2022-2023 Sabres Thread

[Woodman]

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4-2 Sabres

We get the victory.

[sukie]

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Comrie is the star of the game so far! With 4 minutes remaining in the game. Many, many great stops.

I’m weeping with joy

[OpIv37]

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Just to be clear: the big draft debate was McDavid vs Eichel. Well, they’ve been better than us but neither team has really accomplished anything since then.

Last I checked: they still have McDavid, we no longer have Eichel, and we won, in their house after a long road trip.

[JATMtheJATM]

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Just to be clear: the big draft debate was McDavid vs Eichel. Well, they’ve been better than us but neither team has really accomplished anything since then.

Last I checked: they still have McDavid, we no longer have Eichel, and we won, in their house after a long road trip.

In fairness. They've won playoff series since drafting McDavid. He's taken them to the dance. And gone into it.

I'd take that

[Night Train]

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Oilers outshot Sabres 48-24. Cromrie really was sensational with the Sabres having a lot of trouble in their own zone , in addition to getting back on D after a chance.

Lots of work to do.

[swiper]

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Tage Thompson has figured out how to use his long reach in tight spaces. Watch his goal. Amazing.

Dahlin scores in each of the first 3 games.

Here are the game highlights:

[Historian]

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Oilers outshot Sabres 48-24. Cromrie really was sensational with the Sabres having a lot of trouble in their own zone , in addition to getting back on D after a chance.

Lots of work to do.

I like him. He looked great against florida wile getting shelled with shots.

[Night Train]

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Hinostroza in the lineup and played well. Quinn benched.

[JATMtheJATM]

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Tage Thompson has figured out how to use his long reach in tight spaces. Watch his goal. Amazing.

Dahlin scores in each of the first 3 games.

Here are the game highlights:

Thompson is exciting. Once he learned that he can't deke through everyone, he became a real player. It's awesome.

[OpIv37]

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Good start so far but one big complaint: Too many shots/scoring opportunities. In 3 games, they've been outshot every time and given up 36, 37 and 48 shots. Yikes. I just don't trust Anderson and Comrie to maintain that level of goaltending over the course of a season.

[OpIv37]

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Thompson is exciting. Once he learned that he can't deke through everyone, he became a real player. It's awesome.

Roughly a year and a half ago, I said something to the effect of "i wish Tage Thompson was as good in real life as he is when I'm playing NHL on PS5." Well, he's not video game level good, but he has become a really good NHL player.

Makes you wonder what St. Louis and Krueger were doing with him.

[JATMtheJATM]

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Roughly a year and a half ago, I said something to the effect of "i wish Tage Thompson was as good in real life as he is when I'm playing NHL on PS5." Well, he's not video game level good, but he has become a really good NHL player.

Makes you wonder what St. Louis and Krueger were doing with him.

What did Krueger do to everyone?

This team is exciting. I may have to revisit my 7th place prediction down the line

[swiper]

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Good start so far but one big complaint: Too many shots/scoring opportunities. In 3 games, they've been outshot every time and given up 36, 37 and 48 shots. Yikes. I just don't trust Anderson and Comrie to maintain that level of goaltending over the course of a season.

The defense is very young, perhaps the youngest defense the Sabres have every iced. The pairings have changed in attempts for the Sabres to find the right person to pair with Owen Power. I think they broke up the Jokiharju/Dahlin pairing. Kevyn Adams kept talking about signing a veteran to sign to play with Power, but he did not do that. And Dahlin thinks he's Bobby Orr, always looking for the breakout rush. It'll get better, the more they play, but they could have used that veteran stay-at-home defenseman that never materialized, IMO.

[OpIv37]

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The defense is very young, perhaps the youngest defense the Sabres have every iced. The pairings have changed in attempts for the Sabres to find the right person to pair with Owen Power. I think they broke up the Jokiharju/Dahlin pairing. Kevyn Adams kept talking about signing a veteran to sign to play with Power, but he did not do that. And Dahlin thinks he's Bobby Orr, always looking for the breakout rush. It'll get better, the more they play, but they could have used that veteran stay-at-home defenseman that never materialized, IMO.

Yeah Dahlin has scored in every game so far. Goals are always a good thing, but my concern is that his offensive success will only encourage him to join the rush, which will lead to defensive lapses. But you are right- it is a very young group and will probably stabilize as they get more experience.

[JATMtheJATM]

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Yeah Dahlin has scored in every game so far. Goals are always a good thing, but my concern is that his offensive success will only encourage him to join the rush, which will lead to defensive lapses. But you are right- it is a very young group and will probably stabilize as they get more experience.

That's dahlins game. He said he feels more confident in joining the okay cause he knows Samuelsson is back patrolling the blue line.

This is the new NHL with ideally 4 guys who join and move into the play.

It'll bite you in the ass from time to time, but that's the risk.