I’m not blaming STRICTLY Hutton
But it’s quite clear he’s not good enough

Gotta get someone else in here
- jdfitz77

Ok I’ll agree with you that there are lots of goalies out there that are better and would help this team be better. The problem is the money spent on invisible talent that adds up to 14 million plus. This team is already in cap hell so it won’t happen.

It's been a while... but I came here to say a couple of things.

#1. This shortened season is making it very clear how important having two solid goaltenders with all of the back to back games. Ullmark has been stellar and Hutton is letting crucial goals slip through (case in point goal #4 today)

#2. While the power play success is nice we are quite frankly relying on it for offense. 5v5 needs to step it up and where in the (frank) is Jeff Skinner? I don't care who you are playing with you are making 9M for 5v5 goal scoring.

#3. Cozens looks good, mitts was hustling today and Tage Thompson should be shot to the moon. Kid has 20 points in 110 career games and looks clueless out there when he's out there. Why we signed him for 3 years makes no sense to me.

It's been a while... but I came here to say a couple of things.

#1. This shortened season is making it very clear how important having two solid goaltenders with all of the back to back games. Ullmark has been stellar and Hutton is letting crucial goals slip through (case in point goal #4 today)

#2. While the power play success is nice we are quite frankly relying on it for offense. 5v5 needs to step it up and where in the (frank) is Jeff Skinner? I don't care who you are playing with you are making 9M for 5v5 goal scoring.

#3. Cozens looks good, mitts was hustling today and Tage Thompson should be shot to the moon. Kid has 20 points in 110 career games and looks clueless out there when he's out there. Why we signed him for 3 years makes no sense to me.
- Sabre_Tooth

Nice Post Tooth!!!

We have gotten points the last few games because of are goalies, Hutton needs to make those saves, but the team has been bad for the last 7 periods.
- Buff36

3 out of 4 bad goals.

I'm not faulting him for the .01 wood goal.

Made the initial save.

Buffalo born miles wood

This and 10 games in they have 2 regulation wins. One was a convincing win against Philly, the other a lucky 3-2 win where they clung to that one goal lead for the entire third behind Ullmark. Also a 4-4-2 record is not a winning record. They’re 4-6 and have looked unimpressive in 9 of the 10 games played.
- Buffalo--Sabres

They’ve acquired exactly half of the points we could’ve
And the standing go by POINTS,
not winning %

Ok I’ll agree with you that there are lots of goalies out there that are better and would help this team be better. The problem is the money spent on invisible talent that adds up to 14 million plus. This team is already in cap hell so it won’t happen.
- Camel

Well I’m still hopeful that it will
Idk what else to say?

It's been a while... but I came here to say a couple of things.

#1. This shortened season is making it very clear how important having two solid goaltenders with all of the back to back games. Ullmark has been stellar and Hutton is letting crucial goals slip through (case in point goal #4 today)

#2. While the power play success is nice we are quite frankly relying on it for offense. 5v5 needs to step it up and where in the (frank) is Jeff Skinner? I don't care who you are playing with you are making 9M for 5v5 goal scoring.

#3. Cozens looks good, mitts was hustling today and Tage Thompson should be shot to the moon. Kid has 20 points in 110 career games and looks clueless out there when he's out there. Why we signed him for 3 years makes no sense to me.
- Sabre_Tooth

Idk.... i heard he’s gonna score at a 20goal pace for us this year

Hall with Eichel isn’t working. I’m surprised they split up the Hall-Staal-Cozens line because it did have success.

Hopefully Reinhart is ready for Tuesday because this team does not have depth sufficient to be missing any of their top 6 forwards.

Okposo needs to be shot too the moon.

Mittelstadt was good today but shouldn’t have been on the ice in the 6v4 situations.

Also hopefully Joker is ok because Irwin is bad.

They’ve acquired exactly half of the points we could’ve
And the standing go by POINTS,
not winning %
- jdfitz77

What’s your point?

3 out of 4 bad goals.

I'm not faulting him for the .01 wood goal.

Made the initial save.

Buffalo born miles wood
- Boss34

Wish we traded for him last year when the Devils were shopping him
Would’ve brought some of that grit u cherish

It's been a while... but I came here to say a couple of things.

