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sabremike said:
It was still stupid because it set Levi back by a few months. If he had been in Rochester from the start the Amerks would be chasing the best record in AHL history.
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You're absolutely right and I'm just venting because I really wanted this win.
 
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sabremike said:
Depending on a 37 year old goalie whose at the tail end of his career as your backup is something only dumb organizations do.
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It’s dumber than that. They started the year choosing to rely on a 22 year old rookie goaltender a year after choosing to rely on a 21 year old rookie goaltender last year.

This is just where they ended up because that plan was so f***ing stupid.
 
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Still at work and didn't watch, but Jeez. That certainly looks like a game you should win with decent goaltending
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dire wolf said:
Still at work and didn't watch, but Jeez. That certainly looks like a game you should win with decent goaltending
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We had our asses completely handed to us in the 1st and were kind of fortunate to only be down 3-0. It sure looked like we were going to get run out of the building.

We had the better of play in the 2nd, but didn't really have any/many quality chances until Tuch's goal.

We basically did whatever we wanted in the 3rd.

Reimer let in what I would consider to be two softies on 2-on-1s that were relatively well defended. Sure looked like he got surprised on each shot.
 
OkimLom said:
we’re seeing the consequences of the poor choice of the organization to develop too many young guys at the NHL level, with a coaching staff that was tasked to develop their own coaching at the NHL level, with a group of leadership core that was of poor quality built by a GM that was developing his management style, but needed to make sure his “vision” he sold Pegula worked so he can keep him here because he couldn’t get a job anywhere else.

We are left with a limited capable team that has no emotional attachment to one another, because that is just not a part of their identity as a player, and there’s nobody on organization that has that in them because the organization hasn’t targeted those sort of guys with their drafting.
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OkimLom said:
we’re seeing the consequences of the poor choice of the organization to develop too many young guys at the NHL level, with a coaching staff that was tasked to develop their own coaching at the NHL level, with a group of leadership core that was of poor quality built by a GM that was developing his management style, but needed to make sure his “vision” he sold Pegula worked so he can keep him here because he couldn’t get a job anywhere else.

We are left with a limited capable team that has no emotional attachment to one another, because that is just not a part of their identity as a player, and there’s nobody on organization that has that in them because the organization hasn’t targeted those sort of guys with their drafting.
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I'm sorry. It's been my nightmare for 30 years. Ultimate solution is always a chance of culture.
 
Zman5778 said:
We had our asses completely handed to us in the 1st and were kind of fortunate to only be down 3-0. It sure looked like we were going to get run out of the building.

We had the better of play in the 2nd, but didn't really have any/many quality chances until Tuch's goal.

We basically did whatever we wanted in the 3rd.

Reimer let in what I would consider to be two softies on 2-on-1s that were relatively well defended. Sure looked like he got surprised on each shot.
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Sure looked like he got surprised on each shot.

Absolutely. He wasn't ready on the Caufield OT shot and he left oodles of space on the shortside. Terrible goal to give up.
 
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I don't even know what to say anymore. I sit and watch this team and they put forth the effort and look decent doing it, but then for stretches, they just go off the trail and look like they have never played the game before. There are a few players that I would like to see play for other teams. If they end up doing great for someone else in the future so be it, but the Sabres do not have that kind of time for them to "find there game" or whatever here on this team. Adams has some huge decisions to make over the next couple of days.
 
Easily played well enough to win. Didn't have much puck luck around the Habs' net, and although I hate dumping on the backup goalie, Reimer really cost them the game.

Very disappointed in Dahlin's dumb penalties tonight. He knew exactly what he was doing, and should know better by now. We should expect much more in the way of leadership from him.
 
Deep Blue Metallic said:
Very disappointed in Dahlin's dumb penalties tonight. He knew exactly what he was doing, and should know better by now. We should expect much more in the way of leadership from him.
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And I can understand him, he has been in this stinking organization for almost 7 years and sees how the owner and GM treat win, I think soon Dahlin, Tage and Tuch will leave and I will leave with them. I am tired.
 
Deep Blue Metallic said:
Easily played well enough to win. Didn't have much puck luck around the Habs' net
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Did we play well enough to win? We completely and utterly no-showed the 1st period and were lucky to be down only 3. We started to play well in the 2nd but generated no good chances until Tuch's goal. Did we play well enough in the 3rd to put 3+ goals behind Montembault? That's debatable.
 
Deep Blue Metallic said:
Easily played well enough to win. Didn't have much puck luck around the Habs' net, and although I hate dumping on the backup goalie, Reimer really cost them the game.

Very disappointed in Dahlin's dumb penalties tonight. He knew exactly what he was doing, and should know better by now. We should expect much more in the way of leadership from him.
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Dahlin was a beast last night. He dragged the Sabres to OT.
 
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oldgoalie said:
Our amazing goaltending this year... lol
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I think you're consistently overrating how "bad" the goaltending is this year.

Yes, Levi has been bad by any metric. UPL has been "bad" if you look at conventional stats -- ie, GAA and Sv%. Reimer actually has solid conventional stats (2.68, 0.903)

But while I consistently hate xGA on a game-by-game basis, there is some merit in the stat when taken over the course of a season. And looking at that stat.....UPL has been basically dead-on for xGA vs. actual GA and Reimer has a higher xGA than actual GA.

Has UPL/etc been as good as last year? Hell no. But he's not been awful. Hell, I don't think he's even been BAD. I think he's performed on a league-average level and his drop in conventional stats is largely due to a MAJOR step back in our team defending -- specifically our cross-ice pass allowance. Look at last year......once our team finally stopped allowing the cross-ice shit, UPL's stats took off and he looked MUCH better.

Reimer has mostly been GOOD as a backup goalie, last game notwithstanding. And I'm a bit surprised that this little tidbit hasn't come up -- when Reimer plays well, he gets ZERO goal support. Reimer has started and completed nine games with us. He's gotten more than 3 goals of support ONCE...that SO loss to Detroit.

UPL will NEVER been the type of guy who can single-handedly win many games -- but with a solid defending team in front of him, he will win games.

Goaltending isn't a real big issue for this bunch....for the most part.
 
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