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Glad to see the advanced stats are matching the eye test lately. well, at least some of our eye tests. There sure were many people after game two ready to throw the baby out with the bath water. We played probably the top two teams for our first 6 games. And played well just bad puck luck. And this board is readable when they’re ignored 😉

This is where Eichel and Reinhart have been ruined. Girgensons started his career like Lazar is playing now, but he’s a shell of that player working through the losses. Eichel and Eeinhart just get fussy when they’re losing and don’t know how to channel that into better play, yet. Now with a real bottom 6 out scoring the top 6 in half the minutes, the pressure is on. Need to be patient this transformation won’t happen in a week. But we can already see the results and the underlying stats. Krueger last year didn’t have a bottom 6 other than the GLO black hole line (who didn’t score). This year Kevyn got him HIS guys (Eakin Rieder Sheahan) and look what’s happened.

Uninstall and reinstall these apps every season.

Haha Skinner trying to highlight reel that

His hands and passing don’t seem to be the best, but he sure has jump and physicality. All you can ask out of a vet 7D

D line or linebacker first. TE second. I move on from Edmunds and pay Milano Not that I think anything matters a whole lot unless Frazier AND Daboll are replaced

Taking populations who culturally come from either southern US or literally deserts, and economically behind the average, and comparing them to numbers of a very expensive obligate winter sport is pure silliness. Nobody talks about the over representation of minorities in basketball and football like it’s a bad thing. Having an absolute zero policy for language and racism is okay and necessary. But beyond that, what could you want? The price and availability of ice time is the true barrier. And minorities deserve that barrier to be lowered just as much as rural white folk in WV.

I like Rieder. Does everything Girgensons is supposed to have done for us the last half decade

Outplay them all game and still losing. The Sabres way Only underachievers this season in my book are Hall Eichel Reinhart and Staal. I wish they shook this line up fully. Okposo is slower than he was in camp. Sad. At least he brings an element to the game the team needs Cozens actually shoots and is rewarded. The rest of the hosers should take note.

Sabres first game against a lesser opponent. Hope they play up to their standard and not down to opposition

But making the read or not is what makes that position And our bad line makes his job harder and we put a lot of expectations on him Though the lack of anyone ever covering Kelce lies on Frazier alone- we’re just looking for a scape goat

Lost all respect for KC. Dirty team with the refs on their side. They call all those punches early on and it’s a different game Go Brady 🤢 Exciting season. Really disappointed with our coaches in the end.

That’s what would get a youth player banned for the season

Refreshing to see a Sabre start driving the net

I think Okposo is going to be a pleasant surprise.

Maybe he wanted him to have a good game before sitting so he didn’t end up mulling during his time off. It’s not like this wasn’t the plan all along. I’ll be glad to see Mittelstadt play too. Hopefully some of these guys can force us into hard decisions.

Cozens is playing well. He was obviously gassed during the training camp coming straight from world juniors. Glad we have the taxi squad to give him a quick break so we don’t ruin the horse so quickly

Grit isn’t necessary if they play fast. Sheahan and Rieder play fast. Girgensons and Okposo are our grit and they’re hurt. The problem is not the bottom 6 right now at all. The top6 isn’t getting their bounces. Neither is Skinner, despite endless chances he has had.

19yo draft would be better, now is the best time to do it

This team is only a goalie, right coaching staff, and the right vets away from contending. They have the talent which is the hardest part to ever acquire. We have goalies in the system. I like what Krueger is doing more than I dislike, just not Steve Smith who I think is a problem. I don’t think Staal is the right vet tho

My point is they have the talent and chances. Yes Jack can play better but it’s not like we ran around our own end all game with our heads cut off or never generated high quality shots. The bounces just didn’t go our way. Happens to the best teams too

They had tons of chances and couldn’t finish. That’s their only problem this game. Anything else is just. BS narrative I like our bottom 6. This team is missing Okposo too Reinhart stargazing repeatedly. Getting sick of him not playing to his potential like always when he plays with Jack Cozens is pleasant to watch. Hope he is top 6 after Okposo returns. Oloffson stepped it up big time Maybe we should just make Dahlin a forward

That’s what our eye test warriors have been saying

How can someone claim Buffalo hasn’t tried to fix the goaltending? The legitimate rumor sources all had us tied with Calgary, with Arizona, and with Vegas for a goalie trade. Sometimes the price is absurd

They dominated play and control of the puck all night. We are good at making goalies look good, and good goalies look elite. But when we got stuck into our third string goalie things fall apart. That would be for any team. I’m happy we’re running circles in the offensive zone struggling to score as opposed to circling in the defensive zone never getting puck control. It amazed me shift after shift they were able to maintain possession, where the same players in years prior would’ve given up immediately. Frustrating game to watch, but not depressing.