Leafs Outlast Sabres In Overtime – Postgame Thoughts
I don’t think I can ever ever get used to watching them loose to Toronto let’s take a look at this game coming [Applause] up I hate losing to the Leafs guys even in overtime and and for Matthews to get the goal ah just makes me sick and you
Could see he’s so arrogant about it when he gets the goal and but you know what 25 shots on goal to 27 the Sabers really the last period what they had three shots you know you’re not going and he had one shot I think when it was like 4 minutes left or
Something in that entire period anyway we’ll look at the numbers we’ll talk about this and try to make some sense of it here we go okay shots on goal were 2724 for the Leafs they had 61% on the faceoffs the Sabers had 39 they were 0 for one in the
Power play the Sabers were 0 for two look at the hits in this one know wouldn’t it be a fun series if these two played 47 hits for the Leafs 41 for the Sabers if you’re wondering why the game was kind of slow pace is because of that
It was a physical game uh 16 blocks for the leaves eight for the Sabers 14 giveaways for the Leafs the Sabres had 16 giveaways in this I can’t remember the last time the Sabres gave away the puck that many times or I’ve just ignored looking at it 10 takeaways for
The Leafs seven for the Sabers shots and goal per period 10 six buffalo in the first after a slow start then nine a piece in the second and the sabes kind of look flat offensively in the third they just look Loxy dael you know they just didn’t look
Like they had it 10 three Leafs in the third uh like I was saying before and then we go to the overtime and we had a few chances shots are two a piece lease cashing on their second shot that was the Matthews goal 27-24 final there scoring neander gets his 34 from berzi
And DOI at the 229 Mark of the second on a nice rer and yes Victor Olson gets our only goal of the game he scores on a snapshot at 6:31 of the second we go to the third nothing happens we go to overtime and as you see Matthews with his
54th unbelievable career this guy’s having when it comes to scoring goals for Marner and Riley at 420 it sucks I just hate losing the leaves guys I sorry I’m still I’m not still sick no I’m a little a little blob I’m not sick so you know what it it it’s almost like
The team tell me if I’m wrong guys they looked a little in shock one of the boys got traded that’s kind of the feel I felt the game had when I was watching it they looked a little angry they threw 41 hits so they were awake that way but the
Leafs did play pretty damn good though with the puck they were pretty good you know when they had it their their big guns were their big guns tonight they were out there making making plays happen but I wanted this to get to the shootout because I think luuk and him
Would have stole the show in the in the shootout it’s too bad we didn’t get there I hate three on three overtime folks I can’t stand it but hey I’d be the first one celebrating right now if the Sabers would have won in that overtime I would have been really really
Parting about this uh this win I would have had a little fun at Toronto fans expense but Leafs are still full credit for the win you know they’ve uh they finally uh kind of snap the Sabers Jinx for tonight anyway cuz they we’ve had their number for quite a bit the last
Few years kind of you know ever since they beat us in that game remember in Buffalo with like 10 seconds left we turned it over and and um you know I didn’t know lbushkin was back on Toronto don’t ask me me how I didn’t know about that I just didn’t know and I
Heard his name I’m like what so yeah that kind of surprised me so in the game I want to mention Greenway had six hits in the game uh Owen power had five hits in the game I don’t know if enen Powers had a five hit game in his career I should I
Should have checked that before I started talking here Dylan cousins had five hits and Robinson had three gurgenson had four it was a high hitting Affair you know there’s a few guys though like Krebs didn’t have a hit which is kind of funny uh but I thought green Wade played
Exceptionally well in this game he his presence was felt in this game on the ice as you guys seen like he didn’t make many mistakes out there I thought I I enjoyed his game today and I got to ask Charlie if he’s gotten his Greenway jersey yet Charlie
You got to get that number 12 Jersey get on it and uh the blue liners overall um hey you know what I don’t want to complain about the team tonight the numbers are good tonight you know the numbers are good except for the shots on goal in the
Game and it was that type of game there wasn’t much room out there because you somebody’s going to was going to get hurt sooner or later it felt like in this game somebody was going to get nailed on the boards and get hurt that’s just how this game felt when I watched
It but um hey losing to the Leafs there’s just no good way to get around it in a video there’s no way I can get around this there’s no way you know like it sucks when Matthew scored I was like H you know I heard my phone go off and
Sometimes Jim usually texts me sometimes during the game and sometimes Jim will like text me when the Sabres have scored not when they’ve been scored against when I heard the phone go off I didn’t want to check it and jinx it and uh I didn’t check I had my phone flip and I
Heard the the somebody had texted me uh oh maybe the sabers come back here and it was all Leafs in our Zone at this point so I’m thinking the Sabers are going to turn it over go out place and score I see Matthews uh score and then I seen
