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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 5 @ 4:35 PM ET
You say it. I can't say it anymore. It's my NOT READY
- jcragcrumple

larsson, waivers
okposo, waivers
elie, waivers


call up olofsson, smith and nylander
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 5 @ 4:38 PM ET
if we don't get the bottom 9 fixed, playoffs will not be in the future


the funk with lines 2-4 has been clear since the flyer game, time to address it or go through the motions


I do know there are better players in the ahl right now then our bottom 9 and casey is not ready to be a second line center


even a minor shake up

sheary-e-rod-berglund
okposo-casey-pommer
stink-stank-stunk


DO SOMETHING

- homiedclown


My biggest disappointment was when Berglund said he doesn't like playing center. I thought he'd be able to step into the second line center role if needed. He is not that guy. I'd do a couple minor things. Waive Elie and Larsson

Olofsson-Erod-Berglund
Sheary-Mitts-Pominville

Okposo to the 4th line with smith and girgs.

None of this will happen
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 5 @ 4:49 PM ET
if we don't get the bottom 9 fixed, playoffs will not be in the future


the funk with lines 2-4 has been clear since the flyer game, time to address it or go through the motions


I do know there are better players in the ahl right now then our bottom 9 and casey is not ready to be a second line center


even a minor shake up

sheary-e-rod-berglund/thompson
okposo-casey-pommer/berglund/thompson
stink-stank-stunk


DO SOMETHING

- homiedclown



I agree,

And clearly sam is playing well on the top line.

What about him at 2c and move Casey to either 1st or 2nd winger. I remember you projecting casey as a winger.

Skins-eich-pomms/ okposo/mitts
Sheary- sam -mitts


I heard nylander might be coming up?
Suprising it's not goaloffson.

Skins-eich- nylander
Sheary -sam - mitts
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Dec 5 @ 4:49 PM ET
Didn't catch this one till now. Dahlin played 29:15 last night setting the record for most TOI for a player under 19. Doughty had the record at 29:05.
- Sabre_Tooth


Where did you see this? Just curious, not saying it's wrong or anything. I thin it's pretty cool!
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 5 @ 5:03 PM ET
I agree,

And clearly sam is playing well on the top line.

What about him at 2c and move Casey to either 1st or 2nd winger. I remember you projecting casey as a winger.

Skins-eich-pomms/ okposo/mitts
Sheary- sam -mitts


I heard nylander might be coming up?
Suprising it's not goaloffson.

Skins-eich- nylander
Sheary -sam - mitts

- Boss34

if there was ever a time to try sam at center again and move casey to wing for a bit, it's now


I think tage could take skunk's spot on the top line


skinner,eichel, thompson
sheary-reinhart-casey
berglund-e-rod-pommer
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 5 @ 5:03 PM ET
My biggest disappointment was when Berglund said he doesn't like playing center. I thought he'd be able to step into the second line center role if needed. He is not that guy. I'd do a couple minor things. Waive Elie and Larsson

Olofsson-Erod-Berglund
Sheary-Mitts-Pominville

Okposo to the 4th line with smith and girgs.

None of this will happen

- jcragcrumple

okposo to ontario to play with moulson
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Dec 5 @ 5:09 PM ET
okposo to ontario to play with moulson
- homiedclown

Its sad really. What a poop deal. I would be perfectly happy giving away one of our first rd picks to unload that giant bird of a contract. Botts and pegulas need to fight for a compliance buyout before the expansion draft otherwise. He looks like a boat anchor now, give it 4!!! more years. (frank).
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 5 @ 5:12 PM ET
if there was ever a time to try sam at center again and move casey to wing for a bit, it's now


I think tage could take skunk's spot on the top line


skinner,eichel, thompson
sheary-reinhart-casey
berglund-e-rod-pommer

- homiedclown



Skinner eich nylander
Sheary sam tage
Casey erod okposo/pommer


I've said it before, I really think sam and tage are perfect together.

Sam passes
Tage shoots
Sheary grinds the corners

Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Dec 5 @ 5:15 PM ET
Its sad really. What a poop deal. I would be perfectly happy giving away one of our first rd picks to unload that giant bird of a contract. Botts and pegulas need to fight for a compliance buyout before the expansion draft otherwise. He looks like a boat anchor now, give it 4!!! more years. (frank).
- TheHank



Okposo is putting up decent points with out eichel.

Who else has?

Sheary had some goals on eichel's line as well.

Decent points = 4.5 million $ guy not 6
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Dec 5 @ 5:15 PM ET
You guys crack me up with your waivers. We've played the best lines in the NHL recently, and Phil matches Larsson's line again them every night. Even if you hate the guy, accept that JB/Phil would never even consider doing that.
JetpackJesus
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Honolulu, HI
Joined: 08.27.2007

Dec 5 @ 5:18 PM ET
he will break 30 minutes one night this season

H6

- homiedclown

Yes, in the playoffs.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Dec 5 @ 5:24 PM ET
You guys crack me up with your waivers. We've played the best lines in the NHL recently, and Phil matches Larsson's line again them every night. Even if you hate the guy, accept that JB/Phil would never even consider doing that.
- Lunaion


I do, and I did.

