GDT: #17 – Lightning at Sabres – Thu Nov 17, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B

[Jame]

When I plummet past your nonsense, let me know.

"Bylsma should expect Carrier to butcher a routine breakout and allow the Lightning to score on a shot from above the dots."

It's been a long time since you sniffed the clean air

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Lol ristos sticks man

 

[joshjull]

Down 3-1

Let's pull out the 1-2-2.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

When I plummet past your nonsense, let me know.

"Bylsma should expect Carrier to butcher a routine breakout and allow the Lightning to score on a shot from above the dots."

Bylsma should expect that putting that line out there in that situation increases the chances of an adverse event happening. Exactly how it would happen isn't the point, just that there was an increased chance of it happening.

The reason it's a bad decision is not because the execution was bad (which it was). Even if the execution of that breakout was good, it would still have been a bad decision. Hell, if the good execution ended up with a Buffalo goal, it would still have been a bad decision. The result of the play has nothing to do with whether the decision to put that line on the ice was good or bad.

 

[SundherDome]

Can we contractually force risto into getting a new stick

 

[joshjull]

Lol ristos sticks man

It's amazing. I guess he breaks them in practice as well.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Down 3-1

Let's pull out the 1-2-2.

I mean you wouldnt want to give up that 4th goal in case tampa puts 2 in their own net

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Bylsma should expect that putting that line out there in that situation increases the chances of an adverse event happening. Exactly how it would happen isn't the point, just that there was an increased chance of it happening.

The reason it's a bad decision is not because the execution was bad (which it was). Even if the execution of that breakout was good, it would still have been a bad decision. Hell, if the good execution ended up with a Buffalo goal, it would still have been a bad decision. The result of the play has nothing to do with whether the decision to put that line on the ice was good or bad.

Yep. That's the long and short of it.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

Can we contractually force risto into getting a new stick

Maybe he uses a Swedish manufacturer.

 

[joshjull]

I mean you wouldnt want to give up that 4th goal in case tampa puts 2 in their own net

That's a good point.

 

[sabres4ever]

No finish. Again.

 

[SabresBillsBuffalo]

Sam Reinhart is just....not that good.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Why the **** is kane at the blue line there holy hell

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Sam Reinhart is just....not that good.

You mean the one Sabre who has contributed to this game in a positive way?

 

[Zip15]

Through two periods of their respective games:

Scoring Chances For
Buffalo - 13
Toronto - 9

High-Danger Scoring Chances For
Buffalo - 8
Toronto - 6

ES Goals For
Buffalo - 0
Toronto - 5

I mean, what else needs to be said

 

[ZZamboni]

You mean the one Sabre who has contributed to this game in a positive way?

What he types is the exact opposite of true. You know that

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Through two periods of their respective games:

Scoring Chances For
Buffalo - 13
Toronto - 9

High-Danger Scoring Chances For
Buffalo - 8
Toronto - 6

ES Goals For
Buffalo - 0
Toronto - 5

I mean, what else needs to be said

Buffalo does not have 8 high danger scoring chances

 

[Dubi Doo]

Sam Reinhart is just....not that good.

He has 5-6 beautiful passes, and then will turn the pick over. He needs to get stronger on the puck. Hopefully it comes with time. His high IQ is evident every night, tho.

 

[haseoke39]

Getting what they deserve, again.

 

[Zip15]

Bylsma should expect that putting that line out there in that situation increases the chances of an adverse event happening. Exactly how it would happen isn't the point, just that there was an increased chance of it happening.

The reason it's a bad decision is not because the execution was bad (which it was). Even if the execution of that breakout was good, it would still have been a bad decision. Hell, if the good execution ended up with a Buffalo goal, it would still have been a bad decision. The result of the play has nothing to do with whether the decision to put that line on the ice was good or bad.

Your post assumes 4th line players never play against top opponents during the course of a 60-minute game. Even when you control line changes, it happens. For instance, Ryan Reaves played 1-2 minutes vs BUF's 1st line the other night.

The execution and result were ******. The execution was 95% of why the goal was scored.

 

[Zip15]

Buffalo does not have 8 high danger scoring chances

Six in the first period.

 

[DapperCam]

McCabe got an unsportsmanlike penalty in the Boston game for slamming his stick, but Callahan is allowed to mouth off to the refs like that?

 

[joshjull]

High danger scoring chances and scoring chance stats in general are a flawed. http://nhlnumbers.com/2016/11/16/wh...-a-flawed-metric-and-how-we-can-improve-on-it

Zip you may want to read up on them before you rely on them.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

He has 5-6 beautiful passes, and then will turn the pick over. He needs to get stronger on the puck. Hopefully it comes with time. His high IQ is evident every night, tho.

If he scores on the open net he had earlier, the entire narrative around him changes.

Your post assumes 4th line players never play against top opponents during the course of a 60-minute game. Even when you control line changes, it happens. For instance, Ryan Reaves played 1-2 minutes vs BUF's 1st line the other night.

The execution and result were ******. The execution was 95% of why the goal was scored.

It happens, but when you have last change, and you have options of who to put out, and the period is almost ending in a game that you're trailing 2-1, you should try to avoid that mismatch happening. That's not the time to take that risk.

Just because it happens from time to time doesn't mean you should intentionally make it happen.

 

[DapperCam]

These guys are bad, scary bad!