Sabres & NHL 2016-17 - Victor Antipin Signs One Year Deal

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@pham1717

Byslma said Eichel is to the point to be taking full contact in practice. Won't go to Washington since he can get a better skate here.

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VS.

SABRES (7-8-5) at CAPITALS (12-5-2)

FRI NOV 25, 2016 @ 5:00 PM ET

TV: MSG-B

Sabres Digital Press Box Game Preview

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 104)

Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Cody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 20 games
Jack Eichel (high-ankle sprain, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 20 games
Nicolas Deslauriers (knee, Oct. 30; injured reserve) – 13 games
Zach Bogosian (MCL sprain, Nov. 3) – 11 games
Tyler Ennis (groin, Nov. 9; injured reserve) – 8 games
Dmitry Kulikov (lower back, Nov. 11) – 7 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
11/19: Recalled F Cal O’Reilly and F Cole Schneider from Rochester (AHL)

UPCOMING GAMES
Tuesday, Nov. 29: Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 1: NY Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec 3: Boston at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 5: Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 6: Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME

SABRES at CAPITALS
This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Capitals this season.
Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Washington, 4-1, in Buffalo on Jan. 16
Next meeting: 4-3-3 in their last 10 games vs. the Capitals; 3-6-1 on the road.
This is the 153rd game all-time between Buffalo and Washington; Buffalo has an 87-46-19 series record.
The Sabres are 41-25-10 on the road against the Capitals all-time.

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@BuffaloSabres

Something to be thankful for: Jack Eichel is closer to returning. http://bufsabres.co/jzmIVK

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@Capitals

#Caps Gameday! Sabres are in town for a 5 pm start at Verizon Center. Caps ending a five-game homestand. #CapsSabres https://dumpnchase.monumentalsportsnetwork.com/2016/11/25/caps-host-sabres-to-close-homestand

 

@BuffaloSabres

It's GAME DAY #SharpenUp: http://bufsabres.co/rm43lB

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@WGR550

Dreger - I don't get the sense that the #Sabres are desperate to move Kane. They're interested though.

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@ScoutingTheRefs

#Sabres #Capitals get refs Sutherland & Mclsaac with Nagy & Brisebois on lines http://scoutingtherefs.com/2016/11/16007/tonights-nhl-referees-linesmen-112516/

#BUF #WSH #BUFvsWSH

@VogsCaps

SKATE SHAVINGS: News and Notes from #Caps' Morning Skate: Caps finish homestand against Sabres, much more: https://dumpnchase.monumentalsportsnetwork.com/2016/11/25/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate

[plenzmd1]

Anybody going today?

If so, son and I heading to Oceanaire about 4:00pm as they have $1.00 oysters all

Day. So a couple dozen oysters and prosecco before the game it is!

I will be in the red Denison Swimming hat. First beverage on me!

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@Capitals

Caps’ lineup for tonight plus all the news and notes from this morning’s skate. #CapsSabres http://washca.ps/SsDY306wJEd

[Richmond_Bills]

Anybody going today?

If so, son and I heading to Oceanaire about 4:00pm as they have $1.00 oysters all

Day. So a couple dozen oysters and prosecco before the game it is!

I will be in the red Denison Swimming hat. First beverage on me!

so late? game is at 5:00???

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@pham1717

Bylsma did hold true to his word, Nilsson in goal, Schneider is the healthy scratch.

[plenzmd1]

so late? game is at 5:00???

30 minutes to slug down the oysters and a couple of beverages, 10 minute walk to game...perfect!

[plenzmd1]

well...the oysters were good! damn i thought they might actually tie on that PP in the 3rd.

 

In the car and off to Buffalo for the game tomorrow...

