michael Franks:  The Art of Tea
• Willie Nelson:  Red Headed Stranger
• Steely Dan:  Gaucho * $, Katy Lied * $
• Billy Joel:  The Nylon Curtain*
• Joe Jackson:  Stepping Out* $
• Traffic:  Low Spark of High Heeled Boys* $
• The Raconteurs:  Consolers of the Lonely *

Looks like you missed the 70's record buying era but to me music is music.  The era and the incessant need to label genres becomes too much of the conversation.  

I put a * next to the ones in my collection.  I put a $ next to the ones that have hit the Turntable or CD player in the past 2-3  years.  

Edited 8 hours ago by Pimlach