Believer

Team watching… Still can't finish…

Damn..,

Damn

Bravo, Ref…

He had plenty of time and space to make the save…

BS…

No partial credit… Let’s not jinx him… He deserves a shutout…

Dell… Big…

Hahaha… Good post… Thanks… Not sure Granato has any Hackman in him… but he sure likes to pass…

Can’t score goals if you don’t shoot… Can’t score on rebounds if you don’t shoot… Seen this tendency now for too many games…

22-6 SOG… Sabres continue to pass up open shots for a pass that fails… Confounding…

Skinner 1st Star… Dell 2nd Star… ??

Empty net goal… Come on, boys…

Finish…

Now finish it…

And really nice sniper…

Skinner!!..

Dell…

Now, can Granato send them back out for the kill… Energy and determination…

Dell takes the body… Leadership by example…

Come on, Skinner…

Bravo, Sabres… Solid 1st period…

About time we got a bounce…

Think Granato promotes this… but not in Ruff-like words… Granato is a development coach who spent the bulk of his coaching career with teenagers and young adults… not men… He is a nurturer… You hear it in his media messaging… Is it time for our youngsters to be treated like men… so they can act like men when challenged??… This is the NHL… not Juniors… It is new to most of his roster and to him as a Head Coach as well… Not suggesting Granato can’t be the long term solution in Buffalo… Just suggesting… like the kids… he needs to elevate his game, too…

The problem is consistent effort lately… especially early in games… Whatever messaging Granato is sending the team about their effort… isn’t getting through to the bulk of them… Granato needs to shake the bottle… to get their attention… Giving them an optional skate the day after a lopsided defeat??… Let’s give the Coach the benefit of the doubt… Maybe it was his test to see who showed up…