Post-Game Talk (GBU): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Benson has himself a Knight; Sabres win 5-2 in Vegas

[tsujimoto74]

I would say its quite a reach the little time he spent there.
Maybe its more like he lost the pressure going down there of being the to go guy and found his confidence again.

yeah, I think whatever Rochester did for him was purely psychological, but he obviously needed the reset.

 

[Tatanka]

I don't know where you put Skinner at when he returns. No way you drop Benson from the top line or mess with Peterka - Mitts - Cozens.

Rosen > Murray. You could try Skinner-Krebs-Quinn/Olofsson on a 3rd line I guess.

Best Guess:
Benson. thompson. Tuch
Quinn Mitts Peterka
Greenway Cozens Skinner
ERob Krebs OK

Jost VO extras
Dont expect Girgs back. If it was month to month I don’t think Adams would have made a move. He would have shuffled Amerks in and out.

 

[BFLO]

G: Levi stole one
We did not miss Skinner at all.

B: RJ got bodied off the puck a few times like he was a little kid. Solid game otherwise.

Without Levi standing on his head this is a 6-4 loss. We got thoroughly out chanced.

U: Clifton

Refs

 

[Beerz]

I don't know where you put Skinner at when he returns. No way you drop Benson from the top line or mess with Peterka - Mitts - Cozens.

Rosen > Murray. You could try Skinner-Krebs-Quinn/Olofsson on a 3rd line I guess.

Thing is you can put Benson anywhere and he will make that line work.

 

[MOGlLNY]

G: Levi stole one
We did not miss Skinner at all.

B: RJ got bodied off the puck a few times like he was a little kid. Solid game otherwise.

Without Levi standing on his head this is a 6-4 loss. We got thoroughly out chanced.

U: Clifton

Refs

I looked at the xG, it was not that significant. Sabres had plenty of good chances.

Vegas had the better night probably but showing that it was solely Levi like MoneyPuck says? Nah

 

[BuffaloGooner]

I looked at the xG, it was not that significant. Sabres had plenty of good chances.

Vegas had the better night probably but showing that it was solely Levi like MoneyPuck says? Nah

Both Moneypuck and NST have been a little off in not only our games but lots of games I’ve watched imo. Sometimes the eyes and numbers just don’t match.

 

[Tatanka]

Thing is you can put Benson anywhere and he will make that line work.

True but you want that effort on the ice for a maximum number of minutes. His minutes will go down as you move him down the lineup

 

[Mattilaus]

Zach Benson's parents and I. Met his grandparents too!

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Great, now you've done it. I can see the tweets now "Dingo44 exiled from Buffalo Fandom. Did he have relations with Benson's mom?"

 

[Sabre the Win]

Sabres winning in the Faceoff department is a breaking news story last night. Krebs winning important defensive draws can't be understated.

 

[Mattilaus]

also re Levi

It could be that the act of sending him down is what relieved the pressure, and not the time spent there. I know in my experience in working with and training young people they fear making a mistake because they fear repercussions. This fear makes them make more mistakes and they compound upon each other. Once you show the mistakes can be fixed, the repercussions aren't that bad, and that they definitely aren't permanent, they tend to be able to perform their jobs better without worrying about every little mistake all the time. Maybe all Levi needed was to be sent down to show him its not the end of the world and he doesn't need to fear making a mistake.

Or maybe he is just on a really hot run. Who knows with this team?

 

[TheMistyStranger]

2 5v5 goals from each of the top 2 lines? Pinch me.

One thing they didn’t screw up was keeping Benson. He is just a different level of smart.

It's a super weird comparison but I'll say it - Benson plays the way I always wished Eichel would.

 

[BFLO]

I looked at the xG, it was not that significant. Sabres had plenty of good chances.

Vegas had the better night probably but showing that it was solely Levi like MoneyPuck says? Nah

Both Moneypuck and NST have been a little off in not only our games but lots of games I’ve watched imo. Sometimes the eyes and numbers just don’t match.

What didn't match up for you guys? We created some good chances, and we scored on them, but we didn't create a high number of those chances. Vegas basically doubled us up on the number of good chances created and Levi stone walled 'em for the most part.

