WhenWillItEnd66

Does not help when the hits come every other day....LOL Have a great weekend!

I have to be honest, i did not pay any attention to the draft as i was hoping playoffs were in our future this year. Any power forwards or Physical RHD that actually play defense?

LOL I was being sarcastic....

Looks like we are going to be in the 9-12 range.... who we getting?

"Let me take your order sir" "I would like an order of perspective" Well, here it is..... We have gotten destroyed/embarrassed/badly beaten/outplayed/call it what you will. Boston, Toronto, Isles, Columbus, were all very bad dominant losses. In between we also had some good wins and some close losses. The Tampa, Wash, and Florida wins were our best. We are 3rd in scoring, 27th in GAA, 4th in PP, 31st in PK, and 3rd in PIM. For a long time we were the only team in the NHL with 5 20+ scorers. We have fixed our scoring problem it seems (Although we have not scored as much when we got dominated.) Dominating teams are all very tight checking teams that do not give space and time. Our players as good as they are in scoring, are not as good as creating their own space and time and we are 100% definitely not good at one on one battles. Against Dallas, from what i watched (Shut it off end of 1st) we could not win one battle on the boards, to get free, or to take away. Our goaltending is disgraceful with the exception of Anderson who can only play 1 of every 4 or 5 games. Our defense and our forwards have minimum skill of defensive play in our own zone. How many times through the year is someone left open in front of our net? How many times has forward been in front of our net and we cannot clear them? In the offensive zone, we play the perimeter and very rarely go to the front of the net. When we shoot from the perimeter, we either beat the goalie or they make the easy save as not a Sabre is in sight. There are some great things with this team, but the same old problems rear their head. I do not care what you have coming up the pipeline, if we do not fix the teams problem, we are just bringing in fresh meat to score more, but fail. I know many do not agree, that's ok, it makes the world go round, but i am not wrong here. This team is weak when it comes to the basics of hockey. It is a physical sport. There is a defensive and offensive side. You cannot ignore one over the other. You have to exert the body to win the battles. Swinging the stick does not count and shying away from contact. You have to give to get, they are not giving enough.

Or, how about you are so narrow minded you cannot see the same Sabres problem is still there and has not been addressed. Different players, same style of play, more scoring and exciting, but same year end result. I have to say, you have used one of my favorite quotes. Have always loved that one. (And no, i am not making it a personal attack), i think all the rah rah fans cannot see the problem that is still there. They are so caught up in the scoring they cannot see the teams fault.

Nahhhhh now i can just enjoy the game.... do not need to worry either way.

Why feel sad??? I have been screaming the faults with this team since I joined the board, when they are fixed, they will contend, I am not waiving the Sabre flag when they cannot beat a simple forecheck. And they are not a work in progress, they are in a forever rebuild, get it right.

I am positive we are pretenders, and this is the same losing team with better goal scorers

Don't forget, they are raising season ticket prices next year.

Playoffs???? How about embarassment!!!!

Omg this is great!!

Lol 9!!!! Bedard here we come

Now I can watch the rest of the games with no stress, they are done like dinner. Especially after the Rags kick their ass on Saturday

Wood hoooo I called 7!!

Lol Sabres were just pretenders, not contenders

Did they get 7??

Don't do it!!! Runnnnnn

After this game we will have a better shot at the #1 pick then the playoffs

Has Dallas scored 7 yet?

How about just a defenseman that can actually play defense

Or the next 7 Dallas scores... lol Watching the chat is less stressful then watching the game

This team has a heart of the cowardly lion. They are embarrassing against any team that plays them tight. THE Sabres way the last 10+ years. The suck continues with better scorers who cannot win 1 on 1 battles.

I am out, time to hope to drop for the lottery

Losers lose. They have lost every individual battle, they are pathetic