Jim’s comment which I can’t I I could repeat but I won’t repeat what he said like oh man so yeah it sucks they lost but folks the 500 season continues because that’s what what’s going on this year I keep saying it I think this is an 82-point season not 81
Not 83 when it’s all said and done I think the Sabers are going to be 82 points and we’re just going to have all these question marks it’s just how it feels you know like I was happy they didn’t lose us some regulation I I was happy about
That so there is that I mean there 519 games left it’s not looking good they got to go 15 3 and one 15 3 and one t have a chance to get in 153 and one so we’ll see if they can go crazy to close out the
Season and if they don’t they don’t and uh we’ll just have to figure out in the offseason to fill up the holes on this team and take a hard long look at what our general manager did this year because this year he’s going to be
Judged for sure and so will um so will Granado behind the bench we’re going to have to look at the whole package when it’s all said and done this year mind you lot of lot of hockey left to play guys so I don’t want to toss into tell
Just yet we get a five six game winning streak going if and we need one soon because we have 19 games left if we can do that all of a sudden things can change so let me just check the upcoming schedule we’ll call it a night here hate losing to
Toronto and check the schedule okay so now we have uh we’re in Nashville next game that’s going to be no easy task they playing really good hockey right now then we get the Oilers who are killing everybody it seems in Buffalo then we got Detroit and then we got Detroit again
I’ll talk about that in a sec we got Detroit then we have the Islanders at home then we’re in Detroit so we got to sweep out Detroit to have a chance cuz we could still catch Detroit no matter how hot they are they could start they
Could start no diving that team so there is a bunch of hard games coming up these are all playoff teams that are coming in we got Edmonton Nashville Detroit Detroit Islanders Oilers Canucks Seattle bubble team you know there’s all sorts of crazy hockey we have to play then we got
Calgary bubble team Ottawa out of it New Jersey just fired Lindy Toronto so that’s how we close out our month if we can um get on a roll guys I’ll say it again got to get on a roll we can’t just play 500 hockey we don’t have a shot getting in that
Way a lot of things can happen in 19 games I’m not going to give up but realistically I’m not getting my hopes up either I’m just going to like root them on see what happens game to game so guys the next time we’ll be talking provided I can get in here
Tomorrow and do a few things I just want to check yeah I got the pregame tomorrow so I’ll jump on that tomorrow morning probably and then the the games at 8:00 tomorrow night and then we have the trade deadline I don’t think Adams is done I just don’t I I’m
Guessing I’m guessing the game that that tonight guys no joke that could have been aoso gurgenson last game that could have been Olson’s last game as a saber tonight this is all possible I pretty sure we’re going to try and move out move on from some of these players and
Um you know what if we even get prospects back I’ll take it really get Draft Picks and Prospects it’s fine really for those guys it’s okay A guy like middle stat the way he was going we had to get an NHL ready player that is high caliber and a high draft pick at
Least and we did we got a guy you know as we know with Byrum that’s a fourth overall pick so we you know we kind of swapped a high drive centerman for a high draft defenseman we’ll see what happens there but if we can get anything resembling close to a second round pick
For any of those guys I’ll be shocked really I’m not expecting to get more than I don’t know a third rounder you know a third rounder maybe and that that would be it really I a third rounder a second rounder and a fourth no a third a third and a fourth
I’ll be thrilled for those three guys if we move on from them cuz it opens up the salary you know and I’m I’m all for that right now I’m I’m All For Change guys I’m all for change so I want to see some new Blood come into our dressing room
I’m excited to see Byrum I am I’m excited to see how he’s going to fit in with the team but I think we got a I think we got a stud so we got a stud back we didn’t just lose one we got one back so I’m excited about that let’s try
And get something going at the deadline besides just moving on from the guys that we’re moving on from I want to try and trade some of our pieces inside our organization that are below for something NHL ready right now that can help us because we could use it you know
That’s it guys you have a good night I’ll see you guys tomorrow I’m taking out her uh her her Royal Highness she wants to go out and I’ll see you guys uh in the pregame tomorrow have a great Night a
Losing to the Leafs is always hard work for sure but overall this was still a fun game to watch as UPL looked solid once again..thanks for watching and see you in the afternoon tomorrow 🦬
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28 Comments
You are preaching to the choir Wayne , I HATE losing to the leafs too! I cant stand the leafs! Embarassing effort! 3 shots in the third period! Same old story, no urgency , no net traffic ! 41 hits ?? Not a chance , looked like a shinny game too me! Thank Christ i didnt spend $380 for 2 level 300 seats!