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@BuffaloSabres

Coach Bylsma's postgame comments from DC: http://bufsabres.co/Dbxmrj

 

"The chances were there for both teams." Sabres frustrated by result, but see some positives to carry forward: http://bufsabres.co/sGNcih

[PromoTheRobot]

The natives are getting restless in Sabreland. This team blows. Even Eichel isn't going to help much. Not only is the heat on Disco Dan Bylsma but also Zero-F##ks-Given Tim Murray. He put this group of bums together. The goalie he gave up a first round pick for can't make a save in a shootout to save his life. Meanwhile we are dead last in scoring (1.81 gpg) while Toronto, who supposedly is behind us in rebuilding, is averaging 3.10 goals per game. One or no goals scored in 12 of the 21 games played. Right now this team is playing worse than the tank teams under Nolan loaded with AHL talent.

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The natives are getting restless in Sabreland. This team blows. Even Eichel isn't going to help much. Not only is the heat on Disco Dan Bylsma but also Zero-F##ks-Given Tim Murray. He put this group of bums together. The goalie he gave up a first round pick for can't make a save in a shootout to save his life. Meanwhile we are dead last in scoring (1.81 gpg) while Toronto, who supposedly is behind us in rebuilding, is averaging 3.10 goals per game. One or no goals scored in 12 of the 21 games played. Right now this team is playing worse than the tank teams under Nolan loaded with AHL talent.

 

Talk about an overreaction! As the #1 Center on the team Eichel will help quite a bit and the goalie you're bitching about has a 2.38 GAA with a .922 SV%. Goal scoring is the problem on the team obviously and they still have quite a few guys up right now who belong in the AHL.

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Talk about an overreaction! As the #1 Center on the team Eichel will help quite a bit and the goalie you're bitching about has a 2.38 GAA with a .922 SV%. Goal scoring is the problem on the team obviously and they still have quite a few guys up right now who belong in the AHL.

 

This team is supposed to be better than this. And Lehner being helpless on shootouts is a real problem, not a stat.

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This team is supposed to be better than this. And Lehner being helpless on shootouts is a real problem, not a stat.

 

In case you haven't been paying attention, they haven't had the whole team together at all this season. Still no Eichel, Ennis, Kulikov, or Bogo. Not to mention O'Reilly and Kane missing significant time. Carry on.

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In case you haven't been paying attention, they haven't had the whole team together at all this season. Still no Eichel, Ennis, Kulikov, or Bogo. Not to mention O'Reilly and Kane missing significant time. Carry on.

Oh I've watched every game. I pay attention. We weren't scoring with Ennis, O'Reilly or Kane. This team has talent but they are not performing at the level expected.

[K-9]

I don't think we have all that much talent. Not really. We've got one bonafide 30-40 goal scorer in Eichel and that's about it. We have a smattering of 20-30 goal scorers in ROR, Okposo, and Reinhart, but they haven't shown that yet this season. Kane's offense is non existent. And I think our biggest problem is team speed. There's a reason we suck at pressuring the puck in the O zone and it's obvious Disco Dan has structured his forecheck to compensate. And I don't blame him for not being more confident in a defense missing two of it's top four.

 

But we just aren't that talented in the skill department. ROR, Eichel, and occasionally Reinhart and that's about it.

[JohnC]

Most people would agree that the injuries for a team with little margin of error to work with have impacted their play. Let's put things in perspective most fans who were reasonable in assessing this team before the season started believed that it was a team capable of competing for a low playoff spot.

 

As it stands although the team's record is disappointing this team still can qualify for a late playoff position. Last year, in the second half of the season, the team played at a level that would have qualified them for a low playoff spot if they played close to the same rate in the first half of the season. This team is still garnering points at a faster clip than it did the first half of the prior season. I'm hoping with the return of Jack that it will positively affect Okposo and even Kane, whom I am very disappointed in. He has lost confidence and is playing like he is in a funk.

 

What is most frustrating is watching an offense that is so impotent. Little entertainment value! I'm hanging in there and hoping that eventually the tide will turn and this team will be in the playoff hunt. If not, then what I will be looking for is some of the young players such as Foligno, Carrier and McCabe to steadily get better.