Post-Game Talk (GBU): The night no one cared

[Gabrielor]

G:
Eichel scored
Eichel creates

B:
No one else put any work in. That was an embarrassment. Passing was sloppy, shot mentality was non-existent, energy was 0, purpose was 0.
No one gets to the net on this team. It's maddening to watch. Everyone just peels, and circles, and loses possession.

U:
Phil needs to find something out of 9 other forwards
JASON needs to make some moves. This is getting stupid. Vladimir Sobotka is never going to get injured; you're going to have to remove him yourself. Get some god damn scoring and energy, you have it, it's in Rochester.

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[Dirty Dog]

is this real life?

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

G: 2 points towards 3 much needed 1sts this year.
Jack

B/U/Fing disgusting:
Everybody and everything else

 

[NotABadPeriod]

I thought Zemgus put in his usual amount of work. He did create some turnovers behind the Blues net in the 3rd period...just nothing came of it.

 

[Moskau]

St. Louis never stood a chance with all the depth we took from them.

 

[joshjull]

I cared damn it.

 

[Onslow]

Allen always plays well against Buffalo. Not sure why, since he’s been trash otherwise.

 

[Woodhouse]

Sloppy, lazy effort all around. No forward depth on full display. Recall/trade/claim any time now, Botts, not this Pommer or Wilson getting healthy BS.

 

[oldgoalie]

Sabres haven’t won in St Louis in 7 games, dating back like 10 years. That’s an abysmal record.

 

[Maut]

How does a team go from a 10 game winning streak to this?

Start Ullmark and get some secondary scoring. It shouldn't be that difficult.

 

[Dirty Dog]

'Twas two nights after Christmas,
when all thro’ the rink,
not a player was stirring,
boy did they stink

 

[Gabrielor]

Allen always plays well against Buffalo. Not sure why, since he’s been trash otherwise.

I wouldn't say he played well tonight. We generated maybe 1 high danger chance all night, because no one goes to the net. God I wish Montreal would've given us that 3rd pick for OReilly. Tkachuk would've brought some attack-the-net that 0 guys on this team have.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Cant wait for the big lineup change next game.

Pommer back

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

Woof. Super glad I left work early to watch that..

 

[Vito_81]

Too much trash in the lineup.

Mitts and Tage are far from NHL ready.

This team will slowly slip out of the playoffs at this rate with Regier 2.0 sitting on his hands

 

[Ace]

When Pominville comes back Reinhart has to move to another line to try and raise the middle six scoring from zero to any number greater than zero.

It’s time to sink or swim Sam. Eichel floaties off.

 

[sabres4ever]

Other than needing obvious upgrades to our middle 6, things that need vast improvement are, our PP, getting traffic in front of their net, and have 5 Sabres keep banging and pushing til the puck goes in, not allowing their 5 players to bang and push by knocking them on their asses. odd-man rushes as well...we are terribad at them. All 3 squish together, so, no passing, and the puck is easily poked checked away.

Maybe if we get other players up, they'll do that but it appears a failure in coaching.

WIth some of the speed on this team, you'd think we'd have at lleast 1 SHG this year. UNless we get really lucky, I don't see us ever scoring one.

I can't wait til we're legitimately good

 

[slip]

Bracket out the 10 game win streak, the Sabres are a sub .500 hockey team. I'm pleased with our success, but the complacency displayed by players, coach, and GM is irritating giving that when you look under the hood, the engine isn't firing on all cylinders. Everyone can and should be doing more. More effort, more adjustments, more call ups. Get to work.

 

[Gabrielor]

This quote sums up the game nicely for me:





This quote makes me laugh out loud:

 

[GellMann]

The idea that no one cared is nonsense. They care plenty, and have immense difficulty generating goals. When Jack creates 4 goals, we survive. When they can only get 1 (tonight) or 2 (Florida) we lose, unless a goalie goes bananas. It's the way of life we chose in July.

 

[Daz28]

St. Louis never stood a chance with all the depth we took from them.

when the narrative doesn't match the story 101, but the disclaimer is that STL is crap. Subtraction by addiction

 

[joshjull]

Saturday is a huge one.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Ugly:

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Ugly:

This is brutal. If they're those players are too bad to score they should just have them 1-3-1 and wait until an opportunity to leverage Eichel arrives. You know... smart coaching.

 

[Intermission]

G: Sabres were the better team in the 1st. Jack was ready to start the comeback.

B: This period 2 crap...

U: There's still a roster problem.

There's enough here for one good middle 6 line.

Time the younger players got going which is why Sabres need to add.