Night Train

The thread starter showed the lack of scoring as the #1 issue this year. Too many regressions from last season all over the roster. Bad power play.Opponents have scored 8 shorthanded goals against Buffalo, tied for most in the NHL. Poor puck handling. D play still needs a lot of work. Not a physical team. Giveaways are all too common. The only real improvement to me is UPL. 46 games and only 44 points means another year of watching other teams in the playoffs.

I don't think Pegula will make changes to GM or HC. . He just extended the McBean team this past year. Talking about it isn't wrong but it seems like a waste of time with no possibility , at present. So call better plays. Get better players.

Disappointing. I cannot say frustrated since my thinking entering the game was the Defense was too banged up to stop #15. Yet to keep it close and lose yet another close game is something Bills fans have seen far too often. Late game hope and then defeat. Happy they rallied at the end of the year after so many bad losses but the gas tank ran dry. I get they beat KC earlier but to me, that was more of KC playing poorly. They converted their opportunities Sunday, unlike earlier. The Bills did not with such a small margin for error. Drops, ST play and suspect play calling did them in. Too many low percentage play calls. Allen needs more skill players around him. Kincaid and Shakir are a good start but they need more players that can secure the ball when Allen delivers it. Diggs didn't play up to his contract in the last month. UFA Davis and his suspect hands are gone. Backups did nothing. Cook ran well but catching the ball and ball security needs improvement. Beane has to perform some cap magic with several bloated contracts on the books... but may be unable to. I believe they are stuck with most of them for another year. They went for it and failed. So the draft and some better coaching may be the only solution. We'll see how the roster looks come summer. I saw them win the AFL title twice as a kid. As I get closer to the graveyard, my time to see another deep run and a possible title looks dim. Much like the Sabres who won nothing but I saw the Bisons win AHL titles. Thankfully, my memory is still intact. Not watching any sports channels today. Blathering on about failure isn't my bag. Don't wish to hear any hot (dumb) takes. I'll watch some of the college all-star games and practices next week. Watch the draft in April. Hope for the best. Hope is all we got.

So much for the patting of ones back.

I got a good amount of snow North of Buffalo and it was less than basically all the surrounding areas. Spent a while this morning plowing the property but it wasn't a strain at all. Humble tip of the hat to my fellow WNY neighbors that had it FAR worse than me. Some of that film on the news is crazy when showing the snow amounts.

Thanks for scoring some great goals. All the best to him.

I now expect shutouts to be the norm. Nothing less will suffice !

Now play not to lose.

Held them to zero. Good job, guys !

Missing the net constantly. Practice on a soccer net for confidence. Sigh...

Rob Ray pointing out the good looking PP we just had. What ?

Hey ! There's a game tonight ! We might win !

Weather for Sunday's game says clear and 23 degrees F. Areas around WNY today are getting clobbered again. Most everything is closed. Might be the same thing tomorrow with clearing Friday.

I thought he'd never work out. Big surprise.

ESPN is silly. This morning, every coach that lost this weekend may/should be fired. Winning teams get 10 minutes out of the hour. Failures get 50 minutes. Blow it up ! Start over ! Look at us yell !

The obstacle now is injuries before they even take the field next Sunday. The D is getting crushed. It is what it is and Allen will have to be Superman until the end of this season. No choice.

Shakir with a monster play. Wow !

Holy hell. Allen is so freakin' talented..Just wow..

Now it's snow up North of Buffalo on top of me. maybe 3-4 inches predicted. Game starting soon and they are clear.

Wow. Didn't see Texas ever getting that cold.

Sabres receive Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon...for G Tom Barrasso. Ugh.. Barrasso goes on to win 2 cups for Pittsburgh.

Locals news at Stadium this morning saying there is roughly 3 feet of snow in that area. Many parking lots aren't plowed. A logistics issue for parking today. Plus many seats still buried in snow. Clean off or stand. Freezing outside. Temp around 18 degrees with some wind. -2 Windchill. North of Buffalo (Tonawanda), I barely got touched. My first snow of the year and it took just a few minutes to clear off the snow from the cars. Not the heavy wet stuff at all. Cleanup was 10 minutes. Seems like we got the least amount of troublesome weather. Some ice that needed the salt. Wind was howling for 2 days and the worry was falling branches from trees. Now gone.

A family lunch nearby at 1pm today. So the Sabres game means little. Bills game is the priority. They're not allergic to the playoffs.