Odd man rushes

[inkman]

Laughable

 

Blow this team up already.  

[SDS]

22 minutes ago, inkman said:

Laughable

 

Blow this team up already.  

Looking at that list, I don’t think I see any meaningful correlation there.

[mjd1001]

Honestly, this doesn't bother me that much. I think last year the team gave up a lot of odd man rushes but they had a lot. This year, They're giving up more than they get, but I think that might be due to injuries in a lot of new people in the lineup. It's not good, but it doesn't bother me.

The bigger issue to me is how they play when the opposing team has possession in the Sabres zone. The Sabres d-men as a unit are OK in the defensive zone....but the forwards are just awful. When other teams play the Sabres they get so many more easy goals than the Sabres get, while Buffalo seemingly has to work to find open areas more.

I'm okay with giving up more odd man rushes if it means you get more odd man rushes. That's exciting hockey to watch. This team needs their 12 forwards to become much much better at helping out their defense in the own zone.

[Marvin]

They have not learnt defencive awareness yet and this where it is the most obvious.  I am hoping that, with more practice, that this will improve as the season wears on.

[inkman]

10 minutes ago, Marvin said:

…learnt defencive…

[Taro T]

24 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Honestly, this doesn't bother me that much. I think last year the team gave up a lot of odd man rushes but they had a lot. This year, They're giving up more than they get, but I think that might be due to injuries in a lot of new people in the lineup. It's not good, but it doesn't bother me.

The bigger issue to me is how they play when the opposing team has possession in the Sabres zone. The Sabres d-men as a unit are OK in the defensive zone....but the forwards are just awful. When other teams play the Sabres they get so many more easy goals than the Sabres get, while Buffalo seemingly has to work to find open areas more.

I'm okay with giving up more odd man rushes if it means you get more odd man rushes. That's exciting hockey to watch. This team needs their 12 forwards to become much much better at helping out their defense in the own zone.

Not just odd man rushes, but in the AZ game (and really most others) they made it REALLY easy for the other team to break out of their own zone.  They did a very good job early in the game to limit shots from those rushes, but it was too easy to get out of their own zone.

Need to improve that, among other defensive shortcomings.

[Doohicksie]

While the Sabres may not get that many odd man rushes, they do get their fair share of fast break rushes (like the one that resulted in Okposo's goal against AZ.  Really all the Sabres' Dmen are pretty astute in making long (across both blue lines) breakout passes.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

35 minutes ago, inkman said:

He speaks the King's English like we do here in Canada.  It's more proper and more goodly.

[Marvin]

39 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

He speaks the King's English like we do here in Canada.  It's more proper and more goodly.

I thank thee for the support.  I doth speaketh the King's English bigly goodly.

[French Collection]

2 hours ago, inkman said:

He looks like an odd man rush.

[Marvin]

29 minutes ago, French Collection said:

He looks like an odd man rush.

I have been told that I am an odd man.  My wife will attest to that.  Does that count?

[shrader]

On 12/5/2023 at 7:22 PM, SDS said:

Looking at that list, I don’t think I see any meaningful correlation there.

I’d love to see a breakdown by the type of odd man rush. Yeah, a 3 on 2 isn’t ideal, but I’ll take them over a 3 on 1 or a clear breakaway. 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

I can't be the only one that first read the thread title as 'Old man rushes'.

First on my fill in the blank list would be 'to the bathroom'.

[shrader]

45 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

I can't be the only one that first read the thread title as 'Old man rushes'.

First on my fill in the blank list would be 'to the bathroom'.

It can’t be. Pittsburgh would be at the top of the list for old man rushes for, not against.