About this episode

The episode discusses the Buffalo Sabres' struggles in Game Five and their impending elimination from the playoffs.

In this episode, the guys discuss the Buffalo Sabres dropping an ugly one in Game Five to go back to Montreal on the brink of elimination. They tough on the Sabres’ 1st line struggles, defensive depth, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, and more! (0:00) Intro (0:32) Sabres on the brink of elimination (13:46) The “1st Line” (34:05) Conor Timmins (43:15) Power play/extra attacker (47:56) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (1:04:56) Final thoughts on Game 5/Thoughts on Game 6 (1:15:35) Five teams remain (1:17:56) What do you listen to while working? (1:21:37) Closing

Topics covered

• Buffalo Sabres
• NHL playoffs
• Game analysis
• Player performance
• Elimination
• Hockey strategy

Keywords

• Buffalo Sabres
• Game Five
• elimination
• Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
• 1st line struggles
• defensive depth
• power play
• hockey analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Buffalo Sabres

Places: Montreal

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