Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Let's Tank again!!! May as well, with Eich and Kane out for an extended period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) @amymoritz Notes from #Sabres practice: Lehner still sick, praise for Nilsson and a loss Bylsma never wants to forget. https://t.co/5GgPk44QBo Lehner still "sick"? I think if we changed one vowel there we'd be onto something. Edited October 27, 2016 by 4merper4mer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 i just realized Sabres have a game on Sunday same time as Bills game...that sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 i just realized Sabres have a game on Sunday same time as Bills game...that sucks Sabres game starts at 3:00 -- likely long after the Bills game is still in doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Sabres game starts at 3:00 -- likely long after the Bills game is still in doubt. Yea, but i am only making 4 games this year in Buffalo...so no way am i leaving either the game or the lot early. But, i can record on the Genie, and then stream it to the 46 inch TV we bring to the games. BTW Eric, we will be watching the Cinci-SanFran during the tailgate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 VS. WILD (4-2-1) at SABRES (1-2-2)THU OCT 27, 2016 @ 7:00 PM ETTV: MSG-BSabres Digital Press Box Game PreviewCURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 17)Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missedCody McCormick (blood clots, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 5 gamesJack Eichel (high-ankle sprain, Oct. 13; injured reserve) – 5 gamesEvander Kane (cracked ribs, Oct. 16) – 4 gamesRobin Lehner (illness, Oct. 25) – 1 gameTRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS10/21: Assigned F Nicholas Baptiste, F Hudson Fasching and D Casey Nelson to Rochester (AHL)10/23: Recalled F Hudson Fasching and D Casey Nelson from Rochester (AHL)10/24: Recalled G Linus Ullmark from Rochester (AHL)UPCOMING GAMESSaturday, Oct. 29: Florida at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Sunday, Oct. 30: Buffalo at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.Tuesday, Nov. 1: Buffalo at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 3: Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 5: Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m.TONIGHT’S GAMEWILD at SABRESThis is the first of two meetings between the Sabres and Wild this season.Last meeting: Minnesota defeated Buffalo, 3-2 (SO), in Buffalo on March 5Next meeting: Tuesday, Nov. 1 in MinnesotaThe Sabres are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs. the Wild; 2-6-1 in nine home games.This is the 19th game all-time between Buffalo and Minnesota; Buffalo has an 8-9-1 series record.The Sabres are 2-6-1 at home against the Wild all-time.Morning Skate: October 27, 2016 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am at KeyBank Center @BuffaloSabres A special edition of #SharpenUp with info on #HockeyFightsCancer - Please be in your seats early tonight: http://bufsabres.co/SfstaG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 @BuffaloSabres Coach Bylsma: Nilsson in net tonight. Lehner is feeling better, but not well enough to be with the guys. Hopefully tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 @amymoritz Fresh from the morning skate, five things to know as the #Sabres host Minnesota tonight: https://t.co/ijFv5EnCYM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 @BuffaloSabres Here's a look at our lines tonight. #HockeyFightsCancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 To the experts: Is this team realistically worse than the tank team? I get that they're young and individuals among them will improve but on the ice they are horribly bad. Murray hype has to end because he has assembled nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Blow a 3-0 lead Tuesday, get shut out at home Wednesday. This Sabres team is some kind of awful. This goes deeper than losing Eichel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) Blow a 3-0 lead Tuesday, get shut out at home Wednesday. This Sabres team is some kind of awful. This goes deeper than losing Eichel. C'ant fire the players..Bye Bye Disco. To the experts: Is this team realistically worse than the tank team? I get that they're young and individuals among them will improve but on the ice they are horribly bad. Murray hype has to end because he has assembled nothing. They are playing worse that's for damn sure. Will say you have been down on this team from last year..thought you crazy...maybe crazy like a fox. And I am a idiot...had to buy my tickets for Saturday game last week instead of waiting...didn't pay near even season ticket face..but would be much cheaper at game time tomorrow...these guys are just flat out boring to watch. I was actually wishing there was a baseball game on to watch last night instead of that performance. Gunna be hard to not read the Bucky tear em down column. Edited October 28, 2016 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 They are playing worse that's for damn sure. Will say you have been down on this team from last year..thought you crazy...maybe crazy like a fox. And I am a idiot...had to buy my tickets for Saturday game last week instead of waiting...didn't pay near even season ticket face..but would be much cheaper at game time tomorrow...these guys are just flat out boring to watch. I was actually wishing there was a baseball game on to watch last night instead of that performance. Gunna be hard to not read the Bucky tear em down column. I wasn't really down on them. I don't know enough to be down.....or up. This thread and the one before it kind of got me down. It seemed like they just kept getting good players and everyone was excited but the tone of these threads was pretty much: "Wow look at our roster....maybe we can squeak into the playoffs in 3 years". In a league where so many teams make the playoffs those two things don't make sense together. I want them to do well and other than the crap Murray has selected as a goalie roster, everything else seemed to make sense to me. Eichel is clearly an immense talent. There are other pieces there too. They seem smallish to me overall but I'm far from an expert. I was encouraged and want to remain encouraged. I was hoping Murray's good judgment with players was also true of Lehner despite my eyes telling me he just gave up another goal. I hope it isn't the reverse of that situation. I know goalies take time to develop as players but Lehner looks really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I think the roster has good potential when Eichel and Kane are 100% I have more concern for goal tending and disco Dan at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Your Buffalo Sabres ladies and gentlemen! Watch them finish last in the league and not win the lottery AGAIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 And there is this.. http://www.wkbw.com/news/source-kane-harassment-case-set-to-be-dismissed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 And there is this.. http://www.wkbw.com/news/source-kane-harassment-case-set-to-be-dismissed I wonder if the web geniuses at channel 7 recognize that many people are now using mobile devices to read the articles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I'm not as discouraged as most of you are regarding the slumbering start for the Sabres. This team had little margin of error to begin with because of its limited depth. When Eichel and Kane went down we not only lost two of the team's primary scorers but we also diminished two of our top lines. The end result is that a player such as Moulson ends up moving up the ranks to being a top two line player when he isn't that type of player any longer. (I don't want to specifically dump on him to make a point because I still believe that he can be a useful player on power plays but he is not in my estimation a top two line player.} What I will be watching to see on this pinched roster is who will be stepping up and legitimately moves up the ranks based on performance. So far the one player who I can identify who falls in that category is Ennis. Are there other players who will be moving up the ranks and improve this team when the injured players return? I don't know but that is what I will be watching for. As another poster stated the hardest and most dispiriting part of watching this team is that it is boring. Clearly it is due to its lack of potency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCity Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 They are playing worse that's for damn sure. That's ridiculous, they aren't even close to the tank teams. It was a frustrating loss for sure, Dubnyk was fantastic in net and Nilsson looked the part of a backup. If they keep outshooting teams 38 - 22 they will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 @pham1717 Bylsma said we'll see about the goaltending tomorrow. He said it's not likely Lehner will play both games this weekend. Bylsma said Kane should be able to start cardio exercise in 3 to 5 days. He said broken bones typically take 4-6 weeks, but he doesn't know. Said Eichel is out of the boot, but all that means is he can go to the next level of rehab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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