inkman Posted December 5, 2023 Report Share Posted December 5, 2023 Laughable Blow this team up already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share Posted December 6, 2023 22 minutes ago, inkman said: Laughable Blow this team up already. Looking at that list, I don’t think I see any meaningful correlation there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjd1001 Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 Honestly, this doesn't bother me that much. I think last year the team gave up a lot of odd man rushes but they had a lot. This year, They're giving up more than they get, but I think that might be due to injuries in a lot of new people in the lineup. It's not good, but it doesn't bother me. The bigger issue to me is how they play when the opposing team has possession in the Sabres zone. The Sabres d-men as a unit are OK in the defensive zone....but the forwards are just awful. When other teams play the Sabres they get so many more easy goals than the Sabres get, while Buffalo seemingly has to work to find open areas more. I'm okay with giving up more odd man rushes if it means you get more odd man rushes. That's exciting hockey to watch. This team needs their 12 forwards to become much much better at helping out their defense in the own zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 They have not learnt defencive awareness yet and this where it is the most obvious. I am hoping that, with more practice, that this will improve as the season wears on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted December 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 10 minutes ago, Marvin said: …learnt defencive… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 24 minutes ago, mjd1001 said: Honestly, this doesn't bother me that much. I think last year the team gave up a lot of odd man rushes but they had a lot. This year, They're giving up more than they get, but I think that might be due to injuries in a lot of new people in the lineup. It's not good, but it doesn't bother me. The bigger issue to me is how they play when the opposing team has possession in the Sabres zone. The Sabres d-men as a unit are OK in the defensive zone....but the forwards are just awful. When other teams play the Sabres they get so many more easy goals than the Sabres get, while Buffalo seemingly has to work to find open areas more. I'm okay with giving up more odd man rushes if it means you get more odd man rushes. That's exciting hockey to watch. This team needs their 12 forwards to become much much better at helping out their defense in the own zone. Not just odd man rushes, but in the AZ game (and really most others) they made it REALLY easy for the other team to break out of their own zone. They did a very good job early in the game to limit shots from those rushes, but it was too easy to get out of their own zone. Need to improve that, among other defensive shortcomings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 While the Sabres may not get that many odd man rushes, they do get their fair share of fast break rushes (like the one that resulted in Okposo's goal against AZ. Really all the Sabres' Dmen are pretty astute in making long (across both blue lines) breakout passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 35 minutes ago, inkman said: He speaks the King's English like we do here in Canada. It's more proper and more goodly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 39 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said: He speaks the King's English like we do here in Canada. It's more proper and more goodly. I thank thee for the support. I doth speaketh the King's English bigly goodly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 2 hours ago, inkman said: He looks like an odd man rush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 29 minutes ago, French Collection said: He looks like an odd man rush. I have been told that I am an odd man. My wife will attest to that. Does that count? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 On 12/5/2023 at 7:22 PM, SDS said: Looking at that list, I don’t think I see any meaningful correlation there. I’d love to see a breakdown by the type of odd man rush. Yeah, a 3 on 2 isn’t ideal, but I’ll take them over a 3 on 1 or a clear breakaway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 I can't be the only one that first read the thread title as 'Old man rushes'. First on my fill in the blank list would be 'to the bathroom'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted December 13, 2023 Report Share Posted December 13, 2023 45 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said: I can't be the only one that first read the thread title as 'Old man rushes'. First on my fill in the blank list would be 'to the bathroom'. It can’t be. Pittsburgh would be at the top of the list for old man rushes for, not against. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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