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Asplund is stone hands 2.0 isn’t he

Sabres beating themselves this game

What a dumb game to be losing

Down cause our 7D is playing top pairing Forwards holding their sticks too tight. Nobody on Tuch/Peterka line wants to shoot. Get it together

White pants wut With the Jersey flare you’d think the pants would be yellow

Arrrrr TNT

Well that too. Gonna be high scoring, let me guess another Comrie game

Hines a great interview. Teammates keep saying ‘fast’. Colts fans I’ve talked to are all pissed. Might be what we need

I think if they’re going to make these lines work they need to swap Peterka and Quinn. That third line gonna get caved. pens talent gonna ear up our defense. How long until they’re healthy 😞

Hines is an upgrade there tho. Shakir is slow

KA isn’t going to find shutdown defenseman this time of year. If anyone needs to make adjustments it’s the coach. He’s chosen to not play his best defensive forwards during these injuries. That’s about as much as we can assess without being in the room

Only last game or two

At the seasons end if we ended up two points out of the playoffs, we already have evidence to point back to games where we had defense injuries (out of coaches control) but then also decided to bench Asplund. I know Granato is setting himself up with management to be blameless in that situation, but will the players themselves think of it that way? Or will he lose the team over the summer because none of his arbitrary were learning nonsense matters as they’re sitting on their couch watching the playoffs.

His reasoning makes sense. I just disagree with the growth mindset insistence if the team is ready to bud. Granato can always point to guys that need this approach any year no matter what - so when does he flip the switch? Does he actually know how to when that day comes?

Best part about Hines might be he reduces the amount of touches McKenzie gets, on punt returns, slot routes, etc. McKenzie is a fun person but man is he an unreliable mess on the field sometimes.

Yeah that’s just human nature, you can’t micromanage players of a fluid game. And the Xs and Os can be filled in by the right assistant coaches. But there’s nothing I’ve seen him do yet that’s going to get the team to win a 7 game series unless the team completely out matches their opponents. That’s what I’m looking for as the team is clearly on the path to playoff worthy.

Oooh glad we got rid of Moss. Guy never could find an opening. Hope Hines can fill that elusive catching back it’s clear Beane has been hellbent on acquiring. Wasn’t so eager as the media to find a new back but this cost us nothing. Marlowe is at least some insurance, hope that doesn’t relate to Poyers reinjured elbow. Wish there was more for the Oline, but they just don’t exist in surplus. Looks like Miami is going all in. Interesting they aren’t a little more patient.

He’s a risk player. He doesn’t do things conservatively and out hustle/muscle like Asplund. He outsmarts- except he’s two years away from outsmarting NHL players. Then there’s two trains of thought- he can learn to do that playing 4th line minutes trying to turn him into a player he’s not, or he can learn to dominate further against AHL talent until he gets over the cliff of being a positive impact player. Shoving a square peg through a round hole 8 minutes a night with grinders isn’t how a skill/smarts player develops. That’s what I mean by a JAG, he is one today - his pros don’t outweigh his cons yet. There’s no slight in this assessment yet whether he can get there or not, but that’s what people keep responding to defend him as and getting all childish and school yard bullying with ignore nonsense instead of dealing with a sincere opposing opinion. I happen to be in the send him to the AHL camp, there’s other JAGs who can take that role for now. Obviously Granato is in this permanent development mode, putting youth development in front of winning. It’s early in the season but when we’re finally in the playoff hunt can he transition to a winning coach or does he not actually know how to be one? Yet to see it. Either way this was a good game, Detroit looked awful. This is what this team is capable of doing when other defenses don’t get physical with them. The Sabres can’t be taken for granted. I’ll be curious to see how many backup goaltenders we start getting this year versus the previous years.

It’s one thing to say it like this, but that doesn’t absolve the front line getting bullied. First time I’ve ever seen that with Philips out there

His dipsie doos is a mental thing. Confidence. Took him a little to get it back. Thing about that reach of his you can’t just shut it down.

It’s a good use for him. Sad he needs defensive staples just to be a JAG but he has 2 years of development needed still

Been a steady optimistic with this for ten years. Was always optimistic about Tage since day 1 despite literally being banned on message boards for holding the contrary opinion. Funny how not bring an emotionally driven ***** comes off as being miserable? Anyone who stayed awake for the second half of the Packers game has cause for concern, Josh got hit and regressed four years for two periods and it was ugly and concerning.

It was a one goal game until their goalie imploded. They were outplaying but let it get close

I’m happy? They still let 3 stinkers in against a bad team

Quick game. Detroit looked awful, no defense, goalie looked exhausted by the end. Sabres still struggling on defense without physicality. Power still doing stupid stuff. Krebs still a turnover king. Didn’t matter with Tage coming out of his cage. Next up is Mittelstadt with a bunch of ringers off the post. Passes on offense are looking better and if teams don’t get physical with the Sabres you see shellackings like this.