sabresouth

In the NFL the top 12 highest paid players are all quarterbacks. In the NHL the highest paid goalie is number 10. Like quarterbacks goalie's can win or lose you more games and affect the play of the other players on his team, especially when letting in soft goals, than any other player on the team IMHO. If this is the case it would seem to me that the goalie should be your best player on the team. Not that he doesn't need good support players obviously you do. I remember when Miller was traded a lot of people thought good goalie's were over rated and not worth the extra money because of all the deflections and lucky bounces for goals, that any goalie would do just as well. I think we can see the value of of great goaltending. I would be willing to pay whatever it takes to get the best goalie possible. We've had at least two years or more to fix this position. As a poster noted somewhere on here earlier the cost to ownership for all the empty seats is way more than the cost of a top tier goalie. Not to mention the mental state of the team and the fact that we would be in the playoff hunt and everyone here would be looking forward to every game and enjoying it. It is just so aggravating to me that someone like myself who has no hockey experience other than the love of the game can see how easily things could be different.

I agree, I think a lot of Dahlia's problems are because he is trying to hard. Like Eichel feels he has to carry the team because he was a high draft pick

It's his job. I think given a couple of years any competent gm could have fixed this.

KA has had a couple of off-seasons and trade deadlines to fix the goalie problem. A simple fix for making the playoffs.

I would love that for a change. So that got me thinking. When was the last time the sabres pulled a shutout and who was in net? We haven't had one this season.

Well it could have been this year with a better than average goalie tandem. But everyone here knows that but apparently KA hasn't figured it out yet. So who knows.

Why does KA want to tank this year. There's no sense to it. We could easily be in the playoff hunt right now. This is going to do more damage than good. I've had it with KA. Like this trade today is going to change anything.

I just don't get it. With a good goalie we'd be better than five hundred by a little. With a great goalie we'd be well in on the playoff hunt. But no here we are all because of one position not being filled. It's not like this has snuck up on anybody. Some of us have been hollering fo a true number one goalie for a couple of years now. As much as I hate it, the only logical conclusion is that it's intentional. I hate it for the players because it won't be long before they give up on the season and that's not good for their development.

I don't understand it. Goaltending like the quarterback in football is the most important position in the game. The goaltender affects the outcome of more games (good or bad) than any other position. And yet people on here want nuts and we're upset when we got Lehner and Legwand for our 21st. pick in the first round. Now as it turned out Lehner wasn't good so it was justified. But my point is that why aren't we willing to pay more for a goaltender who could easily have this team running at .500 right now and we would be happy with the progress of this team. But no apparently we can't get a decent goaltender for what ever reason. KA has known this has been a position of need since he became gm. Unfortunately I can only conclude that this is intentional. I agree 100% with pi about players not being able to play how they need to when they don't trust their goalie. This season could have been a good season for us. But no one position sucks and here we are.

Our sons is a manual as well. Definitely helped with his speeding problem. Hasn't gotten a ticket since he's had it. Couple of years now.

Our son drives a fiat. He likes his a lot. Good gas mileage.

Let's go bran.... Oh wait wrong thread. LET'S GO SABRES!!!

Actually his is the truck up on the lift🤣

I think we should pull one forward out and play tokarski and dell..... At the same time😎

Goaltending, Goaltending, Goaltending.... We are in our seventh season since Miller was traded. We haven't had a true number one goalie since then. That's on management. KA has been derelict on this.

I hate playing for the tie. I hate it in any sport. PLAY TO WIN!!! period. We've been doing this for more than just this year. Play to win, if you lose at least you tried and I can live with that. This is just bad.

I'll be taking a nap in my recliner before the game and hope to then be able to stay conscious for the rest of the game. Hopefully it will be a good game for the good guys, that will help

I'm 53, I start dozing in my recliner around 8:30😁

Born in Ithaca NY. Lived in Tonawanda as a young boy for a few years in the mid 70s. Loved sabres ever since. My brother loves the bills. We moved to southwest Arkansas in the mid 70s. (My mom's side of the family) Been here ever since. Lost track of hockey in general until satellite came along. Buy the hockey package every year and watch every sabres game for the last 20 years or so. Been to a couple of sabres games in Dallas. Me and my wife visited family in Ithaca a couple years ago and went to a couple of home games. Really enjoyed that.

Well well well... Amazing what good goaltending will do for a team. If the bolts had gone into the third with three goals we probably lose this game. I really hope our goaltending can keep this up through the rest of the season. Great job so far.

Aaaamazzzing what good goaltending will do for the team. Last year our opponent had four goals on us by the middle of the third period and our team had already given up.

No telling how many games we might win when we can keep the opposition to 2 goals a game.

Yeah..... Not sure about Linus as the number one starter going forward with all these injury's. It wouldn't be so bad if we had a competent backup.

I hope this puts an end to the Tokarski is a good backup. Mitts, Tage, and Dahlin will be fun to watch next year. Much improved.

I think if Granato can keep this team on a playoff pace for the rest of the season I'm fine with him being the head coach.