LabattBlue Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Take away those two duds at home(back to back 5-2 losses) and the Sabres have given up 15 goals in 10 games. Very nice! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Take away those two duds at home(back to back 5-2 losses) and the Sabres have given up 15 goals in 10 games. Very nice! :thumbsup: Since we are admittedly cherry picking, they have actually given up 13 as 2 of the goals were goals credited for shootout losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Another nice stat, while cutting down immensely on goals against, the Sabres are only 3 goals behind were they were last year after 12 games. 5 goals behind if you subtract 2 team goals awarded for shootout victories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Since we are admittedly cherry picking, they have actually given up 13 as 2 of the goals were goals credited for shootout losses. Even better! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Take away those two duds at home(back to back 5-2 losses) and the Sabres have given up 15 goals in 10 games. Very nice! :thumbsup: ...or we have given up 10 goals in 2 games. the sky is falling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Take away those two duds at home(back to back 5-2 losses) and the Sabres have given up 15 goals in 10 games. Very nice! :thumbsup: The high forward getting back on the backcheck has been really key to the Sabres game. It takes away the entire middle in transition. Last year the forwards were always getting caught deep. If this team can limit the odd man breaks....it can rack up a lot of points. Defensive speed. What a concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Another nice stat, while cutting down immensely on goals against, the Sabres are only 3 goals behind were they were last year after 12 games. 5 goals behind if you subtract 2 team goals awarded for shootout victories. I'm too lazy to look back. Were there any shootout victories last year in that 12 game span? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottnc Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I must admit the last thing I expected out of this team this year was for them to become a shutdown defense. I figured it would be more of the same high scoring, high flying offense, with a better than average number of odd man rushes the other way. I like the physicality and the shot blocking. That is something that was sorely missing last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 The high forward getting back on the backcheck has been really key to the Sabres game.It takes away the entire middle in transition. Last year the forwards were always getting caught deep. If this team can limit the odd man breaks....it can rack up a lot of points. Defensive speed. What a concept! Great point. The back check is much better. There were so many 2 on 1 and 3 on 2 last year. They have cut down on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Craig Rivet is just going to become more and more popular in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Craig Rivet is just going to become more and more popular in Buffalo. True dat. I know I've got my Rivet on order. Hopefully it'll be in by Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 The high forward getting back on the backcheck has been really key to the Sabres game. that's been apparent even to my relatively untrained eye (i'm an attentive fan, but an utter neophyte insofar as hockey x's and o's are concerned) -- and it's been vanek whom i've noticed most frequently in that role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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