Sabres Once Again Fail To Win Back To Back – Postgame Thoughts & Happy New Year To All 🥳
Hi folks if you seen what I just seen you’re as frustrated as I am this very second let’s take a look at this coming [Applause] Up folks before we get into the video Little Rosy wants to wish all of you a healthy and happy New Year and all the best to your family so there she is sending you out her love and her best wishes right all right let’s put her down you stay
There well well well my goodness this is not a fun season I feel like I’m reporting it’s like Groundhog Day it’s the same thing it’s like have hope taken away have hope taken away have hope taken away like this is what’s going on All Year guys my
Goodness all right let’s look at the numbers break it down a bit talk about it here we go okay shots on goal Sabers had 46 the Senators had 31 face off 50% a piece power play the Sabres were old for three the senators were one for one we had 27
Hits in this game and the Senators had 23 we had 13 blocks they had 17 we had 13 giveaways they had 14 we had six takeaways they had seven shots and goal per period 1812 senent ERS in the first sabes get it going in the second 18
To5 and then in the third 16 to8 Sabers so Sabers out shoot them 3413 the last two periods and just cannot figure out a way to score and Final Shots again 4631 in the game scoring Chan opens it up on the power play at where is the time my goodness oh
651 there it is one nothing senator mckuin then makes it two to nothing for the Senators and the Sabres are in familiar territory having to come back from a two nothing deficit with Levi Nets Levi’s been very guilty of that Thompson scores in the final seconds of
The first to make it two to one and what I thought was a broken play a turnover and the truth is Thompson you know forsberg got most of that shot he just still trickled in we got lucky in that goal is what I’m saying guys KU makes it
3 to1 at 718 of the second and you can feel the game slipping away Kake makes it 4 to1 uh Lake Thompson in the dying seconds 16 seconds to be exact in the second period left and you felt the game right there was gone Zu with the empty
Net Sabers doing what the Sabers do playing the goalie five minutes left expecting comebacks 5-1 final so uh a little two easy we lost and uh I am not just going to blame the goal tending you will see me doing that when it comes to games like this guys I won’t
Blame UPL and I won’t blame Levi all the time I I because the truth is to win this game Levi needed to pitch a shut out tonight to win this game and there’s no offense happening the Sabres aren’t putting I I know they had a bunch of shots but I’m
Talking constant pressure where you got the team running around and I’ll tell you what we did a ton of that last year I don’t see it this year I don’t see it I see a team so damn talented that they can have an off game and have 45 shots
Or 46 shots that’s what I see when I watched them tonight that was an off game again and they had 46 shots in this game this is the crazy thing about this team this team folks is stacked it’s a stacked team it really is you know I mean good
Times I think are coming eventually with this bunch I mean there’s just too much talent there for it not to flourish eventually and I think we’re just taking a step backwards this year I think that’s the way the season’s going to end with us just scratching our head saying
What the hell was that when this season’s over with because this is so far for me since I’ve had the channel the most painful season to watch the other Seasons I could get it we’re developing we’re but you know we took such a step forward last year
That to fall back like we have this year is really disheartening guys it really is so I’m just going to leave it there before I uh close out the video there I want to let you guys have from me to you the the best well wishes for you in in
The new year and let’s hope that some sort of a miracle run comes for us soon because I tell you what as fans we could sure all use it really we’re tired we’re tired of losing we’re tired of having our hearts broke every year we’re tired
Of being right in certain areas some of us are right sometimes about what we think the weaknesses are of this team and and and the truth is we don’t want to be right when it comes to negative crap we want to be wrong you know so I I
I mean I would love nothing more than the Sabers uh run off a 162 and two stretch this year and all of a sudden we’re scratching our head saying what the hell’s going on you know what the hell’s going on granad really got them going eventually one thing I didn’t like in
The aerate interview not that tonight I’m talking yesterday one thing I didn’t like what he said is he goes I know the system coming in here I know the uh we all play the same system and I’m like oh my God no like you know that for me like
I was enjoying the interview till I heard that come out of his mouth I’m like oh man are you kidding me so you guys take that for what it is it’s uh we just look like the same old Sabers tonight you know like they look decent enough yesterday
To play well enough to win pretty convincing really and uh tonight they just ran into a young team that’s just as hungry as them to get out of the basement and make an aim for themselves and Ottawa wanted it more than us tonight I don’t care
What the shots say they wanted that game more than us you could tell especially in the corners you could tell and I know the hits say we out hit them not in the corners now the corners tonight Ottawa looked mean and they looked but the thing is one thing I will
Say that I was wrong about before earlier today cuz I checked it after I said where’s where is Ottawa exactly with the hitting cuz I know under Smith they their their hits have went down and their hits have went down they’re not like in a top three this year but we’re
