GDT: Buffalo Sabres @ Colorado Avalanche 01/02/25 9PM --MSG

[Billznut]

1 minute ago, Pimlach said:

It happened again.  They choked in almost the exact fashion.  Wow.  
 

The led the entire game.   Then they stopped attacking. 

After Bensons controversial goal, the fans and Avs got mad. The Sabres got timid and changed what they were doing.  All downhill from there. 

[rickshaw]

Lol

[HumanSlinky39]

Seriously, gut the management of this team at every level. Top to bottom failure this year. Again.

[Believer]

Stunning setback.

Exactly right, 

[Archie Lee]

Per NHL.com, we won 55% of face-offs. But, we lost the last 6-8 in a row. Face-offs matter when they matter. We won none when they mattered. 

[GoPuckYourself]

1 minute ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

Most people before the game "OMG, we're gonna get killllled!"

Sabres get a point on the road in Colorado - "we suck!!! wahhhh" lol, get real

Dude we need to go on a 30 game winning streak to get to 92 points and you try to spin this? 

[Bangarang]

1 minute ago, Kr632 said:

ESPN app says Sabres won. Comments here say otherwise. 

 

Can confirm we lost in typical Buffalo fashion 

[jad1]

1 minute ago, thewookie1 said:

We just can’t win or grow can we? 

[7+6=13]

3 minutes ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

Rob at the end "ugh"

It's the exact reaction we had.  

[JoeSchmoe]

I wasn't paying full attention but did I hear Ray say he's starting to hate this team?

[Gatorman0519]

1 minute ago, gomper said:

Is anyone really surprised? 

My son literally predicted we’d blow the lead. He even said Colorado would score about .45 seconds into overtime. I kid you not. 

[Bangarang]

Just now, Archie Lee said:

Per NHL.com, we won 55% of face-offs. But, we lost the last 6-8 in a row. Face-offs matter when they matter. We won none when they mattered. 

 

The difference in urgency is so obvious. Avs were pushing hard because they needed to. We sat back and tried to keep our heads above water. 

[HumanSlinky39]

Everything we were told Lindy would bring to this team has failed to materialize. Just sayin'.

[Pimlach]

1 minute ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

Most people before the game "OMG, we're gonna get killllled!"

Sabres get a point on the road in Colorado - "we suck!!! wahhhh" lol, get real

The point is no consolidation when they lost another winnable game to the same team.  They had a two goal lead with 3:52 left and they lost.  This point means nothing and the psychological damage is there.  

[LabattBlue]

lol 

[KC Scouts]

Thompson is a huge problem too, he's lazy 

[Big Guava]

It's going to really suck once football season ends and the Bills aren't there to ease the pain.

[Wyldnwoody44]

It's a bad feeling... I watched from the zucker 5-3 on... 

And I'm not even mad/upset... I gave it the old Duffer cackle. 

This is a problem 

[DarthEbriate]

It’s been that kind of… series (vs. Avs). Season. Decade. Ownership. 

[Gatorman0519]

We sit at the basement of the conference. In deserving fashion. Fire everyone. 

[Crusader1969]

Go A Point this time.  Progress lol

[Scottysabres]

Just now, HumanSlinky39 said:

Everything we were told Lindy would bring to this team has failed to materialize. Just sayin'.

Lindy isn’t the issue, it’s been 13 seasons in f the same *****, it’s the players. They suck.

[K012010]

4 minutes ago, thewookie1 said:

We just can’t win or grow can we? 

Our young players don’t have the tools to overcome this. Most of them come from winning programs and are used to at least some form of success. So they’re generally not hyper focused on mental toughness to such a degree that they would be prepared to come to a franchise that is stuck in a groundhogs day negative energy loop.

I said it earlier, the guys on this team are more comfortable when they’re losing. Comfortable doesn’t mean you’re happy with it, but they feel more comfortable in this state. I’m actually starting to think that the only way to turn this around to ever become a playoff team would be to have a team mostly full of veterans. You can bring the most talented Young players you want, but the energy is so bad here that you would need to be experienced and very mentally tough to handle this environment on a consistent basis. 

And I haven’t heard anyone in the organization mention putting a priority focus on sports psychology to any degree.

Edited Friday at 05:04 AM by K012010

[7+6=13]

That was rough. I saw the team skating off the ice and felt awful for them.

[Big Guava]

Just now, HumanSlinky39 said:

Everything we were told Lindy would bring to this team has failed to materialize. Just sayin'.

When you have multiple coaches that have succeeded in many other places but seem to have the same issue here eventually you have to look at the constants involved which are the players.