GBU The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The Land of the Giants: SO Win in Detroit 7-6

[Chainshot]

The Good:

Welcome back, Tage Thompson!
Team Titan - Greenway-Cozens-Thompson with four goals, six points. Jotenlein: 19'4" of player.
Dahlin's feed to Tuch.
The Joke was on us - great feed from Tuch and finish from Jokiharju.
PP2 getting it done.
Power points.
Levi was acrobatic.
Peterka was flying.
Quinn's SO prowess continues.
Tuch getting a second chance and making it work in the SO.

The Bad:

The officiating on the Larkin-Skinner incident.
Gummi pew.
Another Joke on us watching Power-Joker defend.
Puck luck not in their favor. Was that four deflections or five?
The PK is a tragedy.

The Ugly:

Larkin quitting on a play to go after someone.
Walman blowing a gasket, should've been booted from the game.
Almost blew another 2-goal lead... twice.

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[SharkInABoloTie]

Happy to get the win.

This team makes me want to give blood.
All of it.

 

[old kummelweck]

Levi looks ready to me. Of course, an 82 game season is a test, but he's the Sabres best goalie.

 

[oldgoalie]

Levi got an awakening. He made some big saves, but the Sabres defense did him no favors.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

Good:
Greenway's smile after his goal makes me think he's got big things in store next season. Confidence is coming back for that guy.

Bad:
Sabres trying to throw the game away with bad decisions and bounces.

Ugly:
NHL refs really make the product so hard to enjoy.

 

[Dirty Dog]

That game may have had everything in it. Everything that makes the 2022-2023 Sabres good. And everything that makes them bad. And officiating…LOL

 

[BuiltTagonTough]

G:
2 points

B:
Tampa shitting the bed

U:
Refs

 

[Sabre the Win]

I hope this rivalry between the Sabres and Wings becomes a deep rooted thing. Both teams clearly on the upswing looking to become contenders at the same time but there can only be one.

 

[DapperCam]

G:
- Quinn is so good at the shootout
- Scoring 6 goals is pretty good

B:
- Giving up 6 goals isn’t very good

U:
- Power kicking it in
- Boosh giveaway.

Average:
- Levi had a pretty average game in my mind. Assuming the last goal was tipped by Cozens (I think it was), he still hasn’t gotten beaten on a clean/non-tipped shot. Sabres defense was yikes. UPL and Comrie would also be given a pass for this game I think.

 

[Chainshot]

So much pucker, every night.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

G

Girgensons goal
Levi gets another W
Excited to see how Greenway turns out


U

Levi's luck so far

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

G: I like to imagine Skinner said somethin from the bench and Larkin got so pissed he turned around mid-shootout move. Only way to explain that weak ass attempt. Either way, game on his stick and the dude biffs it. f*** you Dylan.

B: Meh. Didn’t like the 2nd goal against, Levi seemed so eager to get across that he totally missed the slow moving deflection. Happens, otherwise I can’t fault him for any.

U: Team D hurts my soul. I really hope Meatballs has a plan for next year.

 

[CaliSabresfan24]

G:
Cozens breaking 30
Mitts. Dude can't buy a goal but the guy is a playmaker
Greenway is really getting settled... Can't wait to see what he looks like next year after a full offseason.
Tuch & Seider battle. Those 2 really hate eachother
Power offensively.
Krebs had a lot of jump to his game. Really liked what I saw from him tonight.
Quinn is money in the shootout
Levi in the shootout
Donny making adjustments with the shootout lineup

B:
Team defense was god awful, especially the defenseman in general looked bad defensively. All of them.
The refs just completely ignoring blatant penalties..
Would've liked a save out of Levi on the Perron goal... The others were bad bounces are shit turnovers, plus he was stellar in the shootout

U:
Larkin and Raymond are Idiots... Thanks for the 4 minute penalty because you guys let Jeff Skinner get to you lol.
The officiating per usual...

 

[ValJamesDuex]

Levi got an awakening. He made some big saves, but the Sabres defense did him no favors.

