Pre-Game Talk: Game 1- 10/3 7PM Sabres @ Pens 'Haleth son of Háma. There is always hope.' edition

[Dubi Doo]

Yikes! No GDT yet? Game starts at 7:00. I know expectations are low, but hockey is back! And as my man Aragorn once said:

'Haleth son of Háma. There is always hope.'

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[Matt Ress]

GDT!!!

 

[Montag DP]

We need a new GDT coach.

 

[Ralonzo]

Too early? Nah, it's Sabres season.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

Looks like we've all lost our love for GDTs

 

[ek93]

Looks like we've all lost our love for GDTs

Time to trade us for an uninspiring return of posters, leaving us with a crater at the GDT position.

Gonna go with 4-1 Pens. Top line has the only goal.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Time to trade us for an uninspiring return of posters, leaving us with a crater at the GDT position.

Gonna go with 4-1 Pens. Top line has the only goal.

Are you saying I'm going to win a Cup and a a Conn Smythe?!

 

[Gabrielor]

I am still excited my Sabres are back.

I just can’t buy into hope this year until some evidence is presented.

Btw,



That’s a lot of 1 goal openers

We’re not only losing them, we’re also looking crappy. Boston was a rough time last year.

 

[Sabretooth]

We made it!

 

[MackAttack26]

We lost 4-0 last season opener. That sounds like a good way to lose any hope for the season. But I think we can do better!

6-1 Pens. Sobotka with the lone goal.

Hockey is back woo!

 

[Rasmus CacOlainen]

JFW

 

[Vito_81]

Pens ain’t shit.

4-2 Buffalo.

 

[Dreakon13]

I'll be optimistic right up until they come out looking lazy and sloppy and get scored on in the first minute of the game.

Then I'll convince myself that there's a lot of new faces, new coaching staff, etc... so it's okay.

Then they'll go down a few more goals and look defeated going into the locker room after the 1st. Leaving me with that sinking, disappointed feeling after a long offseason of general optimism and pumping their tires.

Then they'll come out and play "alright" the rest of the game, as the other team takes their foot off the gas. Maybe they'll score a goal sometime before the game is up just to make me feel a little conflicted the next few days.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Where's the optimism?? Fake it til you make itthe team gives you a reason to actually have it!

5-3 good guys, Goalofsson with the hatty.

 

[Montag DP]

3-2 good guys.

 

[Dirty Dog]

I’m excited and will enjoy the whole game no matter what happens.

 

[BowieSabresFan]

4-3 good guys. Sobotka with the hat trick, and the game winner in the shoot-out.

 

[VanekAttack91]

Let's see how these lines "work themselves out" for tonight.. Sabres will score more than 1, that's all I know. Murray is not the same as his SC winning year and looked like Jack Johnson was on their 2nd pair. We give it good to Risto, but Johnson is not much better

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Game Preview: 10/3/19 at Pittsburgh

CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 0)
Player (injury, first game missed) – total games missed
Zach Bogosian (hip, Oct. 3; injured reserve) – 0 games
Matt Hunwick (neck, Oct. 3; injured reserve) – 0 games
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (hip; Oct. 3, injured reserve) – 0 games
Brandon Montour (hand, Oct. 3; injured reserve) – 0 games

TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
9/29: Assigned D William Borgen to Rochester (AHL)
9/30: Placed F Remi Elie, F Curtis Lazar, F Scott Wilson and D Casey Nelson on waivers; Assigned F Rasmus Asplund, F Tage Thompson and D Lawrence Pilut to Rochester (AHL)
10/1: Recalled F Jean-Sebastien Dea, F Curtis Lazar and D Lawrence Pilut from Rochester (AHL); Assigned F Remi Elie, F Curtis Lazar, F Victor Olofsson, F Scott Wilson, D Henri Jokiharju and D Casey Nelson Rochester; Placed D Zach Bogosian, D Matt Hunwick, D Brandon Montour and G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen on IR
10/3: Recalled F Victor Olofsson and D Henri Jokiharju from Rochester (AHL); Assigned F Jean-Sebastien Dea, F Curtis Lazar and D Lawrence Pilut to Rochester

UPCOMING GAMES
Saturday, Oct. 5: New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 7: Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 9: Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 11: Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 14: Dallas at Buffalo, 3 p.m.

TONIGHT’S GAME
SABRES at PENGUINS

• This is the first of three meetings between the Sabres and Penguins this season.
• Last meeting: Pittsburgh defeated Buffalo 5-0 in Buffalo on March 14
• Next meeting: Saturday, Feb. 22 in Pittsburgh
• The Sabres are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games vs. the Penguins; 2-6-2 on the road.
• This is the 192nd game all-time between Buffalo and Pittsburgh; Buffalo has a 67-81-43 series record.
• The Sabres are 25-50-21 on the road against the Penguins all-time.

 

[old kummelweck]

We need a new GDT coach.

I hear they are accepting applications.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Let's see how these lines "work themselves out" for tonight.. Sabres will score more than 1, that's all I know. Murray is not the same as his SC winning year and looked like Jack Johnson was on their 2nd pair. We give it good to Risto, but Johnson is not much better

Uh, Johnson is worse. And not by a small margin.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Yay! Off season is over!

 

[old kummelweck]

Did someone say Sheary is a no-go for tonight and they are calling up TT?

 

[jc17]

I'll say the team plays well, not dominant but respectable.

Then soft goaltending and one defensive mistake leads to 2 quick goals against resulting in a meltdown that the team looks awful, when in reality its only the scoreboard that looks awful

 

[VanekAttack91]

Uh, Johnson is worse. And not by a small margin.

I thought he was worse, but did not want to say it then have someone call me out if I was wrong for being lazy and not checking myself. If we can hem that pair in their zone, we could have some success tonight