K-9 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: Is tomorrow's game also being televised on NBC sports network? NHL Metwork and MSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, K-9 said: NHL Metwork and MSG Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) Refs doing everything they can to deny us this game. Thank goodness Toronto overturned that egregious “no goal” call. What the flying F are these refs looking at? That said, we are definitely regressing back to our mean over the last half dozen games or so. To put it mildly, we are offensively challenged and, like last year, if our top line isn’t driving possession and scoring, we have little to no chance. And that little Russian douche Kucherov should be suspended for that cheap shot on Sobotka. The more I look at it, the more dirty it is. Shades of Marchand. Edited November 8, 2019 by K-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, K-9 said: Refs doing everything they can to deny us this game. Thank goodness Toronto overturned that egregious “no goal” call. What the flying F are these refs looking at? That said, we are definitely regressing back to our mean over the last half dozen games or so. To put it mildly, we are offensively challenged and, like last year, if our top line isn’t driving possession and scoring, we have little to no chance. And that little Russian douche Kucherov should be suspended for that cheap shot on Sobotka. The more I look at it, the more dirty it is. Shades of Marchand. it does seem like they came in with some preconceived notion of who the better team is. Good to see the fellas after almost two week absence for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 ***** pathetic final 3 minutes. No sense of urgency, pass pass pass pass pass. Shoot the ***** puck!!! Let them hang out for 20 seconds behind their net with no Sabres even in their zone. This team is frustrating to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Loss #4 in a row. Falling back down to earth here. Lack of talent/depth already catching up to them? They have to get a win tomorrow and break this losing streak before things start to snowball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 8 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: Loss #4 in a row. Falling back down to earth here. Lack of talent/depth already catching up to them? They have to get a win tomorrow and break this losing streak before things start to snowball. I’d say things are snowballing already. PHam just said 6 goals in 9 games. Anemic. That simply won’t win games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Noticed all the Bolts fans. I thought the Sabres were the local favorite with all our Swedish players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 (edited) I think it may be time for a blockbuster trade. I’m not so sure our “star” players have what it from the inside out to build a winning hockey club. This team is leaderless. A Michael Peca type is sorely needed. A couple three Michael Peca types are sorely needed. Edited November 8, 2019 by Binghamton Beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, BillsFan4 said: Loss #4 in a row. Falling back down to earth here. Lack of talent/depth already catching up to them? They have to get a win tomorrow and break this losing streak before things start to snowball. What's happening is that the Sabres are being exposed for their lack of scoring throughout their lines. The Mittelstadt line is impotent and the Larsson line fulfills its important role as a checking line but isn't contributing enough goals. Other than the Jack line I don't see where the scoring is going to come from. Reinhart scored twice because he was in front of the net for a tip in and he shot and scored from the outside when there was some good screening net presence. But that is more of an exception than a consistent occurrence. The Tampa roster is filled with scorers. Our roster is thinly staffed with scorers. Will a deal or two make a major difference for us? Unless Risto is dangled in a major deal I don't see this rostered being meaningfully altered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Binghamton Beast said: I think it may be time for a blockbuster trade. I’m not so sure our “star” players have what it from the inside out to build a winning hockey club. This team is leaderless. A Michael Peca type is sorely needed. A couple three Michael Peca types are sorely needed. I agree with this 100 % The Sabres need leadership... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Figster said: I agree with this 100 % The Sabres need leadership... There are more than enough leaders and character guys in the locker room. I don't see that as an issue. The primary source of their struggles has to do with the fact that they don't have enough goal scorers spread out throughout the roster. Or another way of describing our major flaw is that there isn't enough scoring talent. As I see it for the most part the effort exists in most of the games. That's not the crux of the problem. Even when players have opportunities to score too frequently the players on the ice can't convert their golden opportunities. This roster is more talented than last year's roster. It's still not good enough to be a top tier contending team. I do believe that we have enough talent to be a fringe playoff team and maybe eek out a playoff position. However, that is not a guarantee. What's the solution? Add more scoring talent. But in order to address that issue through a trade you have to give up something very valuable. There is no simple or easy solution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 5 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Noticed all the Bolts fans. I thought the Sabres were the local favorite with all our Swedish players? Brian Kozial was there and him, along with Schopp and the Bulldog, surmised that Hedman made them Bolts fans first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Finally saw the game; another weak effort from the Sabres. The complete lack of a response to the cheap shot was highly disappointing, but this roster is almost entirely devoid of players with any kind of edge to their game. By my count the number is one: Risto. We are incredibly soft. The team is starting to revert to last year's form and there just wasn't enough substantive change in the off-season for that to be surprising. We'll drift out of the top 8 in the conference soon. How far we fall remains to be seen. It will be interesting to see what the next month looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Botts' sense of urgency starting to reap it's predictable dividends. On a positive note I hear he cut three strokes off his handicap this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 here we go....5 in a row and 5 days off to think about it...then 10 in 17...guess its time to start following these handles https://twitter.com/SabresProspects?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author https://twitter.com/Prospects_Watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Bills gotta win tomorrow or this will have been one of the worst Buffalo sports weekends in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Just now, K-9 said: Bills gotta win tomorrow or this will have been one of the worst Buffalo sports weekends in a while. And, you're probably not even a Bonnies fan ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 54 minutes ago, bbb said: And, you're probably not even a Bonnies fan ? Love the Bonnies. Have since the Bob Lanier, Bill Butler days. I still haven’t forgiven Chris Ford! That said, I like all the Little 3/Big 4 teams and root for them. When it’s head to head, I gotta go with my Golden Griffins, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 This is a WGR link of Ralph Krueger's post game comments. It is a five minute segment. https://wgr550.radio.com/media/audio-channel/ralph-krueger-post-gamehttps: The below link is WGR's Paul Hamilton write up of the game. It stated the obvious critical observations about the game. https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/sabres-leave-sweden-no-points 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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