But also ... like @Jorcus proved @LGR4GM's point ... The Sabres have given up 103 GA ... a 20% reduction is TWENTY fewer goals against. Surely, if you spread that over the any of the losses, it results in more points. Yes, they probably would have given up fewer goals in some of the wins ... but there is no way giving up 20 fewer GA does not result in 4-6 more points in the standings, which <checks math> would put them within 1 or 2 points of the wild card.
Actually 20% would be kind of absurd ... it would put them somewhere around 6th fewest GA in the conference. But a boy can dream!
I have played on some pretty inept beer league teams, but these are supposed to be professionals - there is just so much BAD HOCKEY oozing out of these guys.
Meanwhile the Loaves are somehow 2 pts out of first all of the sudden???
Probably a bunch of "aw drat, we almost had 'em" talk in the locker room. The just seem to have no plan when they get the puck. I meant it when I said the other day "this team practices??"
The π Sabres π don't π lose π money!!! Please stop. It has been shown time and time again that the Sabres have a decently positive net operating income each year. Could they be raking in considerably MORE if they would stop sucking? Sure. But they don't lose money.
I am probably the only one ... but does anyone else have the same problems?
A) See @RETURNTOGLORY's username the same way I do?
B) Find it hard to concentrate on anything else other than thinking "If only it wasn't all caps, it would fit all in one line?"
Or just me?
Certainly appreciate the perspective! I won't get into the "promises" the new gen nukes are making regarding timelines, they even sound silly to me and I am in it - but the goals are to get it down to the gas range you specify above. I know of at least one nuke company that is attempting to address the baseload vs peak load by incorporating energy storage (molten salt) borrowed from the solar industry. Recharge the storage tanks during off-peak, discharge storage during peaks for a load-following effect that may mimic having two types of generation available.