From section 113, this is what I saw…
Horrible passing. I have not seen passing that bad, for that long, at any point this past season. There were far too many passes to noone, or nowhere near the right place. The disturbing part was that it was coming from everywhere and everyone.
And then the passes that were on the tape, the reciever of the pass had NO hands and was losing control on the reception. Perfect example was Max’s first period break, he was sent a pass, woulda been walking in all alone on Gerber, beautiful pass right on the tape, but he fucked the reciept and the puck careened into the corner and then our PATHETIC excuse for a forecheck tonight lost the puck and it turned into a smooth breakout for Carolina.
The PP was an abomination. Horrible ice vision, and again back to the poor passing and poor forechecking. Also, there was hesitation form everyone on taking the shot. There were so many times when they’d have the puck back on the blue line, recieve a quick pass, have a clear lane, and a good shot opportunity, but they would hesitate, hold the shot, then opt not to shoot, try to make an impossible pass, and lose it down the ice. This actually happened a fair amount during even strength play too.
And to continue ranting about the shooting, the majority of those 20 plus shots were hamrless wristers from out near the blue line. There were few real solid dangerous shots.
Carolina played a good game. Not trying to belittle the effort they put forth. But Buffalo really turned the safety off the gun, and held it to their own chin with their passing, and forecheck.