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'Right now it's our time to respond': Sabres seek answers as... (PAYWALL)
Comments after
Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Calgary
Ullmark:
“It’s been a lot of changes in coaches these last couple years. Getting a system down is hard. It takes a lot of hard work, you know? At the end of the day, when everything is just going unconsciously and not where you start thinking about what you’re supposed to do and where you’re supposed to forecheck, backcheck, whatever, it’s going to be a lot easier to play these games.”
Krueger:
“There were portions of the last three games where you saw some of our best hockey of the season. But again, it was portions, and we need to stretch that out through 60 minutes, start to finish. We’re disappointed that we’re not able to do that"
Krueger previously stated it would take about half the season for the new system to come naturally to the players.
"We’ve known from the start that these habits aren’t going to be habits for a while. We’re going to drift back to old habits. We’re going to drift out of our game, and we have to work very, very hard to confirm these as habits through three, four, five, six games in a row, and that’s what we’re doing. We like the way the group is processing it as much as we don’t like our results at the moment."
The Power Play
“Our power play again is the motor,” Krueger said. “I mean, it didn’t score on so many chances. It’s got to break out of the shell. We have to keep working on that. For me, I think the solution for the offense will be a better power play, more effective scoring chances there, and that will carry into our five-on-five.”
Team Toughness:
Response to Sobotka and Dahlin Hits:
“Nobody in the rink, including the referees, actually read it because the puck was not there anymore. When Rasmus actually went down and then came up, until there was blood coming out of his face, we didn’t really realize the situation. Spontaneously, it wasn’t one of those hits from behind into the wall where everyone sees what happened. Is it something to learn about? Yeah, it’s possible. This group is very close. This group is working hard for each other. And the way the game is today, it has evolved. We’ll learn from it. But this isn’t that kind of a game anymore. Hockey is not that kind of a game where everybody jumps over the bench and clears the benches because something like that possibly occurred. We learn and grow from every game in many different ways, and that’s another one where we can get stronger in the future.”
Skinner:
“Right now it’s our time to respond. Yeah, we’ve got to turn it around.”
Rejects comparison to last season:
“It’s a different group. There’s a lot of new guys here, and the season’s different. You could draw parallels as much as you want — it’s a new year. The league’s different. We just focus on getting better.”
Failing to Score onThe Power Play:
“It seems like that sucks a little bit of momentum out of us"
Comments after
Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Calgary
Ullmark:
“It’s been a lot of changes in coaches these last couple years. Getting a system down is hard. It takes a lot of hard work, you know? At the end of the day, when everything is just going unconsciously and not where you start thinking about what you’re supposed to do and where you’re supposed to forecheck, backcheck, whatever, it’s going to be a lot easier to play these games.”
Krueger:
“There were portions of the last three games where you saw some of our best hockey of the season. But again, it was portions, and we need to stretch that out through 60 minutes, start to finish. We’re disappointed that we’re not able to do that"
Krueger previously stated it would take about half the season for the new system to come naturally to the players.
"We’ve known from the start that these habits aren’t going to be habits for a while. We’re going to drift back to old habits. We’re going to drift out of our game, and we have to work very, very hard to confirm these as habits through three, four, five, six games in a row, and that’s what we’re doing. We like the way the group is processing it as much as we don’t like our results at the moment."
The Power Play
“Our power play again is the motor,” Krueger said. “I mean, it didn’t score on so many chances. It’s got to break out of the shell. We have to keep working on that. For me, I think the solution for the offense will be a better power play, more effective scoring chances there, and that will carry into our five-on-five.”
Team Toughness:
Response to Sobotka and Dahlin Hits:
“Nobody in the rink, including the referees, actually read it because the puck was not there anymore. When Rasmus actually went down and then came up, until there was blood coming out of his face, we didn’t really realize the situation. Spontaneously, it wasn’t one of those hits from behind into the wall where everyone sees what happened. Is it something to learn about? Yeah, it’s possible. This group is very close. This group is working hard for each other. And the way the game is today, it has evolved. We’ll learn from it. But this isn’t that kind of a game anymore. Hockey is not that kind of a game where everybody jumps over the bench and clears the benches because something like that possibly occurred. We learn and grow from every game in many different ways, and that’s another one where we can get stronger in the future.”
Skinner:
“Right now it’s our time to respond. Yeah, we’ve got to turn it around.”
Rejects comparison to last season:
“It’s a different group. There’s a lot of new guys here, and the season’s different. You could draw parallels as much as you want — it’s a new year. The league’s different. We just focus on getting better.”
Failing to Score onThe Power Play:
“It seems like that sucks a little bit of momentum out of us"
