Joker is lookin like last year and the head injury are a thing of the past and he's back to the guy we were all pretty happy with. He looks really confident.
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Nick Schmaltz was my dream F 'hockey trade' add this summer, 5o5 demon, but knew it was a pipedream with the rosterconstruction...Yotes are probably stayin the course with him.
Watching the replays, only one goal was really unsavable (the double Samuelsson deflection).
First goal Comrie dropped a rebound in the blue paint.
Second goal was a breakaway that could have been stopped.
Third goal was a breakaway that could have been stopped.
Fourth goal I think may have tipped in off the goalie stick shaft? It was hard to tell, but UPL had bad positioning. The side of the net the puck went in was wide open on a fairly clear point shot.
This game wasn’t the goalie’s fault necessarily, but they definitely could have helped out more. Vanecek saved two break aways.
First goal Comrie dropped a rebound in the blue paint.
Second goal was a breakaway that could have been stopped.
Third goal was a breakaway that could have been stopped.
Fourth goal I think may have tipped in off the goalie stick shaft? It was hard to tell, but UPL had bad positioning. The side of the net the puck went in was wide open on a fairly clear point shot.
This game wasn’t the goalie’s fault necessarily, but they definitely could have helped out more. Vanecek saved two break aways.
Vanacek also gave up the worst goal of the night by far (Cozens).
UPL/Comrie were fine. Not good, but not bad either.
Team defense was once again a complete train wreck. We allowed multiple breakaways and you're talking about how the goalies could've saved it? How about the def/forwards don't allow an uncontested breakaway?
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Rough start to the season, 4 of those teams faced out of 8 have a winning record to start the season. The rest are below .500
To say we have had a hard schedule to this point is a little hard to defend.
Team needs to find ways to unf*** themselves from the net on out.
Rough start to the season, 4 of those teams faced out of 8 have a winning record to start the season. The rest are below .500
To say we have had a hard schedule to this point is a little hard to defend.
Team needs to find ways to unf*** themselves from the net on out.
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Forgetting your description of Sammy.... you don't think middling dmen play 7 years in the NHL?
CaliSabresfan24
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G:
We can hang with/beat the Devils
Good pace for most of the game
Power had his best of game of the season IMO
PK is solid
Tage's goal
B:
Even tho both scored, Peterka and Cozens decision making with the puck is still bipolar
Okposo is a waste of a roster spot. Dude is just too slow
Clifton's hit
Comrie's injury
The goals on UPL aren't entirely his fault but his positioning is brutal. Also, the dude NEEDS to make a big save in big moments at least once.
U:
Officials per usual...
Although this lose was annoying, I feel really good about our team. There were times the Devils couldn't answer us on a few back to back shifts. If the Devils are the fast pace, offensive juggernauts, then were not that far behind them
We can hang with/beat the Devils
Good pace for most of the game
Power had his best of game of the season IMO
PK is solid
Tage's goal
B:
Even tho both scored, Peterka and Cozens decision making with the puck is still bipolar
Okposo is a waste of a roster spot. Dude is just too slow
Clifton's hit
Comrie's injury
The goals on UPL aren't entirely his fault but his positioning is brutal. Also, the dude NEEDS to make a big save in big moments at least once.
U:
Officials per usual...
Although this lose was annoying, I feel really good about our team. There were times the Devils couldn't answer us on a few back to back shifts. If the Devils are the fast pace, offensive juggernauts, then were not that far behind them
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Assuredly. But he was not remotely the biggest hole tonight. 19, 21 23 75 71 53 24 all should be bearing more ire.
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The contract is fine for a bottom pair guy, which he is. But they keep putting him on the top pair and are essentially playing with 4 guys on offense. Down the lineup, pk...solid. not a top pairing guy.
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UPL gave up a short handed, even strength and power play goal. He hit the cycle.
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Olofsson plays like he's sincerely depressed, he gets the puck and it almost immediately dies on his stick. No one sets up his one timer anymore...he's just there, sort of. It's sad, honestly...he was so promising for such a long time and the light is just gone from his game. If there was ever a player in need of a change of pace it's him, but that change of pace would need to be willing to pay him over four million dollars to be a puck possession disaster who can't score.
