PromoTheRobot

Personally I'm pro-Raanta.

If there something about Canadians and the word "Vegas?" Both Ray and Andrew Peters say it "Vaggis," like haggis.

You're cooking them wrong.

And baby eatin'?

Folks always say "so-and-so has to make that save." But ignore all the tough saves that do get made. Funny how the one you let in is always the save that should have been made. I'm not defending Dell per se. He was gambling all night coming out way too far to challenge shooters because he didn't want to get beat on the first shot, but left many high-potential rebounds. But he made those "gotta have" saves in the first period against the Panthers while the Sabres defense were chasing their tails. Turns out that only postponed the inevitable. The truth is both goaltending and play in our own end stink.

Obviously. Anyone could do better.

Okay, if say so.

I ask because these games off won't allow the Sabres to bring anyone up (other than UPL) because of COVID?

No shutouts last year either. There were three in 2019-20. 10/25 2-0 win over Red Wings with Ullmark in net. Then two back to back by Hutton vs the Stars (4-0) 10/14 and the Kings (3-0) 10/17.

I was going to watch the replay Sunday since no Bills. Any details as to which team is having these COVID issues? Amerks or the teams we're playing?

"One of us...One of us..."

https://www.diebytheblade.com/2021/12/3/22815908/the-buffalo-sabres-new-core-on-the-block-nhl-hockey-tage-thompson-dylan-cozens

Maybe Anderson is getting ADR done like all the cool kids are.

So Toker and Subban with UPL in a pinch?

They'll make the playoffs this year. Here's how. Half the league will be out on Covid protocol just as we get Tuch in the lineup as well as Peterka, Quinn and Krebs on call-up. We go on a tear just as the NHL announces another 24-round playoff bubble. We get in on the final game.

From? 35 years old, currently a free agent. "Will you accept a $750K deal? Welcome to the Sabres!"

Who? Just about every pundit.

There's a lot to unpack here.

So Anderson is month-to-month?? What happened? There may well be another goalie deal coming.

Not like he missed any games.

How many years (or weeks) does Adams get to fix things? Everyone says they are patient but are they really? For a season with zero expectations there are sure a lot of them.

Which is what I've been saying. There's a tendency to look only at the end result and not the breakdowns leading to it.

Brian Gionta addresses this very topic on the latest After The Whistle. He thinks goaltending is less of an issue than what's happening in front of the goalie Go to the 22:35 mark: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/after-the-whistle-with-andrew-peters-craig-rivet/id1590573108?l=es

The goaltending could be better for sure, but most of our goals result when we get stuck in our end unable to break out. Then it's cycle-cycle-cycle-GOAL. Then I read comments like the Sabres are getting passive in games, not trying to score. The reality is other team are pressing us and we can't get out of our own ends.

But many of those goals stem from defensive breakdowns. If you don't acknowledge that then you can swap goalies every day and not improve.