He's been worse than league average every month of this season besides November (where he was world class good) and his expected goals numbers blow, so you can blame the guys in front of him but he's been objectively bad
I expect him to be better than that, he is better than that usually
Yes, he has not been as good as he has been in the past. But since you were specifically referencing the first shots of periods. (the Dallas game) That was what I addressed.
I also hope he is better, but I am willing to bet that no matter what Buffalo's first goal looks like tonight, there will be a minimum of half a dozen "Freddie sucks" types of posts.