Hey folks, in this nightcap some thoughts as the Sabres did not look in sync all night long it felt like as they fall to the Rangers in this one..thanks for watching and see you all soon 👍
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No sustained O zone time. Story of the game. I agree with your 3-star selection of Greenway, Peterka and Benson. Granato should immediately move Benson up with Cozens and Peterka. Olofsson looked lost there. Levi looked average, but they hung him out a bunch. Kudos to the Rangers (although I can't stand that doughnut huffing Laviolette!), they had a good game plan for the Sabre's.
Flashback from going to home games last year. Painful!
So disappointing, yet it's just one game…but the home opener in a season with such high expectations? Come on! At least they picked up the physical play. Sabres just looked completely outclassed in all aspects of the game. Greenway did look much improved at least, I didn't know he was playing hurt last season.
Greenway was fantastic in game. He was the only player that was playing both sides of the puck effectively. Helped to get the pick up the ice and break up the rangers offensive plays.
I was impressed by a healthy Greenway!! Refs screwed us early but also did look a lil flat and overcomplicated the game
Bet Roam is ticked off today lmao
Rangers were employing the dreaded 1-3-1 neutral zone trap all night, which Buffalo always seem to struggle against. Next up is an Islanders team also known for this style… good grief.
Hockey is back ppl! Wayne keep up the good work look forward to hearing your analysis
Have to play defense to win hockey games. 3 1/2 defenseman won’t cut it.
THIS MAKES ME SO FRUSTRATED. How do we look like we haven't had one practice and no one skated all of season? Yes, we had some bad calls against us, but where was the gameplan? Where was the will to win? Where were our legs? Gosh it was frustrating to watch. We look so damn slow. Went and watched other games around the league and gosh it was so much faster and cleaner. Our game was sloppy passes, lifeless play, and a bunch of overthinking, Don needs to get out of their heads… And yes the pulling the goalie at the end was so silly… Man they better come out flying next game.
Oh my gosh Okposo looks like he needs to retired
Waaaaay to young that power contract will backfire
Sabres dumped alot of money down drain
With all this negativity from some fans i want to give a few positives.
-the game doesn't look to big for Benson. He looks like he's 100% ready for the big time.
-physicality
-1st game, there's still 81 more games. Come back stronger and tighter next game.
I'm not worried. The next one could be another tough one against the Isles though. They're a very strong defensive team and block a lot of shots.
Threw my phone after they scored that shorthanded goal, we seemed a couple of steps behind the rangers all night, couldn't get any pucks on net, not much looked good this game for us, on the brightside, i liked to see the hustle from our third line, benson and greenway seemed to be the only ones that wanted to forecheck, i also liked to see the physicality in this game, it was noticeable upgrade from all of last season. Benson in front of the net pestering the rangers was great and exactly what you want to see, this kid is willing to do whatever it takes to win. We had no help but you are right levi didn't look fantastic, hopefully these home stands from last year aren't coming back to haunt us again. It's first game jitters, hopefully this doesn't become a trend.
Rome hockey is the only way to cope with a sabres L
Not worried. We started seasons with wins and turned out awful. Im not going to care much about how they look untill American Thanksgiving
I felt like it was the 1st day of school, and they slept through the alarm.
Devils started 0-2 last year against Detroit and the Flyers. We wanted Lindy's head on a platter. Sometimes you need a wake up call. Sabres got one last night. Everyone calm down. They'll be fine.
Peterka played well and scored but he will probably be in press box next game, you know how this coach rolls, his favorites have to play the most. 15 minutes was way too much for Peterka.
We will never win a cup having Greenway play more minutes than all forwards. Teams that win cups play their best forwards over 20 minutes!
Wayne, can you do a video and explain if you think icetime matters? Does it matter if 4th liners play more than stars? Gretzky won 4 cups playjng 27 minutes a game, should the oilers have played him only 15 minutes and let the 4th line guys have a chance to play? What I’m asking is, can you score from the bench and why does MacDavid, Mathews, Marner, stars get 20 minutes while our skill forwards play so little?
I feel for Mitsy. He is a play maker but every year he has new line mates. Guys that are really goal scorers.