GDT: #1 Buffalo Sabres @ Pittsburgh Penguins 7PM ET MSG, WGR

[Buffaloed]

Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Puck Drop: 7:00 PM | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh, PA
TV: MSG
Radio: WGR 550

Marcus Johansson, Colin Miller, Jimmy Vesey, and Henri Jokiharju will all make their regular season debuts

Projected Lineup - Sabres
Forwards
Victor Olofsson - Jack Eichel - Sam Reinhart
Jeff Skinner - Marcus Johansson - Vladimir Sobotka
Jimmy Vesey - Casey Mittelstadt - Conor Sheary
Zemgus Girgensons - Johan Larsson - Kyle Okposo
Defense
Rasmus Dahlin - Colin Miller
Jake McCabe - Rasmus Ristolainen
Marco Scandella - Henri Jokiharju
Starting Goaltender: Carter Hutton

Projected Lineup - Penguins
Forwards
Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Patric Hornqvist
Alex Galchenyuk - Evgeni Malkin - Brandon Tanev
Jared McCann - Nick Bjugstad - Dominik Kahun
Zach Aston-Reese - Teddy Blueger - Dominik Simon
Defense
Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang
Jack Johnson - Justin Schultz
Marcus Pettersson - Erik Gudbranson
Starting Goaltender: Matt Murray

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[Daz28]

Well, Botts didn't give RK anything to use on RW after first line, and gave him suspect goalies and Scandella. Kinda upset Rodrigo isn't in. Really hoping Mitts looks better in real games. If they over-achieve. then I'm going to give Ralph the credit, cuz the roster isn't all that great.

 

[Abraham de Lacy]

Probably going to be a defensive game. Hoping for turnovers..

 

[Sabre the Win]

I said it in the pre game thread, the only way they are winning tonight is out working the Pens.. we cant match to their talent.

Crosby - Malkin - Bjugstad down the middle..

Must be nice.

 

[Daz28]

Probably going to be a defensive game. Hoping for turnovers..

Only way I see that is if it evolves into that after both team come hard and scare each other.

 

[HaNotsri]

OH SHIT BOTTERILLS HAIR IS STARTING TO LOOKS LIKE HOUSLEYS!!! Cancel the season please.

 

[Sabreality]

woohoo! welcome back, Lets Go Buffalo!!!

 

[Daz28]

I said it in the pre game thread, the only way they are winning tonight is out working the Pens.. we cant match to their talent.

Crosby - Malkin - Bjugstad down the middle..

Must be nice.

Be glad they don't have a Kessel on the wing too

 

[Dirty Dog]

4 -3 Sabres baby!!!

 

[tsujimoto74]

Let's go Buffalo!!!

 

[Havok89]

I said it in the pre game thread, the only way they are winning tonight is out working the Pens.. we cant match to their talent.

Crosby - Malkin - Bjugstad down the middle..

Must be nice.

Doesn’t Bjugstad suck now?

 

[Daz28]

Hope the Sabres are jammin Volbeat seal the deal right now like me. LETS GOOOOOO

 

[missingmika]

I said it in the pre game thread, the only way they are winning tonight is out working the Pens.. we cant match to their talent.

Crosby - Malkin - Bjugstad down the middle..

Must be nice.

That's awful. They don't even have a Sobotka on the second line

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

Need offense to outscore Pens. Outside of Letang pairing their D is garbage.

 

[Royal Thunder]

Enjoy the season everyone! Let's go Buffalooooo

 

[Abraham de Lacy]

I am watching the Pittsburgh propaganda channel but it is still kind of nice.

 

[sabres4ever]

I had been watching the preseason games using NHLtv with no problem. I go to login for tonight's opener, and it says you don't have a subscription. It auto-renews each year, so I discover my check card had expired, and I forgot to update it with NHL.tv

Since I am retired military, I got the package for just over $90 with the discount.

Game on!

 

[Snippit]

Let's go boys!

 

[Sabre the Win]

Doesn’t Bjugstad suck now?

I never thought he did.

 

[Tatanka]

Watching at a new establishment. Wing order is in and Two Hearted freshly tapped. Bring it boys, don't leave anything in the magazine.

 

[Daz28]

Need offense to outscore Pens. Outside of Letang pairing their D is garbage.

I'm kinda wondering if we'll have any physicality fore-checking. If not we have to out skill them team wise.

 

[Dirty Dog]

If we trade Risto, can we keep his hair?

 

[Daz28]

Watching at a new establishment. Wing order is in and Two Hearted freshly tapped. Bring it boys, don't leave anything in the magazine.

Hope the wings are great!

 

[HaNotsri]

I am watching the Pittsburgh propaganda channel but it is still kind of nice.

Yeah they have a good crew. It's like they actually care about hockey and doing a good job.
Do they have the right amount of dandruff though?

 

[OneBuffalo]

We could be a solid team if Okposo and the other assholes we pay so much would show up on the ice.