[Lance Lysowski] Sabres’ lines/pairs at the morning skate:

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1. So based on this it looks like Joker is going to be the odd man out again?

   I actually can’t believe Clifton and E. Johnson are allowed to stay in the lineup indefinitely without any accountability. It’s even crazier Donny thinks those two give us the best chance to win when Joker is clearly better than both of them.

   This is the most concerning part about Don Granato. Crazy stuff.

2. [https://twitter.com/LLysowski/status/1729181943156346916](https://twitter.com/LLysowski/status/1729181943156346916)

   Lance again a few min ago: “Samuelsson will be a game-time decision, per Granato. Jokiharju will be back in.”

   So what does this mean then? One of Clifton/E. Johnson is sitting if Sammy is in or are we playing 7D?

3. Why the fuck are we splitting up Kulich and Rosen? They gel in Rochester and come here to finish out two unimpressive lines.

4. We have 2 fourth lines with this arrangement.

5. From the tweet:

   Skinner-Mittelstadt-Tuch Benson-Cozens-Peterka
   Rosén-Jost-Olofsson
   Kulich-Krebs-Okposo

   Dahlin – Samuelsson
   Power – Ryan Johnson
   Clifton – Erik Johnson
   Bryson – Jokiharju

   UPL in the starter’s net

6. We planning playoffs or playing AHL game tonight?

7. Looking down the middle…. no wonder we last in faceoffs still. Need some vets or playoffs in another 3 years

8. This is going to be ugly. Playing the exact same lines after you get blown out is bold and potentially really stupid. I don’t understand these lines, none of them looked good except skinners.

9. This is getting fucking ridiculous. Love to see Kulich / Rosen get the call up, hate to see them mismanaged. VO is not defensible responsible at all, let alone enough to shelter our young guys. Joker should be dressed, Levi should be in Rochester, period.

10. Cozens should be on line one then it should be Kulich-Mitts-Rosen and Benson-Krebs-JJ