GDT: Sabres vs Bruins: It Ends Tonight

[Der Jaeger]

I remember everyone thinking Brandon Montour and Evan Rodrigues were just dumb players.

Montour has had 1 kick ass year. I don't get the love for this guy

No one thought Rodrigues was a dumb player.

Florida kept Montour’s game simple and he excelled on the power play. But look at the rest of that Florida roster. Montour was the only one.

Buffalo has at least 5 players playing big time roles who do dumb things all the time. There’s no comparison to Florida.

 

[stokes84]

No one thought Rodrigues was a dumb player.

Florida kept Montour’s game simple and he excelled on the power play. But look at the rest of that Florida roster. Montour was the only one.

Buffalo has at least 5 players playing big time roles who do dumb things all the time. There’s no comparison to Florida.

I’m not going to go search through old GDTs, but my god, people thought Rodrigues was dumb.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Las Vegas has always struck me as a team with immense talent and a lot of dumb players

I didn’t see that. If anything, they kept their game real simple. Add Eichel and Stone, and they generate the offense they needed.

 

[Vito_81]

Top 6 time, PP time. PK time.

Still little to show for it. About time to turn the page on Krebs for me.

 

[Der Jaeger]

I’m not going to go search through old GDTs, but my god, people thought Rodrigues was dumb.

Those people were wrong.

 

[Beerz]

Same thing with E-Rod .. good depth player? .. Sure... he is a 30 to 40 point guy. Good support guy for a cup competing team... Doesn't move the needle on the Sabres

 

[Der Jaeger]

Just for reference, pick Thompson, Peterka, or Power in this game exclusively. Count the dumb decisions.

Add in Krebs. You see how he should’ve just given the puck to Peterka? But he held it and got a low angle shot. Dumb play.

 

[stokes84]

Delete

 

[Beerz]

Power got both feet... sure that isn't a double minor refs?

 

[stokes84]

Just for reference, pick Thompson, Peterka, or Power in this game exclusively. Count the dumb decisions.

Add in Krebs. You see how he should’ve just given the puck to Peterka? But he held it and got a low angle shot. Dumb play.

Coach the dumb plays away. That’s his job.

 

[Der Jaeger]

That was an elite penalty kill

 

[HaNotsri]

I don't see a trade with the Bruins. Carlo has a ntc and the rest of the players suck or are untouchable.

 

[SundherDome]

Malenstyn needs to square up with Samuelsson. If I block two bombs and that is your weak ass clearing attempt, your getting some door knobs in a pillowcase

 

[stokes84]

It NEVER looked this bad with Granato. People will hate to admit this.

 

[Vito_81]

Back to the Granato perimiter offence, tons of zone time and no quality shots or chances

 

[NotABadPeriod]

All that zone time for what, one shot on goal?

 

[HaNotsri]

Coach the dumb plays away. That’s his job.

We should just give them electroconvulsive therapy at the end of the season so every new coach gets a clean slate to work with.

 

[toddkaz]

All of that Buffalo gets a shot on net and no one in front for the rebound.

All that zone time for what, one shot on goal?

And no one in front when they shoot.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Coach the dumb plays away. That’s his job.

Have you ever coached a team?

You can do two things with a low IQ player. Structure them so significantly that they become robots, or move on from them.

When your 1C, 2C, 4C, 1LW, and 2D are all low IQ players, exactly how structured would Ruff have to make it?

Scotty Bowman in his prime couldn’t do it.

And on cue, Power lets the Bruins off the hook.

 

[Zman5778]

Not real sure that was a penalty on Wahlstrom.....but maybe we'll take it, given that the PP hasn't been complete and utter trash tonight? Maybe?

 

[Der Jaeger]

It NEVER looked this bad with Granato. People will hate to admit this.

Granato turned the team into a developmental team and just let them play. For every dumb decision, they made an elite physical play.

Granato got the team moving in the right direction but when he tried to get the Sabres to play a normal team structure, you got last year.

 

[SundherDome]

I didn’t see that. If anything, they kept their game real simple. Add Eichel and Stone, and they generate the offense they needed.

Imo Eichel is a dumb player. He has immense talent and that covers up a lot of it. On their cup run, he was very structured, dump chase, cycle, line change.

 

[toddkaz]

Buffalo needs to score next. If Boston gets the 2nd one they will give up.

 

[stokes84]

Have you ever coached a team?

You can do two things with a low IQ player. Structure them so significantly that they become robots, or move on from them.

When your 1C, 2C, 4C, 1LW, and 2D are all low IQ players, exactly how structured would Ruff have to make it?

Scotty Bowman in his prime couldn’t do it.

And on cue, Power lets the Bruins off the hook.

Again, it was never close to this bad with Granato. Lindy has done a terrible job.

 

[HaNotsri]

Not real sure that was a penalty on Wahlstrom.....but maybe we'll take it, given that the PP hasn't been complete and utter trash tonight? Maybe?

I'd say the pp has been bad compared to normal teams but good for being Sabres. I'd say a shorty is almost as likely as an equalizer.