Shark Bait

32nd place beats 29th place in NHL basement series

Sabres 2 – Sharks 6 (en) With two minutes left in the game and losing by three goals, Lindy thought it the best time to pull our ineffective goaltender and expand the team’s negative goal differential.

Losing to the worst team in the NHL at home by four goals is unacceptable, you can make the supposition that our team is playing lackluster hockey, and why you might ponder?

Coaching is more important in hockey than any other sport, bench bosses, former players, motivators, intimidators, father figures, and friends stand behind the players and are partly responsible for the players successes or failures.

You can compare Washington and New Jersey as examples where a new Head Coach can make a difference in a team’s performance, then you can point to the Sabres to highlight the negative impact a former head coach can induce.

The Sabres in two seasons under Head Coach Granato were above 500% and although they just missed the playoffs, each year they were close, now the only thing Buffalo is close to is a number one draft pick.

The New Jersey Devils dumped Lindy before last season’s end, Buffalo should take note and cut him loose before any further damage is inflicted and allow Head Coach Appert to take the reins.

Buffalo’s next two games are in Florida versus the Sunshine State’s Stanley Cup champions, past and present, hopefully the Sabres will play up to their level of competition.

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Author: Buffalo Winter

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9 thoughts on “Shark Bait”

  1. Maple Leafs also lost (recently, on Monday) to the Sharks. The score differential wasn’t as large, however, it was a game we should have won.

    Do you think the Sabres players have lost faith in HC Lindy?

    Good luck in Florida against the Lightning then the Panthers. I’ll likely still pick the Sabres in the Saturday contest.

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    1. Buffalo usually fares well against San Jose and with seven minutes played into the third period Center Thompson scored his 30th to pull us within one, but rookie Celebrini scored one minute later for an inconceivable two goal deficit for the Sabres to overcome similar to what happened versus Montreal recently.

      In my estimation from outside of their locker room I would have to make a supposition about the player’s faith/respect for Lindy, personally I believe Lindy just cannot inspire a team to greater heights, it is possible the team could be better served with Coach Appert in charge, but then again, I thought Goaltender Levi would be good for us, so what do I know? lol

      Thank you, perhaps the change in climate on a road trip could help inspire the boys.

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      2. Wow, what a hateful link, crybabies and whinners doing nothing but typing nasty things on the X over LW Greenway and the Sabres, I could have done without this one, lol

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