With the way the Sabres offense played tonight you would of thought Dick Jauron took a one day coaching job with the team. What a boring game. All kidding aside, the Sabres played a sloppy game and were dragged down by an awful power play, in a 6-2 loss to the Panthers.
-Tonight’s performance against the Panthers was an exact copy of last year’s games against poor teams. The Sabres were going against the “Trap” and tried too many times to carry the puck in, instead of dumping it in.
-This was the first game this season that the Sabres defensemen didn’t show up. The defensemen were awful on both sides of the ice. On the offensive zone, the d-men either couldn’t get the puck on net or they couldn’t keep the puck in the offensive zone. I saw way too many pucks that jumped over the defensemen’s sticks at the blue-line. As far as defensive zone goes, the Sabres had a hard time in gaining puck possession and were beaten off the puck to many times by the Panthers-
-I know most media members were touting the power play going into tonight’s game, but being ranked 19th in the NHL isn’t exactly getting me excited and tonight proved it. The Sabres had a devil of a time getting the power play set-up, and when they did, they would over pass the puck. The Sabres have to stop trying to get those cute highlight reel goals. The team’s offensive style is about puck control and getting shots on net-
-Boneheaded play by Pat Kaleta towards the end of the hockey game. Kaleta didn’t even look for the puck and just decided to take out the body. Even if the Panthers didn’t score, the game was pretty much over at that point because the power play would of ended with 17 seconds left in the game-
-Way too many turnovers by the Sabres tonight. The biggest example was when the Sabres pulled Ryan Miller and turned the puck over about a second later and Florida scored on the empty net. Just not smart with the puck-
-You want to talk about the housing market being bad, how about going to Population Pominville. The 5-million dollar man only has one goal in his last nine games-
-I have to agree with Ryan Miller’s comments after the game, the Florida Panthers are one of the most boring teams in all of hockey. If the NHL wants to really get fans to watch their product, contract the Panthers style of play-
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