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Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 12 @ 12:01 PM ET
BOGO and Mitts out.

Both LBI
Stripes77
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Where ever Matt Ellis allows me to be, NY
Joined: 07.30.2012

Feb 12 @ 12:02 PM ET
BOGO and Mitts out.

Both LBI

- Der Kaiser



Mitts is a game time decision, got banged up in practice

Smith would be in for him if he can't go
Powerslave
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Joined: 02.10.2011

Feb 12 @ 12:02 PM ET
Well that's Phil for ya.... Wisdom just oozes out of him....
- hehateme


I'm not one for a coaching carousel, as I think it sets you back a bit, but this guy might have to go.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 12 @ 12:05 PM ET
https://twitter.com/cmded.../1095329513179893760?s=21

Housley is DEAD WRONG on Slobotka

#nogum
Pope of Pucks
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Miller's Dark Shadows, AZ
Joined: 08.04.2009

Feb 12 @ 12:06 PM ET
John Vogl
‏Verified account @BuffaloVogl

Phil Housley says he notices more confidence in Robin Lehner. Coach also adds this more telling statement for Lehner's success with Islanders compared to Sabres: "I think it's just the structure."



- Stripes77

Am I wrong or did Phil just say Robin's better because he's playing for a better coach?
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 12 @ 12:08 PM ET
Am I wrong or did Phil just say Robin's better because he's playing for a better coach?
- Pope of Pucks


It seems to be getting worse not better
SabresFaninIndiana
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bananaville, IN
Joined: 12.16.2009

Feb 12 @ 12:12 PM ET
Am I wrong or did Phil just say Robin's better because he's playing for a better coach?
- Pope of Pucks

pretty much..
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 12 @ 12:13 PM ET
just put a boxing ring in the middle of the ice 3 rounds of rockem sockem between Phail and Trotz. I think that's our best bet.
- Sabre_Tooth



Better chance fighting Trotz then out coaching him.

I put $100 on trotz all day every day in the ring
LandlordTom
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Ice girls, please, NY
Joined: 07.16.2011

Feb 12 @ 12:13 PM ET
John Vogl
‏Verified account @BuffaloVogl

Phil Housley says he notices more confidence in Robin Lehner. Coach also adds this more telling statement for Lehner's success with Islanders compared to Sabres: "I think it's just the structure."


HOLY (frank) YOU MEAN LIKE PLAYING DEFENSE HELPS A GOALIE???

- Stripes77

These are rhetorical questions only:

Is Lehner, now that he is out of Buffalo, not depressed, clinically ill, addicted to booze and pills? Did his anxiety and mental illness get cured? If so, I am truly happy for him.

It just sucks that we paid him to be on our team while in that condition, he played like garbage and our team was worse for it, we let him go, and now he is elite. If he was as bad as all that, he should've went to the club and said, "JB I am not well. I need some time to get better"...just the same as Okposo should have done, in my opinion.

I am at work and only post on lunch, so I wont get to see the beating I take on this board for my post until much later, but it is how I see it.

Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 12 @ 12:16 PM ET
These are rhetorical questions only:

Is Lehner, now that he is out of Buffalo, not depressed, clinically ill, addicted to booze and pills? Did his anxiety and mental illness get cured? If so, I am truly happy for him.

It just sucks that we paid him to be on our team while in that condition, he played like garbage and our team was worse for it, we let him go, and now he is elite. If he was as bad as all that, he should've went to the club and said, "JB I am not well. I need some time to get better"...just the same as Okposo should have done, in my opinion.

I am at work and only post on lunch, so I wont get to see the beating I take on this board for my post until much later, but it is how I see it.

- LandlordTom


This is what happened in real life.
EDIT: He told his goalie coach.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 12 @ 12:18 PM ET
Mitts is a game time decision, got banged up in practice

Smith would be in for him if he can't go

- Stripes77


Tonight at 7: Sobotka crosses the 20 minute threshold
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 12 @ 12:20 PM ET
Tonight at 7: Sobotka crosses the 20 minute threshold
- jcragcrumple


Sabre_Tooth
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We're all Duane, NE
Joined: 06.17.2015

Feb 12 @ 12:29 PM ET
Tonight at 7: Sobotka crosses the 20 minute threshold
- jcragcrumple

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 12 @ 12:29 PM ET
John Vogl
‏Verified account @BuffaloVogl

Phil Housley says he notices more confidence in Robin Lehner. Coach also adds this more telling statement for Lehner's success with Islanders compared to Sabres: "I think it's just the structure."


