GDT: 11/29/18 - 7:30PM EDT - Buffalo vs Tampa Bay

[AlphaCatalyst]

 

[Steazy Doo]

Contrary to popular belief Palat is actually an ok player .

I pledge allegiance... to your death!!!!

Yeah he's pretty good

 

[Stammertime91]

I showed up when it was 4-4 after waking up. What happens? We won.

Your welcome everybody.

 

[The Macho King]

BREAKING NEWS: Point has not scored tonight xD xD

He got an assist.

 

[JFleegs]

Surge has been getting a bit of flack recently but he played a great game tonight. Pac was the man. Gourde showed what he does best on those pks. Domingue needs a rest

 

[Bandit Keith]

Gotta say that was a pretty damn good game from Serge - same with Cernak minus a couple hiccups,

 

[DFC]

Surge has been getting a fair share of flack but he played a great game tonight. Pac was the man. Gourde showed what he does best on those pks. Domingue needs a rest

Aside from a game or two, Serge has been okay for about 15 games now. Not great, not even overly good, but I agree he had a good one tonight, and has been trending upward for a bit now. I still think this is going to be considered a sophomore jinx season though. He can't quite get in sync offensively the way we saw (in glimpses) last year.

 

[The Macho King]

Gotta say that was a pretty damn good game from Serge - same with Cernak minus a couple hiccups,

The day I bench Serge in fantasy he has a good game. Bastard. (although I benched him for Trouba so that's actually working out)

 

[Fabiobest]

He got an assist.

Yes, but it's a strange situations not to see him in the scorecard xD xD

 

[berlin]

According to Buffalo fans on Twitter they lost due to poor officiating and bad ice.

 

[Stormbreaker]

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Now we turn our attention to McD's health.

awaiting an update

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

According to Buffalo fans on Twitter they lost due to poor officiating and bad ice.

This is what most teams fans say well the bad officiating thing I don't know about the bad ice thing LOL

 

[NatoGhost]

Unless old habits in our locker room died we're going to get killed tonight. I'm expecting beyond Game 7 level effort from Buffalo and us to do the impression of a big sleeping dog being harassed by a puppy. I hope I'm wrong. I hope we take it as a personal challenge and as a potential playoff preview should we both make it.

The only other thing is I DO NOT want to see Palat back tonight. If we're going to win it's not going to be with a guy who is probably rusty and unlikely to be at his best because he hasn't played in so long. One more game off isn't gonna kill him.

This can and will get ugly in a hurry. Domingue is going to have to be lights out

Glad you were wrong on all 3 points.

 

[T REX]

I lost my voice. That was a playoff game atmosphere. Great game guys.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Absolutely dominated them in the faceoff circle (62%) and shot department (37 to 22).

But Dom's a sieve. Get well soon Vasy, can't expect to score 4-5 goals each game to have a chane to win. With decent goaltending it could have easily been a 4-1 or 5-2 win.

Also, Sabres fans blame the 'bad ice'? They do know that 'bad ice' for the Sabres also means 'bad ice' for the Lightning, right?

 

[FinnLightning26]

Absolutely dominated them in the faceoff circle (62%) and shot department (37 to 22).

But Dom's a sieve. Get well soon Vasy, can't expect to score 4-5 goals each game to have a chane to win. With decent goaltending it could have easily been a 4-1 or 5-2 win.

Also, Sabres fans blame the 'bad ice'? They do know that 'bad ice' for the Sabres also means 'bad ice' for the Lightning, right?

Yeah, can't wait to get Vasy back. Dom makes great saves but he lets in goals that are softer than butter. He also gets just flat out beat on a lot of shots. He's fine as a backup but he can't carry the load of the starter.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Yeah, can't wait to get Vasy back. Dom makes great saves but he lets in goals that are softer than butter. He also gets just flat out beat on a lot of shots. He's fine as a backup but he can't carry the load of the starter.

His side-to-side movement is shaky at times, it's really worrying. Can't remember which Sabres goal, but his push was super slow and choppy. After it (he overcommitted) he barely kept his balance, recovered just in time but then let in a harmless shot from near the blueline.

 

[Rschmitz]

He's over worked, I wouldn't analyze him more than that.

 

[LonLon Lei]

Just wanted to say I love Cirelli he went straight up to that freakin' star player for not his autograph but to stand up for his teammate. I've seen that before. He's a rookie and he's already so involved.

So no Strals yet and Dom was abandoning the net last night?
I will follow suit and give myself a break if McDaddy won't be back soon.sort of tired of seeing players getting injured.
I'm almost certain now that either or both Point and Kuch will automatically score and the young ones keep doing well.

Good job beating Sabres.

 

[JoVel]

The Sabres have been good recently but honestly this game isn't even close with Vasy in net. And as I mentioned before the game there is certainly some luck involved when you win 7 OT/SO games in a row.

 

[BeingTheThunder]

The Sabres have been good recently but honestly this game isn't even close with Vasy in net.

Yep. This. Dom is sucking wind right now.

 

[Cmac66]

Will Cooper be brave enough and give Ingram a start on Saturday? seemed like last night Dom struggled for most parts of the game.

 

[These Are The Days]

Glad you were wrong on all 3 points.

You know I was going to bump this earlier and say the same thing. Thank you. I'm glad too

 

[The Macho King]

Yeah, can't wait to get Vasy back. Dom makes great saves but he lets in goals that are softer than butter. He also gets just flat out beat on a lot of shots. He's fine as a backup but he can't carry the load of the starter.

Hes overly aggressive on angles and slow side to side. He gives up rebounds like he is an obstacle in a pinball machine. He seems incapable of swallowing a puck.

Hes a backup and I get that he doesn't have to be Vasi, but let's put it out there - he hasnt even been a particularly good backup. Is he sub .900 right now? If it's not Lindback bad it's at least Garon.

 

[These Are The Days]

Will Cooper be brave enough and give Ingram a start on Saturday? seemed like last night Dom struggled for most parts of the game.

I'd say it's highly unlikely. After Bishop's injury a few years ago Cooper started Vasy without fail and without deviation no matter how bad it got.

LMFAO I remember people wanting him fired for that too because he wouldn't throw some hapless AHL rookie in the fire instead as if it was a better idea. I'd like to say it was Ingram at the time time.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Hes overly aggressive on angles and slow side to side. He gives up rebounds like he is an obstacle in a pinball machine. He seems incapable of swallowing a puck.

Hes a backup and I get that he doesn't have to be Vasi, but let's put it out there - he hasnt even been a particularly good backup. Is he sub .900 right now? If it's not Lindback bad it's at least Garon.

Yeah his rebound control is terribad.

 

[DFC]

I'd say it's highly unlikely. After Bishop's injury a few years ago Cooper started Vasy without fail and without deviation no matter how bad it got.

LMFAO I remember people wanting him fired for that too because he wouldn't throw some hapless AHL rookie in the fire instead as if it was a better idea. I'd like to say it was Ingram at the time time.

You keep pretending this team hasn't had coaching issues over the years, as if we haven't fired every single assistant and associate coach Cooper has ever had, and as if every single one of those changes didn't improve things.