Also, maybe he always starts in the D zone because Phil knows it's a waste to play them in the O zone cuz they still won't score
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Dec 5 @ 5:34 PM ET
Yes, in the Stanley Cup Finals.
- JetpackJesus



FTFY
RhinoFan
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Visionville
Joined: 10.12.2015

Dec 5 @ 5:34 PM ET
I do, and I did.

Also, maybe he always starts in the D zone because Phil knows it's a waste to play them in the O zone cuz they still won't score

- jcragcrumple



BURN!

MAJOR BURN ON YOU LOCKPORT LARRY LOVERS!
Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Dec 5 @ 5:35 PM ET
I do, and I did.

Also, maybe he always starts in the D zone because Phil knows it's a waste to play them in the O zone cuz they still won't score

- jcragcrumple


They are the best defensive line we have. That's why they are used that way. No reason to read any deeper.

Phil only trusts 2 lines late in close games, and even then, Sobotka replaces Skinner when he wants to get to OT.
robz228
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Dec 5 @ 5:47 PM ET
wow you'd think okposo was callahan or something based on these forums
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 5 @ 5:51 PM ET
wow you'd think okposo was callahan or something based on these forums
- robz228

okposo 1 point in 7 games, since the flyers

kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Dec 5 @ 5:59 PM ET
You guys crack me up with your waivers. We've played the best lines in the NHL recently, and Phil matches Larsson's line again them every night. Even if you hate the guy, accept that JB/Phil would never even consider doing that.
- Lunaion


I thought that line played well against the Matthews line last night. There were several times where they had the Matthews line trapped in their own zone.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 5 @ 6:05 PM ET
where do they separate sides in soccer ? Not at MLS games here in the states. maybe in Spain, Argentina or Brazil ?
- 22sabresQ


Europe mostly. They take their soccer very seriously.

This one happened in Egypt:



But there were a lot of problems at the World Cup in Russia this summer too. 2 died in Paris after France won. There are a lot of problems at every World Cup and Euro tournament. Russia and Poland aren't exactly the best of friends and when they play each other poop usually goes down. English and Russian fans went at it in the 2016 Euro. I could go on, and on, and on.
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Dec 5 @ 6:07 PM ET
They are the best defensive line we have. That's why they are used that way. No reason to read any deeper.

Phil only trusts 2 lines late in close games, and even then, Sobotka replaces Skinner when he wants to get to OT.

- Lunaion


The best defensive line we have got scored on twice last night. With one coming with 10 seconds left in the 2nd period....
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Dec 5 @ 6:12 PM ET
wow you'd think okposo was callahan or something based on these forums
- robz228

Nope, hes not. It would be great if he was. One year left vs 4. I'll trade him for Callahan and add to it.
TheHank
Location: Yawn.
Joined: 01.11.2017

Dec 5 @ 6:13 PM ET
The best defensive line we have got scored on twice last night. With one coming with 10 seconds left in the 2nd period....
- Pegullaville

Glad sobotka was out there in ot for his defensive acumen to not let Matthews get that shot off..........
Sabre_Tooth
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We're all Duane, NE
Joined: 06.17.2015

Dec 5 @ 6:30 PM ET
Where did you see this? Just curious, not saying it's wrong or anything. I thin it's pretty cool!
- HonkFortheGoose



not completely reliable, but someone on the NHL reddit posted the stat.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 5 @ 6:30 PM ET
Talent wise alone, it would be nice to have O'Reilly, but it sure feels like there was something to the narrative that he was disrupting the locker room. Team feels tighter this year, playing harder and all pulling together. It's been discussed and sort of confirmed by Ray and Hamilton as well, without their actually calling out O'Reilly. For that reason, I'm not looking in the rear view mirror at O'Reilly one bit.
- Angler



ROR had 7 5v5 goals last year in 1172 minutes for .36 goals per 60. Mittelstadt already has 3 in 321 for .56. Zone starts are pretty wildly out of whack with ROR at 57 in the D-Zone last year and Casey with 72 in the O-Zone this year. But Mittelstadt also costs 6 and a half million dollars less than ROR.

Maybe we're missing him on the PP, but it struggled for a good bit last year too before finally warming up.

The depth we were able to add in getting rid of him is paying off. Berglund and Sobotka might not be lighting the league on fire, but they are infinitely better than Criscuolo, Nolan, Griffith, and Wilson.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Dec 5 @ 6:31 PM ET
Glad sobotka was out there in ot for his defensive acumen to not let Matthews get that shot off..........
- TheHank


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