PerreaultForever Posted Sunday at 06:55 PM Report Posted Sunday at 06:55 PM 7 hours ago, North Buffalo said: Yeh Bag skate em... seriously looks like energy level and they started to get cute again not dumping the puck in... Calgary always had effort getting guys back... thought Sabres let up a bit... not totally but enough to allow Flames to tie score.... good news Sabres werent out physicalled imo... but Sabres werent able to find another gear to out skate them after the first. Not wrong. I wouldn't go as far as a bag skate though. Just a serious video session. No direct finger pointing or naming but going over all the mistakes in detail. I think that's all it would take. They just need to learn the new standard is the standard. This is where veteran leadership would come in so maybe Ruff needs to chat with the captains privately first since they aren't likely to take that on without a nudge. 1 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted Sunday at 07:00 PM Report Posted Sunday at 07:00 PM 4 hours ago, JohnC said: A win is a freaking win! We won because our goalie was superb. How many times have we said that about the opposition's goalie after a loss when we outplayed the opposition? And there will be games where your players have heavy legs and seem like they are skating in mush, and surprisingly win a game on a fluke play when you get a fortuitous deflection off of someone's skate. The outcome in hockey games can be the result of flukish plays more so than in other sports. That's what makes it exciting and also exasperating. In general, were the Sabres outplayed yesterday? I would say yes, with the exception of the first 10 minutes where we dominated play. We came away with a win, where usually we don't. I take that as a good sign that this team has enough moxie to prevail when things aren't going fully our way. If you want to lament about it, that's fine. I look at this game as a fortunate win and be happy about it. I'm not "lamenting" or being unhappy about it. What I'm saying is if you want to build a new winning culture you have to set a standard and you have to play to it. So a win like this is still a win but the team has to be taught that that's not good enough. Sure, these games happen, even to really good teams, and that's where the coaching comes in so that it doesn't become a trend or easy to fall back into. Look, be happy, but if you really want to see change you need to keep working at that change and the standard has to be the standard. Quote
Flashsabre Posted Sunday at 07:25 PM Report Posted Sunday at 07:25 PM 23 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said: I'm not "lamenting" or being unhappy about it. What I'm saying is if you want to build a new winning culture you have to set a standard and you have to play to it. So a win like this is still a win but the team has to be taught that that's not good enough. Sure, these games happen, even to really good teams, and that's where the coaching comes in so that it doesn't become a trend or easy to fall back into. Look, be happy, but if you really want to see change you need to keep working at that change and the standard has to be the standard. I think with Ruff in charge they won’t be content with that win. I’ll be interested to see if he keeps the same lineup or switches a few players for Monday’s game. 1 Quote
sabresouth Posted Sunday at 07:51 PM Report Posted Sunday at 07:51 PM They aren't all pretty, take the win when you can get it. Play better next game 2 Quote
LGR4GM Posted Monday at 02:54 AM Report Posted Monday at 02:54 AM 9 hours ago, jad1 said: The Red Wings are a mess. They draft a lot of lower ceiling but high floor guys. Quote
inkman Posted Monday at 05:04 AM Report Posted Monday at 05:04 AM 2 hours ago, LGR4GM said: They draft a lot of lower ceiling but high floor guys. Don’t the sabres as well? Quote
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