GDT: Sabres @ Sens

Calling it now - Ceci won't be back to Bingo

Who's gonna play with EK?

tim1_2 wrote:I would've rather seen Claesson recalled (AHL leader in +/- at +17), but am excited to see Ceci all the same.  Buy tickets, should be a good game tonight!

Claeson is super close but there is absolutely no need to rush him... will be an NHLer though.

Ev wrote:It's Buffalo. It'll be OK lol

Considering this is a must - win game, I don't see why they're experimenting and Cussing around. And the fact that it's buffalo doesn't change anything, need points in the bank and I wouldn't put it past our team to lose to teams worse than them. Has happened already a few times.

Expect a high scoring game I guess....

Ev wrote:Calling it now - Ceci won't be back to Bingo

I'll take that bet, lol.  This is an opportunity to see where Ceci is at for both Ceci and the organization.

Once Cowen is back, Ceci is back as well.

Michallica wrote:

Ev wrote:It's Buffalo. It'll be OK lol

Considering this is a must - win game, I don't see why they're experimenting and Cussing around. And the fact that it's buffalo doesn't change anything, need points in the bank and I wouldn't put it past our team to lose to teams worse than them. Has happened already a few times.

Expect a high scoring game I guess....

I don't know what you are smoking? Do you think they are better with Kassian in the lineup or Pageau?

Also, it's not like BoroCop or Ceci should be the difference between a W or a L. BoroCop had some games here, give someone else a turn.

I'm not talking about kassian and pageau. And as far the rest of the changes go, yeah there's significant turn over between the team that is playing consistently well (relatively) and the team playing tonight. No Cowen, no methot. Gryba hasn't been great, and u got an unproven entity in ceci and, uh, I don't know...Boro was freaking playing great when he was up here?

No right now is not the time to be 'giving ppl a chance '. That's the kind of talk the sabres board has or the blackhawks board has. Sens are in dire need of points that they can't afford to piss away. Are you smoking something to think the sens are a lock to win the division? Or perhaps ur more confident in the sens earning wins against kings and blues....what's our record against the west again?

Woah.

Methot out with flu.

Ceci called up and will be in tonight.

Pagau in.

Anderson starts.

GO SENS GO!!!

NEELY wrote:

Ev wrote:Calling it now - Ceci won't be back to Bingo

I'll take that bet, lol.  This is an opportunity to see where Ceci is at for both Ceci and the organization.

Once Cowen is back, Ceci is back as well.

if ceci sticks, you have to change your avatar to you in your beer league game

Ceci - Phillips pairing tonight.

shabbs wrote:Woah.

Methot out with flu.

Ceci called up and will be in tonight.

Pagau in.

Anderson starts.

GO SENS GO!!!

Wonder why they started Andy when Lehner vs Miller was so good.

shabbs wrote:Ceci - Phillips pairing tonight.

Nice touch. Probably something young Philly will look back fondly upon when he's cut loose at the end of the season.

SpezDispenser wrote:

shabbs wrote:Woah.

Methot out with flu.

Ceci called up and will be in tonight.

Pagau in.

Anderson starts.

GO SENS GO!!!

Wonder why they started Andy when Lehner vs Miller was so good.

Probably as simple as it's the Gregger's turn.

Ev wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Ev wrote:Calling it now - Ceci won't be back to Bingo

I'll take that bet, lol.  This is an opportunity to see where Ceci is at for both Ceci and the organization.

Once Cowen is back, Ceci is back as well.

if ceci sticks, you have to change your avatar to you in your beer league game

That would probably be one of me rolling my eyes at some dude going down to block a shot.

Boro played pretty good for the first couple games and then kind of levelled off. He wasn't "freaking great", although I will say he was good.

Ceci might be better.

The one thing I don't get is calling up another righty. That's why I say Claesson would've made more sense - he's left handed.

Apparently Corvo will play the left side tonight.

Yes, Borowiecki was freaking great relatively speaking with the play of cowen, gryba being terrible. If you're gonna call up claesson because he makes sense as a lefty, well then boro is a lefty AND has plenty of experience at the NHL level. Saying it now, dumb move to call up ceci as a replacement for methot.

Hopefully I'm eating crow by the end of the night and sens find a way to win. And kassian may be useless, but sens record with him in the lineup is 7-2-5. Whatever it is, it's not bad.

How will they NOT win this game?

Even if the D sucks.

I love BoroCop. I think Kassian should get more ice time (especially playing against goonie mcgoonerson John Scott), but I can't really complain about Pageau getting in the lineup, and Ceci getting a shot after putting up fantastic AHL numbers.

My only gripe is Claesson also has good numbers (leads the AHL in +/-), and would've been more lineup friendly since he's a lefty.

I'm not sure having BoroCop in the lineup over Ceci gives us a better shot at winning, to be honest, and we won't really know until we see how Ceci performs.