JohnC Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 The most captivating playing in this game was Panarin. He's a sharp shooter who quickly gets his shot off. There is little messing around with the puck when he is in a good shooting situation. Quite an impressive player. He's a player the opposition always has to account for. I thought Ulmark who was often left exposed by the Sabres played a good game. Overall, he has played well. The issue for me is whether it is better to play him every third game or so or split the games with Hutton? I'm not sure at this point if he is a heavy load goalie? I trust Housley's judgment on this issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 12 hours ago, JohnC said: The Blue Jackets are a good team. I thought that they were carrying the play but the Sabres seemed to stabilize and go toe to toe with them. It seemed that Ullmark was under siege quite a bit in this game. We earned a point against a very good team. This game didn't disappoint me but rather left me even more encouraged about the Sabres. Over the past four games the Sabres earned 7 out of 8 point playing three out of four games out of town. Not bad! Panerin is really good and that shot in overtime was terrific. My takeaway from this game is that the Sabres don't quit. Even when they were behind they keep playing hard. Contrast that with the past two years where this team was fragile and couldn't handle adversity without cracking. One observation I had is that Sage Thompson has offensive skills. The issue for him right now is he physical enough to play on the defensive side of the game? In a year or two when he physically matures he can turn out to be a good pickup. First...It's Tage Thompson. I thought the Sabres were the better team through much of the first and third periods but were just terrible in the second. Your point about how they "weathered the storm" is very valid. Last season, if they'd have given up 3 straight goals in the second period to go into the break down 2 they'd have gotten run out of the building in the 3rd. Last night they put their work stuff on and got after it. That shot by Panarin was wicked. That guy is really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said: First...It's Tage Thompson. I thought the Sabres were the better team through much of the first and third periods but were just terrible in the second. Your point about how they "weathered the storm" is very valid. Last season, if they'd have given up 3 straight goals in the second period to go into the break down 2 they'd have gotten run out of the building in the 3rd. Last night they put their work stuff on and got after it. That shot by Panarin was wicked. That guy is really good. That he is!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Alaska Darin said: First...It's Tage Thompson. I thought the Sabres were the better team through much of the first and third periods but were just terrible in the second. Your point about how they "weathered the storm" is very valid. Last season, if they'd have given up 3 straight goals in the second period to go into the break down 2 they'd have gotten run out of the building in the 3rd. Last night they put their work stuff on and got after it. That shot by Panarin was wicked. That guy is really good. It's not inconceivable that Tage is a Sage. ? Tage has a good shoot and he for a big man he is a smooth skater. I see him getting PP time. With him the issue is whether it is better for his development to play fewer minutes with the big club or play a lot in the AHL. My bias is to get him a lot more playing time with Rochester. He has obvious offensive skills. As with Chara (not saying he is as talented) it takes very tall and lanky players more time for the bodies to fill out and their skill set to smooth out. I like him a lot as a prospect and believe that he is not too far away from being a full time NHL player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shrader Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 My DVR has mysteriously stopped recording the games (DirecTV). The same thing happened last year, but it's a pain now because I actually want to watch them. It records them maybe 50% of the time, but I have no idea why. I was using some random code that I got from one of these threads a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 18 minutes ago, shrader said: My DVR has mysteriously stopped recording the games (DirecTV). The same thing happened last year, but it's a pain now because I actually want to watch them. It records them maybe 50% of the time, but I have no idea why. I was using some random code that I got from one of these threads a few years ago. Did you call DirecTV? They should be able to help you or at least know what the problem is? Whether it is the recorder or whatever issue? I'm sure others have had the same problem. I had the hockey package last year. I stopped watching the games. Couldn't stomach the garbage. This year, this team plays like a serious hockey team and is fun to watch. I like you usually DVR the game just in case that I can't watch them So far I haven't had an issue that you are subjected to. Just a suggestion but you might want to ask for a credit because of the intermittent working of your DVR. They are pretty accommodating to their customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 1 hour ago, JohnC said: Did you call DirecTV? They should be able to help you or at least know what the problem is? Whether it is the recorder or whatever issue? I'm sure others have had the same problem. I had the hockey package last year. I stopped watching the games. Couldn't stomach the garbage. This year, this team plays like a serious hockey team and is fun to watch. I like you usually DVR the game just in case that I can't watch them So far I haven't had an issue that you are subjected to. Just a suggestion but you might want to ask for a credit because of the intermittent working of your DVR. They are pretty accommodating to their customers. I only DVR them for those times where I get home 30 minutes or so into a game. Then I can catch up pretty quickly. If the game's already over before I get to it, I pretty much always know the score already and won't watch. Anyway, I may try to call them and weasel a few bucks out of them. It's worth a shot, especially with all the money they bleed out of their customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnC Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 2 hours ago, shrader said: I only DVR them for those times