Tonight was a brutal game to watch as the boys offense continues to struggle in yet another home loss..thanks for watching folks š
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not happy, soft.
The goals will come I am encouraged by physical play and we are not being out shot. Sabres win tomorrow
I am losing my love for hockey and the Sabres. Year after year, game after game, we have nothing to hang our hat on anymore. I was born in the same year the franchise came into existance, been a fan since I was a little kid. I watched and played hockey my whole life. The embarrasment we all endure now watching our team go nowhere is almost beyond the scope of human suffering. The team, the city is just cursed. We can't have nice things. This literally might be the beginning of the end. The attendance is putrid yet the team has pretty much earned the lack of support with 13 years of horsesh*t. God clearly hates the Buffalo Sabres and the few fans we have left. We will never win anything. Rant done.
Tuch was aweful this game. His pass to nobody led to the winning goal. then took a penalty to make it 3-1. Still just one point in six games.
The effort was there but no finish. The whole team is struggling to score.
thought of you right away. Knew you would share the same emotion and feelings I do. Absolute abysmal. all they do is want to play from the outside. even the powerplay. I feel noone wants to get their hands dirty in front of the net and play ugly back. Tuch is on a milk carton. our team defense still cant figure it out. we look stale even with puck possession. We let this lesser team stay in it and then put one in. I'm getting 2016 vibes again. My god Wayne this cant be good for our health.
Was at the game. Been to three games and three losses. Building is quiet and far from full. I don't think the fans are buying it.
Not going to win many games scoring one goal. Hate to see an epic drop off in goals this year…gotta start burying the puck and helping the goalies out
They stink
Tough beginning of the schedule, theyāre still bad at home..somehow if they can get reach 5-5 in these 1st 10 games, they can get some confidence but tomorrow is a very important game like you mentioned
My thoughts
-No offense/goal scoring/finish
-No net front presence at all
-We are making avg goalies look like DH/PR/MB
Let 3 BUMS SCORE ON US !!!!!!!
sabres gotta get something going fast.
2-4 in 6 is shitttttt …..especially when we had 5 games on HOME ICE.
The boys need to hit the road and regroup and get pissed off by putting some pucks in the damn net. Its really not a goaltending or defensive issue. IT'S NOT SCORINGGGGGGGGGGG
Cozens i honestly think is overrated. He gets a lot of puck time and constantly misses the net and makes low quality shots. His passes are usually okay but its been bothering me. Power fumbles the puck almost every time he has it. Hes not been looking good. I think we totally jumped the gun on his contract.
As a longtime Sabres fan I've said it many times. The issue with this roster is we are too easy to play against and that is the result of the players that Kevyn Adams has acquired and the team he has put together. We are a combination of big players that are soft and very small players that are soft. Big doesn't always mean better. We consistently get outhit and we are not a spirited team. Every once in a blue moon a team will respond to being thrown around… its natural. This is why you will prolly see a better effort next game. The problem is they can't do it all the time. There are players out there that are spirited and will give 100% every single game. Problem is Kevyn Adams doesn't seek out these types of players. You can't teach hunger.
Our team looks scared of the moment sometimes Wayne it drives me insane! Power looked like he was just a body on the ice in the 3rd. HE WAS A 1ST OVERALL PICK! how does stuff like this even happen to us Iāll never know. We gotta light a fire into these dudes somehow.
Iām glad we have a game tomorrow I want to see a angry team tomorrow
Maybe we should just make the goats permanently our uniforms
Welp both buffalo teams suck
Sometimes it's miserable being a buffalo sports fan. I want to love this team but every single year it's disappointment after disappointment. We finally look to begetting it together last year just to fall flat on our face to start this season. Sure it's early but there's not much hope for the rest of the season if this is the team we get to watch. I hate to be that guy but when is it time to move on from granato?
If coaching is the problem, don't worry, Adams will deal with it decisively after waiting another 100 losses or so (not that I'm saying fire them now).
this is going to come back to Granato if we don't pick our game up soon.
the whole "well the Sabres usually start strong and finish slow so maybe this is the opposite" thing is cute but the team has shown 1 full 60 minute effort in 6 games. What happened to the offense? did we trade our talent for a half decent penalty kill?
I honestly thought they played really well. The problem in this game is with Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin. Individually breaking down tonight was Tuch isn't taking any shots period. Last season he scored like 8 goals on shots that normally shouldn't have gone in. Dahlin just flat out isn't shooting at all. Not that he has too but he has had a lot of opportunities tonight. Thompson is my biggest issue. Its not that he isn't shooting, he gets a lot of shots per game but his accuracy is gone. His shooting % has got to be so bad compared to last year. He still has all his playmaking abilities. The one thing that really stood out to me was we had two 6 on 5s waiting for a penalty, and we didn't get one guy in front of the net. When we should have had 3 or 4. Everyone is scared to get in front of the goal. Gotta hand it to Allen as he played like Carey Price….but you can score on any goalie if they can't see the shooter.
