Weave

Fixed.

It isn’t different. As Thorny so aptly said, and bumped, the team won’t start winning until the expectation is to win, period. Until then,

Already? It’s been over a decade of this.

I’m out. Lol

PTR says you’re a bad fan. Won’t subsidize his season tix.

Working that option too. The alternative is a Friday night in Charlotte.

Trying to get a flight into Rochester tomorrow since Buffalo’s airport sure as hell won’t be open. Seats on flights to Roc have become quite scarce it seems……

The last 2 seasons I’ve wanted to take the Sabres age distribution and compare it to every playoff team from the previous season to show the point that yes, Ethel, we have too many kids, and not enough diversity on this roster to think we can contend for a playoff spot. We are too monolithic. Alas, I are lazy and haven’t made that post.

Casualty of tank warfare.

Posting it twice in one day. The longer a rebuild takes, the greater the chance that something goes wrong.

So….. being on the west coast was good today, eh? Seems I missed a mess judging by the post game reaction. Sigh…… too many kids. Not enough vets. Seems like that should have been obvious in training camp.

Lollygaggers

I’m on the west coast this week. May actually get a chance to watch if work doesn’t interfere too badly. Dumb ass. Its a home game.

I believe the playoff futility record is going to extend another year. I believe the longer it takes to rebuild, the more things can happen to scuttle it.

This is not wrong. We are a 2 man offense for the most part. Need the rest of the team to get a little dirty and make it happen.

I don’t want to know what my blood pressure was during the 4th quarter. I walked away before OT started because I was feeling genuinely stressed. It wasn’t just the game, but the game was sure not the relaxing Sunday I sorely needed.

I felt like Boston never believed they were in danger of losing this game. Although there were good stretches where we tilted the ice, it seemed like when they really needed to, Boston sent the next line onto the ice and removed the danger. And also when they needed to, Boston grabbed another gear and accomplished what they need to. The Sabres never relented, which is a good sign, but it still felt like men against boys when Boston decided it was time to stop farting around. Another sign that we are a clear step behind at least Boston level of competition. We’ll see how the next handful of games go. It should be at least 1 tier down from Boston. Loved that little 3rd period battle that Cozens was engaged in. I assume he took a slash to the wrist. And really made sure whatever happened was paid back. He put on a couple of doozy body checks the following shift.

What the hell did I just scroll through?

Faceoffs and imposing his will. He does those two and he’s Lindros without the cheapshots.

I’m not taking any blame. And I’m sure not gonna accept any guilt.

Thanksgiving. We’ll know what we really have around the last week in November. That will likely be enough sample size post-every team is feeling things out. There are some disappointing elements of our play that seem to be recurring frequently enough to resemble a pattern. Odd man rushes being the worst of them. Not responding to our key players getting hammered is another. Im not going to pull the eject lever until we see what happens when Mule returns and sends a AAAA D man back to Rochester. But the excessive odd man rushes were happening when Mule was in the lineup as well. Right now I am perceiving the issue as a fault in DGs system rather than a player growth issue. Im becoming disappointed in Granato. Part of player growth is getting them to adapt to what the other teams change on the ice. I am not getting the impression that DG is changing things system-wise to adapt to the opponent or personnel we have on the ice. I think that is a big mistake. We have enough players with 3+yrs as a pro that we should be able to expect them to handle adjustments based on personnel and opponents. I feel like DGs coaching balance is too far to the side leaning “make mistakes”, and not enough towards “its time to learn how to do what it takes to win”.

Mostly Wretched.

Is this the only thread you post in? 😀

A replay of that offside pass would have been nice. 😒