GBU The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Superstitions? Us? Naaah. Sabres 4-Stars 2 10/22/24

[Chainshot]

At least the NHL gave us an extended break before the game so we carry out the sacred ceremonies in praise of his name. I have placed his sacraments close to my heart as the holy text instructs.

Feel like Larkin will be enshrined in a reliquary, 40K style.

3-1-1 in our last 5gms.

If they can do that in the next 5...

 

[MOGlLNY]

Tage is back.

Power looks like he’s a #1 guy more often than not

Ryan McLeod is f***ing awesome

 

[Chainshot]

G
Power
Luukkonen
Krebs
Tage bomb
Dahlin
Greenway-McLeod-Zucker

B
Quinn is still fighting it
Cozens is snakebitten as hell

U
got tight at the end
refs

Live footage from Dylan's locker -

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[ValJamesDuex]

Lindy's comment of the night post game when asked about the power play..."we'll get one before the end of the season"

 

[jc17]

3-1-1 in our last 5gms.

Yikes, its just the same old sh-

Hey that's pretty good

 

[Chainshot]

Refreshing to hear a Sabre forward both talk about being on the right side of the puck and delivering on it in the same game.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Charts

https://x.com/i/web/status/1848902047858311289

These numbers are quite different than MoneyPuck's

 

[Ace]

Tage is back.

Power looks like he’s a #1 guy more often than not

Ryan McLeod is f***ing awesome

When Adams traded Mittelstadt one of the things that was talked about was that they didn’t like how he slowed the game down and wanted higher pace and more speed. It sure seems like that was the case when he turned around and went after McLeod. Now…the argument against it has never been Mitts vs McLeod for a reason…and the second line’s lack of production with no effort to replace Skinner and Mitts’ production externally has been the issue…but as a straight this is what I want in a third line center idea…it makes sense.

I don’t know what to do about the second line. Cozens isn't playing bad but he is producing zero. Quinn is playing bad. Benson has been playing hurt. Kulich looks good. I don’t want to mess with lines 1 and 3. They feel stuck. What’s going to happen when Benson is healthy? Sit Quinn again? Can’t sit any other winger. Don’t have another center to play to sit Cozens. If Krebs and Kulich keep outplaying Quinn and Cozens…scratches are going to get very infuriating when Kubel and Benson are ready.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Feel like Larkin will be enshrined in a reliquary, 40K style.



If they can do that in the next 5...

They'll be playing at an 88 point pace? They need to go 3-0-2 in the next 5 to climb into the hunt.

 

[Chainshot]

I'm liking Krebs with Malenstyn and Lafferty.

 

[Chainshot]

They'll be playing at an 88 point pace? They need to go 3-0-2 in the next 5 to climb into the hunt.

Baby steps. 6-2-2 for a 10-game segment would be highly unusual for this team.

 

[Chainshot]

Power post-game in what seemed like his best game of the season:

 

[Chainshot]

Lindy post-game:

 

[Gabrielor]

Live footage from Dylan's locker -

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Power was their best player tonight.

View from free suite tickets. Thank you, Sabres.

 

[Gras]

Now imagine if our 2nd line got anything going.

Krebs as 2C when NAK returns

 

[Chainshot]

Felt like Samuelsson had a solid game overall. They need that too.

 

[rogking65]

I really don't understand how Cozens was so gold for Canada in the last international for them and now he can't hit an empty net.

drop Cozens to 3rd line and move Mcleod up

 

[HOOats]

Fun game to watch. Now clawing back near .500 and well rested with Detroit coming to town.

Power has big time feel, poise, and hands in the passing game (sending and receiving) for a 6'6 D.

A motivated daddy Krebs taking full advantage of his opportunity wasn't on my season predictions, but happy to be wrong so far.

Kulich looked strong and competitive to me. He ripped a shot high and chased down his own rebound along the side of the net. Bunch of good bumps and rides. He'll prove to be a quick learner I think.

Quiet UPL can lock it down with the best of them. Bummer that the D got loose late, but Dallas always had one last death roll in them.

Love McLeod and Greenway - they can really wreck shit for an opponent. 71 is like a sheepdog and 12 is a quiet shepherd. They work well together to make opponents do what we want them to.

Beck's hit on Boosh was nice. Still enjoying the physical theme to the start of the season.

 

[MOGlLNY]

When Adams traded Mittelstadt one of the things that was talked about was that they didn’t like how he slowed the game down and wanted higher pace and more speed. It sure seems like that was the case when he turned around and went after McLeod. Now…the argument against it has never been Mitts vs McLeod for a reason…and the second line’s lack of production with no effort to replace Skinner and Mitts’ production externally has been the issue…but as a straight this is what I want in a third line center idea…it makes sense.

I don’t know what to do about the second line. Cozens isn't playing bad but he is producing zero. Quinn is playing bad. Benson has been playing hurt. Kulich looks good. I don’t want to mess with lines 1 and 3. They feel stuck. What’s going to happen when Benson is healthy? Sit Quinn again? Can’t sit any other winger. Don’t have another center to play to sit Cozens. If Krebs and Kulich keep outplaying Quinn and Cozens…scratches are going to get very infuriating when Kubel and Benson are ready.

Play the third line as the second line until they figure it out I guess. Not much else you can do

 

[Gras]

When Adams traded Mittelstadt one of the things that was talked about was that they didn’t like how he slowed the game down and wanted higher pace and more speed. It sure seems like that was the case when he turned around and went after McLeod. Now…the argument against it has never been Mitts vs McLeod for a reason…and the second line’s lack of production with no effort to replace Skinner and Mitts’ production externally has been the issue…but as a straight this is what I want in a third line center idea…it makes sense.

I don’t know what to do about the second line. Cozens isn't playing bad but he is producing zero. Quinn is playing bad. Benson has been playing hurt. Kulich looks good. I don’t want to mess with lines 1 and 3. They feel stuck. What’s going to happen when Benson is healthy? Sit Quinn again? Can’t sit any other winger. Don’t have another center to play to sit Cozens. If Krebs and Kulich keep outplaying Quinn and Cozens…scratches are going to get very infuriating when Kubel and Benson are ready.

Mitts and McLeod are both 4-1-5 so he has replaced his production so far.

 

[Chainshot]

Power was their best player tonight.

View from free suite tickets. Thank you, Sabres.

I will die on the hill that a guy getting chances is so much closer to breaking out that a guy who isn't. Cozens is not getting any puck luck but he's getting shots and chances which is more than half the battle IMO.

 

[Chainshot]

27 blocked shots, with Clifton and Greenway with five each. I don't remember the last time a Sabre forward blocked five shots in a game.

 

[Ace]

Mitts and McLeod are both 4-1-5 so he has replaced his production so far.

1 of every 3 shots McLeod takes is going in. I’m sure that will keep going.

 

[Sabre the Win]

Wish we would just stick to the GDT for further discussion, I actually kind of liked it.

Good effort tho, then they looked scrambled in the last 5 minutes. At least they found a way to win.

 

[Ace]

I will die on the hill that a guy getting chances is so much closer to breaking out that a guy who isn't. Cozens is not getting any puck luck but he's getting shots and chances which is more than half the battle IMO.

99.9 percent of cases I’d agree. But Dylan Cozens is special. The better the opportunity…the less likely he is to bury it.

Needs to start taking center ice slap shots imo. Maybe wear a blindfold