Yeah Buff got pretty beat on that one, Buff had a brutal game all around really, lazy buff is back again. Blaming Pavelec is crazy, not a huge Pav fan, well really, i'm a fan of whoever they start but... not the biggest PAV supporter but he's been pretty good this season all things considered, his save percentage and goals against suggest that he has been pretty good, he's been better than league average really. Blaming Pav on that one is just not true at all.. Even just blaming Buff isn't true either, it was the entire line there...
Wheeler went for an early change cuz he thought they were just gonna cycle the puck, left the entire right side open for the stretch pass, Scheif took a spill behind the net, Stafford was nowhere to be seen, Pardy and Buff both got beat by Kreider, he was in behind them both, That shouldn't happen with 3 minutes left, really the last 3 or so minutes, From the Kreider goal on, to Buff taking a penalty with 40 seconds left was just a really brutal sequence of events, mainly for buff but more so for the entire team.
It's pretty bad when you are expecting guys like Buff to step up, Ladd even, Frolik let's say, I'll give Scheif a pass, he obviously was in some pain the whole game from blocking that shot.. but these games are where you expect your big guys to step up and take it over... Who scored for us tho? Slater and Stempniak, The bottom 6 guys, really the 3rd and 4th lines.. Though Wheeler and Little played well for the most part and like i said, scheif was hurt so it obviously played a role for him but where was Buff? Ladd? Frolik? Stafford? nowhere to be found, instead of stepping up, they didn't do much at all, well buff did but... what buff did was hurt the team quite a bit with his stupid plays.
Buff has gone back to the floating buff, it's too bad cuz this is the time of year you expect these guys to step up, You expect your core to step up and like i said, little and wheeler had strong games but where was the rest? Invisible really.