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GDT: Sabres v. Devils 2/20/21, 12:30 pm


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I have never seen a team consistently over a period of years hit goalies directly in the chest or pads with shots from point blank range as much as I have with the Sabres. It's almost impossible to be that bad at scoring from those areas for this amount of time as they have.

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2 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

I have never seen a team consistently over a period of years hit goalies directly in the chest or pads with shots from point blank range as much as I have with the Sabres. It's almost impossible to be that bad at scoring from those areas for this amount of time as they have.

This is league-wide. The goalies are amazingly fast and so good at staying calm and square that anything not labeled for a corner is in their chest. There was a fantastic flurry between WPG-VAN last night and a beautiful pass, beautiful shot... and then a rebound right to the far side. Tap-in with the goalie on the other side of the cage. 20 years ago only Hasek makes that save with any regularity. Nope. Goalie just calmly pushed back across and didn't overcommit... right in the chest.

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7 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

This is league-wide. The goalies are amazingly fast and so good at staying calm and square that anything not labeled for a corner is in their chest. There was a fantastic flurry between WPG-VAN last night and a beautiful pass, beautiful shot... and then a rebound right to the far side. Tap-in with the goalie on the other side of the cage. 20 years ago only Hasek makes that save with any regularity. Nope. Goalie just calmly pushed back across and didn't overcommit... right in the chest.

 

Based on the Sabres ridiculously low shooting percentage over several years I will say the Sabres are consistently worse than other teams.

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