Cityo'Rasmii Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 I just watched the 2nd period. I thought it was Summer and I was at the carnival watching the shooting gallery. I hate to say it, but they are deflated go Sabres Quote
LGR4GM Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Posted January 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Taro T said: They're playing the Stanley Cup champions w/ their full roster including their #1 while the Sabres play w/ their #4 goalie & no Tuch, Thompson, Okposo, Mittelstadt, nor even Krebs. And Olofsson is a shell of what he was back in October. This is about as bad a mismatch as you can get in this league. A voice of reason, thank you. 3 1 Quote
Slack_in_MA Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Thorny said: I think part of what you are seeing is that when "the season is never about winning anyway", at some point, motivation sags. I agree, but I think most of us were expecting PROGRESS, even if it’s in the “two steps forward, one step back” mode. Are we seeing the progress most of us were expecting? 3 minutes ago, Taro T said: They're playing the Stanley Cup champions w/ their full roster including their #1 while the Sabres play w/ their #4 goalie & no Tuch, Thompson, Okposo, Mittelstadt, nor even Krebs. And Olofsson is a shell of what he was back in October. This is about as bad a mismatch as you can get in this league. I’m not just talking about tonight, for the record. 1 Quote
Thorner Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Taro T said: They're playing the Stanley Cup champions w/ their full roster including their #1 while the Sabres play w/ their #4 goalie & no Tuch, Thompson, Okposo, Mittelstadt, nor even Krebs. And Olofsson is a shell of what he was back in October. This is about as bad a mismatch as you can get in this league. It's been 3 months.. 4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: I could have predicted most of these responses. Repeat after me, we are not talented enough. It isn't about hits or motivation or coaching, it's simply a far superior team beating their opponent. Like Georgia v. Vanderbilt I think there's some middle ground. It's ok to not want the team to be *so* poor that even the infusion of youth we have coming would seem to not be even close to lifting us back to relevancy. We need to see a little bit more than this. Not even talking about today, like you said, Tbay is really good. But this team is worse this season than they should be - Adams is answerable for the talent of the group he assembled, in net, on D, at F. Shouldn't be this bad. It's rolling the dice on the culture you are looking to establish. Edited January 12, 2022 by Thorny 3 Quote
Dreams Burn Down Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Just now, Slack_in_MA said: I agree, but I think most of us were expecting PROGRESS, even if it’s in the “two steps forward, one step back” mode. Are we seeing the progress most of us were expecting? For me, unfortunately, COVID has deprived me of the ability to definitively answer this. We've simply had too little time at full strength this year for me to decide one way or the other. 1 Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, Taro T said: They're playing the Stanley Cup champions w/ their full roster including their #1 while the Sabres play w/ their #4 goalie & no Tuch, Thompson, Okposo, Mittelstadt, nor even Krebs. And Olofsson is a shell of what he was back in October. This is about as bad a mismatch as you can get in this league. Yes. And if you're a... let's say a Bjork... who is a 4th liner on any other team and really playing for an NHL future as opposed to fading into the AHL, then you need to do something. Do something so you can increase your trade value or UFA value. 1 Quote
Thorner Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Slack_in_MA said: I agree, but I think most of us were expecting PROGRESS, even if it’s in the “two steps forward, one step back” mode. Are we seeing the progress most of us were expecting? I’m not just talking about tonight, for the record. Adams didn't outfit the team with enough help. There isn't enough depth - injuries hit harder than other teams. That's my opinion anyway. I think he should have done more - haven't shifted on that since the offseason. Edited January 12, 2022 by Thorny Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Yap all you want, Sabres. Show me. Deeds not words. 1 Quote
Carmel Corn Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Might be more entertaining to turn up Rob's mic and listen to the "talking" between the benches. 2 Quote
Spoonman Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Did everyone leave? Hello? McFly? Quote
Freeezo Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, Spoonman said: To be clear: Eakin, Hinostroza, Jankowski, Hayden, Miller, Pysyk, Hagg,Butcher, Subban, Tokarski, Caggiula, Anderson, Ofalvie, and (yes) Johnny Boychuk. You want any of these back, gonna have to fight for them on FA market!!!!! Thanks for platitudes Robbie…..’get on a roll’…… Rem pitlick anyone? Quote
Spoonman Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Spoonman said: Did everyone leave? Hello? McFly? So still here but listening to Reggie Gilliam (Bills TE, if you did not know) interview on YouTube. Sorry RJ, turned you down…..much ❤️🤍💙/💙💛 Quote
DarthEbriate Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Errrr.... see... the problem with being on a power play is there's just too many of your own teammates out there. Quote
Amaru523 Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) I think we just saw the Carubba Collision of the year. Edited January 12, 2022 by Amaru523 1 1 Quote
Spoonman Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Freeezo said: Rem pitlick anyone? I think we all need to take the RED 💊 Quote
Thorner Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Cozens has made a couple real nice plays Quinn's passing needs work 1 Quote
Nitro60 Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 one pity goal down, second one to go. 1 Quote
LGR4GM Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Posted January 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, Thorny said: It's been 3 months.. I think there's some middle ground. It's ok to not want the team to be *so* poor that even the infusion of youth we have coming would seem to not be even close to lifting us back to relevancy. We need to see a little bit more than this. Not even talking about today, like you said, Tbay is really good. But this team is worse this season than they should be - Adams is answerable for the talent of the group he assembled, in net, on D, at F. Shouldn't be this bad. It's rolling the dice on the culture you are looking to establish. All teams have bad games, it's just the good teams bad games are the Sabres best games. We're this season and next away from talking about playoffs, this game should show that. Quote
Dreams Burn Down Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Nice, quick reaction on that shot Vinnie. Quote
KC Scouts Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Just now, Nitro60 said: one pity goal down, second one to go. Beat me to it 😝 1 Quote
Spoonman Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Just now, Spoonman said: a goal 😑 Quote
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