Not even halfway through the season and they can be a physical team we all know that so it’s like this Ottawa team just seemed more hungry than us tonight is what I seen guys really I I I don’t want to like throw any cheap shots at anybody
And Levi was bad in Nets we know this he wasn’t good at nets truth is he again he would have had to let in zero to win this game and we would have gotten lucky on a one fluke goal that Thompson got because that Thompson goal guys was
Lucky wasn’t a blast wasn’t a Thompson rip it wasn’t him deaking four guys like we’ve seen him do Thompson looks lost guys this year he looks lost out there he looks like crap if you want the truth he looks like the guy I thought he’d become before he became awesome you know
That’s what Thompson looks like he looks like a 20 goal guy now and that worries me because um there’s a lot of talent and potential with this guy so he needs to get his act together cousins looks lost this year there’s a lot of guys that you know who I was happy with
Tonight believe it or not the grid out there was like poo and gurgenson those guys made me happy tonight they did the fourth line actually made me happy in this game besides that I don’t know I don’t feel like they can score it’s just how it feels even when
We’re down one nothing I worry right away when we’re down two nothing I’m like oh my God you know like last year I wouldn’t I wouldn’t worry because I know we’re going to get four goals no matter what it’s not that team now this team now you know when I’m watching um
Clifton have to go end to end and try to do a Bobby or to score a goal what does it come down to on this team really I don’t know what what we’re going to need some sort of wakeup call guys somehow someway the team has to wake up so I’m
Going on about the team I want to just uh here come here come here come here we’re going to say one more time from Rosie and me we’re going to say Happy New Year to everybody and Rosie says I just want want to go out I don’t care about these
People I just want to go out and guys get this I’m actually babysitting a Great Dane downstairs a big giant dog named Abba I’m babysitting this dog and they’re back on Wednesday I believe it is and the poor poor little well poor little the poor giant um is lonely you know and
It’s sad but uh I got to get down there so again guys Happy New Year’s I’ll see you guys guys maybe at some point tomorrow we’ll see I I don’t know what my schedule is it’s the first you know what I mean so we’ll see tomorrow so if
I don’t see you Happy New Year’s stay safe don’t drink and drive I will always throw that out there on this channel don’t drink and drive don’t turn a happy time into the worst tragedy in your family’s history it’s not worth it God bless I’ll see you guys Soon a
Well mercifully 2023 comes to a close with the Sabres and hopefully 2024 is better, the boys once again find a way to lose tonight on New Years Eve..Happy New Year to each and every one of you regardless 😊
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38 Comments
We got out goalied again. Forsberg looked like an all-star tonight. At some point, both Levi & UPL will be legit starters for us.
Happy New Year Wayne and Rosie..this season is wearing on me..one winning streak as we approach midseason? Pathetic
Happy New Year Wayne ! from Winnipeg.
Wayne! Can we PLEASE see the Great Dane?
I would love to see dogs with heart instead of my Sabres who are dogs with fleas but no heart.
Happy New Year Wayne 🎉
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024
Happy New Year my friend. I'm just done thinking they will get things figured out.
They all play the same garbage weak on puck, slow, bad PP, no hitting system.
U can see it, Tage has no room out there to make plays. The way our guys are trying to set up plays and not forecheck is making for a not so fun season for Tage.
Happy new year too all!
We are very easy to play against. There is no surprising element in the game especially on the PP.
I don't know anymore. I'm like the rest of you. Hoping year after year things will change. I'm not the one wearing the skates and making it happen. I'm a Sabres fan like the rest of you. Is it players? Coaches? Management? What is going on?
Poor defensive zone coverage. No hitting (27 hits this game? Where, when?). 1st period was pretty close until Ottawa started to push the Sabres around and at that point the game turned, and for all intents and purposes, it was over. Lots of puck fishing instead of checking. GMKA needs to acquire a goalie (Samsonov off waivers??), jettison Comrie completely, send Levi down to Roch, and go with Upie and whatever experienced warm body Adams can get his paws on such as Campbell, Gibson, Gump Worsley (wait, he's not a warm body) or "Your Picture Here." Levi needs the time to develop in the AHL. I don't know what you do with Samuelsson, Power or even Dahlin. They appear to have bought tickets to the games with as much as they stand around and watch their opponents play with puck in their D-zone, and their giveaways should come gift wrapped and sporting ribbons, they are so bad. On the bright side, the Entry Draft is supposed to be good in 2024 and a top 5 pick could bring in another super fast, highly skilled, 5'6", 155-pound whirling dervish of a forward to join all the other Munchkins from Munchkin Land clones that Buffalo has picked over the Playoff Drought/Tank Years. I can hardly wait.
We need a new coach bad it sucks
https://youtube.com/shorts/LDCyNkJvxxM?si=OIy_yCYza3k8YzG_ maybe the sabres need to go back to the drawing board and i mean way back haha. This was just something that popped up and i laughed
The Sabres may have had way more shots but it was the Sens who had the primo high danger scoring chances. Because of their hard work to get in those areas and our poor defense.
When your shots are from the outside you can have 50 per game and you will not win. This is not HOCKEY folks…. this is a team with no desire to continue. They are mentally defeated.
