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This is the correct answer. Laval is the better team. When the Amerks can matchup lines with last change at home, we saw two one goal games. But the Amerks need some puck luck or an otherworldly goaltending performance to beat Laval. The talent gap is noticeable.

Well……Laval was the #1 team in the league…..so not a huge surprise.

Ryan Miller v2.0 has now given up 12 goals in the past 3 games. Neat.

For the forwards, maybe. But then again scoring isn’t the primary issue for this team is it? If the Sabres sign Bow, the average age of the D would be under 25, and younger if Clifton (only Dman over 30) is in the press box and Lindy plays Bryson or Johnson in his place. For context Carolina’s Blue line is 32.5. Florida is just over 30. Then at the goalie position, you could conceivably see a Levi /UPL tandem, again. Probably not too many teams with a combo that has an average age of 24.5. Moving Power or Byrum, and Mattias for veteran D could help. If Levi is going to be given a chance, we need a more reliable netminder to counterbalance his youth and inexperience.

Levi should have been better and this coaching staff should have been better. What is happening here??

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That got away from them. Do or die Friday. How did the locals treat you?

What an embarrassment. Coaching staff fixing nothing. What are we doing here?? Our coaching staff doesn’t seems to care. What are we doing here?

Oh I know. They built a team of pussies. They gonna get wet.

Defensive error allows another goal. 4-1 Laval has to win one more.

Well series over. Thanks for the great season Amerks.

And another.

Amerks getting absolutely pummeled physically. No calls. Just Amerks players cowering with delight. Sigh.

Laval answers

ROUSEK TIES IT!!!

Should have shot sooner in that short power play.

The sabres place in the standings was reflective of their overall roster, all 3 main positions Reflective of the talent, I mean. I still don’t think people are grasping the fact that final standings position is by far the greatest and most accurate commentary on the overall talent makeup of a roster, when we are talking about a free flowing end to end game where your best skater plays 25% of it, and all your players have to play both ways You are going more and more off track in your analysis the more you shrink the key changes variables needed, the more you hypothetically shrink down the “causes” of why we are bad to as small a territory as possible

Laval saved by a fast whistle.

Thumbs up to the short kings of the world. Glad your better half doesn’t mind looking down on you. 😀

It would take a creative and bold GM to accomplish your wish list. KA is our GM. He is cautious and not very imaginative with how he operates. What you are expecting is beyond his capacity. That's how I see it.

BPA

That's like asking someone if they like their mother and apple pie. Simple answer is yes. If you ask me, do I think that there is going to be dramatic change, my answer would be not likely. However, that doesn't mean that there can't be consequential changes if wisely done. I strongly believe that the most impactful move would be solidifying the goalie position. The next priority would be to rework the blueline, adding a couple of defensive players who better round out that imbalanced unit.

It looks like they put the sign up in the arena backwards.