GDT: #5 – Panthers at Sabres – Fri Oct 17, 7:00PM ET – MSG-B, Bell TV – WGR

[moomoosoup]

"Something about me people don't know? My thumbs are two different sizes..." Big reveal from Ennis player profile.

I thought it was funny.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

Out with the old in with the nucleus

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I see this bob Seger commercial in my sleep I've seen it too much at FNC.

 

[Icicle]

It's pretty clear the youngsters would field a more competitive team, but they need room to grow, and better they do that where they can excel. Sammy got his taste and now he needs to learn to dominate offensively so he can do that again at this level. Grigorenko will be an upgrade. Psysk is overdue. McCabe deserves a shot over the clowns here. Zadorov needs to get in shape and get his act together (apparently), but I don't see a need to throw him in Juniors since his game isn't going to benefit there.

 

[ZZamboni]

"Something about me people don't know? My thumbs are two different sizes..." Big reveal from Ennis player profile.

But his all time favorite movie out of thousands he's watched .... Dumb and Dumber.


That explains it.

 

[Jame]

Tight in passes, pressuring behind the net (both ends), back-checking with actually good positioning (rather than looking lost), snappy stretch passes (shame Stewart gets fancy), solid defensive positioning on the point (personally I wouldn't trust him there on the pp, but it's worked so far), etc.

What else do you want to see him do in the 3rd (other than win a face-off and try to not be on the ice when Weber blinds his goalie before deflecting another puck into our net)?

So your a super duper Hodgson fan. Got it

 

[Beerz]

Tight in passes, pressuring behind the net (both ends), back-checking with actually good positioning (rather than looking lost), snappy stretch passes (shame Stewart gets fancy), solid defensive positioning on the point (personally I wouldn't trust him there on the pp, but it's worked so far), etc.

What else do you want to see him do in the 3rd (other than win a face-off and try to not be on the ice when Weber blinds his goalie before deflecting another puck into our net)?

You're really giving Hodgson a pass on that goal and blaming Weber?

I mean I know you've been pumping Hodgson up the last 2 weeks or so ...but...you're taking it a little too far now.

 

[mikemcburn]

So, can we step up in the 3rd? Or let it be as usual?

YES! They're gonna step it up, really! The last 4.66 games have all been part of the plan leading to these next 20 minutes and it's worked!

Truly - Sabres have very successfully lulled Florida into a false sense of security... It's all in the plan, guys.

 

[millija26]

It's 2am here , just came came home from long shift at work, all I'm asking is for some victory here.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Man Paul Hamilton sounds so disgusted

 

[NotABadPeriod]

11-9 in the 2nd? We were better in the second? That's hard to believe.

I think you have forgotten just how atrocious the first was. The second period was much better. Girgensons and Myers really stepped up their games. Unfortunately they aren't getting much help.

 

[Gabrielor]

Thank the hockey gods for Girgensons. I'm getting decent entertainment out of this year's games watching just him.

 

[Beerz]

Loved that Myers went after Upshall.

 

[mikemcburn]

You're really giving Hodgson a pass on that goal and blaming Weber?

I mean I know you've been pumping Hodgson up the last 2 weeks or so ...but...you're taking it a little too far now.

Hodgson was where he ought to be and doing what he's known for, period. And yeah, Weber does have a knack for inadvertently creating scoring chances against. I cringe when they're both on the ice together.

If I could change just one thing about Hodgson's game style it would be that he'd take the guy out with his body rather than playing with the sticks. Why Hodgson has the sticky mentality, I don't know. How to change his mentality so that he uses his body more to push guys off the puck, I don't know. Is it even possible? I mean, SOMEONE, some coach somewhere has to have proposed the idea to him, right?

But still, he was where he ought to have been and digging to tie up the sticks, preventing a clean shot. He could have only done better by being a different type of player (ie: less stick, more body).

Weber? Sigh. He's got really bad luck with those deflections (says me, who plays D with a similar knack, incidentally).

 

[CatsforReinhart]

So your a super duper Hodgson fan. Got it

I noticed on this board, commenting about the post and not the post is rule that does not exist for this guy. Why are you do condescending? Are you better then everyone else?

 

[ZZamboni]

I'm getting very tired of the NHL15 commercial with Bergeron

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

(Someone with photoshop skills could probably doctor the Toys R Us logo too )

Boom.

 

[Beerz]

Hodgson was where he ought to be and doing what he's known for, period. And yeah, Weber does have a knack for inadvertently creating scoring chances against. I cringe when they're both on the ice together.

If I could change just one thing about Hodgson's game style it would be that he'd take the guy out with his body rather than playing with the sticks. Why Hodgson has the sticky mentality, I don't know. How to change his mentality so that he uses his body more to push guys off the puck, I don't know. Is it even possible? I mean, SOMEONE, some coach somewhere has to have proposed the idea to him, right?

But still, he was where he ought to have been and digging to tie up the sticks, preventing a clean shot. He could have only done better by being a different type of player (ie: less stick, more body).

Weber? Sigh. He's got really bad luck with those deflections (says me, who plays D with a similar knack, incidentally).

But he wasn't in the right position. When he lost the puck battle (A long with Mez) they were both on the outside allowing the shooter a clear path to the goal.

 

[Moskau]

Hodgson and Ennis both need to go. Good god.

This team may actually score less goals this year than last year with those two as our top 2 centers because neither are taking any forward steps in their game and at this point I don't think anything suddenly clicks for either. Truly good players can grow even on crap teams. These two are basically a crappier version of what we had in Roy Connolly.

 

[moomoosoup]

I'm getting very tired of the NHL15 commercial with Bergeron

Be thankful it's not the splinter one with, I think it was, Backstrom.

 

[SamuraiArt]

I thought it was funny.

I thought it was hilarious. Clearly explains why Hodgson is the better player ... even sized thumbs make all the difference

 

[Jame]

I noticed on this board, commenting about the post and not the post is rule that does not exist for this guy. Why are you do condescending? Are you better then everyone else?

Less to type

 

[Samsonite23]

Idk what else Nolan could want from Reinhart on the 4th line. He's been superb in my eyes

 

[Dahlin 2 Eichel]

I liked the hit

 

[Icicle]

Idk what else Nolan could want from Reinhart on the 4th line. He's been superb in my eyes

Because he didn't gift him a C, resulting in minutes he hasn't shown a reason to deserve.