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They could not change players with all the stupid icings that they took in the 6 on 5. Ruff needed the timeout because he played the same guys for most of the 6 on 5. Tuch and Malenstyn and Dahlin played way too much and they were gassed. The Sabres played very good hockey for 56 minutes and 8 seconds. After that they fell apart. They played the entire 6v5 by trying not to lose. They set up a very passive box in an attempt to take away shooting lanes but they gave up lots of room for Colorado to move the puck unchallenged. In the 6v5 they had no puck possession, no puck pressure, no faceoff wins, no won puck battles on loose pucks, no D zone breakouts, almost no neutral zone time, nothing. They became the Washington Generals playing against the Globetrotters. Muel had time and space with the puck and he blindly iced the puck. He could have easily carried it into the neutral zone and/or took a better shot at the EN. It was right there and he choked They all choked, even the coaches They almost never had the puck after their 5th goal. I’ve never seen a team fold that badly.

The Sabres answered the Avs and scored with 3:52 left to build another two goal lead. They were fighting. As soon as they got the lead they changed to passive play.

They suck as constructed. They are not as skilled as they are sold to be. Not nearly as skilled as Colorado. Where was the skill? Quinn and Peterka ***** were stapled to the bench. Cozens? Power? They have nothing at center. Nothing. The top two centers have been moved to wing because they cannot play two way hockey against the opponents top two. Did they win a faceoff in the final 3:52? Kulich taking face-offs in crunch time? He was a winger in Rochester. Why was Zucker not granted more ice at the end when our forwards were losing puck battles and could not break out. Malenstyn and Tuch played too many ineffective late minutes. I can agree on not trusting Adams to make any moves.

Ahhh. The exhaustive coaching search that Adams conducted. But I sure can’t blame Lindy for all of the problems. This organization is poorly run. Men vs Boys

The point is no consolidation when they lost another winnable game to the same team. They had a two goal lead with 3:52 left and they lost. This point means nothing and the psychological damage is there.

He had a shot, he didn’t take it, he had no were to go and lost the puck. Pretty pathetic.

It happened again. They choked in almost the exact fashion. Wow. The led the entire game. Then they stopped attacking.

They lose faceoffs and they lay back and wait. No puck pressure at all. They laid back as soon as they got the 5th goal.

Of course it’s McKinnon. We lost too many faceoffs.

The faceoff should come out Muel

Ugh. We need to stop the passive protect mentality. Get to the neutral zone when the net is empty. From there you can score or at least ice it.

I want an ENG. Do NOT give these pricks another goal.

I called it. Zucker with a Hattie. Tage came up big.

Way too passive. They need some OZone time.

The Sabres play better when they are fighting for their lives. The last thing we need is them to be complacent and protect a lead. They need to grow up tonight. Fight and win.

Thank the refs for that one. They are spooked by the crowd. Colorado committing crimes and Sabres getting soft penalties.

Nice Cliffy. Take him off

Wow. The crowd has spooked the Zebras.

Huge make up call against Tuch. That was no hook. Benson punching OConner in the head. That was classic.

Wedgewood to Blackwood

This is crazy. Benson was knocked into the net

That didn’t take long. Men against boys right before our eyes.

They are not all kids. A bunch of these guys have played a lot of games. Colorado's core was very young when they won a cup.

The Sabres stopped playing. They are standing around way too much. I know the Avs are loaded but why are they so passive right now? Maybe the PK will give us 2 better minutes?

The Sabres stood around and did nothing for too long. Damm.