Who has improved or have gotten better results under Ralph?

McCabe? Who else? Girgensons maybe

Montour and Dahlin were light years better under Housley

Miller was better in Vegas than here

Skinner better under Housley

He’s a bad coach
- sbroads24

Show me a good coach, and I’ll show you a good goalie.

We give up 9 high danger scoring chances in two games and we are currently the best team in the league through 2 games in expected goals against. We have done this against a Caps team that is one of the best offensive teams in the league.

He needs to fix the lines and the special teams. I have no problem with his system though. Hutton and Ullmark need to make a franking save

I'm not defending Dahlin, but Hughes didn't start full time in the NHL until he was 20.

That being said, Dahlin needs to show a little more urgency and attack more, and stop being so nonchalant.
- Powerslave

Yes. I completely agree.

But, wouldn't the extra NHL experience help going into the 1st 2 games this season ( year 3 )?

I like Dahlin. But both hughes and makar are way better nhl players currently. Broads loves dahlin and skinner , so they can't do anything wrong.

Ror though, he was terrible.
Skinner better than laine
Now dahlin is better than hughes and makar.

The tears just do not stop with Krueger , now kagm

But, tyler myers though, that guy was unbelievable

I understand dahlin is still young, but he has looked terrible. Broads continues to engage in misguided homer postings. Call out time is now.

I already tried telling him this.

Don't worry when Dahlin get's going Boss will pretend he was his biggest fan
- sbroads24

I drafted dahlin in the Larry's draft, just this past Monday.

So I obviously like dahlin and expect him to play better than he has been. He has been bad. Put the homer glasses aside.

Dude has the yips. Alot like you.
One fumbled post after another

that A looks pretty sweet on reinhart's jersey
- homiedclown

The 1 secondary assist looks great too.
Off the goalies pad.

Sam had a good game last night, players usually come out strong the night after giving the puck away the night before. 0 effort on that play.

Okposo got picked before sam , so ......
The 7 out of 11 other guys are new at forward.
So he beat out skimmer and olo


What an accomplishment....

I don’t disagree this is the case for most of our team. They are all rusty. Tage is not good. He puts no effort in to win a puck battle. He floats around the point. He’s 6’7 and solid. I just don’t think he has the killer instinct at all.
He will be demoted to the 3rd or 4th line, not put the effort in, and land back in Rochester where he belongs
- lulags

The Sabres gave him the impression that he's a skilled top-6 player so he's out there dangling, toe dragging and hot dogging when he should be playing a simple game, using his reach and giving the puck to Eichel and hall as much as possible.

Who has improved or have gotten better results under Ralph?

McCabe? Who else? Girgensons maybe

Montour and Dahlin were light years better under Housley

Miller was better in Vegas than here

Skinner better under Housley

He’s a bad coach
- sbroads24

I was thinking the same last night.
Add Jack to that list who is better under Ralph.

The Sabres gave him the impression that he's a skilled top-6 player so he's out there dangling, toe dragging and hot dogging when he should be playing a simple game, using his reach and giving the puck to Eichel and hall as much as possible.
- jcragcrumple

He needs to find open space to get his shot off

He’s actually pretty good at creating rushes

He’s been terrible in tight spaces and with some decisions early on.

I was thinking the same last night.
Add Jack to that list who is better under Ralph.
- IonSabres

Yeah but I think that’s just the natural progression of a superstar

Years 4-5 is usually the peak at 22-23

Show me a good coach, and I’ll show you a good goalie.

We give up 9 high danger scoring chances in two games and we are currently the best team in the league through 2 games in expected goals against. We have done this against a Caps team that is one of the best offensive teams in the league.

He needs to fix the lines and the special teams. I have no problem with his system though. Hutton and Ullmark need to make a franking save
- Pegullaville

Not all High Danger Shots are the same, as those are based solely on location from where shot was taken. I mentioned this last night, but Steve Valiquette has conducted a much more refined analysis of where and moreso the how goals are scored.

One element includes the home plate area the same as HDS, but it also includes puck movement through the HDS area as a key differentiator. Case in point is the 2 goals Olo was involved in, in game 1...his pass to Hall was a prime example, as was the pass to him on the PP when he sniped to the top corner from the side of the net. In both cases, they were scored into wide open nets created by the puck going from side-to-side...or middle-to-side.

Point is, the Sabres need to create more opportunities like these more often. They also need to refocus away from blasts from the point and work more reverently to get the puck into the dirty areas. Shots from the point have a very low success rate.

Tampa exhibits these shot concepts exceptionally well...sometimes too much though.

