GDT: Florida @ Buffalo, 7:00 pm est, 1/5/2015

[Stoner]

Sheer torture right now. And if anyone says they expected this, or they accept this because it's marginally better than last year, Imma punch your avatar out.

Patience. Florida currently is the top team in the league after all.

Yep, the problem is tonight's game.

[Randall Flagg]

Eichel was definitely trying to do too much on that empty net play. And who can blame him, when was the last time a player that wasn't on the ice with him or O'Reilly scored a goal? Was it Larsson three weeks ago in Detroit? Why can't our bottom six score? Jacker and Ryan can't do this all themselves.

 

We just finished a stretch of 7 games out of 9 at home. In those 7 games, we gave our home crowd 10 goals.

[That Aud Smell]

Ahhh, horsefeathers.

[Randall Flagg]

Sheer torture right now. And if anyone says they expected this, or they accept this because it's marginally better than last year, Imma punch your avatar out.

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There were obviously going to be growing pains, but those statistics I just mentioned coupled with a 5 game losing streak are unacceptable. 

[darksabre]

There is something systemically wrong with this team. Ted Nolan might as well be coach. Whatever Disco Dan is trying to do, it isn't working. 

[JJFIVEOH]

That's the strange thing, I barely watch them this year

 

Not a bad idea.

[Tondas]

This year makes me realize how terribly bad we were last year.  I'm not sure what DDB does now. 

[Norcal]

in mother in

[Randall Flagg]

Franson was especially bad tonight, I thought.

[Hoss]

I think we're still overestimating the talent. The talent level of this team is probably bottom five in the league. They could certainly be better and a good coach gets more with lesser talent, but I'm confident that I and many other overestimated the talent pool here.

[Norcal]

[SwampD]

I think we're still overestimating the talent. The talent level of this team is probably bottom five in the league. They could certainly be better and a good coach gets more with lesser talent, but I'm confident that I and many other overestimated the talent pool here.

Yep, and those that don't get called ridiculous.

[JJFIVEOH]

Patience. Florida currently is the top team in the league after all.

 

Yeah, there's only so many times we can use the "that other team is so much better" excuse before they need to be held accountable for their lack of determination.

[thewookie1]

Buffalo is just a cursed city..... no matter what we do we are damned to hell in sports.

 

How is it that this season we have practically hit every team when they're hot since the beginning of November, aside from Vancouver.

We lost two lotteries....

We always have crippling injuries when our team is good and few when our team sucks.....

Had we not tanked we'd be eternal middling purgatory, now we have some stars in the making, but yet our team's luck is of 12 black cats under a ladder breaking mirrors......

Playoffs? I'd take Play Offense at this point.....

 

I always calm after a little while, and I know this is going to be rough watching their growing pains but how in God's name can we not get a freaking bounce ever! Guy shoots it in on us it will bounce odd, then ricochet to their player who will score..... for us it either is merely grabbed or hits 12 legs and a whistle before finding an opposing player to be taken by.

 

Every goalie who plays us looks great, no matter if our offense is clicking or not..... 

Our goalies look like Hasek unless the goal would actually mean something, then they're that guy from Columbus....

Risto will sign for 8x8mil then explode in a water canoe accident, Girgs will sign and flounder before going to some other team and becoming ZemGod again.... Eichel will go to Boston in 5 years at a hometown discount and Edmonton will win the lottery and get Auston Matthews.....

Honestly...... Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

 

 

 

Vent over.....hopefully 

[TrueBlueGED]

Sheer torture right now. And if anyone says they expected this, or they accept this because it's marginally better than last year, Imma punch your avatar out.

 

Yep, the problem is tonight's game.

I expected about an 80 point season, don't think we're too far off that right now.

[JJFIVEOH]

Panthers:

 

Sabres: :thumbdown:

[darksabre]

Yep, and those that don't get called ridiculous.

 

It is what it is. O'Reilly is possibly the only player on this team that has any idea what he's doing in the offensive zone on a regular basis. He's the entire team. What more could you want from him? 

[TrueBlueGED]

Eichel was definitely trying to do too much on that empty net play. And who can blame him, when was the last time a player that wasn't on the ice with him or O'Reilly scored a goal? Was it Larsson three weeks ago in Detroit? Why can't our bottom six score? Jacker and Ryan can't do this all themselves.

 

We just finished a stretch of 7 games out of 9 at home. In those 7 games, we gave our home crowd 10 goals.

The secondary scoring is quite putrid, that's for sure.

[darksabre]

I think we're still overestimating the talent. The talent level of this team is probably bottom five in the league. They could certainly be better and a good coach gets more with lesser talent, but I'm confident that I and many other overestimated the talent pool here.

This is certainly true. But I think it has more to do with more players underachieving than expected. There are some reaaaaally dead weight guys on this roster right now. I don't think anyone expected a guy like Moulson to be a complete waste. 

[TrueBlueGED]

Yeah, there's only so many times we can use the "that other team is so much better" excuse before they need to be held accountable for their lack of determination.

I think what you see as lack of determination I see as lack of talent.

[Tondas]

I think we're still overestimating the talent. The talent level of this team is probably bottom five in the league. They could certainly be better and a good coach gets more with lesser talent, but I'm confident that I and many other overestimated the talent pool here.

 

Agree.  We have 3 elite talents: ROR, Jack and Risto.  Our bottom 17 are bottom 5.  A lot of work to do.

[TrueBlueGED]

This is certainly true. But I think it has more to do with more players underachieving than expected. There are some reaaaaally dead weight guys on this roster right now. I don't think anyone expected a guy like Moulson to be a complete waste.

Yea, definitely didn't see Moulson being a corpse on skates quite yet.

[JJFIVEOH]

I think what you see as lack of determination I see as lack of talent.

 

I must be watching the wrong games then.

[That Aud Smell]

Only one solution: Pegula needs to issue a one-year ultimatum to Murray and Bylsma.

[SwampD]

It is what it is. O'Reilly is possibly the only player on this team that has any idea what he's doing in the offensive zone on a regular basis. He's the entire team. What more could you want from him? 

I don't want anything more from him. He is what he is and it's great, but he is the #1 center on a team fighting for last place. Hey, at least it's a step in the right direction. Last year we didn't even have that.