Sabres Rout The Habs In La Belle Province – Postgame Thoughts
Da da da da da straight jacket straight Jacket hey fool you ready for another beating you should have never came [Applause] back Rome is not impressed folks no bison were allowed at the Bell Center so he’s going to do his best imitation of the Bell Center tonight Here We Go There It Is folks Rome is a bison of many talents
Well guys I need to get the games more of often that was that was a nice one I had left right before the empty neck go we wanted to get the hell out of there because it’s it’s a mad house that place it’s not like at in Buffalo where the
Building’s wide and there’s a lot of space the Bell Center’s kind of cramped and narrow it is and getting out of there is a bit rough it was 4 to one there was 5 minutes left I just missed the empty net goal and I see Tage got another one
So let’s talk about it as the boys come through and flying colors tonight okay let’s look at the numbers all right shots on goal 38 33 Sabers and a lot of help early on with the ring in this game you might have noticed some very questionable calls but
Hey it happens every team fa sa 46% the Habs had 54% the Sabers folks were two for four on the power play can you imagine two Power Play Goals in the same game my goodness Habs R for three Sabers pumped out 10 hits the Habs
14 we had 17 blocks they had 14 the Sabers had 11 giveaways the Habs had 14 we had three takeaways the Habs had six shots and goal per period 1513 in the first for the Canadians and then the second period 146 Sabers and in the third uh 121 Montreal
For that 3833 total scoring midd stat opens it up on the power play and folks I was right behind the the uh Levi by eight rows up right facing Levi right behind the net uh middle step makes it one to nothing at the uh 533 Mark of the second on the power play
Once again and then uh Skinner on the power play from Tuck and Thompson makes it two to nothing shortly after about a minute and a half later at 659 then arm Mia the xabber gets a short-handed goal makes it 2 to one at 1319 we head into the third and I still
Had question marks guys I’ll be honest I did have question marks going into the third I wasn’t totally confident they had this game and it’s funny cuz Quinn scored and I told Abe in this game I said watch out for Quinn he’s going to get one tonight you could see he was
Buzzing out there 645 Quinn makes it 3 to one and then Tage uh makes it 4 to1 at 8:35 and Dalene gets the empty about 10 seconds after I it was right after I left it was obviously right off the face off cuz it was over 5 minutes left when
I left and he scored that with 529 remaining so I just missed that and uh he makes it 5 to one from Samuel s a middle stat and Thompson gets another his 12th of the season from Skinner and Quinn at 1832 61 final so I’m just looking quickly
Skinner is a real Habs killer eh he really is what did he get in this game he had a goal and two assists a goal and three assists for Skinner Thompson had two goals and an assist Dalene had an assist he had uh he had a goal of course and yeah
Goalen an assist for ding so look guys I’ll take this one and you know it if I’m going out in the cold to watch a hockey game and Buffalo Sabres are in town they better win and they won tonight convincing fashion when it was all set in done but you guys seen
Early you know they they looked they looked good I I won’t say they looked bad they looked good but again this thing about in our Zone this the the nonsense of urgency in our Zone worried me tonight up to the point of running away with the game but before that there
Was many a time in this game I just thought we got to get we got to clear the puck when it’s in our Zone besides that I thought Levi looked really steady I thought we forced Allen to work even though we won 6 to1 here here um you
Know the Sab just uh the truth is folks they’re just a better team than Montreal you know they’re supposed to beat Montreal this isn’t like a shocking win Montreal is like overachieving this year and the Sabres are big time underachieving so this for me is not a
Shocker it’s just not a shocker so right now it’s a huge win we’ll just take it and see see what we can muster from this point on because guys we’ve got to get going this is uh this is hopefully the start of something I don’t know I just
Don’t know 6 to1 very convincing win so I I’m just hoping that from this point on the Sabers maybe I don’t know sat down talked about it and maybe they’re just ready to to do something in in the new year you know maybe 2024 is when it really does happen
I hope so uh so we’re in Pittsburgh on Saturday guys then we come home for a vital six-game home stand vital six-game home stand where I say we got to win five of those games we got Seattle we got Ottawa we got the Sharks we got the Blackhawks we have the lightning weren’t
Lighting it up this year and we have the number one team in the league Vancouver you know I I didn’t put it in order but I’m just giving you the teams um there’s four games right off the cuff we should win and I know we haven’t beaten Seattle
Yet going to we’re definitely going to beat them sooner or later um again you know this six game home stamp for me dictates the season if they go five- one we’re alive if they go 4-2 we’re alive if they go three and three we’re pretty much shooting
Ourselves in the foot again guys I don’t know we’ll see they need to turn it around at home we know that but hey man any win is a good win at this point and to win against the Canadians for me guys as you know is uh it’s always a good
Good win when they beat the H so I was happy with what I seen overall I guess I should say they looked hungry to win you know the uh it wasn’t um you know what the the the hits when you’re at the game it looked it looked more Fierce out there
Than 14 hits a 10 it really did and I got to tell you though the refs were calling it for the sabes in the beginning of this game the fans were and I had some fun with the fans don’t think I did folks I saying oh calm down now
Everybody you be good you know I was telling the f I was having fun with the fans and you know it’s funny cuz I I seen some Buffalo Sabres jerseys there but I think I was the only one with a white one at least that I
Noticed that I seen in the crowd when I but I we got in right before the game we went in to get a pizza and then you know like it it was it was a tight fit to get there right on time but we were there in
