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This is my assessment:
1. Miller is a great goalie but will break down as the season goes on.
2. Backup goaltending is insufficient (although Lalime's recent play has me on the fence with this one)
3. This team rarely if ever plays an entire 60 minutes and depends too much on Miller.
4. The "scorers" on the top two lines are a joke. They range from inconsistent to invisible.
5. The Sabres struggle against top teams, mainly because they can't score and don't give Miller any help when they play teams with "snipers" (see points 3 and 4).
6. The PP is woefully insufficient
7. The end result is that Miller will break down late in the season and this team will limp into the playoffs and struggle once they get there.
I'm not going to argue in every single thread anymore. I'm not going to ***** during every single game. I will simply link back to this post with numbers when appropriate.
There. I've said my piece. At the end of the year, I'll either be right or wrong. Hopefully the so-called "scorers" on this team will wake up and prove me dead wrong. Time will tell. If that happens, I'll be here to take the flak that I deserve. If I'm right, I'm not going to gloat because there's no satisfaction in losing. However, if I'm right, I reserve the right to remind people of it the next time they call me "pessimistic," "negative nancy," say I'm "over-reacting," etc.
Carry on.
1. Miller is a great goalie but will break down as the season goes on.
2. Backup goaltending is insufficient (although Lalime's recent play has me on the fence with this one)
3. This team rarely if ever plays an entire 60 minutes and depends too much on Miller.
4. The "scorers" on the top two lines are a joke. They range from inconsistent to invisible.
5. The Sabres struggle against top teams, mainly because they can't score and don't give Miller any help when they play teams with "snipers" (see points 3 and 4).
6. The PP is woefully insufficient
7. The end result is that Miller will break down late in the season and this team will limp into the playoffs and struggle once they get there.
I'm not going to argue in every single thread anymore. I'm not going to ***** during every single game. I will simply link back to this post with numbers when appropriate.
There. I've said my piece. At the end of the year, I'll either be right or wrong. Hopefully the so-called "scorers" on this team will wake up and prove me dead wrong. Time will tell. If that happens, I'll be here to take the flak that I deserve. If I'm right, I'm not going to gloat because there's no satisfaction in losing. However, if I'm right, I reserve the right to remind people of it the next time they call me "pessimistic," "negative nancy," say I'm "over-reacting," etc.
Carry on.
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