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He's looked really good so far. He is fun to watch if you can overlook the Leafs jersey.

It helps to have line mates that support puck possession. But Olofsson isn't the main problem with Cozens. Bad passes, both in the D & O zones, panicking with the puck under pressure, not moving the legs to create or get to open ice. Cozens looks legit terrible. Same with all of line 1. That's a lot of money tied up in those players that aren't showing up to give it 100% every game. Both the Islanders and the Rangers came to play, most of the Sabres roster did not. I remember some on here poking at my comment on the off-season building good habits. Well, it's abundantly clear now why I stated that, and it's on display for all to see.IMHO. shouldn't be waiting for the regular season, that should be pushed all off seadon. That is on the coaching staff as well as the players, imho.

But but but....he's a top 4 D 🤣

Well, they better figure this out pretty quick. They played well enough to win this game, but many players are riding coattails here. Cozens, Skinner, Tage, Tuch, and a couple D men are just not good enough. There's a lot of our cap tied up in a few of those names. If they can't contribute, what are they doing here? Figure it out.

They're paid to score, so...yea

Well, a couple of things are clear here. The 1st and 2nd lines need to show up and Granato needs to have his challenge making ability taken away.

Benson got an assistant on that I think.

Nice!

Nice!

Ahhh come on wook, the humor with the complaints are more entertaining then the games so far 😀

Meh, about the same as last season I guess. They did play a decent period. Not up to what they are capable of imo, but decent. Sometimes bad things happen.

Pegula put his money on the logo, not the stripes this year 🤣

No worries, in the next Granato interview he'll tell us how the team is upbeat, haven't lost their confidence. 🤣

They'll wake up, some where around game 15 to 20.

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times (and probably have 🤣), Pesce

Looks like tonight is the "let's screw Clifton" night lol

Oh hey, a game day. Nice. Maybe someone has told them the season started. Go Sabres!

For the most part I thought those that chimed in here during the game gave good feedback on what they were seeing. Outside of a couple of posters throwing freshly squeezed swimmers at one another, it was a good read on what we see in the team (if you 2 can clean up the floor now, before someone slips and gets hurt, that'd be great). On to the next, let's see if they respond.

Yep. 81 games to go, buy we saw spurts of this last season to. Was kind of hoping they learned their lesson after falling 2 pts shy, guess not.

Wow, just wow.

The Rangers own the Sabres tonight. Smothering them. They are playing with more aggression. They have hemmed Buffalo in their own end for long stretches of the game. Buffalo has bo answer. Even when they get the puck, they panic or are immediately overwhelmed. The coaching staff is in large part responsible for countering the Rangers style of play, they haven't. I hope they figure it out as the season progresses.

They've spent a majority of the game in their own end, passes are a part of the issue for sure. But I'm noticing no urgency in puck battles and an inability to control some play for longer than 8 to 10 seconds. Not saying it's a season long problem in the opener, but it's definitely a clear sign of being unprepared to play tonight, the season opener, at home no less.

Yelp, that will about seal the deal. I question whether or not they'll even score a goal tonight. They've spent forever in their own end.

Buffalo spending way to much tome in their own zone. Where is the offense?