The Sabres made a mistake abandoning Granato-style hockey
Sabres assistant coach Seth Appert says you cannot trade chances and win in today’s NHL. Is he right? Sneaky Joe does not believe so, and points to a continued disrespect of the Sabres team of two years ago that missed the playoffs by one point.
Should the Sabres have ever changed styles? Plus, mailbag questions on Elias Pettersson and Joel Farabee.
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20 Comments
We need Michokov how did the flyers get it together and we cant ,wed of gave Michkov away for McCloud ,sorry Ryan but getting rid of Savoie will burn us hes gonna be a Michkov
Why do we think we need to keep guys like Greenway? He has not proven anything other than just being injured a lot
HIRING RUFF WAS ONE OF THE WORST DECISIONS , THIS INEPT GM HAS EVER MADE . THIS KIDS WERE BROUGHT UP IN USA HOCKEY OR OTHER NATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH THE EMPHASIS ON SPEED , SKILLS , PASSING . not the Stone Age style that RUFFS ONLY KNOWS ( dump the puck and fight to get it back) when you watch this young kids play , they look like they are tight as a drum . Let this kids play , let them use their skills and just get a couple of nonsense veteran players to help the young kids play with a sense of security.
The Sabres are hands down the most exciting team in the NHL. Intrigue and frustration are part of that. We need more Buddhas that can let the game unfold as it is. If all you want are greedy wins your dissapointment only grows. Go to games to see both teams play.
Call out the great plays of the other teams. See the humanity of all the players. Have some damn gratitude that you have a team. Stop your codependency surrounding a toy sliding along frozen water. Teach the kids that you bring about effort, teamwork and dealing with loss. Go Sabres!!!
In Rochester you're taught a structured system that translates to NHL roster yet Powers, Benson (junior) Weren't given that process of refining their game. If Zucker doesn't want to remain & the league knows then a mid round choice is the best you can do. Its apparent that Seth Appert is being groomed for next coach because Lindy wasn't given his choice of assembling staff. Waiting for GM to make a significant roster move, Good Luck!
The Sabres, to me, is like a drug addicted kid who u love, but just can't watch them destroy themselves anymore….
I disagree. Granato is the cause for why we are like this today. He taught these boys zero positioning, zero def3nse, and zero toughness. Sure they were a high flying fun team to watch a couple years ago, but the entire time, they were soft and constantly getting bullied on the ice.
Why can’t we tell the top two lines to play lights out, bottom 6 play tight, top D pairing play to score and the other 4 play for defense
wtf?
Just stop. They were never gonna win that way either. IT'S THE PLAYERS, NOT THE SYSTEM
Was gonna comment, why bother
Youre a clown. I gave you a long leash but you rely on negative topics for viewership. Buffalo doesnt need you to speak for them
The Sabres "Identity" is Small & Soft.
THAT'S THEIR IDENTITY.
I couldn't disagree with ya more "Don Granto was the worst thing that ever collided with Buffalo Sabres!"
Can't change the kool-aid that runs thou their veins. How are we the worst team in the east ? The Habs ? The flyers ? The jackets ? The wings ? The sens ? Are they coached better ? Better systems ? Better talent? More skilled ? IT'S THE PLAYERS !!!!!!!!!!! ZERO CHEMISTRY, ZERO GRIT , WILT UNDER the PRESSURE of the moment. 12 reg wins all year ? 37 points ? NO PRIDE , NO FIGHT !!!! Ruff is on the titanic with this roster and his GM & coaching staff.
No way – our Drury is Tuch
They lack other top 9 offensive players and defense
You need to be defensive oriented/ defence minded meaning responsible with the puck to be considered a legitimate mediocre playoff team
How to send things to the mailbag? Anyone, please?
There are so many reasons to explain why this team is bad this year. A lot of them are valid but I keep coming back to just 2 of them:
1.) UPL (all of the goaltenders) are performing below average. If they were making 'gotta have that one' saves as much as last year, the standings would look a lot better.
2.) Cozens is a bust, and that creates an entire hole where an effective 2nd line should be. Cozens is bad, he's the only forward with more than 2 goals on this team shooting under 10%, he drags the powerplay down when he is out there, and is quite frankly the worst forward on the team without the puck. He needs to be removed and replaced, by almost anybody right now.
If nothing else but those 2 things changed for the better, this would be a team fighting for, if not in, a playoff spot.
So you come in and say that they shouldn't have changed granato system but you posted it trying to send negative remarks towards Lindy but didn't post this last year bashing granato for completely abandoning what made them good the year before. He said mid December he was thinking about going back to what worked the year before… They were last or close to it. Granato changed the system himself and destroyed the team from progressing in that style game because he wanted to be more defensive while not improving the defensive lineup.
I supported granato until November last year when he was asked why they were so inconsistent. He said there was injuries and it would fix itself… It didn't. Then in December he started thinking about switching back to what worked the year before… Thinking about it while not being able to score at all. Granato can develop a young roster but he can't get them to take a step up in their game past their normal abilities. He literally got every player to lose their game and style and didn't even try to stop it until halfway through completely destroying their style