darksabre

Okay, but it's not just about you. It's about the rest of the board commenters too, as well as everyone else out in the sports fan world. There are a lot of people who could benefit from understanding why their team is the way it is. So that's why we talk about the "why" of things.

The commentary in this thread is as predictable as the tides.

And give up that sweet sweet paycheck? Never! His stupidity basically prints money for them. He's a money tree for shady lawyers.

This is the trap that people keep falling in to that leads them to being super upset when the team gets blown out or struggles after a ten game win streak. A lot of us would prefer to try to understand what this team actually is so that we can react accordingly. It doesn't make the win any less enjoyable either.

I think if you go and look at the streak what you'll see is the Sabres converting on more of their opportunities from the slot than they are currently. They were just as inconsistent then as they are right now wrt generating shots from that area. Sometimes they get 10+, other games they get only a few. They've since fallen off on their scoring in that area. The question is why. My guess is Skinner couldn't sustain doing it all himself. He chipped in a lot of goals during that streak from in close. I think they're also hanging on to the puck too long when they get to the slot. I regularly see the first line guys getting totally mugged in the slot while they're trying to get a perfect look. I think you just gotta get the puck off the stick whenever you get there, regardless of whether you even have a look. Housley keeps preaching "simplicity" in his pregames and I think it's just something that more skilled players struggle with. They want to make the best play. Not the simplest play. But sometimes you gotta make it simple. Jack's OT winner last night was a perfect example. He just shot it. He didn't try to dangle more. He just shot it.

Thing about Baloo is at least he has some offensive talent. We're getting caved in defensively anyway so we might as well be playing the guy who has a better nose for the net.

Yup. We are consistently bad at getting shots on goal from the "dirty areas". We get there, but other teams are doing a good job of preventing any actual scoring opportunities. 3 of our 4 goals last night were basically luck, including Jack's OT winner which was shot from an angle where most goalies have the entire net covered. It was a true seeing-eye shot. Dahlin's goal was tipped by a Calgary player. McCabe's was nice but mostly the product of a good but rare screen. You need to be a little lucky to win games like this. And the Sabres had the luck last night.

If you look at the shot chart from last night vs the game against Edmonton, you can see that Calgary managed nearly as many opportunities from high danger areas as Edmonton did. We just got lucky that half of them didn't go in this time. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/201901160CGY.html#all_shotchart

The Sabres certainly played a much faster game last night. I thought they were first to the puck quite a bit which made a huge difference. I also thought they had much better luck than in previous games. I think Calgary hit the post like 4-5 times. They also got much better goaltending from Linus than they have been getting from Hutton (lately).

Ullmark deserves Friday against Vancouver. He's earned it.

My only complaint would have been the missed call on Pilut. They had a good effort tonight. And a little luck.

Glad to see Jack get one. He needed that. The team needed it. The fans needed it. ☘️

Why is PP1 so bad?!

Ullmark is a riot ?

That's BS

I thought that might have been tipped but nope! Good shot, great screen by Ok.

Ullmark has lucky posts tonight ☘️

Mmmm deflected by a Calgary player. Dat puck luck

Dahliiiinnnn

*wet fart noise*

I reiterate

It's important to note that Ullmark has been both good and lucky tonight so far.

Great vision and execution by Mittelstadt to spring Erod

I hate PP1 so much.

No way. By the time you have the pond shoveled you're too tired to play.