His concentration seemed off to me, will need the next one off imo

 

[Sound_n_Fury]

Good:
* Cozens rewarded twice and dangerous all night
* Levi--yeah, the SV% is ugly but I never worried that he'd not rise to the occasion. How refreshing.
* Quinn when he plays in space (OT, shootouts)
* Mitts when he passes

Bad:
* Another Boosh hand grenade leads to a goal against
* Dahlin in his own end in crunch time
* Out of town scoreboard
* Jost with another disappearing act. It's a head scratcher.
* Mitts when he shoots

Ugly:
* Can we EVER win a faceoff!!!! KA has to address that missing element next year.
* Defensive coverage on 6th DET goal
* Joker's refusal to make the simple play when under pressure (over and over and over...)
* NHL game management

 

[Panthaz89]

G:
Cozens breaking 30
Mitts. Dude can't buy a goal but the guy is a playmaker
Greenway is really getting settled... Can't wait to see what he looks like next year after a full offseason.
Tuch & Seider battle. Those 2 really hate eachother
Power offensively.
Krebs had a lot of jump to his game. Really liked what I saw from him tonight.
Quinn is money in the shootout
Donny making adjustments with the shootout lineup

B:
Team defense was god awful, especially the defenseman in general looked bad defensively. All of them.
The refs just completely ignoring blatant penalties..

U:
Larkin and Raymond are Idiots... Thanks for the 4 minute penalty because you guys let Jeff Skinner get to you lol.
The officiating per usual...

Its not even Skinner getting to them lol Raymond decides to fly in on a body check to a guy who just passed the puck and Skinner properly defended himself and they flip out when he celebrated the goal. WTF is this bs any other time player gets kicked out for jumping a dude after celebrating a goal. Its just flat out targeting BS.

 

[Jacob582]

G
The win
30th goal for Cozens
Tuch hits
Okposo - smart player
Henri
Mitts

B
Stillman
Tage giveaways in his own zone

Puck/game management- what are all of Peterka, Jost and Quinn getting stuck deep in the offensive zone up 6-4 in the 3rd period? "Gimme goals, gimme goals!! I want a goal".

U
Broadcast- was there no crowd noise on the Sabres broadcast?

My armchair GMing - I wanted Husso bad last summer. (I'm sure he'll earn his pay in the near future)

 

[Chainshot]

It felt like Tuch took the end of the game personally. It wasn't a surprise that he scored in the SO, but he had such a chip on his shoulder all game it seemed like he was trying to will them to the win.

 

[BB79]

Bad- every team we needed to lose, won their games I was hoping Minny would take care of Pittsburgh and the Bolts would show up after getting beat down by the Rags but neither materialized. It could have made the weekend interesting anyways

 

[BuffaloMango]

This kid is all smiles after a 6* goal game. He looked good but human tonight.

But jeez, he’s infectious.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

This kid is all smiles after a 6* goal game. He looked good but human tonight.

But jeez, he’s infectious.

Was it against Detroit that Miller had that blowout game early in his career some of you guys were mentioning not too long ago?

Was it also 6 goals?

 

[BuffaloMango]

Was it against Detroit that Miller had that blowout game early in his career some of you guys were mentioning not too long ago?

Was it also 6 goals?

I wasn’t being critical. He played well. There’s a lot of nuance to those 6 goals. Like the fact that 3 came off our own players. He also left himself more vulnerable at times, but still made the saves. That’s what I meant by more human.

Ultimately I was complementing the entire vibe he gives off even after a night where he had to work pretty hard. He makes me want to run through a brick wall for him.

 

[Gabrielor]

High event game, so lots to say

G
We won
Dahlin
Levi in the shootout
Cozens had a solid game
Tuch too
Good to see Thompson snipe again
Greenway continuing to chip in
Positively noticed Girgensons and Okposo
Quinn in the shootout
Mittelstadt had a good game

B
Sabre puck luck
Owen Power own goal deflections
Quinn/Peterka/Cozens/Krebs/others need to learn how to a) stop falling without contact, and b) stop losing the puck without contact
Dahlin/Sammy on that one PK.
I thought Seider got away with like 2 interferences and 3 holds. Is this guy immune to taking penalties? Dahlin would've never left the box...

U
Levi did not play well at all. If this was Comrie or UPL he'd have been justifiably crucified
But also our team defense sucks so bad
Lyubushkin/Jost dumb play.

Below U
Larkin on GF2 by Joker. Breathtaking stupidity.

 

[GOALOFSSON]

Ya my bad, in a different thread discussing Levi and AHL time, someone brought up a game where Miller got lit up early in his and cried after.

Was just comparing their demeanor (tbf Levi at least won) and wondering if that game was also against Detroit and the score as I forgot that part

@BuffaloMango

 

[Jimmybarndoor2]

It was nice for the Sabres to get that win since Yzerman schooled gmka this summer and made all the moves that gmka didn’t have the balls to do.