GDT - Sabres @ Washington - December 21, 2018 - 7:00 PM NBCSN

[MODO Hockey]

Holtby owned us. What a great goalie, Hutton not so much.

[darksabre]

Dang. Tough loss. I thought they played a pretty even, if not boring, game tonight. Caps are the more seasoned team and capitalized on the Sabres mistakes. 

[CallawaySabres]

Thanks for the idiotic play and loss of 2 points Hutton

[Doohicksie]

1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:

Carter's mom has Krispie Treats! Yay!

Did you see Dahlin's mom?  She looks about 28.

[darksabre]

Everyone crapping on Hutton can sod off 

[Thorner]

Winning is hard again.

The powerplay is a farce. Disqualifies Housley from Coach of the Year running so far, to me. 

[Gatorman0519]

We deserved to win, two gaffes cost us.  Their goalie stole one.  Not enough firepower yet. Need to start winning to hold a playoff spot.  

[Doohicksie]

1 minute ago, CallawaySabres said:

Thanks for the idiotic play and loss of 2 points Hutton

Yep.

 

[Stoner]

2 minutes ago, inkman said:

Some of y'all need some perspective

Such as? At least they're not 31st again? They're learning how to lose again. It's frustrating. They haven't been outclassed by any of these teams that have beaten them, especially tonight.

Edited December 22, 2018 by PASabreFan

[Doohicksie]

Just now, darksabre said:

Everyone crapping on Hutton can sod off 

Nope.  He has no business back there with Caps coming in hot.  You can sod off.*



*whatever the hell that means.

[Stoner]

1 minute ago, darksabre said:

Everyone crapping on Hutton can sod off 

And if you add the goal that should have counted?

[Robviously]

Do the Sabres realize they haven’t clinched a playoff spot yet? 

[Doohicksie]

1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:

Such as? At least they're not 31st again? They're learning how to lose again. It's frustrating. They're not outclassed any of these teams that have beaten them, especially tonight.

No, you're right.  Both Washington goals coming off Buffalo mental farts.

[Jacque Richard]

Hutton who is a solid goalie shouldn’t be caught outta the net with the snipers on that team 

[Stoner]

Leave it to the NHL to say that puck wasn't over the line. My God, can you imagine if the Sabres had been robbed like that?

[MODO Hockey]

1 minute ago, darksabre said:

Everyone crapping on Hutton can sod off 

What do you mean? Dude messed up badly, second time, last time he did the same misstake and ofcourse we blame the misstakes, it cost us a point for sure, maybe 2. I dont get it why your protecting him and blaming it on bad coms, he shouldnt have done that at all, a huge misstake by him. Go lool at the replay, it is as obvious as it can be to me.

[Doohicksie]

5 minutes ago, MODO Hockey said:

Holtby owned us. What a great goalie, Hutton not so much.

Yeah, maybe they need to tilt the balance a bit toward Linus.

[Thorner]

Just now, PASabreFan said:

Leave it to the NHL to say that puck wasn't over the line. My God, can you imagine if the Sabres had been robbed like that?

No harm no foul. 

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Hutton has stole us games, today he lost us one.  The Sabres aren't Cup contenders this year, not with the roster as it is.  If we had another line that could score, it might have been tied right now.

I didn't think that game was boring at all.  It was two good teams playing a good game against one another - lots of tension.  The team with the experience won once again.

Edited December 22, 2018 by ...

[Robviously]

3 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

Leave it to the NHL to say that puck wasn't over the line. My God, can you imagine if the Sabres had been robbed like that?

Yes, easily. I’m from Buffalo. 

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, ... said:

Hutton has stole us games, today he lost us won.  The Sabres aren't Cup contenders this year, not with the roster as it is.  If we had another line that could score, it might have been tied right now.

I didn't think that game was boring at all.  It was two good teams playing a good game against one another - lots of tension.  The team with the experience won once again.

The difference was the SH goal. Thus, our powerplay. Also by not scoring on the PP, of course. 

[Indabuff]

Skinner and Hutton are the reason why the Sabres are where they are IMO.  We need more of them.  Get on it Botts.

[MODO Hockey]

5 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

Yeah, maybe they need to tilt the balance a bit toward Linus.

Hutton is great with the stick, he really does good things with it forcing the puck in certain situations but obviously it also comes back on him in situations like this when the team has tied it late there is no way in h3ll you start playing like that, got to be smarter, just like Holtby is.

[Indabuff]

Tom Wilson didn't kill a Sabre so I guess that's a positive...

[thewookie1]

The PP has this awful tendency of doing 50 drop passes ad almost solely relying on Eichel when they aren't producing. Just watch games where they are more successful; Eichel isn't the lone guy bringing the puck over the line through skating or passing. 

We are in dire need of secondary scoring. 

Skinner - Eichel - Reinhart

???? - Mitts - ????

???? - ???? - ????

Girgs - Larsson - Thompson

 

That's what our team was tonight offensively and our PP was atrocious. I'd call up Olafsson and she if he could stimulate the PP with his elite shot.