where I get home 30 minutes or so into a game. Then I can catch up pretty quickly. If the game's already over before I get to it, I pretty much always know the score already and won't watch. Anyway, I may try to call them and weasel a few bucks out of them. It's worth a shot, especially with all the money they bleed out of their customers. If you exhibited the same aggression towards DircTV as you do towards my hockey takes I'm confident that your monthly bill would be heavily discounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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K-9 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Tough break for the Leafs. But having the best coach in the game and a deep roster (among the forwards, anyway), I suspect they won’t miss a beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 6 hours ago, K-9 said: Tough break for the Leafs. But having the best coach in the game and a deep roster (among the forwards, anyway), I suspect they won’t miss a beat. Or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 Game Preview: 10/30/18 vs. Calgary LAST GAME Saturday, October 27 Buffalo 4 at Columbus 5 (OT) Goals: Okposo, Skinner, Pominville, Mittelstadt Goalie: Ullmark (32 saves/37 shots) PP: 1/5; PK: 3/3; Shots: Buffalo 38 – Columbus 37 CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 46) Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Matt Hunwick (neck, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 11 games Sean Malone (knee, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 11 games Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 11 games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS N/A UPCOMING GAMES Thursday, Nov. 1: Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3: Ottawa at Buffalo, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4: Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8: Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10: Vancouver at Buffalo, 1 p.m. TONIGHT’S GAME FLAMES at SABRES This is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Flames this season. Last meeting: Calgary defeated Buffalo 5-1 in Buffalo on March 7 Next meeting: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 in Calgary The Sabres are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Flames; 8-1-1 at home. This is the 108th game all-time between Buffalo and Calgary/Atlanta; Buffalo has a 52-37-18 series record. The Sabres are 33-14-6 at home against the Flames all-time. Projected Lineup* 53 Jeff Skinner - 9 Jack Eichel - 29 Jason Pominville 43 Conor Sheary - 37 Casey Mittelstadt - 23 Sam Reinhart 72 Tage Thompson - 17 Vladimir Sobotka - 21 Kyle Okposo 10 Patrik Berglund - 22 Johan Larsson - 28 Zemgus Girgensons 26 Rasmus Dahlin - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 6 Marco Scandella - 4 Zach Bogosian 82 Nathan Beaulieu - 8 Casey Nelson 40 Carter Hutton 35 Linus Ullmark *Dependent on the status of Jake McCabe, who will be a game-time decision. FORWARDS Johnny Gaudreau - Sean Monahan - Elias Lindholm Matthew Tkachuk - Mikael Backlund - Michael Frolik Sam Bennett - Mark Jankowski - James Neal Dillon Dube - Derek Ryan - Garnet Hathaway DEFENCE Mark Giordano - TJ Brodie Noah Hanifin - Travis Hamonic Juuso Valimaki - Rasmus Andersson GOALTENDER David Rittich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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K-9 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Rasmus and Rasmus, the "Rasmati", paired on defense. Interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Robbery! Still 1-0 in the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Fortunate to escape 2nd period still holding a lead. Can't really point to much we've done wrong so much as have to tip my hat to Calgary instead. Especially considering they played last night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Flames kicked our ass all night long and deserved to win. Eichel played like ass. Heck, the whole team looked like they were skating in mud all night for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EersN'Bills Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Ristolainen needs to be stapled to the bench in OT. He's so timid in open space and took himself completely out of the play on that goal by going into the corner and falling over. Not to mention that turnover on the PP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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K-9 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 On the bright side, we will not be outside of four points of a playoff spot on Halloween as we are secured in a Wild Card spot at the moment. Nice not to be all but eliminated so early in the season. Gotta get back on track Thursday against another fast skating team. Hope Erod is back, Tage goes to RaChaCha, Housley goes back to previous lines in the middle six, and they all get their heads out of their ***** and be ready to skate like the previous four games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Post-Game Report: 10/30 vs. Calgary Final Score 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG Flames (7-5-1) 0 0 1 1 – 2 38 Sabres (6-4-2) 1 0 0 0 – 1 29 Game Summary Event Summary Top Notes Tonight’s overtime loss extended the Sabres’ point streak to five games (3-0-2) for the first time since the team had points in nine straight games (7-0-2) from March 10 to 27, 2012. The Sabres finished October with a 6-4-2 record (.583). It was the team’s best opening month since the 2011-12 season (6-4-0) and the team’s best full month since March 2016 (7-4-4). With his goal, Jack Eichel has scored in three straight matchups with the Flames and has recorded 12 points (4+8) in his last 11 games overall. Jason Pominville’s assist on Eichel’s goal was his 500th point as a member of the Sabres. Pominville is now tied with Danny Gare for the ninth-most points in franchise history. Pominville’s assist also extended his point streak to five games (4+5), marking his first five-game point streak since Feb. 4 to 12, 2017. Tonight’s Goaltenders Tonight’s Stats Team Goaltender Decision SV% GAA Flames Rittich W .966 0.98 Sabres Hutton O .947 1.91 Updated Season Stats Team Goaltender Record SV% GAA Flames Rittich 3-1-0 .939 2.08 Sabres Hutton 4-4-1 .910 2.94 Post-Game Audio Sabres head coach Phil Housley Sabres forward Jack Eichel Sabres forward Jason Pominville Sabres goaltender Carter Hutton Flames head coach Bill Peters Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau Flames defenseman