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Two years ago, when Briere and Drury left, the FO talked about this team needing to be "tougher." What have they done, in two full off seasons and two trade deadlines since then? Rivet and Moore- that's it. Nothing against those two guys, but what is it that makes the asshats in the Sabres' FO sit back and go "this team is a Craig Rivet and Dominic Moore away from winning the Cup!"?
Pominville gets his big payday then loses his scoring touch. Screwing around with his stick curve in the middle of the season? How long has he been playing hockey? And he doesn't ****ing know how he likes his stick curved? WTF? At this point, he can be summed up in one word: harmless.
None of our vet defensemen- Tallinder, Lydman or Spacek- hit enough. And they're all prone to brain farts that give up scoring chances. And they still make the extra pass when trying to start the breakout from the defensive zone. They've been doing that **** for two years already. ****ING CUT THE ****!
Other teams harass our goalies in front of the net, and no one except Gaustad and maybe Mair does a damn thing about it. Meanwhile, no one on our team is willing to go in front of the other team's net with the exception of Vanek. I know he makes 7 million a year, but he can't do it himself, guys.
Kaleta, Mair and Gaustad go balls out every night, but they're just not that good compared to the skill players on the other team (or on our team, for that matter). Miller goes down, and instead of stepping up, our offensive players go to sleep. Hecht, Stafford, Vanek, Roy, Pominville, and Paille all need to step it up while Miller's out, but none of them have.
I used to like Hecht but he's come to define mediocrity.
And this team doesn't play with any urgency with the playoffs on the ****ing line. They can't beat sorry ass teams like Atlanta and Ottawa. Ottawa is ONE ****ING LINE. Statistically they're even worse than us, but they still manage to kick the Sabres' ass head to head every ****ing time.
And worst of all, all of this means another season without being in the ****ing playoffs. Hardcore hockey fans in WNY miss out while all these bandwagon jumping Caps "fans" get to enjoy the playoffs. **** that noise.
And that's what bugs me.
Pominville gets his big payday then loses his scoring touch. Screwing around with his stick curve in the middle of the season? How long has he been playing hockey? And he doesn't ****ing know how he likes his stick curved? WTF? At this point, he can be summed up in one word: harmless.
None of our vet defensemen- Tallinder, Lydman or Spacek- hit enough. And they're all prone to brain farts that give up scoring chances. And they still make the extra pass when trying to start the breakout from the defensive zone. They've been doing that **** for two years already. ****ING CUT THE ****!
Other teams harass our goalies in front of the net, and no one except Gaustad and maybe Mair does a damn thing about it. Meanwhile, no one on our team is willing to go in front of the other team's net with the exception of Vanek. I know he makes 7 million a year, but he can't do it himself, guys.
Kaleta, Mair and Gaustad go balls out every night, but they're just not that good compared to the skill players on the other team (or on our team, for that matter). Miller goes down, and instead of stepping up, our offensive players go to sleep. Hecht, Stafford, Vanek, Roy, Pominville, and Paille all need to step it up while Miller's out, but none of them have.
I used to like Hecht but he's come to define mediocrity.
And this team doesn't play with any urgency with the playoffs on the ****ing line. They can't beat sorry ass teams like Atlanta and Ottawa. Ottawa is ONE ****ING LINE. Statistically they're even worse than us, but they still manage to kick the Sabres' ass head to head every ****ing time.
And worst of all, all of this means another season without being in the ****ing playoffs. Hardcore hockey fans in WNY miss out while all these bandwagon jumping Caps "fans" get to enjoy the playoffs. **** that noise.
And that's what bugs me.
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