TheJackBurton wrote: ↑29 Dec 2025 21:17 pm
my god Thomas has to hit the net. He absolutely has to force a save with Buch behind him
Was that a 2-0?!!
Man Thomas doesn’t shoot enough to try and snipe the top corner on a breakaway. Keep it simple!
Essentially yeah. You have to force him to make a save, you can't miss the net completely from less than 10 ft away with no one but the goaler in front of you
TheJackBurton wrote: ↑29 Dec 2025 21:17 pm
my god Thomas has to hit the net. He absolutely has to force a save with Buch behind him
Was that a 2-0?!!
Man Thomas doesn’t shoot enough to try and snipe the top corner on a breakaway. Keep it simple!
Essentially yeah. You have to force him to make a save, you can't miss the net completely from less than 10 ft away with no one but the goaler in front of you
Margin is so thin in the NHL. Hard to blow a chance like that in that situation and win games
TheJackBurton wrote: ↑29 Dec 2025 21:17 pm
my god Thomas has to hit the net. He absolutely has to force a save with Buch behind him
Was that a 2-0?!!
Man Thomas doesn’t shoot enough to try and snipe the top corner on a breakaway. Keep it simple!
Essentially yeah. You have to force him to make a save, you can't miss the net completely from less than 10 ft away with no one but the goaler in front of you
Margin is so thin in the NHL. Hard to blow a chance like that in that situation and win games
LIke I said if nothing else you have Buch behind you so he has the rebound, so make the guy make a save
he got beat on the 2nd goal, but it doesn't much matter if this team can't count on it's core guys to put pucks on net. I don't care if they don't go in, i'd at least expect to see 10-12 shots towards the goal this period when we are down 1. we have 2 shots on goal and 2 shots that missed the net.
stlblue06 wrote: ↑29 Dec 2025 21:23 pm
Without Hofer this game isn’t close. To think he had no chance on any of Buffalo’s goals (maybe a slight chance on the 2nd goal)