Post-Game Talk (GBU): We forgot to trade for bounces

[Gabrielor]

G
Eichel was the best player in the game
Dahlin Reinhart had great moments
We fought to the end
That first period

B
The bounces man. 3 of 5.
We needed more from Hutton there. Andersen kept them alive with key saves.

U
A special f*** you to the leafs fans who’ll inevitably come into this board to wave their ****



I should be upset, but honestly, that was a great effort from the Sabs. I come away from the game happy, and disappointed at the luck.

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[LivingRentFree]

GG

 

[MackAttack26]

Horrible 5 minutes + Bad bounces + Inability to score on golden 3rd period chances = Losing yet another very winnable game

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Good
Dahlin

18:19

26

11

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Bad
Risto

17:18

17

30

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Coulda used Montour tonight instead of Hunwick

 

[GellMann]

Looking forward to Tage not missing a single shift in response to one of the most glaringly bad hockey games played by a Sabre in a long time, in a streak of a bunch of terrible ones in a row now lasting months.

 

[jucebox]

G
Very good play out of our best players
B
Typical play out of the others
U
3 goals in 2:04?

 

[dortt]

G
Eichel: By far best player on the ice. Would have had 5+ points if the stiffs could finish
Ullmark: Made some key saves to give us a chance
Reinhart

Bad
Risto: His play on the long passes was a clown show. A chimp from the Buffalo zoo has more sense than he showed.
Bogo: Terrible passing
Thompson: Terrible penalty and then couldn't put the puck into the ocean from the end of a pier with his shot tonight
Pominville: FINISH!

Ugly
Hutton: Was he aware he was allowed to make a save in the second? Chances were no harder than the ones Anderson was making all night
Dahlin: Yes, he had 2 points, but his play on that final PP was lower than beer league level. You MUST score that tying goal when you have that big of a 5 hole from that close

 

[Kyndig]

Eichel has scored 2 goals in each of his last 2 games against the leafs...we didn't win either game.

Hunwick and Scandella were garbage as expected. Thompson hasn't hit the net in..well I can't remember the last time he hit the net.

Risto looked drunk but fans blaming him for the first two goals is a head-scratcher. The level of hatred is entering block levels just so I don't have to see the toxicity.

We haven't won 2 games in a row since the dawn of time.

Housley still sucks.

 

[Goathead]

Can’t wait to see Eichel in the playoffs. He always kicks it into top gear against the leafs. Worth every penny of that contract tonight and some. To bad it’s gonna be another 2-3 years before we get to see that. There are too many holes on this team to fill in one summer.

 

[stokes84]

Looking forward to Tage not missing a single shift in response to one of the most glaringly bad hockey games played by a Sabre in a long time, in a streak of a bunch of terrible ones in a row now lasting months.

tage didn’t stick out, good or bad. Feels like some of you have an axe to grind.

 

[Gabrielor]

tage didn’t stick out, good or bad. Feels like some of you have an axe to grind.

He stuck out bad, for sure. Particularly, exiting the d zone.

 

[Onslow]

Scandella, Tage, and Vlad can all go away. They’re all about as useful as poop flavored bubble gum.

 

[Weaves]

Good
Dahlin

18:19

26

11

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Bad
Risto

17:18

17

30

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Coulda used Montour tonight instead of Hunwick

I'm curious if/when Montour comes in and takes some of Risto's minutes -- and Ristolainen still gets shelled, what the reaction will be. Because his IQ is awful.

Eichel had a great game, though!

 

[stokes84]

He stuck out bad, for sure. Particularly, exiting the d zone.

He made a few small errors, but I could do that with almost everyone on this team. He also made a handful of nice plays. He was a standard C grade for me tonight.

 

[Ace]

Open to find Risto-McCabe

I mean I know what I’d do this offseason but I don’t want to run afoul of the resistance

Can’t play with Scandella
Can’t play with Dahlin
Can’t play with McCabe

Can’t play here

 

[Snippit]

tage didn’t stick out, good or bad. Feels like some of you have an axe to grind.

Lol he looked like he didn't belong in the AHL tonight

 

[JackTheRipper]

Its absolutely infuriating that this GM and coach refuse to ice the best lineup every night.

 

[GellMann]

tage didn’t stick out, good or bad. Feels like some of you have an axe to grind.

The guy had about four blatant turnovers, including one hitting Matthews on the tape in stride at our blue line, and missed all of his shot attempts, some from places where you simply have to hit the net. I didn't see him make a single play to a teammate when a maple leaf was within a stick's length of him, because he folds instantly the second he loses his space, though that is far from isolated to this game.

He's awful and I cannot fathom why he is still up here. That doesn't mean he'll always be bad, he's still so young. But he's been outclassed at the nuts-and-bolts hockey between the snipe-every-13-games by every single Rochester forward to come up and go back down.

 

[stokes84]

Lol he looked like he didn't belong in the AHL tonight

We’ll agree to disagree. There were a few players that were a lot worse. Start with 55.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

 

[Panthaz89]

tage didn’t stick out, good or bad. Feels like some of you have an axe to grind.

he definitely stuck out was caught staring down the at puck so many time and got pickpocketed because of it and also gave the puck away on a pass before hopping over the boards. He can't even make a pass to any of his linemates.

 

[Weaves]

The guy had about four blatant turnovers, including one hitting Matthews on the tape in stride at our blue line, and missed all of his shot attempts, some from places where you simply have to hit the net. I didn't see him make a single play to a teammate when a maple leaf was within a stick's length of him, because he folds instantly the second he loses his space, though that is far from isolated to this game.

He's awful and I cannot fathom why he is still up here. That doesn't mean he'll always be bad, he's still so young. But he's been outclassed at the nuts-and-bolts hockey between the snipe-every-13-games by every single Rochester forward to come up and go back down.

I fully agree, but its falling on deaf ears.

 

[Snippit]

Sums up what we've all been seeing

They let in one and all hell breaks loose. Do we need to call a timeout after 1 goal by the opposition?

 

[oldgoalie]

Tyler Ennis scored against us? What the actual f***.

 

[stokes84]

This is the story.

Edit: I see I was beaten to the punch, but I don’t know what suns it up better.