Season series: Senators lead 1-0-0

Last game: Sabres 3, Senators 4


The breakdown:

The Senators are off to a great start, and they can thank sound defensive play and their Vezina candidate goaltender Craig Anderson, who's sporting a 6-2-2 record to go along with a stellar .950 save percentage and 1.49 goals against average, with a nice shutout to show for that. Their rookie, Mika Zibenijad will be getting time with the first line for this one. They're hoping that move helps them kick-start the scoring after being blanked by Al Montoya and the Winnipeg Jets this past Saturday afternoon. The Sens are going on 3-days rest, so they've got the rest factor going for them.

As for the Sabres, they're not exactly spring chickens right now. Thomas Vanek was held pointless in 2 of his past 3 games, including one against the Senators last Tuesday, so perhaps the Austrian Camel is cooling off. Ryan Miller was stellar this past weekend, saving 77 of the 81 shots he faced against the Islanders and Bruins combined. I don't see why he won't be getting the start for the Sabres tonight. The Sabres are actually a pretty potent scoring team, and some secondary scorers may be starting to come alive. Tyler Ennis has points in 3 of his last 4, including a 3 point outing against the Montreal Canadiens. Drew Stafford has missed 100% of the shots he's taken (36). He's bound to hit the net eventually. I hope. Tyler Myers may be back. I don't have a report on that or anything. Just think of that as an educated guess.

It's a 7:30 start for this one, ladies and gents. Go Sabres!

(This is my first ever game-day thread. If you have any complaints, feel free to do it here. Or on Twitter. That's always fun, too.)

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Girgensons for captain. Team Keep Nick DesLauriers forever.

@TJLuckman550

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HOCKEY IS BACK!

Myers and Grigs in. Heard it on twitter.. Must be true, right?

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Thanks for picking this one up, man. I would have done it but I'm still battling a lung/sinus thing and have been pretty much bedridden.

We need this game tonight. Hopefully Myers comes back as a hungry beast in this one. Apparently Lindy was asked if he's closer to benching Stafford and he claims he's not at that point, yet.

Just don't suck tonight, Sabres. That's all I ask.

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If it's a tight squeeze, spit on it! - NyI

He's a middling AHL player who had the good fortune of a drunk arbitrator. - The Squanto re: Tim Kennedy

Let's get two points!

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WHY THE FUCK IS SULZER SCRATCHED? He's been our best d man! What the fuck! Bench Leopold! Lindy you fuck up!

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

Fuck the Sens

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Hold my beer and watch this...

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lindy plays favorites too much. leopolds prolly coaches pet just like hecht. this is absolutely fucked. bench our best d man

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"If you want to know what I've been doing lately, I've been driving around from Tim Horton's to Tim Horton's, rolling up the rim. Haven't won anything yet. Thanks." - Lindy Ruff

I'm not really complaining about the benching of Sulzer. He really hasn't been all that great. He's gotten a few lucky shots, but his defensive issues have been masked by the stellar play of Ehrhoff.

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Girgensons for captain. Team Keep Nick DesLauriers forever.

@TJLuckman550

Sulzer hasn't fucked up. He's been solid defensively and has scored goals. When you have Leopold, Sekera, and Myers that have blown, you could bench someone else.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

Sulzer has been easily one of our most solid overall defensemen this year. The benching I am not so sure about. Makes absolutely no sense. Time to blow up the front office. This shit is so absurd.

Maybe he's benching everyone except Vanek and Miller...it'll take a couple weeks to get through the rest of the team

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Hold my beer and watch this...

I say bench the only productive players on the season. Then the rest of the team will see what absolute and complete shit they have been. Nothing to turn your attitude and motivation around like a scoreboard gangbang.

Enroth in net and Vanek/Hodson/Pommers in the press box....what a shitshow that would be

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Steel toe kick to the testicles is the only thing that will get a message into their thick heads. Sitting those gents just may do the trick. I mean Stafford......reallly?

Jesus, this post gave me a scare

Ruff is probably benching one D at a time in order to figure out who fucks up.

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I feel like maybe this thread is missing something. Good thing I snapped this photo at the store the other day. Yes, I did get a strange look from the lady standing next to me.



Two types of vagisil.

Two points we will take.

All is right.

Sekera hasn't blown at all. He's arguably been our second best defenseman.

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Girgensons for captain. Team Keep Nick DesLauriers forever.

@TJLuckman550

Dangerously close to a Vagisil Haiku

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Hold my beer and watch this...