Post-Game Talk (GBU): They won?!?!?!

[Zip15]

G:
- The cleanest hockey game this team has played all season
- The truth behind the Jochen Hecht myth finally exposed
- Weber
- Regehr
- Kaleta
- Hodgson/Vanek
- Miller
- The team: Quick, clean, crisp, North/South
- PK

B:
- Still a few scary mistakes from Myers
- Realizing far too late that both Pardy and Porter should be here full time
- Officiating
- PP

U:
The PK looks even better with Kevin Porter than it does with Jochen Hecht

I thought you were past this? I know you dislike advanced stats, but Hecht's GA/60 at 4-on-5 is better than every PK regular forward except Kaleta. And Pominville's is actually astonishingly bad.

Also, this reminds me of how much an inch can change a narrative. Stamkos bangs home that layup (for him), and nobody is talking about the PK tonight. Nobody.

 

[Zman5778]

U: Grigs isn't even an NHL player you heard it here first

Please, please tell me that you mean that he's not an NHL player THIS YEAR.

 

[FearTheBeard]

G: Miller is good
Hodgson is legit guys trust me I'm calling it now
Myers and a goal

B: Gerbe just aint happening captain
Is Enroth even on this team?
Vanek is getting cold like a snowstorm in Buffalo in the winter
Nobody has moved into Pominville in awhile

U: Grigs isn't even an NHL player you heard it here first

#winsawinbutwerestillalongwaysaway

Vanek had 2 assists, and first? People have been saying he's not ready for over a month.

 

[ZZamboni]

This thread would have at least 3 pages if we'd lost

Yea, it's amazing how a few "regular" whiners write plenty during a loss, and won't say anything during a win. Talk about credibility

 

[SabreBlood]

I thought you were past this? I know you dislike advanced stats, but Hecht's GA/60 at 4-on-5 is better than every PK regular forward except Kaleta. And Pominville's is actually astonishingly bad.

That must be why Rolston used him to kill penalties tonight.

I don't dislike them. They just aren't gospal.

 

[Zip15]

That must be why Rolston used him to kill penalties tonight.

I don't dislike them. They just aren't gospal.

I don't know why Rolston did what he did. At the same time, I don't lend something additional credence just because Ron Rolston did it.

 

[Chainshot]

And so begins the long march to mediocrity.

And we would have it some other way?

 

[SabreBlood]

I don't know why Rolston did what he did. At the same time, I don't lend something additional credence just because Ron Rolston did it.

How about that it worked? Pefectly?

 

[Zippster]

Yawn.......

 

[CrazyPsycho]

I don't know why Rolston did what he did. At the same time, I don't lend something additional credence just because Ron Rolston did it.

I'm assuming they are just trying to get a full look at Porter and not that Hecht has been bad on the PK.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Yea, it's amazing how a few "regular" whiners write plenty during a loss, and won't say anything during a win. Talk about credibility

I'm usually the opposite...because I just don't like discussing losses as much as wins, especially when no effort was made. If the team doesn't make an effort on the ice, why should I in the GBU?

 

[Zip15]

How about that it worked? Pefectly?

So it worked because he took Hecht off the PK? Steven Stamkos hit the crossbar with a wide open net on the PP because it was Kevin Porter watching helplessly as he did so rather than Hecht? That's a stretch.

I'm happy we won. The PK was good for the most part, as it usually is when your goaltender is your best penalty killer. But I don't think Hecht's absence was a reason for it.

 

[Prospector74]

G:
-breaking the losing streak
-Miller
-Cody
-W for Rolston
-only saw the 3rd after work but looked pretty good WRT creating more chances

B:
-penalties

U:
-ehhhh?

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Please, please tell me that you mean that he's not an NHL player THIS YEAR.

If he's actually 20, we are in big trouble. If he's 18, I'm not too worried. He should be in junior. Desperate Sabres kept him up. Sad

 

[Squantosawuss]

Ugly -

- Rob Ray calling Ron Rolston Ron Wilson most of the night.

Even better was when he absolutely MASSACRED Lacavalier's name. He started garbling it, then just quit halfway through.

 

[Dixon Ward]

I'm usually the opposite...because I just don't like discussing losses as much as wins, especially when no effort was made. If the team doesn't make an effort on the ice, why should I in the GBU?

because it's YOUR job to motivate the team with exciting GBU posts.

side note: get your rally caps on mother****ers!

 

[ZZamboni]

I'm usually the opposite...because I just don't like discussing losses as much as wins, especially when no effort was made. If the team doesn't make an effort on the ice, why should I in the GBU?

Yea but at least you usually write a brief GBU, if not a longer one. Wins or losses. And if you don't, it certainly isn't a pattern.

I think you can guess as to who I mean. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed the "silence" during wins, and the diarrhea of the keyboard during losses.

 

[Timbo Slice]

Mixed in with Myer's total brainfarts this game were some good plays. That's encouraging.

1st line looked decent again. That was nice.

Defense as a whole really contained a dangerous team. Pardy was so much better than Leopold it's not even funny.

It's a start.

 

[SabreBlood]

So it worked because he took Hecht off the PK? Steven Stamkos hit the crossbar with a wide open net on the PP because it was Kevin Porter watching helplessly as he did so rather than Hecht? That's a stretch.

I'm happy we won. The PK was good for the most part, as it usually is when your goaltender is your best penalty killer. But I don't think Hecht's absence was a reason for it.

The point is they don't need him for anything, and it took a different coach to expose it and prove it.

 

[Timbo Slice]

Even better was when he absolutely MASSACRED Lacavalier's name. He started garbling it, then just quit halfway through.

Other than the win, that was probably my favorite part of the night

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

I'm glad Vanek got 2 points. He is quietly rising up the all time Sabre scoring lists... By the time he is done , if he plays his whole career here then he will either be right behind or slightly ahead of Perreault as the all time leading goal scorer. At Vaneks current pace , he would pass Perreault for most goals as a Sabre during his 15th season.

 

[Royisgone]

The Good: the pacing of the game particularly in the 3rd period. Few whistles and towards the end, end to end action.

The 3rd period really went fast.

Will be interesting to see how this win translates to Thursday night.

 

[vcv]

The point is they don't need him for anything, and it took a different coach to expose it and prove it.

One game proves it?

 

[ZZamboni]

Well, if anyone wants to soak the win in again, it's replaying on TWC ... MSG right now.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

For one night I will rest easy. First good nights sleep in a while.