The offense is offensive
Something's gotta give.
...Right?
After falling to the New Jersey Devils in a shootout last night, the Sabres are now winless in their last 7, with their last victory coming December 22 via the shootout against the Philadelphia Flyers.
While they have picked up three points thanks to shootout losses to New Jersey, Pittsburgh and New Jersey, the team hasn't really come close to winning more than one or two of these games. If they deserved to win, they didn't. The results just aren't there.
Another thing that isn't there is the offense. The Sabres were a few minutes away from being shutout last night. In this streak, they've been shutout once (by Ty Conklin!), and scored just one goal three times.
Ryan Miller has not played bad. Other than some of the weak goals in the loss to Atlanta on Sunday, he's done his job. It's hard to win with no goal support.
It seems like the league has the Sabres figured out, and they're not doing anything to change their style, like it's a fluke they're not dominating. Guess what? You're gonna have to come up with something else, guys. It's been brutal watching the team fight to get out of their own zone, with all the stupid back-passes.
It's so predictable.
Defenseman #1 gets the puck, immediately passes to Defenseman #2, either delaying until clear path to Defenseman #2 presents itself or banks it behind the net for Defenseman #2 to retrieve. Defenseman #2 takes puck and sends it up to forward along boards. Forward along boards either passes to another forward standing right next to him, or sends it back to Defenseman #1, or Defenseman #2.
The Devils had two forecheckers in the Sabres zone at times because they knew how to keep them pinned in their own zone. The Devils. The same "trap" Devils that play boring ass hockey and sit back and clog up the neutral zone. I mean, come on, what is this? Bizzaro-world?
These are desparate times. They must play with more desparation.
And scoring some goals might help, too.
+ + + + +
Lindy Ruff has announced that Jocelyn Thibault will get the start tomorrow night when the Sabres take on the Senators in Ottawa.
It will be Thibault's first start since he gave up four first-period goals in Los Angeles last month. The Sabres are 2-2 when Thibault starts...
...and in those games, T-BO is 2-0 against the Northeast Division.
...Right?
After falling to the New Jersey Devils in a shootout last night, the Sabres are now winless in their last 7, with their last victory coming December 22 via the shootout against the Philadelphia Flyers.
While they have picked up three points thanks to shootout losses to New Jersey, Pittsburgh and New Jersey, the team hasn't really come close to winning more than one or two of these games. If they deserved to win, they didn't. The results just aren't there.
Another thing that isn't there is the offense. The Sabres were a few minutes away from being shutout last night. In this streak, they've been shutout once (by Ty Conklin!), and scored just one goal three times.
Ryan Miller has not played bad. Other than some of the weak goals in the loss to Atlanta on Sunday, he's done his job. It's hard to win with no goal support.
It seems like the league has the Sabres figured out, and they're not doing anything to change their style, like it's a fluke they're not dominating. Guess what? You're gonna have to come up with something else, guys. It's been brutal watching the team fight to get out of their own zone, with all the stupid back-passes.
It's so predictable.
Defenseman #1 gets the puck, immediately passes to Defenseman #2, either delaying until clear path to Defenseman #2 presents itself or banks it behind the net for Defenseman #2 to retrieve. Defenseman #2 takes puck and sends it up to forward along boards. Forward along boards either passes to another forward standing right next to him, or sends it back to Defenseman #1, or Defenseman #2.
The Devils had two forecheckers in the Sabres zone at times because they knew how to keep them pinned in their own zone. The Devils. The same "trap" Devils that play boring ass hockey and sit back and clog up the neutral zone. I mean, come on, what is this? Bizzaro-world?
These are desparate times. They must play with more desparation.
And scoring some goals might help, too.
+ + + + +Lindy Ruff has announced that Jocelyn Thibault will get the start tomorrow night when the Sabres take on the Senators in Ottawa.
It will be Thibault's first start since he gave up four first-period goals in Los Angeles last month. The Sabres are 2-2 when Thibault starts...
...and in those games, T-BO is 2-0 against the Northeast Division.
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