No.Originally Posted by OpIv37
No.
Folding like a cheap suit.
Total choke job the last 3 games. I was really hoping they would beat the odds but they just aren’t there.
10-4. Getting blown out in their own building again. Golly every fan should be missing Lindy Ruff right now. This team is nothing without Tuch in the lineup.
Stillman & Greenway seem to have made the roster weaker. Get a damn goaltender. Even Regier did that.
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ckg927 (03-09-2023)
If I was Comrie, I'd tell Adams and Granato "That's my LAST game here." He should have been pulled after the FIRST, never mind leaving him in there for this shellacking.
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Honestly, I feel the same way. I thought that getting to this point would be an achievement in itself, but to see Buffalo lose two close games in heartbreaking fashion then to see THIS...is too much.
And this roster needs a LOT of fine-tuning. I don't think Okposo will be back-I believe his contract's up. Let him sign with another team, or let him retire a Sabre. Deal off Bryson for whatever you can. And, for God's sake, start finding what I call bastards(players with an edge to them who can also contribute). Sign them if you can. Draft them if you can.
OpIv37 (03-09-2023)
Okposo & Girgensons should be done as Sabres after this year. Thank you for your service. Goaltender, defenseman, another scoring winger so they can at least run 2 solid lines every game. IDK if Greenway is the muscle. Time will tell. But take him off the first line please. They need Tuch back.
Not choking. You have to be good to actually choke.
They have to learn how to play Defense as a team. That's in addition to the Goalie issue. No more false beliefs.
That can only be established in summer camp with some new faces and maybe coaches on the roster. Can't play D and cannot kill penalties. Nothing will change until work is put in.
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swiper (03-10-2023)
Disagree. The Sabres are not a good team yet, but they're better than losing 3 straight with the last one being dominated 10-4 at home. They had a chance and they couldn't get it done. I know it's technically not over yet, but they won't mentally recover from last night.
Novacane (03-10-2023)
I'd call it a choke too. If it was 3 in a row to the Boston and Carolinas I'd shrug it off. They're supposed to be on par with the teams they've lost to this week. They choked.
OpIv37 (03-10-2023)
I looked at the score in the locker room after my game and I gotta tell you, all I could do is laugh
Just frustrating. They played themselves into a position where they have a realistic shot, and then they play some of their worst hockey of the season.
As frustrating as it is for the fans to watch, you've gotta think the tension is about ten times that in the locker room.
What's really frustrating is the possibility of inactivity this summer.Adams, rightfully, is in love with the future of this core. Always talks about the prospect depth and building from within. Which is fine. That's great.What I'm afraid of the belief in the core so strongly, that they don't identify weaknesses and work to improve on those weaknesses from outside the organization, because prospects that can help that are "in house"That would be a catastrophic mistake.
Exactly. But you can teach defense while you're teaching offense. What is Granato doing? Because it seems there is a lot he is not doing.
I get that Jeff Skinner is never going to be defensive forward of the year, but my goodness.
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Also, a week ago we were talking about making the playoffs
Now we are on bedard watch. Fun!
UPL deserved a star in yesterday's game vs a very good Ranger team. Held them to just on goal in regulation.
And I'm not sure what Dahlin was supposed to do on that penalty he was given in OT. He dropped his stick immediately. How is that a hook? It looked like the Ranger cradled his stick, held on to it on purpose to get the call. Holding on to the opponents stick should not have caused Dahlin to have a penalty.
This team misses Tuch so much.
ckg927 (03-12-2023)
We're not on Bedard watch. And quite frankly, with what we have in the pipeline, I don't WANT him here.
Columbus or San Jose, IMO, have a better shot to land him.
Go Sabres!
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