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Believer

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  1. What I’m telling you is… the lineup on the ice comes out flat in 1st periods too often… and don’t get going until 3rd periods too often… It is an effort issue… It is a coaching issue… Has nothing to do with injuries… These players are paid professionals, most young… and none overworked recently… After last night’s humiliating effort… it is hard to believe Granato gave the team an optional skate today… Hard to believe Granato wasn’t compelled to get their attention the morning after…
  2. Team is young… is not overworked… yet plays weak in 1st period last several games… and not much better after a locker room break and coach’s messaging between periods 1-2… Only seem to come alive in 3rd when behind a couple or more goals… and trying to save face… This is on Granato and his staff… Where is the sense of urgency??…
  3. Why do we play so soft and passive in both ends??…
  4. You and I will disagree then… My read of those faces and hearing their words says it is genuine healthy chemistry between teammates… an essential attribute in a young team experiencing the mostly downs of an early rebuild…
  5. Love to see the grins and humor among this group… Good chemistry… Now if they can convert their off-ice camaraderie… to on-ice killer instinct…
  6. Cozens’s had a couple whiffs and a foul ball tonight at open nets…
  7. No excuse for the lack of energy and effort… unless our guys had to clean the snow off their cars and shovel their driveways to get the the game… 🤔
  8. Agree… Looks like Tuch has chemistry with Krebs… Gotta use them as long as Krebs sticks in Buffalo…
  9. Agree… Tuch tried to do too much himself last night… Entered the zone a few times and tried to split defenders only to lose the puck immediately …Like his aggressiveness … Just needs to build some experience with line mates…
  10. Worst power play effort… Two man advantage and still passing up shots with less than minute in the game… Pathetic… Embarrassing… Who was captaining the power play??..,
  11. Hmm… If Pegula sells the Sabres… and the new owner moves the Sabres to a new city… think Pegula will lose the goodwill and investment he’s bought himself in Buffalo over the years… Don’t see it happening myself…
  12. Whatever League Bonehead(s) made that call should be sent down to the AHL… for further development 🤬
  13. BN reports Mittlestadt had surgery on undisclosed upper body injury… Expected to return later in the season… ”Granato doesn’t know if Mittelstadt reinjured his previous problem. He said the latest injury is in the area of the first one.”
  14. It’s Granato’s job to motivate the players and to keep them from quitting… Both he and the players say the locker room is committed to playing better… Need to put several wins together as evidence to back up the words…
  15. Just read Granato’s post game comments in the BN… He is saying the right things… If the team is learning from their mistakes as he suggests, Granato must keep them focused on -Breaking out of their own zone; Attacking the offensive zone; Shooting and buzzing the net; Clearing the puck from their own zone when under pressure… It’s up to the Coach to get his team to be positive and focused… It’s up to the Coach to create motivation… Results will come if the team is learning from its mistakes…
  16. Fair enough… Watching was the wrong word… We did pick it up in the 3rd, but most of the period shot differential was on the PPs… We were badly outworked 5-5 the last half of the game as I saw it… Most of it was our weaker roster and dismal defense in our zone, but Granato can’t get them to play aggressive for 60 minutes… No excuses for that…
  17. The rest of the team was working in the 1st along with Dell… The rest of the team was watching in the last half of the game along with Dell…
  18. Tells the sorry story… Tells the sorry story tonight…
  19. Full team failure… Granato seems unable to teach these kids to play 60 minutes aggressively…
  20. Hard to pick on Dell for this disaster… It’s a team effort…
  21. Embarrassing… Wake up, Granato… Put a line together that wants to score…
  22. PK just terrible… All reactive…
  23. Dell is not good, but he kept us in the game early in the 1st… Dell is one part of a unit, and our defensive play in our zone is pathetic… Can’t even clear the puck let alone break out an offensive surge… Playing not to lose has led to losses all season… You’d think they’d learned that by now…
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