GDT: Preseason – Sabres at Hurricanes – Fri Oct 3, 7:00PM ET – TV: None – Radio: 550-AM

[Woodhouse]

PRESEASON: SABRES (2-2-1) at HURRICANES (1-4-0) – FRI OCT 3, 7:00PM – NONE – 550-AM – CHAT

10/1 – Ennis, Moulson lead way to victory over Capitals (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com)

10/2 – Reinhart's first goal closes Sabres' blowout win against Capitals (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald)

10/2 – Rask's rise at camp now has Swede centering second line (Chip Alexander – Raleigh News & Observer)

10/2 – Stronger communication leading to better defense for Sabres (Chris Ryndak – Sabres.com)

10/3 – Sabres’ Weber ready to rebound from poor season (Bill Hoppe – Olean Times Herald)​

BUFFALO SABRES

Projected Lineup

26 Matt Moulson – 25 Mikhail Grigorenko – 21 Drew Stafford
82 Marcus Foligno – 23 Sam Reinhart – 20 Zac Dalpe
19 Cody Hodgson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 17 Torrey Mitchell
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 8 Cody McCormick – 65 Brian Flynn
x: 12 Brian Gionta, 63 Tyler Ennis, 80 Chris Stewart

4 Josh Gorges – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
51 Nikita Zadorov – 41 Andrej Meszaros
29 Jake McCabe – 24 Tyson Strachan
x: 6 Mike Weber, 57 Tyler Myers, 61 Andre Benoit

34 Michal Neuvirth
1 Jhonas Enroth

Lineup News & Notes

Patrick Kaleta (cheekbone) and Johan Larsson (concussion) left Sunday's game and remain out.

Weekly Transactions

Buffalo announced Tuesday that seven players were assigned to Rochester.​

CAROLINA HURRICANES

Projected Lineup

19 Jiri Tlusty – 12 Eric Staal – 28 Alexander Semin
53 Jeff Skinner – 49 Victor Rask – 16 Elias Lindholm
14 Nathan Gerbe – 18 Jay McClement – 59 Chad Larose
24 Brad Malone – 20 Riley Nash – 22 Zach Boychuk
x: 25 Chris Terry – 36 Patrick Brown – 39 Patrick Dwyer

4 Andrej Sekera – 27 Justin Faulk
65 Ron Hainsey – 7 Ryan Murphy
44 Jay Harrison – 6 Tim Gleason
x: 26 John-Michael Liles – 73 Brett Bellemore

30 Cam Ward
31 Anton Khudobin

Lineup News & Notes

Carolina trimmed their camp roster by ten players yesterday. Alexander Semin (undisclosed) left and Patrick Dwyer (UBI) missed
yesterday's practice respectively, but Semin took part in today's morning skate, while Dwyer did not.​

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[Woodhouse]

No TV, but I assume this means there will be a webcast of some sort though:

Carolina Hurricanes @NHLCanes 1h
Tonight's #Sabres vs. #Canes #NHLPreseason game will be streamed on CarolinaHurricanes.com. @JohnForslund & Tripp Tracy will have the call.

 

[Woodhouse]

The Sabres will take the ice for their morning skate in ten minutes, so I'll adjust their lineup after updates stream in from Twitter.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@BuffaloSabres

Morning skate about to start. Tyler Myers is not on the ice with the team. He was given a maintenance day yesterday. -CR #sabres

 

[Paxon]

So glad Carolina is willing to do what our org wasn't. Not being able to watch the final game would be nonsense.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@BuffaloSabres

Morning Skate Lines
Moulson-Grigorenko-Stafford
Foligno-Reinhart-Dalpe
Hodgson-Girgensons-Mitchell
Deslauriers-McCormick-Flynn

#sabres -CR

Defensemen:
Gorges, Meszaros, Zadorov, McCabe, Strachan and Ristolainen.

Goalies:
Neuvirth and Enroth

#sabres -CR

 

[ZZamboni]

I don't know the reasons for this. But my impression is .... Ted Black and/or Kevin Snow have dropped the ball if the Hurricanes are streaming this game, but Sabres.com isn't. I get so pissed when other teams can stream and/or broadcast their games but Sabres don't. Does not compute.

 

[Woodhouse]

Projected Lineup update:

26 Matt Moulson – 25 Mikhail Grigorenko – 21 Drew Stafford
82 Marcus Foligno – 23 Sam Reinhart – 20 Zac Dalpe
19 Cody Hodgson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 17 Torrey Mitchell
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 8 Cody McCormick – 65 Brian Flynn
x: 12 Brian Gionta, 63 Tyler Ennis, 80 Chris Stewart

4 Josh Gorges – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
51 Nikita Zadorov – 41 Andrej Meszaros
29 Jake McCabe – 24 Tyson Strachan
x: 6 Mike Weber, 57 Tyler Myers, 61 Andre Benoit

34 Michal Neuvirth
1 Jhonas Enroth

 

[Woodhouse]

No TV, but I assume this means there will be a webcast of some sort though:

Carolina Hurricanes @NHLCanes 1h
Tonight's #Sabres vs. #Canes #NHLPreseason game will be streamed on CarolinaHurricanes.com. @JohnForslund & Tripp Tracy will have the call.

