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  2. GAME DISCUSSION THREAD

    in 2006/2007 Season

    Posted

    Dany Heatley has been the one guy on the Senators that scares the crap out of me, game in, game out. Last night was the culmination of those fears. I can see only one solution to him: Trade for him. I'd give Briere for him, straight up... and maybe even throw in a prospect.

     

    As for the game itself... it was a crushing loss, but I think the Sens were amazingly lucky. It just gets frustrating when they're always amazingly lucky against the Sabres. First goal: Fluke- what are the odds of someone placing the puck like that when batting it out of mid air? Heatley was well covered. Give him credit, he didn't give up on the play, but still.... lucky goal.

     

    And the one off Teppo..... luck. Take those two away and you're looking at a much tighter game.... maybe even a winnable one.

     

    Give props to the Sens- they weathered the early storm, then took it to the Sabres. But they got the help of some breaks last night. Kind of hard to be pissed about that, because the Sabres are usually the beneficiaries of that kind of luck.

  3. GAME DISCUSSION THREAD

    in 2006/2007 Season

    Posted

    -The Islanders just couldn't get a shot through. I lost count of how many good chances did not get though to the net.

    That is the rut the Ilses are in right now- they play well and look scary, but they just aren't getting enough of their shots actually on goal.

     

    Another way to look at it, and this seemed to be true most of the night, is that the Sabres are not uncomfortable with an entire shift in their own zone. Sure they'd like to clear, but they are just as effective pressuring the other team in the Sabres end, allowing them to win some of the battles but never giving the other team enough time to get quality shots on net. You see this at times in virtually every game they play. It seems to me it is not when a team controls the puck in the Sabres zone that the goals come, but rather when the other team is on a rush. And I attribute that to the Sabres penchant for forcing the offensive plays and bringing defensemen into the play- when the puck turns around, the Sabres might scramble back, but it may be a D-man and two forwards covering instead of both D-men.

     

    I don't think this is bad, necessarily, it's just the nature of the team- the D-men press and sometimes carry the puck all the way into the offensive corners; the O-men have to play D a lot. It makes for an exciting game, and it seems to be working so far.

  5. GAME DISCUSSION THREAD

    in 2006/2007 Season

    Posted

    That "wide open net" was from a pretty severe angle and was in a terrible shooting position for him; he did well to even get a shot off. The post, well, you know, sometimes that happens. This is all happening incredibly fast. I didn't see the stars, but I thought Max was way up there even before he scored his first. He created a lot of offensive pressure and also made some incredibly timely plays on the backcheck. It's the little things he does when he doesn't have the puck that makes him a great player (better than, say, Samsonov, who has a similar style with the puck but doesn't do as well without it).

     

    The CI broadcast was the Nashville feed. The Nashville crew commented that Max is really good in the O-zone without the puck in that he disappears until the time is right to shoot the puck, comparing him favorably to Brett Hull for having the same ability.

  6. GAME DISCUSSION THREAD

    in 2006/2007 Season

    Posted

    The most key of the stats I saw at any point during the game was (I believe) early in the third period when an MSG graphic showed the Sabres had 13 giveaways to the Canadiens' four. THIRTEEN giveaways? To FOUR? We're seeing way too many soft passes, long passes and stupid backhand passes. Make sharp, hard passes directly to your teammates' tape. They teach that in pee-wees for cryin' out loud!

    Actually, I see that as indicative of a team that's behind and pressing to force a goal.

  14. GAME DISCUSSION THREAD

    in 2006/2007 Season

    Posted

    You can't blame Miller for the goals; they are all the result of wide-open slam dunks after cross-ice passes. The Sabres have to work on that. They also have to work on letting opponents maneuver behind the Buffalo goal.

     

    I expect the Sabres to wake up in the third. You can't go to the well too many times, but I think the Sabres will make the third period interesting.

     

    Let's go guys!

  19. New Board Proposal: Out-of-area Fans

    in Customer Service

    Posted

    There are probably some unique discussions to be had by those of us who grew up in Buffalo but now live elsewhere... or maybe never lived there but became Sabres fans anyway. Any chance of setting up a board for us?

     

    I'm thinking that perhaps fans that live near each other can use such a board to set up meetups to watch Sabres games and stuff. Waddya think?

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