GNT: Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres | Fri. 1/25/13 | 7pm

[Upstater]

Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres

Carolina Hurricanes (1-2-0, 2pts) vs Buffalo Sabres (2-1-0, 4pts)

Projected lineups:

Buffalo Sabres

Thomas Vanek - Cody Hodgson - Jason Pominville
Marcus Foligno - Tyler Ennis - Drew Stafford
Nathan Gerbe - Mikhail Grigorenko - Steve Ott
John Scott - Jochen Hecht - Patrick Kaleta

Robyn Regehr - Tyler Myers
Christian Ehrhoff - Alexander Sulzer
Jordan Leopold - Andrej Sekera

Ryan Miller
Jhonas Enroth


Carolina Hurricanes

Jiri Tlusty - Eric Staal - Alexander Semin
Jeff Skinner - Jordan Staal - Zac Dalpe
Drayson Bowman - Jussi Jokinen - Chad LaRose
Patrick Dwyer - Tim Brent - Kevin Westgarth

Tim Gleason - Justin Faulk
Joni Pitkanen - Jamie McBain
Jay Harrison - Bobby Sanguinetti

Dan Ellis
Cam Ward


Lineups subject to change. Miller gets the start for the Sabres (luckily) and most likely Dan Ellis will start for Carolina.​

 

[BOSSMANPC]

No fucking around tonight, stop giving the puck away 21 times assholes and you will win.



Lets Go Buffalo !!!

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Oh, and it's Miller time !!

 

[IPostedWhat]

Damn, looks like Carolina is winning this game as well.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Even with Miller in net tonight, I don't know why people keep underestimating the Canes?

They always play close games with the Sabres, and give them a hard time.

Last night's game had the Sabres as a 94% favorite to win according to fans on ESPN, and they are once again a 94% favorite to win again tonight according to fans.

I mean, yeah, I hope the Sabres win, but it's not like the Canes are a pushover or anything.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Even with Miller in net tonight, I don't know why people keep underestimating the Canes?

They always play close games with the Sabres, and give them a hard time.

Last night's game had the Sabres as a 94% favorite to win according to fans on ESPN, and they are once again a 94% favorite to win again tonight according to fans.

I mean, yeah, I hope the Sabres win, but it's not like the Canes are a pushover or anything.

No, Esp since the teams split the series last year.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Looks like Leino has an injury to his right hip and needs surgery. He had surgery on his left hip in 2010, so now he will have a matching pair.

So much for Leino playing this year.

 

[IPostedWhat]

It also would be really nice to see the Foligno-Ennis-Stafford line contribute sometime this Season.

And Myers needs to watch film of what he did back as a rookie.

 

[dash]

If you guys are getting tired of Ennis in Buffalo, we'll take him in Calgary.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

If you guys are getting tired of Ennis in Buffalo, we'll take him in Calgary.

Ummmm, No !

 

[mattola]

If you guys are getting tired of Ennis in Buffalo, we'll take him in Calgary.

yeah same we will give you our backup luongo for Hodgson, Enroth and that tall lanky dude.............

 

[IPostedWhat]

Ruff denied the rumor that Leino will undergo hip surgery. He said it is a hip injury, but they are working with him on a new treatment and he is day-to-day.

And that interview between Paul Hamilton and Tyler Myers was awkward. I don't think Tlyer liked the fact that his game and confidence was put into question?

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Rock and Roll, Lock and Load It's game time! Good luck to the Canes and their fans but not tonight.


Lets Go Buffalo !!

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Ruff denied the rumor that Leino will undergo hip surgery. He said it is a hip injury, but they are working with him on a new treatment and he is day-to-day.

And that interview between Paul Hamilton and Tyler Myers was awkward. I don't think Tlyer liked the fact that his game and confidence was put into question?

I'm not about to throw Myers out the window. He had a good game the first game and yes a bad game against Carolina but who didn't? Even the guy's that scored gave up too much.

Sometimes I think the media and fans here push the panic button a bit too fast and wonder why the players get pissed about it. If this keeps up after 5 or 6 games I will be all over ALL of them.

 

[IPostedWhat]

I'm not about to throw Myers out the window.

Well, with your bad knee Ed, you shouldn't throw anybody... It's true.


Since his rookie year, Tyler has not been the type of D-man the Sabres were hoping for. While he's had stretches of games here and there where he is on top of his game, he has way TOO many games where his performance is subpar bordering on dreadful.

He should be one of the best D-men, not only only the Sabres, but in the League right now, and frankly....he's still a long way from that IMO.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Special teams will be big tonight.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Pretty exciting game so far.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

I was just going to say is it quiet in there or what? Not much intensity.

 

[IPostedWhat]

I like that it is quiet. I'm enjoying hearing the things the players are saying to one another on the ice.

They just talked about it on the audio feed I have. They said they can't repeat anything that was just heard. lol

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

FUCKING DIRECTTV IS BROKEN
GAME NOT ON
DAMMIT!!!!!


THEY ARE "WORKING ON IT"

thanks for ruining my Friday night plans, DirectTV, as lame as they were, they were MY plans...