Call of the Wilde: Sabres dominate Montreal Canadiens 5-1 in Buffalo home opener
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The feeling is that the Sabres are the worst team, or perhaps the second worst team in the league. They destroyed the Canadiens. Brian Wilde has more.
Two games in two nights, both resulting in loss, have kicked off the season for the Montreal Canadiens.
On Thursday, the Habs faced a club waiting for them for their season opener, the Sabres in Buffalo. Montreal lost on opening night in Toronto in a tight contest and hoped to show more offence than that game’s one goal, but it was another rough contest.
The Sabres took it to the Habs 5-1.
The feeling is that the Sabres are the worst team, or perhaps the second worst team in the league. They destroyed the Canadiens. It wasn’t close on the scoreboard; it wasn’t close in analytics; it wasn’t close with your eye test.
There wasn’t a thing to like in the Canadiens’ game. You can’t pick out a single player that looked better than any of the Sabres. The goal scorer was Chris Wideman on an open look on a pass from Joel Armia, but they weren’t stand-out players. They just happened to combine for a goal.
Two goals in two nights for the Habs.
There is no one that looked good. No one on defence, where the immobility was an issue again, and no one on offence, as the attackers have no chance to show speed waiting for the puck to be cleared.
It also appears the head coach has already decided that he doesn’t trust his rookie, who is supposed to win the Calder Trophy this year. Cole Caufield was demoted to the second unit of the power play only two nights in. Overall, it felt like there were forwards that had absolutely no time on the puck at all. I can’t remember even hearing the name Lehkonen or Dvorak.
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