Some B list goaltenders and ****ing Amerks defensemen play well enough to win but calling the offense "anemic" is like saying "Hitler wasn't really a nice guy."
The lack of scoring is pitiful.
Some B list goaltenders and ****ing Amerks defensemen play well enough to win but calling the offense "anemic" is like saying "Hitler wasn't really a nice guy."
The lack of scoring is pitiful.
Skooby (12-04-2016)
Can Lehner stay healthy ? Nillson has played well with a .934 save rate. Impressive when you consider the O can't score and the Defenseman outside of RR have played bad. I'm surprised the Sabres haven't given up more goals. Goalies get shelled many games.
The best line (Larsson,Gionta,Foligno) is a 4th line on most other NHL teams.
Margin for error with injuries is slim, due to lack of talent beyond Eichel,O'Reilly,Okposo and Reinhart. Kane is a mess and the rest aren't producing.
Maybe the Murray plan was for vets to hold the fort for a couple years while the youth developed.. but this roster will struggle for a playoff spot. Might be time to become a seller at the deadline and make a serious change with this roster.
Eichel is only one player. They still need more. More scorers. More d-men. More from Kane.
The goalies are not great, but we'd all be talking a lot less about them if the Sabres could bump their average from 2 goals/game to 3 goals/game.
If I had a dollar for every time Ristolainen let the puck jump over his stick out of the attacking zone, I could retire, and he's probably their best defenseman.
I like Jack, I really do, but so far, I haven't seen anything that says to me "generational player"
Injuries are certainly a big part of it, but even O'Reilly and Reinhart's play has slipped from last year.
Okposo was a nice addition, but Kane and Bogo have been worthless...even when healthy.
How many people think Ennis has a future in hockey?
I think both Buffalo teams are a mess.
OpIv37 (12-05-2016)
I will say this about Kane. He has 5 points in his last 8 games. His production seems to be coming back
Historian (12-06-2016)
Funny, Mr Pink wrote that he felt the current Bills were built to win 1970's football.
I think the same could be said about the Sabres.
Winnipeg and Buffalo just swapped IR lists in that trade at the end of the day.
coastal (12-06-2016)
Trade was actually meaningless.