We got out Corsied 78-48, outshot 35-27, out Fenwicked 56-36, out scoring chanced 49-28, out high danger corsied 26-10 and out xGFed 5.6-3

xGF is based off of Fenwick (unblocked shot attempts). VGK being +20 margin in fenwick explains most of the difference in xGF. If the number of fenwicks had been even at 36 a piece the xGF would have been VGK 3.6 to Sabres 3.04, which is pretty negligible.

 

[TehDoak]

Buyout Skinner this summer. Better as a team without him.

 

[Chainshot]

What didn't match up for you guys? We created some good chances, and we scored on them, but we didn't create a high number of those chances. Vegas basically doubled us up on the number of good chances created and Levi stone walled 'em for the most part.

We got out Corsied 78-48, outshot 35-27, out Fenwicked 56-36, out scoring chanced 49-28, out high danger corsied 26-10 and out xGFed 5.6-3

xGF is based off of Fenwick (unblocked shot attempts). VGK being +20 margin in fenwick explains most of the difference in xGF. If the number of fenwicks had been even at 36 a piece the xGF would have been VGK 3.6 to Sabres 3.04, which is pretty negligible.

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Levi was the difference last night.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Buyout Skinner this summer. Better as a team without him.

I was discussing this with my brother this week.. I think after next summer is the move because Quinn and Peterka's hypothetical new deals wouldn't kick in until then.

I also think it's possible we could find a taker.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

That Benson play to intercept the breakout is just spectacular.

Benson had just come off the bench. Was still getting his stick set. He broke Barbashev a little with that.

Busted his stick on their net after the goal. He was chirping one of the Sabres bigtime, just enraged. Probably reacting to a "nice assist, asshole" or similar compliment.

lmao

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

I just watched the highlights on NHL.com and there were no highlights from the first 28 minutes of the game and not a single save shown.

Glad to see Levi tearing it up. Maybe he got one look at an AHL bus trip and said never again.

The on-ice product has never been better, but the league itself continues to be an absolute embarrassment.

Enjoy.

 

[Club]

Great game, but as everyone knows we gotta stay consistent like this.

 

[toddkaz]

just watched the goal replays. Tuch made up for the puck on end shot with a snipe. Jesus that was a wicked shot.
Sounds like Levi had himself a night (I turned it off with 5 left in the second). You gotta go with the hot hand and play him tonight if you want to come away with points.

I love the pick by Benson. He is a sneaky little guy but most of all he reads the play like a veteran. I saw a few scouts say he had 1st overall potential.

He is quickly becoming my favorite sabres player.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Could only watch the 1st and 2nd before I passed out with the TV still on. Caught the 3rd period highlights. Like others posted, could've lost but Levi was real good and they actually converted on their chances. Two in a row...??? I have to be convinced,

 

[truthbluth]

I was discussing this with my brother this week.. I think after next summer is the move because Quinn and Peterka's hypothetical new deals wouldn't kick in until then.

I also think it's possible we could find a taker.

Because of the structure of the contract, it’s cheaper to buy him out next summer. But either way, it’s a $6m cap hit on 26-27, which is a little rich. I don’t know, he’s still a very useful player, but I am starting to come around on the idea.

 

[yasky]

G: Levi's glove, Benson playing his best game of the season (I had him going 7th overall and am happy he's working his way up the lineup already).
B: Power desperately needs a good mentor. He's still young and still very raw, but he needs help.
U: What it would cost for a competent top 4 veteran Defender to help mentor Power.

 

[Dubi Doo]

I looked at the xG, it was not that significant. Sabres had plenty of good chances.

Vegas had the better night probably but showing that it was solely Levi like MoneyPuck says? Nah

I watched the game, and agree. Vegas was better. Not surprising, but Buffalo was getting their chances, too.

That being said, a 6-4 loss was probably the result 60-70% ish of the time. Levi was amazing, and the biggest reason why they won.


Also, it should be noted the team locked it down after going up 2, which was good to see.

 

[old kummelweck]

I just watched the highlights but it looked like the Sabres were sending two guys to the front of the net in the ozone. May finally be some coaching adjustments.

 

[Dingo44]