Mark Giordano Flames goaltender David Rittich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 When I said I wanted to see a few close losses and OTLs instead of regular losses, I didn't mean that they had to do nothing but that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Game Preview: 11/1/18 at Ottawa GAME-DAY RESOURCES Game Notes NHL Stats Press Clips LAST GAME Tuesday, October 30 Calgary 2 at Buffalo 1 (OT) Goals: Eichel Goalie: Hutton (36 saves/38 shots) PP: 0/2; PK: 5/5; Shots: Calgary 38 – Buffalo 29 CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 50) Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed Matt Hunwick (neck, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 12 games Sean Malone (knee, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 12 games Scott Wilson (ankle, Oct. 4; injured reserve) – 12 games Jake McCabe (upper body, Oct. 30) – 1 game TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS N/A UPCOMING GAMES Saturday, Nov. 3: Ottawa at Buffalo, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4: Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8: Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10: Vancouver at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13: Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. TONIGHT’S GAME SABRES at SENATORS This is the first of four meetings between the Sabres and Senators this season. Last meeting: Ottawa defeated Buffalo 4-2 in Buffalo on April 4 Next meeting: Saturday, Nov. 3 in Buffalo The Sabres are 7-1-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Senators; 5-3-2 on the road This is the 138th game all-time between Buffalo and Ottawa; Buffalo has a 67-50-20 series record. The Sabres are 31-27-12 on the road against the Senators all-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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plenzmd1 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) On 10/29/2018 at 9:24 AM, shrader said: My DVR has mysteriously stopped recording the games (DirecTV). The same thing happened last year, but it's a pain now because I actually want to watch them. It records them maybe 50% of the time, but I have no idea why. I was using some random code that I got from one of these threads a few years ago. yea...think we chatted bout this last year. My gut is you got it set up to record on the old channel..wasn't it like 638 or something? there was a thread here where it was like ** sabres 638/other..somthing like that. the purpose of the code was to make sure it recorded the MSG feed first, if there was not one then record 220 or for you in caroilna whatever the hurricanes local is for when they played the Canes. And man, I am getting really frustrated with this new Genie interface. Cant get the Sabre games to record on right channel, recording go missing and have to go into history to find them, stops communication with the other DVRs connected and needs a reset like once a week...all common problems with the software, not the hardware. BTW, i am going to chat with them today..do you record on a genie or just regular DVR? Edited November 1, 2018 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shrader Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said: yea...think we chatted bout this last year. My gut is you got it set up to record on the old channel..wasn't it like 638 or something? there was a thread here where it was like ** sabres 638/other..somthing like that. the purpose of the code was to make sure it recorded the MSG feed first, if there was not one then record 220 or for you in caroilna whatever the hurricanes local is for when they played the Canes. And man, I am getting really frustrated with this new Genie interface. Cant get the Sabre games to record on right channel, recording go missing and have to go into history to find them, stops communication with the other DVRs connected and needs a reset like once a week...all common problems with the software, not the hardware. BTW, i am going to chat with them today..do you record on a genie or just regular DVR? I'm pretty sure i have 635-1 in there, but I'll check it later. I'm on a genie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 So glad Pommer is playing his 1000th game in a Sabres uniform. It just feels right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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26CornerBlitz Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Remi Elie will dress for the first time Oct. 18, replacing Tage Thompson in the lineup. He'll skate on a line with Casey Mittelstadt and Sam Reinhart. "He's been sitting for a while, he's been waiting, he's been working hard in practice," Housley said. "He's had a really good approach every day even though he's been out, with a good attitude and he's been a good teammate. So, we're going to give him an opportunity. I just like what he's going to bring to our team, which is speed and physicality." Jake McCabe (upper body) will be a game-time decision on defense. If he does dress, here's how the full lineup is expected to look based on Wednesday's practice, with Carter Hutton starting in net: 53 Jeff Skinner - 9 Jack Eichel - 29 Jason Pominville 43 Conor Sheary - 17 Vladimir Sobotka - 21 Kyle Okposo 81 Remi Elie - 37 Casey Mittelstadt - 23 Sam Reinhart 10 Patrik Berglund - 22 Johan Larsson - 28 Zemgus Girgensons 19 Jake McCabe - 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 6 Marco Scandella - 4 Zach Bogosian 26 Rasmus Dahlin - 8 Casey Nelson 40 Carter Hutton 35 Linus Ullmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 On 10/31/2018 at 11:10 AM, shrader said: When I said I wanted to see a few close losses and OTLs instead of regular losses, I didn't mean that they had to do nothing but that. When you have a wish list and it is fulfilled then you have to accept the blame. You should be held accountable. Don't shirk from your responsibility here for the disappointing endings. Have you ever considered that wishing for more victories might be better than settling for less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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K-9 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Well...um...uh...er...nope. Fools gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GG Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Third time this season they face a team coming off a blow out loss and start out flat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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