#1. This shortened season is making it very clear how important having two solid goaltenders with all of the back to back games. Ullmark has been stellar and Hutton is letting crucial goals slip through (case in point goal #4 today)

#2. While the power play success is nice we are quite frankly relying on it for offense. 5v5 needs to step it up and where in the (frank) is Jeff Skinner? I don't care who you are playing with you are making 9M for 5v5 goal scoring.

#3. Cozens looks good, mitts was hustling today and Tage Thompson should be shot to the moon. Kid has 20 points in 110 career games and looks clueless out there when he's out there. Why we signed him for 3 years makes no sense to me.
- Sabre_Tooth

Good post and I think the only reason we signed Tage to three years is if he didn’t work out, he’s still appealing because of his size, good trade bait at his low salary possibly?

It's been a while... but I came here to say a couple of things.

#1. This shortened season is making it very clear how important having two solid goaltenders with all of the back to back games. Ullmark has been stellar and Hutton is letting crucial goals slip through (case in point goal #4 today)

#2. While the power play success is nice we are quite frankly relying on it for offense. 5v5 needs to step it up and where in the (frank) is Jeff Skinner? I don't care who you are playing with you are making 9M for 5v5 goal scoring.

#3. Cozens looks good, mitts was hustling today and Tage Thompson should be shot to the moon. Kid has 20 points in 110 career games and looks clueless out there when he's out there. Why we signed him for 3 years makes no sense to me.
- Sabre_Tooth

Good post.
I dont agree with someone contract value means he should score no matter who he plays with, but I get the frustration
And the bolded part...just one of several head scratching the GM & HC made

Idk.... i heard he’s gonna score at a 20goal pace for us this year
- jdfitz77

Whoever said that should be shot the moon as well.

What’s your point?
- Buffalo--Sabres

It’s a bit disingenuous to refer to us as 4-6 when in the standings we are really .500

Not a big deal, just saying

Ralphs gotta go.... his decisions kill this team PERIOD
- Keepcomplaining

I would think to start a game at home

You play the eichel line

Not reo

Whoever said that should be shot the moon as well.
- Sabre_Tooth

Homie & i have a bet for this year on it

But many said he’d be a 20goal scorer- some even said 25- when we made that AWFUL trade that brought him here

I would think to start a game at home

You play the eichel line

Not reo
- homiedclown

Fair point

I think we’d be able to push more offense if they were more confident in the goaltending

What trade damaged this franchise more.

ROR
Or
Hasek

3 out of 4 bad goals.

I'm not faulting him for the .01 wood goal.

Made the initial save.

Buffalo born miles wood
- Boss34

One was a breakaway which is 50 50
And one had mcabe lost and kind of screening hutton wo a stick

Schoenny would have either taken the body or tried to block it

I would think to start a game at home

You play the eichel line

Not reo
- homiedclown

Good point.
I was talking about this with someone yesterday.

Homie & i have a bet for this year on it

But many said he’d be a 20goal scorer- some even said 25- when we made that AWFUL trade that brought him here
- jdfitz77

That was due to the rumblings he was gonna play with jack

Did not expect that to last 5 periods

Good post and I think the only reason we signed Tage to three years is if he didn’t work out, he’s still appealing because of his size, good trade bait at his low salary possibly?
- lulags

The biggest problem with him is he tries to play a finesse game. If he used his size in the corners and played a big game he could be quite effective. Problem is, I don't know if you can teach that at this point.

His length works against him in the finesse game -- time and space is minimal in the NHL.

Good point.
I was talking about this with someone yesterday.
- Powerslave

The team and d is built to play an oiler type game

We are trying to play 2 to 1 games


Bad strategy

One was a breakaway which is 50 50
And one had mcabe lost and kind of screening hutton wo a stick

Schoenny would have either taken the body or tried to block it
- homiedclown

So Hutton was fine?

Mittelstadt was good today
- Pegullavill e

Agreed with everything but this. 37 was the reason NJ scores at the end of the 1st to me. He simply is too small and too weak to cover the goalscorer. Too small, too weak. Story of Mittelstadt's career.