Sabres Meltdown

Disgusting! It was horrible to watch as a Sabres fan. As I watched the scores of Philly, Washington, Florida and Boston winning... I couldn't believe that I was seeing the Sabres lose a 3-1 lead in their 3rd period collapse. They didn't take many chances in the 1st period of last night's game against Ottawa, and then turned it on in the 2nd. In the back of my mind I kept thinking.. I don't think Miller can hold onto this lead. Sure enough, the Senators turned things around with a shorthanded goal (The Sabres power-less play is enough for a blog in itself) and that's when they crumbled. The Sabres defense was horrible! Ryan Miller was horrible! They allowed the Senators to do what they did to the Lightning last week. Some of the glaring problems I have with this team: Ryan Miller is still and has been no better than average at any point in this season. Henrik Tallinder and Toni Lydman have had an off season. The problem with that is they traded away Campbell and Spacek is out hurt. Their defense can be down right horrible in some games (It must be addressed in the offseason). They too crumbled last night. And finally, where was the passion? The Sabres did not play like a team that was fighting for a playoff spot, with that being their final of 7 games left in the season. This team will not make the post season and you can point to last night's game as the one that got away. When everyone else around them won, they failed to do their part. They are not good enough to be in the playoffs this season. That became apparent last night.