Agree with everyone who's saying waive him...maybe he can find his game in Rochester and maybe he can't, but he's not playing a Buffalo game anymore. At least in the AHL he can hang out with Asplund when Charlotte comes to town.
Agree with everyone who's saying waive him...maybe he can find his game in Rochester and maybe he can't, but he's not playing a Buffalo game anymore. At least in the AHL he can hang out with Asplund when Charlotte comes to town.
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Also when you end up playing with 5 defensmen because Clifton decides to pull a Vinnie Jones (10 points to anyone who gets that reference) and get kicked out of a game in front of a bunch of family and friends for doing something really stupid its going to have an effect.
Djp
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if I understand….goalies are expected to stop breakaways? If so what is team defense.
im not a breakaway against a goalies performance.
there was 2 breakaway goals and 2 deflection goals.
BuffaloGooner
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This just in, goalies are in fact allowed to make difficult saves
CaliSabresfan24
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Also UPL was the reason for putting NJ on the PP for shooting the puck into the crowd
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At what point do they can whoever's involved in coaching the powerplay? It's routinely an utter cluster****. They suck at entries and retrievals, the top unit generally only looks for one play and has never shown any inkling of an idea of how to create anything when opposing teams mark Thompson in man to man defense, and they constantly cough the puck up and surrender chances against.
The team is 3-5, and we are 10% through the season. All the weaknesses that were obvious like a top 4 D, someone who can take a faceoff and a veteran goalie, were all ignored even with about $9 M in cap. More like $10 M, if we just pitched Bryson.
There is some serious talent on this team, and we are going to burn a second prime year not maximizing what we have because of salary considerations and unwillingness to trade even one prospect for some veterans.
I'm not saying the season is done. Far from it. But this a borderline 90+ team tops on the edge of the playoffs and could be in the thick of a playoff with some minor adds.
I know, but nobody will sign with us. Trades are hard to make. The excuses are overwhelming.
Go ahead trash me. I'm off to the game tomorrow because I'm hardcore. Other people are not. Attendance is tragic. I expect maybe 15,000 for a nice 1 p.,m. matinee game against a good Colorado team. Maybe less. A Saturday night crowd not even close to sold it.
One person has been there for all of this mess and his name starts with Terry. (It could be Rip Simonick's fault too.)
I have this nightmare where the Sabres move to somewhere like Salt Lake and win a cup their first year there.
There is some serious talent on this team, and we are going to burn a second prime year not maximizing what we have because of salary considerations and unwillingness to trade even one prospect for some veterans.
I'm not saying the season is done. Far from it. But this a borderline 90+ team tops on the edge of the playoffs and could be in the thick of a playoff with some minor adds.
I know, but nobody will sign with us. Trades are hard to make. The excuses are overwhelming.
Go ahead trash me. I'm off to the game tomorrow because I'm hardcore. Other people are not. Attendance is tragic. I expect maybe 15,000 for a nice 1 p.,m. matinee game against a good Colorado team. Maybe less. A Saturday night crowd not even close to sold it.
One person has been there for all of this mess and his name starts with Terry. (It could be Rip Simonick's fault too.)
I have this nightmare where the Sabres move to somewhere like Salt Lake and win a cup their first year there.
Vanecek saved 2 break aways. We allowed 2 break away goals. Also, I'm not 100% sure the PP goal was actually deflected. It's hard to tell on the replay, but Hughes the player who shot it got credited with the goal and UPL was not in good position.
Like I said, the goalies didn't lose the game for us, but when you give up 5 goals it wasn't a good game for them either. It's a theme going back to last year.
sabremike
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sabremike
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Yeah. For the people who don't get the joke: Years back notorious hard man Vinnie Jones was playing for Wimbledon away in his hometown. He begged the manager to put him into the starting IX because a bunch of his family and friends had turned out, the manager did and he promptly got sent off two minutes into the match for violent conduct.