It feels like weāre rooting for the 22-23 leafs.. when we need our top line.. they are MIAā¦ Maybe its time to call the Thompson line our 4th line.. they may be shooting.. but they are not getting anything done.
Roamā¦ I canāt watch the Sabres anymore they are pitiful! Iām switching over to a Montreal Canadians like you are a true fan of as well. Me and you are very similar in that sense really die hard Montreal fans. Iāll be back when they get there stuff togetherā¦ From your good friend A.S.
Perhaps a shake up ???
They're just so bad at home.. I don't think this year is going to be one this team takes a step forward unfortunately.
Last year was already more exciting, because at least they were scoring. Now, if the opponent scores first, I'm ready to tune out š¢
Itās a bit early but time to bring up a few players from Rochester !
Its only a matter of time b4 tage Thompson realizes how much cash he left on the table and he'll stop potting as many goals. He is under payed and he knows it. He could've signed for more here or somewhere else. He knows that to. Signing star players to friendly contracts is all good until they start playing down to their contract..U all really thought u were going to get a 40 goal scorer for the next 7 yrs for what he's paid? The boy aint dumb. Its only a matter of time..
Where has tuch been And they need a net front presence
Enough of that honeymoon with Mr. nice guy Donnie G – those boys need tougher coach! Too many times they come playing unprepared and sloppy. Again and again and again they are getting scored on early and many times late in the period too. They are overcomplicating things by trying for the perfect play, instead of just delivering the puck to the net. That's why they make guys like Allen look like Hasek in his prime – wich is so frustrating to watch. Fact is that they are digging a hole so deep that it can really destroy this season before novemeber. I still have hope but it's really starting to fade away.
Seems they've lost their way. Same as their cousins, the Bills…is it coaching?
72-73 3rd year expansion team went undefeated at home till January.
Our Sabres today do not fight for 2 points at home, that is unacceptable.
Positives: Tage is getting 15 shots at the net per game, his goals will come. Dahlin and Cozens both have 5 game point streaks. Skinner is scoring. Cozens 53% faceoffs. Team plays tougher than last year. Power is a plus player despite playing very poor in O zone. Peterka has 2 goals while sitting on the bench for most of the games.
Negatives: greenway is getting 16 minutes of icetime 1 goal, Fats 1 goal 16 minutes, Ollie zero goals, Power looks bad trying to shoot a puck for 8.35 million, Levi playing like a rookie, but the biggest issue with the team is Alex Tuch, he has zero goals -4, leads team in penalties, he was a driver of the team last year, we need to get him going. Okposo and Girgensons are useless, do nothing, team needs to move on from them.
What I would do as GM, I would tell the coach to play his Son less minutes because the guy canāt score at any level of hockey, I would trade or release Ollofsson and call up Kulich or Rousek, make a bold trade for a top 4 D man, keep my eyes open for a veteran winger who is high end skill available as free agent or trade. I would probably sign Pat Kane so the fans sell building out for at least half a season, give them something to be excited for since this team sucks.
13 of next 18 games on the š£ļø good luck with that boys
Too many passes ( a lot of them off target , in skates) , too many shots from the perimeter and NOT ENOUGH NET TRAFFIC! Forwards are TOO SOFT! Nobody wants to screen the goalie or crash the net looking for a rebound. The WORST thing Adams did this summer was let Michael Peca go to the Rags( NYR) as he knows how to crash the net and he knows what it takes to win .The ONLY forwards interested in playing physical are Greenway and Krebs!
Listen to Granato after the game its almost the same interview he did after the Calgary game..No net conviction, no net traffic!
Sad to say but they regressed,tired of talking about the same issues every year,change the team name to the cellar dweÄŗlers,cause thats all they are
Maybe add a player to the forward group in the off-season, and not an 18 year old from the WHL?
They played a good game. The problem was that Allen was dialed in, and guys are just not finishing chances.
Completely agree with the Isles win. It felt like a great, dominant performance but we only came away with a 3-1 win. I don't understand how an entire team can be snake bitten at the same time for 6 straight games to start a season.
Tuch and Thompsons look lost out there. Tuch especially..
A sea of red sweaters during a home game makes me worried about how long the franchise can survive. Average ticket price is what? $150? $160? Who wants to take out a second mortgage to take the fam to a game where the team plays like this?!? It's embarrassing being heckled by groups of hab fans at a home game. It'd be fun to rib them back if the team on the ice played with a little bit of urgency, but instead I'm forced to agree with most of the criticisms leveled at the goathead team. It makes me sad.
outcoached. all these simple playing teams, know they can just show up, protect the middle of the slot and run down the clock. im still watching this team, and seeing a lack of ability to dictate games. i think they lack some presence in their top 6.
Relax Buffalo fansā¦ā¦your team will score a shit load of goals this season! The tide is turning in their division with both of these teams pushing for a playoff spot!
So many mental mistakes in this one it was hard to watch. How long until people start saying Granato needs to be replaced? Not that replacing the coach has ever done much for Buffalo but I won't complain when it happens. This problem with Buffalo goes deeper than just coaching though. I just don't know. All I know is that it sucks. Oh well.