Miller's mojo
Some X and O talk with Ryan Miller developed Tuesday after practice in the Pepsi Center. Always interesting and you always learn something. Miller has never been better in his career but don't expect him to take a lot of credit. He's quick to credit his team. Great leader.
"The way we're playing has been great," Miller said. "The defense has been really solid. Everybody kind of feeds off each other. That's why it's a good team environment. The defensemen are benefitting from the forwards paying a little more attention to coming back through the neutral zone, and the backcheck pressure has been very good. For me, it means less zone time (when opponents have the puck inside the Sabres zone).
"When we do have zone time, we're going to be fresher and we can push, find loose guys and push harder on the puck. They're not going to have as much time to make plays."
How is that significant? Miller said he's spending more time this season focusing straight-up on shooters and not worrying about any sort of back-side, fancy plays. No arguments so far how that adjustment is working.
---Mike Harrington
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