2023020252
BUF loses, 2 – 3 .
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At least they remembered how to play hockey in the 3rd period. That call on Benson was so weak.
I feel like I am watching reruns of last year but somehow worse. Make it stop.
What a terrible call at the end. Like why does the NHL insit on ruining games with a shit call at the very end? Was a fun game before that lol.
If we could play a full 60 like the third period that’d be great.
77-37-9 is a fun line.
This horse has been well and truly beaten but VO is an absolute non-contributor at best
Edit: also I can’t with some of these passes Jeff is throwing around blindly to no one, it’s like he’s looking for the Ghost of Jack Eichel
refs can gargle my nut sweat
garbage refs to basically end the game. common theme at this point.
Fire Granato!
Can’t win games playing well for one period
Okposo on the powerplay lollll
Much better game than I expected. That could have easily been a W
Put krebs with real forwards and he’s a different player. Who wouldve thought.
Think we set our expectations a bit high for this season. I’m definitely not worried about our long-term potential or ability to become a contender with our current crop of youth, but this season might end up being another development write-off.
I love Okie, but he should not be anywhere near the Power Play
Boys really turned it up in the third, hopefully they can keep that momentum rolling despite the loss
We’re about to lose 5 of 7 games. At least they tried hard for 1 period though.
The last 30 minutes they were awesome. Deserved a win there for sure. Just keep doing that please!
It looks like we finally learned how to pass, but no one knows how to receive. First touches were all over the place all game. Glad they had some fight in the third but overall not great
This season was a big test for Granato. Could he build these guys into a playoff team? He’s getting a failing grade so far.
God fucking damnit dude. I can’t believe the winner was that fucking weak shot from the point. And I’m glad they seemed to find another gear in the third, but where the hell is that team at the beginning of every game? They need to be ready to play.
If we played every game like we played the third period we’d be like 15-2
At least they showed some effort late. Thank god Tuch is back so we have somebody other than Dahlin with some heart. If Granato was really about building a culture Skinner and Power would be benched next game.
Power the 8 million dollar man screening his own goaltender then not stopping the floater from getting to the net
Comrie-nism has failed everywhere it has been tried. Three goals on 18 shots, good god.
Good 3rd period but it never should have gotten there with how the game was going. 21, 28, 71, and 6 gotta get swapped out
Hated that call on Benson, really weak by the refs, especially since he was jumped by the whole team for it. Good push for the Sabres in the third, got to stop letting the other teams score first. I think Benson should stay just based on tonight’s performance.
How long until we get Quinn back?
This season is just fucking depressing. Feels like 2017, just a complete and total collapse in the face of expectations, but this is somehow worse.
The most demoralizing thing? There’s no easy scapegoat this year. Goaltending, coaching, GM, everything is just…slightly below average, but no glaring weakess to fix. The sum of their parts just is bad. And now we’re locked into this core for 8 years. I don’t know guys. I’m looking for any silver lining and I’m just not seeing it.
I remember that team from the last few minutes of the 2nd period and most of the 3rd period from last year. Maybe they can show up a bit earlier next game?
Power needs to find another gear…the nonchalant style he plays makes him very easy to play against both offensively and defensively . I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt still, but he’s getting dominated out there.
Once again, no physicality. The the 18 year old got ganged up on and no one stepped on. Pussies
Donny left a strong message to the team during the intermission and that’s why we got the 3rd period we did.
Let’s hope the players take it to heart this time.
Is it just me, or is Power having serious fucking problems handling passes coming his way. He is constantly missing passes on the PP and as a result letting the puck slip over the line forcing a zone exit or he’s just not handling passes that he does get his stick on
I’m so tired. So. Tired.
For an organization whose most iconic contribution to the sport is a European goaltender, it sure is odd that in the last decade we’ve done everything possible to prevent back to back starts by our European goalie prospects.
We fuckin started Carter Hutton over Linus Ullmark rather than give him back to back starts. That’s true, look it up.
In the last week, we’ve started a literal zygote and the Nathan Peterman of goaltending rather than give a single start to a guy who stopped 35 of 38 on their last start, and 14/14 in relief of the Jedi zygote. The guy they started tonight went 15/18.
What the fuck is that?
One loser point better than last season after 17 games. …a dozen or so fewer goals though…where’s the goal scoring?!?
Lot of good chances there at the end, wish they’d put in that effort earlier.
Olofsson, Okposo and Erik Johnson are actively bringing this team down each and every night. We can’t expect a young team to do well when our veterans are complete trash and don’t contribute to anything on the ice. The worst part is Granato will not sit them under any circumstance.
Skinner is also becoming a liability every time hes on the ice. If he doesn’t score hes trending towards Olofsson level bad. The guy just doesn’t play defence at all. Hes also on a massive contract so this is not ideal.
Donny continues to show he has no idea what hes doing when it comes to player usage. Why is Skinner on the first powerplay? He sucks on there. He continues to make stupid blind passes to nobody which causes us to lose possession. Over and over again. Also why is Okposo on the 2nd PP? I would rather have every single other player on the roster on the PP over Okposo at this point. Why is E. Johnson on the PK? If you actually watch him out there hes lost.
Poor Krebs is stuck between two boat anchors every game and people wonder why he has not been producing. You saw tonight many flashes of what he can do and how he is a tier or two above his line mates. He should be given 3C time at minumum to show what he can do. We had Thompson and Mitts shoved down our throats last season, why can’t Krebs get a look?
Is Joker hurt or sick or something? If not why is he sitting over Erik Johnson? Our top 6 D on this team is Dahlin, Power, Sammy, R. Johnson, Joker and Clifton and its not even close. Maybe something is wrong with Joker and I just haven’t saw.
I’d like to see this lineup against CHI. Won’t happen because he won’t sit E. Johnson or give Krebs anything other than 4th line min but:
Tuch – Cozens – Skinner
Benson – Mitts – Peterka
Greenway – Krebs – Jost
Okposo – Girgensons – Olofsson/Rousek/I dont care
Dahlin – R. Johnson
Power – Sammy
Clifton – Joker
Just bury that 4th line. Give them 8-9 min a night and play the other 3 lines move evenly. I just can’t deal with them anymore.
This game will be a turning point for the season, in a good way. I really think the boys realized what they need to do to compete. No distractions for them between this lesson and the next game, and no distractions until the one after that.
Incoming winning record.
Maybe we should fire the PP coach
I thought Buffalo had an EXCELLENT road game
I just listened to Tuch’s postgame interview. That guy needs to be Captain next year.