Chi-Town Conquered
Sabres 4 (en) – Blackhawks 3 There is some satisfaction in earning three points from a three-game road trip, a lone win, one loser point, and a sure win in Pittsburgh that slipped right through their gloved fingers.
The power play is horrendous, ZERO goals on 21 attempts, including a 53 second 5 on 3 man advantage followed by 5 on 4 for 63 seconds so what can we determine as to the root cause of the Sabres inability to score on the power play?
It comes down to coaching…Lindy is a defensive specialist, no one questions his coaching ability with the penalty killers, but we know we cannot win nothing to something.
Goaltending is not consistent enough between UPL and Mr. Levi and this has to change immediately, fluctuating between .800% something and the low .900% save percentages is not going to propel us to the playoffs.
In over five decades since the Sabres initial season I have witnessed new franchises awarded and eventually win a Stanley Cup, and I cannot help but wonder…when will we earn our turn? And how long will it take Utah, a former farm club of Buffalo, to win a Cup before the Sabres (rhetorical)?
The Buffalo Sabres have plenty of positives, young players that have already proven they can score 30 or 40 goals, two goaltenders when on their game are near unbeatable, offensive defensemen other NHL teams wish they had, and a head coach in waiting (Seth Appert) behind the bench.
Head Coach Ruff has three home games before Halloween, and it would be joyous if he could coach his team to one or two wins by the end of the month to highlight this is not going to be season 14.
Buffalo Winter 
Thank you for your assessment of the team thus far.
There is always room for improvement for any team and (imho) a HC can make or break a team’s success, particularly at the start of a season when there have been changes in player composition and the team is still gelling.
“When will we earn our turn?”
Your words come off the page and resonate with me. Not an exact comparison but close enough.
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Thank you for calling it an assessment, it was almost a crybaby temper tantrum, lol, but I got over myself, HC Ruff knows what he is doing and I have to practice some patience, but not too much, lol.
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No worries, I know what you mean about patience. Some days mine is in short supply and I take a breather.
Go Sabres!
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