Ok, so that was why I felt so confident that the Rangers could, and will be the Sabres. Did you see it? One word folks, CONTAINMENT. This is what I saw in the Sabres game that did not impress me, you can contain them, they try the same plays all the damn time. This 3-man give and go, the “pass-arounds”, and a number of set plays that dictate their pace to the game. As Sean Avery was saying, this can be contained with a man high. If you send 2 guys deep, and keep a 3rd up high, you can neutralize those plays, and still play an out-in offensive game. Now don’t get me wrong, even though I have the utmost confidence in this team (now), I still feel that this thing could go south if another c-word comes to play. That is complacency. Buffalo is phenomenal when you sit back and let them attack, the key is getting the puck down low with the 2-man forecheck, and attack them with point shots with the men up high.
It’s doable. You are seeing why.
-Inferno
