GDT: #18 – Sabres at Wild – Thu Nov 13, 8:00PM ET – MSG-B, BELL TV – WBEN

[Woodhouse]

First time scoring 3 all year?

No, second; scored three vs CAR too.

 

[omglolnub]

UMM when I meant an ENG for Nino, I didn't mean with Enroth on the ice

 

[Jame]

Ennis with the big hit, followed by a demonstration of looking lost in the ozone

 

[couture23]

Wait...Hodgson has 6:23 of ice time lmao

less than Kaleta

 

[tsujimoto74]

This is shaping up to be a very watchable loss, at least.

 

[mikemcburn]

Wait...Hodgson has 6:23 of ice time lmao

less than Kaleta

Stewart - Stafford - Hodgson were benched in the 1st after Stafford's penalty, none of them saw another shift until ~9 something left in the 2nd. Since then Stafford has slowly gotten back into the mix of lines while Stewart & Hodgson have had 2 shifts each.

Dunno what the coach expected - putting Stafford out there as the center with 2 practices in the spot, and none actually with his new wingers. But then I don't know what Nolan expects of guys if they're sitting cold for 10-15mins btwn shifts.

 

[omglolnub]

Remember what I said earlier?

 

[GerbeSonOfGloin]

First time scoring 3 all year?

Yes, if you mean by against an actual NHL team rather than an injury-riddled squad that was lottery-quality to begin with.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

This is shaping up to be a very watchable loss, at least.

Same thing as the Blues game (until Des stupidity). That's more along the lines of the compete level we expect from a Ted Nolan team.

 

[Havok89]

I'm convinced Ristolainen is going to be everything Myers already is, and much more.

Would a Gorges - Risto pairing speed up / help Ristolainen's development? I might be ready to move on from Myers if so.

 

[GerbeSonOfGloin]

We're still losing, but I actually like this team. I like the Risto&Zads-led, 25+ shot shooting, having-some-semblance-of-regularly-producing-forwards (Ennis, Stafford, and Girgs) incarnation of this team.

During the depths of our 12-shot shooting rut last month, I feared that would be the norm for the entire season, and I just didn't like that team. Cheered for them, if you can call it that, out of weary habit more than anything.

 

[Ralonzo]

Zadorov +3. I know +/- is a tricky thing, but it's gotta be a few standard deviations to go +3 in a game you lose 6-3.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

I'm convinced Ristolainen is going to be everything Myers already is, and much more.

Would a Gorges - Risto pairing speed up / help Ristolainen's development? I might be ready to move on from Myers if so.

No. Let Risto continue to develop while Myers does the heavy lifting, at least this year. Slow and steady, he's now seeing special teams time.

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

Zadorov +3. I know +/- is a tricky thing, but it's gotta be a few standard deviations to go +3 in a game you lose 6-3.

I was thinking the exact same thing checking the box score.

 

[Crazy Tasty]

Yea, it was a good overall possession, and the set up to moulson off the initial faceoff was a good play.

But his awareness of spacing and movement is terrible. His individualism is flashy though, so it looks nice.

On that PP, he fought for pucks, won them and distributed well. It was nice to see some possession. It's been few and far between, but it was a powerplay. These players are all Sabres, I'll feel free to root for them how I please, thanks.

 

[mikemcburn]

On that PP, he fought for pucks, won them and distributed well. It was nice to see some possession. It's been few and far between, but it was a powerplay. These players are all Sabres, I'll feel free to root for them how I please, thanks.

+1

 

[Savitar]

We have given up 18 goals in 3 games. 6.00 GAA? That's atrocious

 

[joshjull]

Stewart - Stafford - Hodgson were benched in the 1st after Stafford's penalty, none of them saw another shift until ~9 something left in the 2nd. Since then Stafford has slowly gotten back into the mix of lines while Stewart & Hodgson have had 2 shifts each.

Dunno what the coach expected - putting Stafford out there as the center with 2 practices in the spot, and none actually with his new wingers. But then I don't know what Nolan expects of guys if they're sitting cold for 10-15mins btwn shifts.

First period out shot 20-5.

2nd period we outshoot Minny 15-11

In the 3rd it was 8-8

Hardly any ice for Hodgson, Benoit and Stewart after the first. Hmmm..........

 

[Zip15]

First period out shot 20-5.

2nd period we outshoot Minny 15-11

In the 3rd it was 8-8

Hardly any ice for Hodgson, Benoit and Stewart after the first. Hmmm..........

But this is why most of the analytics guys track only Fenwick Close and Corsi Close: score affects the way teams play. Generally, teams' possession numbers plummet once they get up at least two goals. But little victories, I suppose.

 

[joshjull]

But this is why most of the analytics guys track only Fenwick Close and Corsi Close: score affects the way teams play. Generally, teams' possession numbers plummet once they get up at least two goals. But little victories, I suppose.

Come on, really? With this team?

Minny is one of the best possession teams in the league. It's beyond splitting hairs to go to fenwick and corsi close.

 

[kenfury]

Remember what I said earlier?

And now I'm going to watch TFS abridged all night. Thanks.

 

[kenfury]

Come on, really? With this team?

Minny is one of the best possession teams in the league. It's beyond splitting hairs to go to fenwick and corsi close.

True, but do you really think the wild were taking the game serious after the second period. They allowed Buffalo possession and shots as long as they were on the outside and not good scoring chances. That will raise corsi/fenwick. If the game was 3-2 I doubt MIN would have let off the gas and the numbers would have been closer to those of the first.

 

[RecycledEichel]

We scored 3.. That is basically a win

 

[Bearbait]

I went to the game tonight and saw this team up close and personal, there are some good pieces here, but few and far between. The biggest disappointment I saw was Gionta, he's just a shell of the player he once was and doesn't carry the puck into the zone anymore. He's not skating with any passion at all and quite frankly, I hate to see the young kids on this team learn from his laziness. There must be someone in Rochester that can take his roster spot because it is time to cut the cancer before it spreads.

 

[dotcommunism]

Gionta has played a whole 18 games with the Sabres and more importantly he's under contract for two more seasons and he has an NMC. He's going nowhere