I've had enough of these stiffs a pox on this whole operation from top to bottom remember a fish 🐟 rots from the head down it's not to early to make your off season plans prices are good for early April I expected a little regression but this depression have a lousy new year 👎👎
Happy new year 🎉 from south florida. As far as our beloved sabres it's 1 step forward 2 steps back. I think it's time for you to do some perspective trades!
Obviously we need a new coach and staff. Having Matt Ellis on the power play is ridiculous. So much skill but no system to their play. What a shame…
Weren't the Blues near the bottom of the league at Xmas the year they won it all? That's about all we have to cling to now Wayne. Even with 40+ games left, this team is going nowhere. Whatever systems the coaches are running, aren't working. With the Buffalo Bills, and his sick wife to tend to, Pegula is in way over his head with the Sabre's. If he had a true, qualified President of hockey operations man running the show, instead of his wife Kim, we wouldn't be in this situation…
This game is definitely the biggest disappointment of the season for me. Bottom of the barrel right here. I'd like to see Zemgus traded to a real team, for his sake. They're playing scared when they should be playing angry. They have no grit, no toughness, no emotion aside from the occasional stick break. Overpaid listless guys who play like they don't want to be there, trying not to get hurt waiting for the season to end so they can go play golf in Tahiti. Anyway, happy new year! Your channel provides a bright spot for demoralized Sabres fans everywhere and is much appreciated!
Happy New Year, Wayne ! As you said many times lately, we need new HC. You and rest of us get proven constantly now, that they are soft, also with old players who shouldn't be in this league, but also we need new Coaching staff across the board. I stopped watching them for a while now, just take a peek here and there on highlights and watch your vids. That is enough for me, as I can't stand listless players and losing culture.
Tage is not driving his line as a top.line center,as far as im concerned buffalo has no top line centerman.Which is amazing to me considering all the top picks theyve had,im beginning to think last year was a big fluke.
Keep that Dane fed Wayne the Mane because we don't want him thinking you are dinner all of a sudden when you finally come around again. 😉
For everyone who is getting gradually more and more frustrated I will beat this drum to a death – remember this young team has been assembled over the period of last 3 years, do you remember 3 years ago when this team was just an absolute fire tire?
It's OK to have high expectations, it means that this team has a potential, unfortunately the path to a success is not easy.
That's why Adams was very careful before the start of the season mentioning the word " playoffs ".
How many coaches Sabres fired in last 10 years and still have some of them on a payroll?
Isn't doing same thing over and over again and expecting better results a definition of insanity?
This is the process, it's not just about winning, I believe this whole season will make this team actually better in future, heartbreaks are necessary, otherwise they will never learn.
Happy New Coach … please
I feel like Ryan O'reilly. Sabres are making me lose the love of hockey. I been watching this team for 40 years.
Why do you think Lehner left and played great for a year for another team, Ullmark left and was the best goalie in the NHL. The goalies arent our problem. The team itself is. They are ruining goalies.
"Were still the youngest team in the league", so how long do we have to listen to that drivel ?
The team appears to get no better, there is nothing to look forward to and it's not entertaining to watch. "Trust the Process" Ya ya ya !
this is from somewhere I dont recall….I saw it and it says it all. Its not original to me,though, Im not plagiarizing…
"In the 12 full seasons since Pegula bought the team we havent made the playoffs and are on pace to miss it again. The 12 seasons before he bought the team we had 4 conference final berths, a cup final berth and 3 division championships. Its a pattern and not a phase and the problem is at the top."
Wayne do you agree?
Are we headed for another first pick overall again after such a lift last year? Oh my dear sweet lord!
You could feel things we slipping when Adams gave Power and Cozens to big of a contract to early.Things are coming to easily to some of these players. Guaranteed money can take the edge off of people. Yes, to much talent on this team to keep listening to the excuses. We should be seeing improvement.
It's so cool for the coach. He gets to coach 2 AHL TEAMS with the same organization. Damnnnnn, we are so young and snake bitten this year.
Look, the sabers should be a good team on paper. They have enough skill to get a playoff spot 100%. I wouldn’t call them stacked though. In 2-3 years once all of their talent has fully developed and they’ve made a couple trade I can totally see it. They’ve got a good core. Now they just need to build around it
Id love to see what Torts would do with this team.
GM Rob Blake took over the LA Kings in '17- '18 season and he got them to the playoffs in 4 years….I don't see Adams doing that. 14 players contracts will be up, keep Mittelstadt, Perterka, a few iffy's, There should be at least 10 -11 new players next year. This team is made up with skaters with no hit or grit
This team lacks direction, an identity and needs an experienced head coach imo…oh and could use a quality goalie….how bout trade for varlomov
Wayne , the problem is the same ; bad goaltending , soft team , and your top players looking LAZY , lost ,and comfortable ( they know they have long term contracts )
DAHLIN -12 , THOMPSON-10,TUCH -6, SKINNER -5, COZENS -3. You can’t have your 3rd line center leading the team in points and expect to be a winning team . The GM is scared , unqualified and clueless on how to form a team . No point to this team or season . HAPPY NEW YEAR .