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Not every night. It’s just not a fun place to be anymore. Seems like we’re ready to be mad at the team.They are the ones causing the misery so...
Not every night. It’s just not a fun place to be anymore. Seems like we’re ready to be mad at the team.They are the ones causing the misery so...
I wouldn't be surprised if the team is gone in 10 to 15 yearsNot every night. It’s just not a fun place to be anymore. Seems like we’re ready to be mad at the team.
The arena is awful, the gameday experience is even worse and the home team loses more often than not.Not every night. It’s just not a fun place to be anymore. Seems like we’re ready to be mad at the team.
I have to say I don’t think there’s a more miserable sporting event to attend then a Sabres home game.
It has to rub off on the players.
The Sabres proved once again that no deficits are either too early or too recurring for them to overcome.For a team that begs fans to come in the building they sure love to shit themselves at home
I suspect a forgery, of the opposite variety of the Piltdown Man.
I am gonna be honest, reading the knee jerk reactions on this board is more frustrating than the losses. I get that we are a beaten down fanbase, but yikes. We are four games in. Let's at least wait until november before we start doing our best chicken little impressions.
I mean, they hired Anderson most likely for LeviI just take solace in the fact that Levi can take his pads off, reflect on his hard night…and get sage advice from UPL or Eric Comrie.
That U? We are going to the playoffs? Are we sure?G:
-Greenway
-Mitts
-EJ
-Clifton
B:
-Our best players not realizing the season has started already.. Tage, Tuch, Skinner and Cozens have been disappointing to start the season
-Officials per usual
-Dahlin retaliating to Mangiapane.. yeah it was a weak call but its not new that NHL refs suck. You're down a goal late in the 3rd and about to go on the PP. Don't give them a reason to put you in the box.
-Power needs to man up a little... Dude loses the battles along the boards to much smaller guys
U:
-Levi.. The goaltending situation in general.. Hard to believe we're going to the playoffs with not just 1, not 2 but 3 question mark goalies on this roster!!!
I know its still early into the season but right now we don't look like properly built playoff team at all
Let’s be real. That last “non goal“ was a goal. He was definitely fighting it last night.I only saw the second half of the game ans after reading these threads I had to go back and watch because the amount of dumping on Levi was so much.
What? Sure, 1 or 2 of those you’d like to see saves. He saved more pucks that he shouldn’t have than didn’t save ones he should have. First GA, ok not great. A bit flukey that he struggled to find it for so long (and rebounds are definitely something he needs work on). Second GA is Johnson slow to pick up the guy on the back door. Not his fault at all. 3rd GA is a one timer of the inside of the post. You’re an asshole if you’re claiming that’s a soft goal. Only the 4th GA seemed notably bad to me. Wow, a young rookie keeper gave up 1.5 bad goals behind a dog shit team who can barely be said to be going through the motions.
Who creates 'save above expected' stats? AI? Do they watch the games? Does it take into consideration 4-on-2s, tips, screens? Nasty turnovers. Forwards that don't play a defensive game? Jokiharus or Brysons? I would suggest one generic formula does not work for an entire league. Some teams just play better defensively than others and that would wildly skew 'expected' goals.
46th out of 59 in goals saved above expected is not going to get it done.
It's odd to me that a leader would hire and maintain an expert in a particular area, and then not rely on his/her advice. Wasn't that the lesson of the Murray/Botterill eras?Or quite there yet, but if they go this route I’d put money on it being Forton. Two things.
1. The Embedded draft video. Adams doesn’t just work with Forton, he relies on him for approval. I found it very weird.
2. The Fortons have known Terry for a long time. Like years before Terry ever bought the team.
I don't see most of the stuff you've all posted about. My 13 year old son told me the "game was choppy."We see the same things over and over and over again. So easy for teams to confuse the Sabres dzone scheme and find huge holes in the coverage. Until Granato recognizes this is not a personnel issue but a coaching issue, this will continue.
I listened to his post-game presser, and he focused on how they need to play in the other teams end. It's a cliche of it being a copy-cat league, but the league is changing to a defensive focus and shutting down the high-powered attack teams. I call this Brind'amourization.
You know, I looked through the NHL and Sportsnet highlights and still didn’t see it. I can’t speak to that one.Let’s be real. That last “non goal“ was a goal. He was definitely fighting it last night.
The advanced goalie stats that are done by people that watch games (ClearSight Analytics) have people complain that they are subjective.Who creates 'save above expected' stats? AI? Do they watch the games? Does it take into consideration 4-on-2s, tips, screens? Nasty turnovers. Forwards that don't play a defensive game? Jokiharus or Brysons? I would suggest one generic formula does not work for an entire league. Some teams just play better defensively than others and that would wildly skew 'expected' goals.
It’s not even about whether it went in or not. It’s that it was right after another goal, and it was like he was completely zonked out or not paying attention. And it was also after a couple of other plays that made you think “woah he is not fully here tonight”. And after that play, the entire team felt it. It was like they were spooked, and the flames smelled blood and just dominated the course of play for the next 5 minutes before they settled down. Its a miracle they didn’t score again in that spurt, but it changed the entire feel of the game.You know, I looked through the NHL and Sportsnet highlights and still didn’t see it. I can’t speak to that one.
You're right that it's only game 4 and we shouldn't be overreacting, as there are 78 games to turn this around.I am gonna be honest, reading the knee jerk reactions on this board is more frustrating than the losses. I get that we are a beaten down fanbase, but yikes. We are four games in. Let's at least wait until november before we start doing our best chicken little impressions.