HOLY (frank) YOU MEAN LIKE PLAYING DEFENSE HELPS A GOALIE???

- Stripes77

jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Feb 12 @ 12:30 PM ET

- Sabre_Tooth



homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 12 @ 12:34 PM ET
bills signed long today
starting center for the jets that was released last week
he can also play guard
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 12 @ 12:34 PM ET

- Sabre_Tooth

B+

I giggled
Sabre_Tooth
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We're all Duane, NE
Joined: 06.17.2015

Feb 12 @ 12:48 PM ET
bills signed long today
starting center for the jets that was released last week
he can also play guard

- homiedclown



nice to see some Husker blood back on the bills.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 12 @ 12:58 PM ET
nice to see some Husker blood back on the bills.
- Sabre_Tooth

it's a start
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 12 @ 1:08 PM ET
John Vogl
‏Verified account @BuffaloVogl

Phil Housley says he notices more confidence in Robin Lehner. Coach also adds this more telling statement for Lehner's success with Islanders compared to Sabres: "I think it's just the structure."


HOLY (frank) YOU MEAN LIKE PLAYING DEFENSE HELPS A GOALIE???

- Stripes77


It seems very clear to me that this roster continues the fine Sabres tradition of players playing however they want on the ice, largely the cheating in their own zone to better enable their offensive game... defying a couple of Coaches and their systems.
When they do commit to playing with structure it is very, very evident. Both under Bylsma and now under Housley. Over the years we have heard
-Dancin Disco Dan lament about it,
-Phil preach it,
-Reporters talk about it, and how both Coaches have reached levels of frustration...they practice t, but then fail to execute during gamez
-rumors of locker room divide between those committed and those not
-players comment about "playing right".

Honestly, somehow the "cheaters", uncommitted need to get the message loud and clear.
The evidence for success from commitment is going to be on the ice as their opponent tonight.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 12 @ 1:11 PM ET
Am I wrong or did Phil just say Robin's better because he's playing for a better coach?
- Pope of Pucks


You could interpret it that way I suppose.
I think you would be closer to the truth if you were to point to the players seeming refusal to fully commit to playing the system.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Feb 12 @ 1:16 PM ET
These are rhetorical questions only:

Is Lehner, now that he is out of Buffalo, not depressed, clinically ill, addicted to booze and pills? Did his anxiety and mental illness get cured? If so, I am truly happy for him.

It just sucks that we paid him to be on our team while in that condition, he played like garbage and our team was worse for it, we let him go, and now he is elite. If he was as bad as all that, he should've went to the club and said, "JB I am not well. I need some time to get better"...just the same as Okposo should have done, in my opinion.

I am at work and only post on lunch, so I wont get to see the beating I take on this board for my post until much later, but it is how I see it.

- LandlordTom

Really dude?

No beating, but come on. No one does this at any job, let alone one with millions of dollars on the line.
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I Know Nothink ... NOTHINK!
Joined: 07.27.2007

Feb 12 @ 1:18 PM ET
Really dude?

No beating, but come on. No one does this at any job, let alone one with millions of dollars on the line.

- BeadyEyedDouche



STILL WRONG, Beady.

"March 29, 2018 was the day my life would change forever. It all started the night before. I made a phone call to my goalie coach with the Sabres, Andrew Allen. I told him that I was personally in a bad place and was not sure that I would be able to play in the game we had the next day. I was having trouble making up my mind if I could suit up. I was mentally and physically battling a lot of things. "
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 12 @ 1:18 PM ET
Really dude?

No beating, but come on. No one does this at any job, let alone one with millions of dollars on the line.

- BeadyEyedDouche

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 12 @ 1:19 PM ET
STILL WRONG, Beady.

"March 29, 2018 was the day my life would change forever. It all started the night before. I made a phone call to my goalie coach with the Sabres, Andrew Allen. I told him that I was personally in a bad place and was not sure that I would be able to play in the game we had the next day. I was having trouble making up my mind if I could suit up. I was mentally and physically battling a lot of things. "

- Der Kaiser

but
but
but
but


SUCK IT BEADY
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