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And yet, when asked to, their receivers caught the ball (albeit pretty ugily ?) and ours didn’t. They were the difference in this game.

Brown is average at best.

That was not a lousy game by Allen. I'll say it again, our receivers SUCK!

Our receivers SUCK!!!

Why didn't McClappy challenge that PI call?! He's an idiot.

Our receivers suck! I don't know what else Josh can do.

It's nice to see sidelines not filled with camo.

What did I miss?

Yep. There’s another one today. Wow. 11 o’clock and no thread. I’ll probably watch.

He made plays I would have yelled at a total stranger playing a shinny game for making tonight.

Meh. I thought taking one of their better players out of the rest of the game far outweighed whatever we would have gained from the icing. I didn’t think the delay was a big deal. Bogo’s done. McCabe,... wuh? Casey was awful. I noticed Montour today, in a good way. I’m going to reserve judgement on him. Sheary’s useless. This is a recording. Joker with some gaffes today, but he still makes some nice plays, and he’s young. As far as The Who is our 2nd best forward thread goes, it’s a death match between Sam and Jeff. Today, Skinner took a bit of a lead. Did I mention that Casey was awful? Cuz Casey was awful. I’ll take a point for that game. It was fun.

Deslauriers just put an absolute beatdown on Gudas.

Of course he has. Whenever there is a guy, that guy scores against the Sabres. Always has.

It's been said many times here.

We really need good, big, fast, healthy, forwards who can actually score. Procrastination is probably the best motivator.

True. Counter challenge - your comment about me being attached to “the worst players the Sabres have to offer” is a direct result of Sobotka’s analytics. ?

According to your embryonic world of hockey analytics.? I’ll just say that we started losing when he entered the lineup this year. Hockey is more that just a spreadsheet.

Johansson, Sobotka, Skinner > Larsson, Sherry, Skinner. Montour underwhelms (not just on the scoring play, Randal). Bogo looks old. Johansson looks <100% Vesey has a place on my team. It's amazing and sad just how little emotion I had watching this game.

What penalty was Skinner looking for there? Nice.

Once again, Montour completely underwhelms.

Is Bogo a minus 3?

Cool. Doesn't really change my point, though. My eye tells me that often, those other defenders make the controlled exit only after Risto makes the physical play to separate the puck from the opposing player. I'm not disagreeing that he is not the greatest with the puck, but I like the fact that he often gets the puck. Oh, and I also love his yearly pasting of Ovechkin.

I’m going to need numbers compared to others. Just because you keep saying this, doesn’t make it true. And if we had forwards with size and skill who were able to collect the puck on the half wall it wouldn’t even be an issue anyway. The problems with the Sabres this decade has never been the D.

On another note, what the hell has happened to Jake McCabe lately. He looks like a hot mess. It seems like he needs the familiarity of the same partner to play well. He isn’t taking to the rotating partners very well.

I find it kinda funny how much you just don’t give Risto any credit for what he does well. Countless times a game, he is banging someone on the boards, gets the puck and either slides it to his partner behind the net or a forward takes it, because he has his man tied up, and they get credit for the ever so precious zone exit (do zone exits and entries even correlate to winning?). It’s why his numbers look so good when paired with a puck mover like Pilut (and why Pilut looks so good with a more physical guy like Risto.) Every player can be frustrating to watch as no one plays a perfect shift, ever. If you are only paying attention once he has the puck, yes, Risto is not the greatest passer, and he can be frustrating to watch at times, but he totally has a skill set that has value.