Nitro60 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Sabres have to work on the empty net offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 All I can say is.... they lost the game in the first period when they outshot the Isles 17-5 and didn't score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro60 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Nolan was a bad NHL coach. He was a good NHL coach in the 1990s style of play. Time passed him by and today's fast paced offense was beyond his skills. I liked him too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Nolan's team lost 50-something games, and wasn't outshooting teams 17-2, are we sure we needed him tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro60 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 All I can say is.... they lost the game in the first period when they outshot the Isles 17-5 and didn't score. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Nolan was a bad NHL coach. Yet this team only has 3 more points than last year's team at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Strategically told people to show up at 8:30-9:00 so baring overtime to catch the game then get the debauchery going Part A Sabres win. Part B drink with friends. As long as Part B happens it's a good night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintwestwood Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Well if the officials called goaltender interference the way the rule is written, that's a 1-1 game after regulation. 2015 brought a lot to this team that I'm really excited about, but hopefully in 2016 Bylsma learns you don't have to dump and chase on every zone entrance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Eichel is starting to feel his chops a little bit. Much less dump and chase when he is carrying the puck out there and it's nice to see opposing defenders having to respect his speed so much. That said, not enough pucks in the net to even begin to think we are any good at this point. GO SABRES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Well if the officials called goaltender interference the way the rule is written, that's a 1-1 game after regulation. 2015 brought a lot to this team that I'm really excited about, but hopefully in 2016 Bylsma learns you don't have to dump and chase on every zone entrance. The goal had nothing to do with the goalie interference. Had Ullmark covered and they got it out by pushing him, then yes. But the puck trickled out behind him before the Isles player poked his stick in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Yet this team only has 3 more points than last year's team at this point.Oh, snap! Anyone who doesn't get what I meant,... I don't care . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Good riddance, 2015 Sabres hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Good riddance, 2015 Sabres hockey. Yep. And what's funny is that the second half has been infinitely more entertaining than 2014 Sabres hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyldnwoody44 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 For as many shots as that game had, I have to admit, it was a snoozer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I think Girgensons is finally finding his game under DD. So that's a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Larsson, Kane, and whoever got good zone time on their shift with 3 mins left. Too bad they never once passed it back to Risto at the point. I think that's a problem with our offense in general 5 on 5: It doesn't incorporate the d-men at all. The Islanders forwards regularly drop it to their defense after gaining the zone and it buys them heaps of space to set up the offense. We just dump it in and our forwards play a 3 man game. Frustrating loss. Getting robbed in the 1st period was brutal. The power play goal was gorgeous. I celebrated harder for that one than any goal in the last 3 years. Happy 2016 y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I'm not going out for New Years..... have the Yotes game on and rooting on their GDT. Watching Roby doing the Yancey's Fancy commercials on Phoenix TV is still kinda.... weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Not much wrong with the Sabres. Just the other teams are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tondas Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Not much wrong with the Sabres. Just the other teams are better. Tend to agree. However, I am concerned that our scoring is concentrated in 3 or 4 players (Jack, ROR, McGinn, Rhino). Not sure if this is the same on every team, but our lack of balance seems concerning. We're playing well enough to score, we just don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted January 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I'm not going out for New Years..... have the Yotes game on and rooting on their GDT. Watching Roby doing the Yancey's Fancy commercials on Phoenix TV is still kinda.... weird. Their intermission host Jodi Jackson was a sports anchor on WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo about ten years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) Their intermission host Jodi Jackson was a sports anchor on WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo about ten years ago. Seems like they have a lot of Buffalo imports.... Yancey's Fancy, Ted's Hot Dogs, Jody Jackson.... Edited January 1, 2016 by The Big Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Sabres have to work on the empty net offense. Their offense has been nothing but empty nets lately. They seem pretty good at it already. GO SABRES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Seems like they have a lot of Buffalo imports.... Yancey's Fancy, Ted's Hot Dogs, Jody Jackson.... I just noticed Jody Jackson in their postgame. I was thinking she's well into her 50s. I looked it up; she's 39. The Arizona sun is not helping her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) He was a good NHL coach in the 1990s style of play. Time passed him by and today's fast paced offense was beyond his skills. I liked him too I do agree he was better suited for that period and that particular team. Bylsma is a much better "hockey" coach in my opinion. Edited January 1, 2016 by Radar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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