Updating stream info:

Carolina Hurricanes @NHLCanes 1m
FYI -- Tonight's preseason game vs. #Sabres will be streamed live on our website (only available in the #Canes broadcast territory).

 

[26CornerBlitz]

So glad Carolina is willing to do what our org wasn't. Not being able to watch the final game would be nonsense.

It's not as if they have to worry about selling any tickets. The Sabres be streaming this game as part of fanbase customer service.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Updating stream info:

Carolina Hurricanes @NHLCanes 1m
FYI -- Tonight's preseason game vs. #Sabres will be streamed live on our website (only available in the #Canes broadcast territory).

Crap!

 

[Paxon]

It's not as if they have to worry about selling any tickets. The Sabres be streaming this game as part of fanbase customer service.

I was more referring to our home Carolina game. Don't have much problem w this as they'll surely tweet out the link etc.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

I was more referring to our home Carolina game. Don't have much problem w this as they'll surely tweet out the link etc.

I though you meant this game since you mentioned an issue of not being able to see the final game.

 

[Paxon]

I was more referring to our home Carolina game. Don't have much problem w this as they'll surely tweet out the link etc.

Nevermind. Just saw the restrictions. Ugh.

 

[Jacob582]

Projected Lineup update:

26 Matt Moulson – 25 Mikhail Grigorenko – 21 Drew Stafford
82 Marcus Foligno – 23 Sam Reinhart – 20 Zac Dalpe
19 Cody Hodgson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 17 Torrey Mitchell
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 8 Cody McCormick – 65 Brian Flynn


34 Michal Neuvirth
1 Jhonas Enroth

That's a young center ice! Cody is an old man in that group.

 

[Paxon]

Seems like Grigorenko is being given every chance at making the team. This isn't a token shot for a guy locked into Rochester.

 

[TehDoak]

Updating stream info:

Carolina Hurricanes @NHLCanes 1m
FYI -- Tonight's preseason game vs. #Sabres will be streamed live on our website (only available in the #Canes broadcast territory).

So basically they are going to stream it inside the arena?

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@ChrisRyndak

Ted Nolan says Tyler Myers will be ready for the start of the regular season but he will not play tonight. #sabres

 

[Jacob582]

Seems like Grigorenko is being given every chance at making the team. This isn't a token shot for a guy locked into Rochester.

....or he's just filling in on the top line for Ennis. Maybe not a good sign.

 

[Sakaarnis]

....or he's just filling in on the top line for Ennis. Maybe not a good sign.

I think Sam will get his 9 (less if it goes sour) while Grigorenko will start in AHL. If Reinhart can contribute straight away, he might stay, though unlikely. Meanwhile Grigo can prove he can play consistently (Something´s Nolan has been talking about all the time) down in AHL. If he does, and my feeling is that he will, we will see him here for the rest of the season. If both of them end up on the big team, someone will have to play wing, though that ''sounds like one of them good problems''.

 

[Bones Malone]

I don't know the reasons for this. But my impression is .... Ted Black and/or Kevin Snow have dropped the ball if the Hurricanes are streaming this game, but Sabres.com isn't. I get so pissed when other teams can stream and/or broadcast their games but Sabres don't. Does not compute.

Because Hockey Heaven

 

[26CornerBlitz]

26 Matt Moulson – 25 Mikhail Grigorenko – 21 Drew Stafford vs. 19 Jiri Tlusty – 12 Eric Staal – 28 Alexander Semin

Looking forward to this matchup that could tell us more about Grigorenko's NHL readiness.

 

[Paxon]

....or he's just filling in on the top line for Ennis. Maybe not a good sign.

Maybe but why him then? Sam has Dalpe as a dang winger. Girgs could a had a game w the top line. I think it's a positive sign for Grigo.

 

[Jim Bob]

Maybe but why him then? Sam has Dalpe as a dang winger. Girgs could a had a game w the top line. I think it's a positive sign for Grigo.

I think we are all guessing.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Pre-Game Interviews and Morning Sakte Report

Ted Nolan Pre-Game (10/3/14)
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Nikita Zadorov Pre-Game (10/3/14)
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Zac Dalpe Pre-Game (10/3/14)
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MORNING SKATE REPORT (OCT. 3)

Neuvirth to start in Buffalo's final preseason game