GBU The Boosh, the Boosh, and the Boosh - Lyubushkin Trifecta! Sabres Win! 5-3 in Nashville.

[Chainshot]

The Good -

KO's shorty was all sorts of effort and unexpected results.
Boosh feeding the front for the shorty.
Vic ripping bombs.
Cozens on the rush, getting some push from the kids.
Late shift from the wonder twins to get Quinn the goal.
The "Sevens" line with forecheck and possession again tonight. Seems like it's been four games in a row where they've really done a solid job of flipping the ice and generating chances.
Skinner's breakaway from Thompson coming back deep and stretching the ice.
Thompson's defensive game tonight - back deep and turning plays quickly up ice with the Skinner feed tops.
Luukkonen late was excellent. With the game in the balance and Nashville's last minute push, he gave them everything.

The Bad -

Didn't like Jost's feel good slash.
Boosh with the grenade moment at his own line that lead directly to a penalty.
Power had some issues with puck handling under pressure leading directly to the Lauzon goal.

The Ugly -

The weak elbow call on Boosh leading directly to the Josi goal.
The contact on Luukkonen.

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[Gabrielor]

G
Okposo goal; won the game, along with...
UPL; he's G1
Kid line back
Power back
Mittelstadt/Olofsson still buzzing
Sammy-Dahlin solid night
Ending the losing streak
Jokiharju
Skinner needed one
Tuch

B
Bryson
Jost bad penalty
Tage slumping

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Lyubushkin
Nashville doing the vet thing where it's hooks/interference all day

 

[dortt]

G
Dahlin
UPL in the 3rd
Cozens (its great to have a mid to high-end number 1 center as your number 2)
Power

B
Sabres espn+ in 30fps
Boosh
UPL on the first goal

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Nashville broadcast

 

[NotABadPeriod]

This recent slide really corresponds to the kid line running into problems, and while Mitts-Jost-Olofsson unexpectedly has picked up their 5-on-5 play, we really need the production the kid line was giving us earlier. Good to see them get back to it tonight.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Loved Quinn and Peterka getting engaged again. Sitting did them well.

 

[Zman5778]

Our top 4 was a legit, playoff-worthy, series-winning top 4 tonight.

 

[toddkaz]

The Good
The kids are back!
Tage with a strong defensive game
Power turning in a Dahlin like performance in the 3rd
UPL in the 3rd period
Okposo with a highlight tip in


Bad
Not Bad but barely heard Dahlin's name tonight
Jost was meh

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Refs

 

[BFLO]

G: Okposo’s between the legs deflection was easily the prettiest goal he’s scored as a Sabre.

B:

U: NHL officiating

 

[Zman5778]

Jost with a team-high (among skaters) 21:00. He was strong tonight.

 

[Gabrielor]

Our top 4 was a legit, playoff-worthy, series-winning top 4 tonight.

Our bottom 2 are tank team-eske.

 

[Zman5778]

Our bottom 2 are tank team-eske.

They each had their moments tonight. Good and bad. If they can cut out those "bad" moments, they'd be fine.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Our bottom 2 are tank team-eske.

You forget our tank pairings!

 

[Chainshot]

Jost with a team-high (among skaters) 21:00. He was strong tonight.

Part of that might be the shift-that-never-ends-it-just-goes-on-and-on-my-friends at the end of the game.

 

[Chainshot]

Our bottom 2 are tank team-eske.

That's an exaggeration.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Loved Quinn and Peterka getting engaged again. Sitting did them well.

It's Great management by Granato.

Theyre young as hell. Theyre going to hit their rookie walls going through their first regular season grind. It's good to give them a break to catch their wind. The grind is for real!

 

[Dirty Dog]

It's Great management by Granato. Theyre young as hell. Theyre going to hit their rookie walls going through their first regular season grind. It's good to give them a break to catch their wind. The grind is for real!

The team really has a knack for developing young players lately. I know some posters think it’s mismanagement….but the results clearly say otherwise

Hockey karma in our favor for our inability to develop young players for the previous decade

 

[Zman5778]

It's Great management by Granato.

Theyre young as hell. Theyre going to hit their rookie walls going through their first regular season grind. It's good to give them a break to catch their wind. The grind is for real!

Power has been excellent since his injury as well. He was showing major signs of needing time off.

Granato is pushing all the right buttons with the kids......and he'll need to keep it up.

 

[Sound_n_Fury]

Good:
* Speed, speed, speed. What a difference the kids make to this team's offensive identity.
* UPL. Yes, he gives up softies. But when they need him to step up, he rises to the challenge. He's a gamer.
* Okie's tip. Prettiest goal you'll ever see.
* Power is such a natural. When that 20 pounds of muscle comes in, he'll be a monster for the next 20 years.
* All four lines contributing. Great to see that back again.

Bad:
* Faceoffs in the third. They're playing with fire night after night on that.
* Dumb penalties
* Giving up the quick 2 to tie it

Ugly:
* Nashville trying to thug it up.
* JJ and Quinn missing open chance after open chance (until Quinn fans on his shot and gets the 5th).

 

[slip]

They each had their moments tonight. Good and bad. If they can cut out those "bad" moments, they'd be fine.

Both under 10 minutes of ice time. We need less brain farts and about 2-4 more minutes of ice time from the bottom pair to take some of the load off our top 4. I don't know if Boosh has a rep, but man that guy is a weak penalty magnet.

 

[oldgoalie]

After giving up 2 softies, UPL was tough as nails in the late part of the third.
Saros really didn’t impress me much In most of this game.

 

[Gabrielor]

That's an exaggeration.

Lyu-penalty-a-game has trended WAYYYY down this year.

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Bryson is what he is. Can skate out of the d zone with the puck, and do basically nothing else. Massive liability in the ozone.


I know you love(d?) Bryson. It's not an exaggeration.

 

[Fearnot]

G:

 

[BFLO]

That's an exaggeration.

Top image 1/14/14
Bottom 1/17/15

 

[ValJamesDuex]

G
Sabre's GDT 25 Pages, The home of country music GDT 5 pages

 

[DapperCam]

You forget our tank pairings!

Who could forget Benoit-Meszaros? They should be in the tank commander hall of fame.