Buffalo Boy's Blog

Well, its now not whether Patrick Lalime can play or not, he can. It is now whether or not this team can score without Thomas Vanek. The answer is....they can't.

Buffalo threw 37 shots at Cam Ward who is hardly a standout goalie in the league and came up with just one goal. One god damn goal. This team can't finish their chances. The only one who does on a regular basis is Thomas Vanek,

Yeah they might have gotten shots but most where from outside the crease area and still no one was really willing to create traffic immediately in front. Andrej Sekera was willing to step up into a few and had an aggressive game defensively but still, those are shots from a distance that the goalie can see the puck coming, especially with no big bodies in front.

The trade deadline is coming, instead of panicking over whether they need a goalie with Ryan Miller out lets start panicking over them trying to acquire a big forward who is willing to stand in front of the net other than Vanek. Lalime did his part, the forwards need to do theirs.

This loss hurt, it now finds us tied with Carolina for 9th, (or 8th depends on if you're the glass half full or half empty kind of person). The Isles are up next which should be guaranteed win for any team with a pulse.