Time for the the the uh um the the small pregame and everything and uh it was fun it was a fun time it was fun to go again but it’s even more fun when the boys win you know and they come in here and they wreck the night of like 20,000 people it
Makes this guy feel pretty good knowing they all have to go home not too happy about what they just seen and there were some pissed off fans around me really angry sing Ben it was really funny actually you know but hey I I just stay calm and the Habs made it one nothing
And you seen that we challenged the goal we got the challenge and then for not point on Mel took some penalties which is kind of strange and uh but that goal that led to Aria’s goal I want to tell you that was yes the before armia got that shorty that shorty
Tage was coming in and Tage has got to find his confidence folks I don’t think it’s anything but his confidence because he was coming in with the puck and he had a clear Lane to shoot I was right there behind the net I could see I’m right there he has a clear Lane
To shoot and he tries to make a fancy pass turns it over they go up ice armia scores these are the things that are killing us this year little things like that didn’t hurt us tonight cuz we won but it could have been a turning point in the game is
My point it was two to nothing we’re about to make it three to nothing we have a good chance Tage literally the guy with the best shot on the team has the puck on his stick he has a clear Lane at the goalie as I’m looking at you
A lane like this where he could just snap it and take a chance and he instead opts to pass we don’t get a shot away they go up ice they score shorty on us not good not good and I know we routed them but it’s still not good it could have been folks
That could have been late in the game when that happened is what I’m saying so I’m hoping that the boys find their game still a game a win like this it gives me hope it gives me hope if anything you know but I I want to keep this in
Perspective we’re beating a team that’s a seven and N team on their home ICE let’s be honest here and mcha is not exactly a playoff team they’re rebuilding you know and what kept them in the game really was their speed and uh their passing the the H’s passing
Game for the first two periods was pretty damn good in this game guys it was they were you know looking good at one point and the sabes are getting caught flat-footed many a time you know and it was driving me nuts and ab was going would you relax you guys are killing
Them tonight you know but I was upset at C points because I just see this you know I see Benson out there with more guts it seems like than some of our players at certain points but overall hey how can I complain six to one they
Didn’t score five and five on us tonight they scored a short-handed goal and that was it it’s too bad Levi didn’t get his first career shot out of Montreal because I was saying it before the game and people were hearing me too saying this is going to be Levi’s first career
Shut out today you know I was having some fun too when I was in the crowd so overall the fans were fine it was a good time hey we win the game I’m good that’s all that matters I don’t care how we won tonight as long as we won in regulation
And we won in good fashion and today 6 to1 guys no complaints so guys enjoy the night I just got in I want to get uh I want to get a coffee wake up and um try and go about my evening see you soon talk to you soon A
Well my outing tonight was a huge success as the boys showed up to pound the Habs on their home ice to give us a late Christmas gift..thanks for watching 😎
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21 Comments
That Shorthanded Goal Against Tho… Well Done Levi, Your 🍩 is coming
Happy for ya Wayne. Hope they can do it again and really start something.
Wayne please tell me you wore that that #11 jersey tonight at the game. Classic!
It was only one game I want more then one in a row
When your having fun with the Montreal fans do you speak french Wayne?
Happy you were able to see an awesome game
Offense looked like they remembered they were one of the top scoring teams last year. Really wish the boys played with more hustle on the power play. Sure we finally scored a couple but we also had a short handed goal against off a very lazy klutzy play by Dahlin. I look forward to seeing what Levi becomes, he's definitely the real deal
As soon as this game ended I said boy I know Wayne is gonna be happy about this one. Please go to more games. You are the missing piece haha
I still think we are being too pretty with the puck trying to make a perfect shot and we hit the glass
What got me was the double minor to Cozens, then the refs bringing the puck outside the zone.
The Canadiens player started punching Cozens in the face, who just tried shoving him back after Allen covered the puck, then a second Canadien came in a started punching him too!
Cozens BARELY deserved 2:00 and with the Canadiens instigating it, the faceoff should have stayed in the zone. VERY questionable on that one.
Great win tonight 😎. PP showed up with our big guns. The boys i believe will start showing more often.HCDG has some good points about looking forward. On to the next
It looked like you had great seats Wayne! Can see you on the highlights. Looked like you were 4 seats in from the aisle
No merci
The Sabres blow out of the Hab was the best birthday gift I've gotten in quite some time!!! 🎉🎂😄
We see the result of the Thompson move to center, I would love to see an experiment with Dahlin moved to a forward position.
I don't know if we've ever seen, in Sabre's history, a Habs goal disallowed in Montreal. The shock and silence of the crowd was sweet to see!
I’m sick of the Levi sucks comments … all year the goals he’s let in haven’t been his fault for the most part . His composure and lateral speed is HOF level . I get the there “should be a vet “ with him argument but who ? UPL before his illness showed he’s fine … so I don’t get the whole we don’t have a goalie thing .. the only arguments should be the lacklustre adds and throwing around of garbage 2 ish Milly contracts to wussies
Bunch of good things to take from the game. Thompson with 2 goals, Levi solid in net, Quinn looking good. What about Skinner, if he's not the deadliest top-shelf sniper in the league, I don't know who is.
Cole Caufield is shorter than the crossbar, he’s got to be 4’11”
Levi had a great game!
sabres are bad but of all the games played last night they had the largest margin of victory