GDT: Game 39: Bruins @ Sabres - 12/29 7pm ET (MSG-B, WGR 550)
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I suspect Pilut is out since Beaulieu is back and healthy. It's that "don't lose a roster spot because of injury" thing. Now if he sucks tonight, I expect Lawrence to be right back in.
tsujimoto74
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The injury thing is fair enough, but at what point does Scandella lose his spot for playing like complete ass?
Aladyyn
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This shit is why I'm not buying the whole "culture" thing. You should be able to earn your spot in the lineup by playing well.
Aladyyn
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Gus out hurts their d-zone starts, the top PK pair, and what little cycle game any line generates. So that gets replaced by Poms. *sigh* Well... that's not going to go well.
Aladyyn
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At this point I want like 3 Rochester forwards up here. CJ for sure, Olofsson/Nylander, hell I'm willing to watch Justin Bailey play in the NHL over what we've got
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We've got deserving guys sitting in Rochester waiting for a chance like this, too. Smith has certainly earned a look. Olofsson probably has also, and I think he could provide an immediate boost to our PP. (Nylander seems to have gotten injured last night against the Marlies, unfortunately.) When Botts said we could expect help from Rochester in the second half of the season, he must've meant it literally -- still a couple games shy of 41.
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Dreakon13
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The unfortunate thing about having like 6-7 players underperforming is that there's no way they call up enough players from Rochester to "try out" a new bottom 9. If not only to avoid decimating Rochester.
And while we (the fans) all have our least favorites of the bunch, in reality it's probably harder to bench/demote just one or two when they're all 'not performing' pretty equally right now. Not without potentially creating unnecessary rifts in a locker room still on the mend.
And while we (the fans) all have our least favorites of the bunch, in reality it's probably harder to bench/demote just one or two when they're all 'not performing' pretty equally right now. Not without potentially creating unnecessary rifts in a locker room still on the mend.
Howie Hodge
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The Three Musketeers carry the day or the rest of the moves are moot....
Pominville with his usual 20 games and out season.
Pominville with his usual 20 games and out season.
Zemgus is by no means a top 4 player on the Sabres, but given how various Sabres are playing relative to the roles that are supposed to be managed by any given line or player, the only guys that would be more painful to see go down in the forward group are Jack/Sam/Skinner.
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Replacing Pilut with Beaulieu isn’t that big of a drop off in terms of their value of play this season, which is more of a compliment towards Nate than an insult towards Larry.
But replacing Scandella with a Beaulieu is a major jump in play and should’ve been the move instead. And THAT is an insult towards Scandella.
Coaching continues to make head scratching decisions, will be interesting how the lines will be assembled.
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I'm just dumbfounded we have a bottom nine consisting of Remi, Pominville, Sobotka, and Thompson. That's terrible, especially considering Remi and Thompson could be sent to the AHL, Sobotka or Pommers in the presser, and CJ Smith, Nylander, and Olofosson could get a shot to make the bottom 9 respectable.
Howie Hodge
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Premature to call tonight's game a "must win..." but Montreal has crept within two points of us, and Boston within three points.
I wish Claude Julien was our coach....
I wish Claude Julien was our coach....
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I'm still not really buying the whole "Pominville wears out after 20 games" thing.
The drop off is obviously more because he got moved off of Eichel's line... which I'm not entirely convinced happened because Eichel's line stopped being effective. They've been beasting all year regardless of RW and Jason, for all he lacks at this point, was a good compliment to Jeff and Jack.
IMO, and I think it was the case last year too, he got moved off to help Reinhart get his game going and/or part of a greater roster shake up. Assuming Reinhart can be effective elsewhere (since Pominville clearly can't), they need to leave the J. Crew together and we can watch how Pommers magically becomes less old/tired.
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We're on home ice for this one, though, which means we get last change. If Housley is in any way competent, he won't be matching Jack up against Bergeron.
Pominville will be feeling it tonight. I expect not one , but two hopeless slapshots while coming down the wing along the boards right into Rask’s crest.
