GDT: Sabres @ Oilers, Thursday 3-17-22, 9:00 PM (EDT) SNW, MSG-B

[North Buffalo]

chemistry was off with Miller and Girgs... Girgs from the little I saw looked slow

[bunomatic]

😳🤮😥🍺

[GASabresIUFAN]

What did we learn tonight?  The Sabres still have miles and miles to go.  Miller is a terrible defensive hockey player.  I said this the day Jbot traded for him and nothing in his time here has changed my mind.

 

[GoPuckYourself]

4 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

What did we learn tonight?  The Sabres still have miles and miles to go.  Miller is a terrible defensive hockey player.  I said this the day Jbot traded for him and nothing in his time here has changed my mind.

 

Was there ever a doubt that we have miles to go? I'm looking forward to Miller being traded, I hope someone takes him off our hands!

[SDS]

I made a joke about the heritage classic ice being slow just like our team. Someone chirped me for it.

Our team may be faster than it was in the past, but they really aren’t that fast.

[bunomatic]

But was there development ? 

Will someone tell young Mr. Krebs if he’s 10-15 feet from the net don’t look to pass to your team mates who are all being smothered by orange jerseys. Shoot the bloody puck please.

[jad1]

58 minutes ago, SDS said:

it’s hard to ship goals out until you are sure you replaced them.

Sabres have been doing that the last 10 years.

[GoPuckYourself]

8 minutes ago, jad1 said:

Sabres have been doing that the last 10 years.

He's never had more than 20 goals in a season, it's not like we're trading away Matthew Tkachuck. 

[SDS]

3 minutes ago, GoPuckYourself said:

He's never had more than 20 goals in a season, it's not like we're trading away Matthew Tkachuck. 

He’s fifth on the team. Again, at some point we need to upgrade people who have modest goal scoring abilities with people who have better goal scoring abilities. 

[Spoonman]

41 minutes ago, bunomatic said:

But was there development ? 

Will someone tell young Mr. Krebs if he’s 10-15 feet from the net don’t look to pass to your team mates who are all being smothered by orange jerseys. Shoot the bloody puck please.

OMG 1000%! 

1 hour ago, SDS said:

I made a joke about the heritage classic ice being slow just like our team. Someone chirped me for it.

Our team may be faster than it was in the past, but they really aren’t that fast.

Oilers we’re boat racing Sabres boobies all night (I turned off in 2nd 4-0). 💀👀

[SDS]

DG makes a good point. We know we don’t have a talented roster from top to bottom and so when you’re playing in an away game you’re at the mercy of line matching.

[GoPuckYourself]

32 minutes ago, SDS said:

He’s fifth on the team. Again, at some point we need to upgrade people who have modest goal scoring abilities with people who have better goal scoring abilities. 

Then it's time to spend some Pegula bucks and get a 25 goal scorer just don't pay him 9M per season like Skinner.

[LGR4GM]

4 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

What did we learn tonight?  The Sabres still have miles and miles to go. 

If fans are just learning that tonight, yikes. 

[LGR4GM]

Just here for the comments

[nucci]

6 hours ago, K-9 said:

Team was simply not ready to play tonight. As such, I’m no longer ready to watch. 

and why not?

[SABRES 0311]

No real learning take away I can see from this game. They simply didn’t have their head in the game and did too much watching.

Maybe I’m alone in this but I don’t see what Asplund does for the team. He doesn’t hurt anything but is usually invisible. 

[LGR4GM]

2 hours ago, SABRES 0311 said:

No real learning take away I can see from this game. They simply didn’t have their head in the game and did too much watching.

Maybe I’m alone in this but I don’t see what Asplund does for the team. He doesn’t hurt anything but is usually invisible. 

You're saying they can't learn from failure. 

[PromoTheRobot]

22 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

You're saying they can't learn from failure. 

They learned that EDM is pretty good. What I don't know is how are the Oilers barely in the playoffs with that talent??

[Crusader1969]

37 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

They learned that EDM is pretty good. What I don't know is how are the Oilers barely in the playoffs with that talent??

Goaltending 

[Stoner]

Maybe they can find a curling hall/parlor/den/lodge/house and re-"bond."

[Believer]

7 hours ago, Spoonman said:

Will someone tell young Mr. Krebs if he’s 10-15 feet from the net don’t look to pass to your team mates who are all being smothered by orange jerseys. Shoot the bloody puck please.

Couldn’t agree more… Goal scorers are trigger happy snipers… We need at least one on every line… Let their line mates get the rebounds… 

[Curt]

This team has the 4th worst record in the NHL.

Im just surprised that some people seem surprised or upset that they lost to the oilers on the road, 2000 miles and a couple time zones from home, and were especially eaten up by their elite guys.

Its simple not surprising.

[eman]

1 minute ago, Curt said:

This team has the 4th worst record in the NHL.

Im just surprised that some people seem surprised or upset that they lost to the oilers on the road, 2000 miles and a couple time zones from home, and were especially eaten up by their elite guys.

Its simple not surprising.

It's not the loss. It's the lack of effort or any look of a cohesive unit that continues to surprise, as we have seen this type of game all too often under 3 separate coaches. This board was stating that they totally expect a playoff spot push for next season after victories over the Leafs and Golden Knights. I am thinking that Don may not be the guy moving forward yet again. The Knights are slumping with no Lehner and since Jack has been in their lineup. The Leafs have goaltending woes but maybe their new Swedish kid has solved that. This team, even with the Rochester grads next season, will have a tough time pushing for a playoff spot. 

[Curt]

11 minutes ago, eman said:

It's not the loss. It's the lack of effort or any look of a cohesive unit that continues to surprise, as we have seen this type of game all too often under 3 separate coaches. This board was stating that they totally expect a playoff spot push for next season after victories over the Leafs and Golden Knights. I am thinking that Don may not be the guy moving forward yet again. The Knights are slumping with no Lehner and since Jack has been in their lineup. The Leafs have goaltending woes but maybe their new Swedish kid has solved that. This team, even with the Rochester grads next season, will have a tough time pushing for a playoff spot. 

I admittedly didn’t watch the whole game, but I didn’t see a lack of effort.

As it stands now, the team simply doesn’t have the talent (developed) to make any kind of a playoff push for next season.

I really just thought they got overwhelmed by the Oilers offensive skill in a difficult setting.

[eman]

4 minutes ago, Curt said:

I admittedly didn’t watch the whole game, but I didn’t see a lack of effort.

As it stands now, the team simply doesn’t have the talent (developed) to make any kind of a playoff push for next season.

I really just thought they got overwhelmed by the Oilers offensive skill in a difficult setting.

I saw a sleepy hockey team out there that just wasn't ready to play at puck drop. (again) The Oilers, despite their talent just aren't that good of a hockey club and their goaltending stinks. They will be hard pressed to make the playoffs and if they do, they will be gone by the second round. Alex Tuch was invisible as were most of the Sabres last night. In fact, it was embarrassing and I'm worried as to what Calgary will do to them (Calgary is a good club with strong goaltending) Let's see if Donnie can at least get them to be competitive and "hard to play against" in this game. I seriously have my doubts.