I used to think our goalies weren’t going to cut it and UPL caught the brunt of that, but then it hit me how bad defensively we are and they were absolutely (as a whole goalie group) vindicated in my mind. Good to see this graphic
StartButtonPress
Shitty team defense has been clear since the start of the season. Our forwards are particularly bad at sticking to players as they move to high danger areas. Our defense sometimes abandon the front of the net, too, but frequently it’s the third player in that’s the problem
PardueHanks
I am surprised at Casey DeSmith.
KilterStilter
Yeah having all 3 in the top 10 probably isnt too good huh?
Shy-_-Dude
That’s nothing new. Sabres goalies have always faced a lot of shots. Defense has never been our forte.
Timotheus2443
The high octane offense is great for getting overall confidence going, but defense wins championships and they better be learning how to play defense during this late season stretch and applying it.
moonshinesabres
It’s not coincidental guys like Lehner and Ullmark did much better playing for other teams that didn’t hang them out to dry nightly.
the_kanamit
Vindication for our tenders but where do we go from here? Defensive genius assistant coach?
Why_So-Serious
5.X per 100 shots?
These numbers are essentially all the same.
hawkayecarumba
So does that mean our shining young defensive stars aren’t very good? We can’t put the blame on Bryson and Lyubushkin.
Yop_BombNA
We don’t defence boys
LeftLanePatrol
Put this in the time capsule; it’s the epitomic graphic of the 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres.
sabre007x
Anderson slacking, gotta get this Stolarz guy
Tactial_snail
but it’s all comrie’s fault!!!!
100explodingsuns
This is why I’m not going to quit on comrie or upl yet. Give these guys even a little support please
Sabre2230
Yet all the simpletons on Twitter and Insta will blame UPL, Craig, and Comrie. Our defense and backchecking are dog piss. But we’re a high event team so 🤷♂️
black2016rs
Sword defense bad
HerdTurtler
All three of them are also at the very bottom of the league in percentage of shot attempts blocked by teammates, per [Moneypuck](https://moneypuck.com/goalies.htm). This team is absolutely gutless.
Mobile-Frosting
Have start to start sacrificing some of the offensive firepower for some defensive structure. The offense is great, but we score so much bc of the skimping on defense. We are at the top in rush chances and goals of the rush bc our fwds eyes are up ice as soon as it looks like someone is going to retrieve the puck in the DZone, and the take off and leave their man. Then there’s the odd man rushes against and breakaways. It’s really bad. I’d love to chalk it up to youth…hopefully that’s at least most of it
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I used to think our goalies weren’t going to cut it and UPL caught the brunt of that, but then it hit me how bad defensively we are and they were absolutely (as a whole goalie group) vindicated in my mind. Good to see this graphic
Shitty team defense has been clear since the start of the season. Our forwards are particularly bad at sticking to players as they move to high danger areas. Our defense sometimes abandon the front of the net, too, but frequently it’s the third player in that’s the problem
I am surprised at Casey DeSmith.
Yeah having all 3 in the top 10 probably isnt too good huh?
That’s nothing new. Sabres goalies have always faced a lot of shots. Defense has never been our forte.
The high octane offense is great for getting overall confidence going, but defense wins championships and they better be learning how to play defense during this late season stretch and applying it.
It’s not coincidental guys like Lehner and Ullmark did much better playing for other teams that didn’t hang them out to dry nightly.
Vindication for our tenders but where do we go from here? Defensive genius assistant coach?
5.X per 100 shots?
These numbers are essentially all the same.
So does that mean our shining young defensive stars aren’t very good? We can’t put the blame on Bryson and Lyubushkin.
We don’t defence boys
Put this in the time capsule; it’s the epitomic graphic of the 2022-23 Buffalo Sabres.
Anderson slacking, gotta get this Stolarz guy
but it’s all comrie’s fault!!!!
This is why I’m not going to quit on comrie or upl yet. Give these guys even a little support please
Yet all the simpletons on Twitter and Insta will blame UPL, Craig, and Comrie. Our defense and backchecking are dog piss. But we’re a high event team so 🤷♂️
Sword defense bad
All three of them are also at the very bottom of the league in percentage of shot attempts blocked by teammates, per [Moneypuck](https://moneypuck.com/goalies.htm). This team is absolutely gutless.
Have start to start sacrificing some of the offensive firepower for some defensive structure. The offense is great, but we score so much bc of the skimping on defense. We are at the top in rush chances and goals of the rush bc our fwds eyes are up ice as soon as it looks like someone is going to retrieve the puck in the DZone, and the take off and leave their man. Then there’s the odd man rushes against and breakaways. It’s really bad. I’d love to chalk it up to youth…hopefully that’s at least most of it