At seasons end FIRE GRANATO & HIS ENTIRE STAFF!
At least Detroit is getting killed in Colorado , 9 points out now .
It will be interesting to see what the D pairings are tomorrow night and beyond assuming Byram is playing.
Olofsson scored , now Adams can trade him! 😊 Speaking of trades there could be a bidding war between the laffs & the Oilers for Erik Johnson. It will be interesting to see how Rousek does and is this his last chance in Buffalo ?
Thanks for the video Wayne.
Our 3rd period was awful 😖. Luckily we got at least a point out of this one. OT we had our chances.
Terrible defense on the OT goal.
Im sure the dressing room was quiet today. Seeing Mitts was traded away.
So tell me how the Leafs are going to get to the SC Finals when Matthews/Nylander have scored almost 90 goals? Talk about unbalanced scoring.
3 games vs the Leafs = 5 out of 6 points earned 👍
Our 4th line did a great job covering Matthews in reg. Cozens lost coverage on Matthews in OT 🤬🤬🤬
Management sucks and coaching. Fire Adams and Granato and the scouts. I've really tried this year. This trade today is mind blowing. What's the vision. Just pick up guys now and see if it works. Another O D man. Great. Best young D men that don't play D. Love you Wayne I just think something snapped today. I'm 54 and this franchise has killed my love for Hockey. Make Lindy the GM and hire a good coach with experience. Hire a player personnel man like Don Luce
UPL remains the best Sabre on the ice.
with Mittelstadt gone i'll have to find a new favorite player (i'll still root for him on the av's). Probably Greenway he had some really good hard working plays this game.
I hope next year Buffalo can get players who are tougher, faster and give a better effort in life.
With the acquisition of Byram could it be possible that GMKA could be taking offers on Joker?
Owen Power had 5 hits? That’s more hits than he had in last 20 games
We have a goalie im ecstatic
Dahl8n great effort in that ot
Awesome background
Hey Wayne, Lindy Ruff is available 🙂
The OT was done when Tage in the slot could not score. We had a lot of great chances in OT and could not put it away. This is one game that I think if Mitts was still here, he would have either scored or setup the GWG. Tages non scoring in a great chance is his staple this season. I didn't know he (Ilya) was traded back to Toronto either.
Tight checking game, not much offense. Better teams just wear us down and beat us in the end
Always appreciate you Wayne ❤
This is it!! Olofsson’s trade value is back up! Make the deal Adams!! lol
The good part UPL continues the trend of allowing only 2 goals per game even in the last game with Jets he allowed officially 3 (unofficially 2 goals because one goal fell through the cracks and that for me is unluck ) , the offense doesn't continue the 3 goals trend but we lost in overtime so not that horrible, plus 41 hints which is only 6 less hits than Leafs that's good , if we continue this number of hits ( and increase it ) and we go back to continue the 3 goals per game trend , Sabres will end the season in a very good way .
41 hits is insane for this team. Usually we get like 12. 😂 I wish we hit like this every night.
Go Leafs Go
Ok, now it is really over. Fire Donnie meatballs and give us Lindy Ruff back. Guys, this has gone for long enough, Granato had his chance, and he failed.
Skinner and Cozens don't pickup Matthews (of ALL PLAYERS!) in OT allowing the goal. Very worried about Cozens' (and Power's) contract. Skinner is a massive D liability.
But overall they're playing MUCH better team defense. I love the close games. Once the PP returns we'll be playoff bound.
Owen Power on 3 on 3 puzzles me. Every single time he touches the puck, I get nervous. He looks ultra uncomfortable.
Waynsey….didn’t our boys just have 2 days off? Why do they always look so gassed?
I don’t think Adams should be judged at all for “not doing enough” before the season. This is on the fans to get with the program. We couldn’t predict how the season went no matter how you drew it up on paper and we couldn’t predict Quinn’s 2nd injury. It’s easy to say now that they should have signed another forward, traded Oloffson and not resign Jost. It all could have worked out. I’m fine with this season as being a season of learning how to play team defense. Adams is following a Brandon Beane philosophy applied to hockey, which takes longer.
In fairness Wayne, historically you don't often see Toronto best Buffalo. Even when the Sabres were woeful. It's a rare consolation but one worth remembering! 😊 My old boss messaged me instantly to rub it in bless her (she's suffered a long time as a Leaf) Buffalo are not giving me much in bragging rights over friends and family here! 🤔🤕😊