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The Sabres were fortunate to squeak out a point with the loser point. A number of our players were out due to injuries, most notably Benson and Zucker. I was really impressed with Utah. They are fast but also play an unrelenting hard game. Both goalies shined in this game. Lyon is solidifying a claim to be our #1 goalie. Anyone who is a nonpartisan fan and watched this game would have concluded that last night Utah was the better team. On the other hand, recognizing that Buffalo was shorthanded in this I’m more upbeat than downbeat with the home team.

I’m not certain. Tuch was picked…gently, legally, but he was picked. I’m sure there are scenarios in 3 on 3 where defenders switch coverage. This looks to me like a spot for a switch. Who was Quinn covering? Also, why is Quinn trying to hold the centre of the ice when the only player to his right is Dahlin? And, most importantly here, Quinn didn’t hold the centre of the ice, rather he completely relinquished the centre of the ice to Keller. In short, Quinn looked lost. Anyway, it’s overtime 3 on 3 and the whole point is for somebody to make a play. I don’t want to beat up on Quinn anymore than on Dahlin and Thompson for the Boston loss or UPL for the Toronto loss. The real frustrating part of the OT struggles is that it seemed 3 seasons ago that we had a bench full of guys who thrived in that situation and could make plays like Keller did. It seemed we used to play OT fearlessly and now it seems we are thinking a bit too much. It’s kind of the Sabres’ story: we can’t put it all together. Score a lot and we can’t keep it out of our net; get good goaltending, but then we can’t score. We couldn’t drag enough games to OT, and now that we are we can’t win them.

They had chances all game. Not a game to be too frustrated about. Focus on the stars who aren’t showing up

They lost Dobson but added Matthew Schaefer. The Sabres need to move on from Power sooner rather than later. He's never going to play the more assertive style needed to be a top nhl player.

Yea, I've seen the play again. It's Tuchs guy and Quinn is trying to maintain his spot in the center after Tuch over pursues. Greenway needs to be taken off the top line. He can't handle it.

I assume if Appert coaches the pp, he coaches OT.

A bit more compete... better goaltending.... Will it matter let's see...

1) They are 2 points from being 3rd in the division 2) They were missing Kulich, Zucker, Benson and Norris plus Kesselring and Greenway just came back from IR, plus they have the most missed man games in the league so far this year. 3) They just played one of the hottest teams in the NHL 4) Can we please stop all this biotching about this years team until December, they appear to be a faster more physical team so far and their GT is holding up 5) With the exception of the first 3 games, they are fun to watch as frustrating as the OT losses are, it's to the point where I don't want to read the GDT's unless they win. And before I forget it was Tuch who was blown up by Keller in OT, Quinn was left in no man's land on that play.

Oh boy, guy can’t retire. Can’t be good

Bingo!!!

You can say "bottom line" all you want but you are blatantly wrong. I already acknowledged Tuch missed his man, that doesn't pardon Quinn for his play. He was in position and another player would have moved up and used his body. Quinn just tried a feeble stick check and got walked past. Look, it's a TEAM game with interconnected responsibility. If there was a breakaway and you were across the ice you don't say "Oh, not my man, I can go to the bench" you hustle across the ice in desperation and try to cover for the guy who missed his check. This wasn't a breakaway but I hope that illustrates the point for you with a blatantly obvious example. So it's fair to say if Tuch gets his man Quinn doesn't have to make the play but it's not fair to say it's not also Quinn's fault. They aren't desperate enough and aggressive enough in OT. They love open ice and think they can just take turns at possession and make nice plays. They need to use their speed and attack the other team's puck carriers more. Create puck battles and then win them.

These overtime losses suck. They have to figure out how to be better there - and fast! Still, with all the injuries we have (Canes might be the only team comparable to us) , I take every point we can. Just keep fighting to stay close to the wild card spot, wins will come!

Red Wings, Panthers and Lightning all lose in regulation to help us out tonight.

At some point you just have to go for it Look at the Eagles. This year and last way more aggressive

Quinn has a responsibility of his man. He gets caught flat footed as he first moves towards his man before realizing Tuch got beat bottom line. That was Tuchs responsibility. he should get called out, just like anyone else on this team

You might want to put this narrative forward and it might be Tuch's man, but go ahead and explain what Quinn is doing there. If he steps up and plays the body the play doesn't happen but since he's soft, he waives his stick and does nothing. When a player loses his man (like Tuch did) it's incumbent on the next guy to step into that gap and take him. Quinn was right there.

Rewatch. That's 100% on Tuch.

You were correct here. Sabres being the physical team was a new thing in this era. Aside from the OT, this is not the same Sabres team as last year. Much much better. The OT, well, that looked like the same old Sabres. Quinn just waiving his stick in the guy's direction and letting him go right to the net. You just have to play the man and the body there. But lots of things to like in the game as a whole. The Swedish kids have some chemistry too. Quinn is the weakest link.

The OT winner has nothing to do with Quinn. It’s Tuch’s assignment and he gets beat to the inside. That’s the breakdown. Period. Also worth remembering: Tuch had an uncontested shot from the slot and didn’t score Tuch had a wide-open 3-on-1 and missed the net completely But everyone’s dumping on Quinn and Power because it fits the narrative.

What is Tuch, Thompson and Greenway doing? I thought he was the Sabres goalie. He was up with the Sabres at one time

I don't know why people are upset about this result. Utah is the better hockey team and the Sabres have no idea how to win in the NHL.

I get it. Levi is 6 ft, most NHL goalies are 6’ 3+. UPL is 6’5”. Levi has to depend on quickness.

We are the second youngest team in the NHL. After we breakout of our playoff slump this season, expect the Sabres to contend for the Cup for several years given our depth of talent on the roster and in the pipeline. Not even Adams can ball it up. Hoping Levi can lead the Amerks to a Calder Cup and bring that experience with him when he is the Sabres goalie. Lot of assumptions, I know. Just how I see it.

Just quickly scrolled through the game on replay My simple analysis is : Our guy Tuch missed a wide open net their guy Schmaltz buried his chance with the open net I do like Tuch but really really wished he could be a slight more accurate on his shots. Too many glorious opportunities where he completely misses the net Not too disappointed overall with the game Good bounce back by Lyon from his last start need to beat the Blues on Thursday

No matter how much he percolates at the AHL level it’s never going to bridge the skill level gap to the NHL because he isn’t going to grow in size - and that’s the differentiating factor where Levi is concerned it’s not that most goalies don’t make mistakes in their positioning, it’s that their sizes bails them out more often than not. Levi doesn’t get the benefit of that and AHL shooters don’t have the ability to expose it