He needs to find open space to get his shot off

He’s actually pretty good at creating rushes

He’s been terrible in tight spaces and with some decisions early on.
- sbroads24

He creates space with crazy dangles but then his brain freezes and he (frank)s it up

He needs to fix the lines and the special teams. I have no problem with his system though. Hutton and Ullmark need to make a franking save
- Pegullaville

0-5 on pp
ullmark only let 2 goals in


if you have eichel, hall, skinner, reinhart, olofsson, staal, dahlin etc and 5 power plays

you should be able to get more then 1 goal on a first time net minder
Vitek Vanecek is closer to jonas johansson then ken dryden

0-5 on pp
ullmark only let 2 goals in


if you have eichel, hall, skinner, reinhart, olofsson, staal, dahlin etc and 5 power plays

you should be able to get more then 1 goal on a first time net minder
Vitek Vanecek is closer to jonas johansson then ken dryden
- homiedclown

Yep. That’s why after the first period I knew we were going to lose last night

Which frustrated the hell out of me because all things considered it was really good effort

Good God no. Don't let him carry the puck at all. Go get open somewhere or park your sasquatch ass in front of the net.
- Powerslave

Exactly. He’s a power forward who does not use his power.

Yep. That’s why after the first period I knew we were going to lose last night

Which frustrated the hell out of me because all things considered it was really good effort
- Pegullaville

I guess lumping Ullmark with Hutton strikes a nerve with me

Ullmark is an overachiever IMO and only gave up 2 goals on 21 shots

should he have stopped that second goal, probably, but he did make a few decent saves to offset that


I expect the big guns up front to carry the load when Ullmark allows 2 goals

Yep. That’s why after the first period I knew we were going to lose last night

Which frustrated the hell out of me because all things considered it was really good effort
- Pegullaville

I feel like Eichel is too fixated on trying to set up Hall on the PP. he needs to act like he did before and assume he is the only player in the team that can score and shoot more

I guess lumping Ullmark with Hutton strikes a nerve with me

Ullmark is an overachiever IMO and only gave up 2 goals on 21 shots

should he have stopped that second goal, probably, but he did make a few decent saves to offset that
Yes, second goal was an absolute momentum killler. We were dominating possession and zone until that soft goal

I expect the big guns up front to carry the load when Ullmark allows 2 goals
- homiedclown

I guess lumping Ullmark with Hutton strikes a nerve with me

Ullmark is an overachiever IMO and only gave up 2 goals on 21 shots

should he have stopped that second goal, probably, but he did make a few decent saves to offset that


I expect the big guns up front to carry the load when Ullmark allows 2 goals
- homiedclown

Ullmark is definitely better than Hutton no question about it.

Although at this point I think best case scenario for Ullmark is an average to high end back up.

I guess lumping Ullmark with Hutton strikes a nerve with me

Ullmark is an overachiever IMO and only gave up 2 goals on 21 shots

should he have stopped that second goal, probably, but he did make a few decent saves to offset that


I expect the big guns up front to carry the load when Ullmark allows 2 goals
- homiedclown

Not sure why that didn’t post but
We had all the momentum and possession before that soft second goal. Took the wind out of our sails. Should we be able to win a 2 goal game with 5 PP? Absolutely, but we can’t give up soft goals on the only entry of the period

still have no clue why people want to promote ralph
- homiedclown

To get him away from behind the bench.

Pegs’ love him from what we hear. So they probably ain’t gonna fire him.

Can we at least fire the special teams coach?

Not sure why that didn’t post but
We had all the momentum and possession before that soft second goal. Took the wind out of our sails. Should we be able to win a 2 goal game with 5 PP? Absolutely, but we can’t give up soft goals on the only entry of the period
- lulags

I get the point, some times your Goalie needs to steal a few wins, yes.

That said, let's limit it to a "few" and not every game only 2 are scored while $51m of F can't manage to score 3 or more.

I get the point, some times your Goalie needs to steal a few wins, yes.

That said, let's limit it to a "few" and not every game only 2 are scored while $51m of F can't manage to score 3 or more.
- IonSabres

We lost yesterday because of special teams no doubt.

However it’s the trend that is concerning regarding our goaltenders and still not being able to steal a save or two.

Jack Hughes is gonna be Patty Kane 2.0 in his prime.

Jack Hughes is gonna be Patty Kane 2.0 in his prime.
- Pegullaville

I'd love that

Had a few chances today to put it in the net

But Yegor aharigovic with the OT winner with 1.7 seconds left woooooo

I'd love that

Had a few chances today to put it in the net

But Yegor aharigovic with the OT winner with 1.7 seconds left woooooo
- dmarsden2988

Blackwood is my fantasy goalie.

He’s been very good

Show me a good coach, and I’ll show you a good goalie.

We give up 9 high danger scoring chances in two games and we are currently the best team in the league through 2 games in expected goals against. We have done this against a Caps team that is one of the best offensive teams in the league.

He needs to fix the lines and the special teams. I have no problem with his system though. Hutton and Ullmark need to make a franking save
- Pegullaville

Everyone has a plan until their punched in the face.

On paper this team looks good but from Kim Pegula down they all lack killer instinct. It’s a shot organization that allows players to live and play soft. Plan plan plan paper paper paper.

Neck down sweat equity and true passion for e game is lacking in all aspects, you can see it throughout the lineup.