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I like Marty…he knows the game BUT….he has a grating voice that is hard to listen to.

Sabres related: GMKA gets fired

Nope, no accountability. The fish stinks from the head, so if Pegula himself shows no urgency, then nothing else really matters. The players talked about it last off-season, but it seems like nothing but lip service now

Some teams emphasize physicality….no fear as if they are like first responders who run to the fire rather than away from it. The type of players we’ve had in Buffalo for decades play like they’re contact “avoiders”, meaning they don’t initiate hits and turn away from defenders to avoid them. This doesn’t work well if you want to be.a fast, puck controlling team. IMHO they did not assemble the right kind of players to maintain possession, but rather traded what they had away. A scared team that ends up playing perimeter hockey is almost the exact polar opposite of what it takes to be a puck possession team.

I don’t disagree with you guys, but if we are stuck with these players, then they may not win another 10 games this season unless LIndy comes up with something different. Unless GMKA gets different players….I see no reason to think things will get better.

The Sabres simply don’t have a player who can reliably carry the puck into the zone and maintain possession…whether it be at even strength or on the PP. They therefore cannot easily setup their offense. Jack Eichel could do this and we haven’t had anybody since.

Losing like this makes me want to rethink if Lindy should just say screw it and try playing a wide open offense style. Nothing is working, so just tell the boys to play 100% run and gun and let UPL and Reimer know they will be left hung out to dry as a result. Getting just 3 SOG’s in the 3rd is too hard for me to understand.

Maybe a bad idea, but I think you gotta challenge that. I don’t trust that we can score during the next 1:45 otherwise

Looked like a dive to me

Still low SOG’s for both teams this period….neither goalie getting rubber thrown at them Might end up being a fluke goal that wins it for somebody

8 minutes to go…..which team will panic???

Agreed in theory yes. We have Dahlin and Byram who can do this as well. BUT we need players who are on the ice both even strength and on the PK who can neutralize opposing players in the zone, box out in the crease, etc. I am in a different place than you in terms of the value of defense vs. offense by our defenders. If Power was making $5 million vs. $8 would I feel differently? Maybe. Regardless of that….our top 6 simply sucks from a goal production standpoint and our Power Play is a hot mess, so I think we desperately need to give up something of value to get something we need….top 6 goal production.

We need offense from our top 6…..and we need an $8 million kid to be able to play defense too, otherwise you might as well make him a forward…..or is that what you are suggesting?

Gotta believe the Bruins are getting an earful in the locker room from the coach….they do NOT want to be the team that enables Buffalo to finally end the losing streak.

We already have Dahlin and Byram…..I’d rather add another top 4 who can actually play a shut-down defensive style vs. being a wandering pseudo forward. In the mean time, our top 6 can’t score enough goals to win games.

Great play by Zucker

I’ve been saying for years that the Zamboni drivers only need to clean the outer perimeter of the Sabres offensive zone during the intermissions…..time savings for them.

My argument is that we have higher priorities than keeping him and that we are wasting $8 million a year for a defender who is paid like a top 4, but can’t play defense. Maybe someday he will, but it may be a 15 to 20 year playoff drought by then.

Keep throwing out names and maybe you’ll finally get a hit. BTW Chychrun doesn’t make $8 million a year. Power can’t skate like Karlsson could. Reilly?…..yeah he’s paid a lot I guess, but I would not be advocating having him on our roster either.

Less than 20 SOG’s for both teams combined so far. About as exciting as watching a soccer game.

Power is nothing like either….if he could skate like them, then maybe you might have an argument.

Too many low hockey IQ players that GMKA has assembled here. I don’t think being young is an excuse for some of the poor decision making…..they’ve played hockey long enough to know better.

Top 4 D should play the PK IMHO. This team has a first line center deficiency and a second line C as well. Maybe TNT plays wing on a first line, but Cozens isn’t a 2C. We need a top 6 center right now more than a young soft development project that cannot defend (making $8 million)

I don’t recall even a sniff of a scoring chance that period.

The Bruins look for somebody to hit. The Sabres play like they’re in an Ice Capades show.