GDT: 11/1/19 Buffalo at Washington, 7:00 pm ET, MSG, NHL & WGR 550

[MODO Hockey]

3 good scoring chances but the confidence is totally gone this game, crap

[Weave]

Connor Sheary seems to have showed up tonight.  Not sure anyone else has.

[dudacek]

Olofsson needs to finish that.

 

[hockeyhound]

Rob Ray still sounds positive.

 

Let's Go Buffalo!

[jad1]

1 minute ago, freester said:

The Capitals are a great team. We all need to chill. We are not in their league. We are not close to being a contender.  Hopefully we can make the playoffs. 

So in Botterill's 3rd year, they're still not close to being a contender?   That's a difficult concept to accept.

[LGR4GM]

I'm not sure how much more unlucky we can get... but I guess we'll find out. 

[bob_sauve28]

Really most of our problems have been mental mistakes, very fixable 

[SABRES 0311]

I wonder if someone is going to blame this on the number of days off. It would deserve an immediate face palm.

[Trettioåtta]

Post and crossbar as well as a few odd man breaks. A big save or two from Ulmark and some luck and the score is 2-2

[jad1]

2 minutes ago, Weave said:

Connor Sheary seems to have showed up tonight.  Not sure anyone else has.

He is playing a great game.

[miles]

i didnt realistically think the sabres would win this, but ullmark needs to save more than 7 of 11

[Gatorman0519]

7 minutes ago, Ogrish said:

We are tied for 2nd in the NHL right now.

Lighten up Francis.

Not for long if we don’t start playing defense. 

[dudacek]

Not excusing the mistakes at all, but we haven’t exactly been territorially worked.We’ve allowed four glorious chances that the opponent capitalized on perfectly. Hockey sucks that way some time.

Edited November 1, 2019 by dudacek

[bunomatic]

1 minute ago, Trettioåtta said:

Post and crossbar as well as a few odd man breaks. A big save or two from Ulmark and some luck and the score is 2-2

True. But its not. Its 4-0

[Skibum]

This doesn't look like a beat-down; the Sabres' forwards have been playing a good game and creating chances the whole period. Hard to believe it's 4-0, but all it takes is a few quick lapses on defense. 

[hockeyhound]

Class is in session.

You've been schooled.

[triumph_communes]

Woo. Outchanced them all period but gave up a goal each time they let up for a second. 
 

They can win this game given what they’re doing but not if they can’t freaking finish. 

[inkman]

11 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Again, Jack's turnover was worse. It wasn't even CLOSE to being completed. Dahlin's was at least close, and no one was covering for him. 

If Jack is still doing it this far in, I don't think we should expect it to ever totally go away for Dahlin.

I'm not comparing turnovers. I wasn't even the one who commented on Dahlin's play. I am genuinely curious if he knows not to make that play. 

For the record.  I'm not the one calling for him to go to the minors. My only question about Dahlin was whether or not what we see is the finished product.  Is he always going to be a high risk, high reward player. I'm still learning toward yes. 

No you've made it some personal vendetta to string me upa flag pole for everyone's comments on Dahlin. I had made a choice to not comment on his play anymore as you seem to critisize any thing I say. 

Not only am I not going to mention him ever again. I'm not going to respond to anyone's posts about him either. No emojis, no quoting posts with his name. Nada.  Take your crusade elsewhere. 

[MODO Hockey]

Let's see if Kruger can get the guys back together for 2nd, game is not lost yet. 

Keep Linus in the goal, put jeff with jack

[Sabres Fan in NS]

9 minutes ago, Ogre said:

That’s what everyone thinks they want. Imagine your awful daily commute to the office with all those added cars/trucks of blue collar/construction workers on the road at the same time.

Not for nothing, but I work from an office in my home.  So, my 'commute' is about 10 steps.

[Radar]

1 minute ago, miles said:

i didnt realistically think the sabres would win this, but ullmark needs to save more than 7 of 11

Those four were not his fault at all. Sure you'd like him to miraculously stop one or two but........

[matter2003]

This game could easily be 4-4. Caps have scored on all their chances and the Sabres on none of those including 2 posts, a breakaway and 2 or 3 odd man rushes...they need to do better than that.

Edited November 1, 2019 by matter2003

[That Aud Smell]

Ironically, the Sabres looked good once I tuned in.

[freester]

3 minutes ago, jad1 said:

So in Botterill's 3rd year, they're still not close to being a contender?   That's a difficult concept to accept.

When Botteril traded away Kane and ROR he set the rebuild back 3 years. We currently only have 4 top 6 forwards. 

[hockeyhound]

Marty, "A Little Rust"? It's more than a little rust Marty.