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It gets old, no matter who they put on the ice, that this is a chronic Sabres issue.  These guys are talented but you have to score when you are pressing the other team.  I feel better about this team than the teams of the last 5 seasons.

 

Oh, I'd much rather be pressing, but sometimes you just gotta finish.

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All I can say is.... they lost the game in the first period when they outshot the Isles 17-5 and didn't score.

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Wow, Boychuck put himself in a bad position there...that had to hurt.

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ROR!

 

Sabres:  :w00t:

Isles:  :death: :death: 

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Boy they were running around there, chasing each other's tails.

 

Sabres:  0

Isles:  :death: :death:

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A little goal support would be nice for the young man.

 

Sadly, you are correct.

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Larsson passes to Moulson, then has to skate over an pick it up when Moulson flubs the pass....

An opponent's goal is like Festivus.... it leads to an Airing of Grievances.

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Oh sure, NOW the ref blows the whistle....

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How is that NOT a trip of Gionta?

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Personally, I think any touching of the goalie by the opposition should be goalie interference.  PERIOD.

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I see both sides of that.  Had the puck been under, instead of behind, Linus, they would have overturned it.

 

Sabres:  0

Isles:  :death:

 

We got 'em right where we want 'em. :nana:

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Well hell.  Goalie interference?

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ULLMARK  :worthy:   :worthy:

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Eichel back out.  :wub:

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Even without Eichel, Girgs is still looking dangerous. 

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Eichel not on the ice for he second period.  :unsure:

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Great period in all respects except the scoreboard.

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Ullmark had no idea where that rebound was.

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I've noticed three distinct times that he reached for the puck instead of simply taking a step and securing it. Lazy play or extraordinarily bad play prediction...

 

And yet he's a lot better on the back check than I think any of us realized.

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The power play looks very good so far:  Everything but the goal.

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Problem with an umbrella style power play is the defense can rim it around for the clear with no one on the point.

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Well yeah, the refs finally realized you can call a second penalty when a team is already short.

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More hard work by the Sabres, here comes another Sabres power play.

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I guess you can trip while defending during a PK, eh?

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Zemgus is great at getting into the offensive zone with possession.

 

Tru dat.