Big Guava

They've already beaten the NHL points leader at the time they played the game 8!! Times so far this year. Surely they shouldn't be getting their ass kicked by Columbus and Arizona if they are capable of that.

This is why games like the other night make me so mad...they are fully capable of playing with and beating the best teams in the NHL. There is no reason they can't play like this more often. They simply don't want to. When will this team embrace working hard and playing to their potential instead of hiding from it?

You can inject that period into my veins and do that every game... Looking like shades of last year where games were fun

Levi has let in 4 goals the last 2 games. All 4 have been terrible

This team has no accountability. Everyone wants to be friends, nobody wants to be the A-hole in the room that gets in someone's face and tells them they are sucking and not pulling their weight. Ideally that's what Kyle or Z or E. Johnson or Clifton would do but I don't see it happening. I know E. Johnson said some stuff to the media but is he going to get into people's grills? That's what this team needs. Someone like Drury who they are afraid to play like that because you know he will attack you in a heartbeat over it. We can yell about changing the coach all we want, and sure, there is merit in that, but this falls squarely on the players. Until we have players and a captain that demands accountability from everyone in that locker room nothing will change. You can change coaches every month. Do you think for one second these players would be going out and playing in this manner every other game if Chris Drury was the captain? These players would be so afraid to come in to the building the next day after a game like last night they probably wouldn't be able to sleep because they would be terrified of having to face Drury after he couldn't sleep following a game like that. The accountability starts from the players and it starts with the captain and then the captain needs other players to help keep the group in line within their "groups". They say they respect Okposo to a man and love him...respectfully no the f**k they don't. There is no way in the world they would be playing like this if they did. Maybe Okposo isn't the type of captain they need...maybe they need a bulldog like Drury was who would put the fear of God into you if you ever played that way...heartless, gutless, no effort, not caring. It doesn't take any level of skill to actually try and put forth a good effort. To skate hard and backcheck. To forecheck. To be accountable for being in the right position at the right time on plays. To not keep making the same stupid mistakes over and over again. To be mentally prepared to play a hockey game and to be a professional. This comes down to the players in that room and the person leading them. Okposo needs to be stripped of the captaincy and these players need to be shook out of their complacency. I am sure plenty of guys will be coming into to practice with smiles on their faces laughing and joking today...they need a captain who will get in their faces and ask them what the F they have to be smiling and joking about after a game like last night. That's not Okposo. Too many of these players are sitting around singing "Hey look Ma, I made it!" after getting big paydays and resting on their laurels instead of making sure they go out and earn it every night. This team CLEARLY has the talent and the capabilities to be far better than they are. There is no way in the world this team should consistently play well and beat the best teams in the NHL and then get dragged thru the mud against mediocre and bad teams the way they do so often. This is preparation and mindset failure. They think they are big shots after a win against a good team and then they sit around high fiving each other for a few games instead of getting their noses back to the grindstone.

It better be Granato after tonight

Watching paint dry

Of course...they can just come out and do whatever...spend no time preparing for games when they aren't at the rink, don't watch any video at home, be mentally out to lunch for games, etc... No consequences. No accountability. No leadership.

Don't worry, now they will actually start playing and make it like 7-5 until the Jackets score an empty netter to win 8-5

Razor probably wants to go to the dressing room and pull a bunch of their shirts over their heads and start whaling on them with body shots.

Don't ask...the first 3 goals by the Jackets were goals that should never happen in an NHL game...not a single quality goal among them.

Yay.

The bigger problem is there isn't a single person on this team that will flip the f**k out in the locker room over them playing like this... Everyone wants to be buddy buddy friends and nobody wants to hold anyone accountable.

He should be gone after tonight. This team is way too good to play like this. This is simply not being mentally prepared or ready to play and it's happening way too often. And that's because the coach allows it to happen. Could you imagine what would happen if Tortorella was here and this happened every other game? The entire team would be benched and he would have 15 players from the Amerks called up and playing.

Yes...heartily...the boos were so loud after the 1st period, WGR cut off the arena feed very quickly when they went back to the studio intermission report. SMH...not even the Goatheads can save this team anymore

Yes...heartily...the boos were so loud after the 1st period, WGR cut off the arena feed very quickly when they went back to the studio intermission report.

I don't get how this team can regularly beat the best teams in the NHL but then play like this against mediocre and terrible ones. Too many times this team is not mentally prepared for a professional hockey game. They are prepared for a beer league game.

Which was?

Disgraceful. Why does anyone even go watch them?

Yup...and they are sure playing like they thought this game would be a cake walk after they scored 30 seconds into the game. Sadly for them Columbus didn't fold like they did last year when Tage scored 5 goals in a game against them, they actually can back and kicked the Sabres ass, although not a single one of their goals was anything close to quality. They still count the same tho.

WTF is going on with this team? 3 garbage goals allowed in one period.

This team is ridiculous

Yeah he will definitely need some ramp up time and time to get back into playing condition as well. Now watch him come out and get a hat trick tonight 😂

Well yeah, when your goalies give the puck away behind the net and they pass it out in front of the net to a player to score and empty net goal, that's hard to defend. Sabres had at least 5 breakways or partial breakaway chances.

He's made that deke many times to score.