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I want Zac Brown so he can bring his band with him to provide some actual entertainment.

The problem I have is that UPL is just not mentally focused or prepared properly on a day-to-day basis and he really never has been outside of when he had to fight to make the Sabres roster or fight to earn a new contract. Things like that are far harder to change than improving skills. He would have to admit to himself that he is failing himself and most people's egos will never allow that to happen, they will blame someone or something else.

well there goes that theory on UPL

I mean it beats being the worst team in the NHL at home like they were for so long...

Ruff pumping them up this morning: "OK boys! We have a chance to set a new NHL record for most OT games in a row! Let's make sure that happens..."

The determination is he sucks and only plays well when he has to ty and earn something. Outside of that, he looks unfocused, undisciplined and unmotivated day to day. The worst thing for UPL is to have a situation where he is the clear #1 option, you will get the worst version of him instead of the best, which is the absolute worst case scenario for a guy who you expect to be a franchise Goalie. Small sample size so far and if it continues over the course of the year that typically will catch up to you by February.

Sylvester sure thinks so...

Toronto and Montreal also achieved this in the Stanley Cup Final in 1951 with all 5 games going to OT, with Toronto winning the series and Cup 4-1

No Sabres had 5 in 2022 as well...see above...not sure if there are more than this

That's not true, we TIED the team record. This also occurred in 2022 from March 10th-March 23rd.

I dunno...Caps literally didn't even have a shot on goal I don't think in their last 3 PP's and the best scoring chance was MacLeod's breakaway shorthanded. If they did have a shot it was nothing dangerous.

That would be part of the 8.5% that falls into the "other" bucket 😉

You are actually right...downloaded the data from Moneypuck and there is a very strong correlation between save percentage dropping and high danger chances increasing. | Season | Save % | Goals/Game | Shots/Game | xG/Shot | High-Danger Shots/Game | Avg GSAx (per 60) | | :------- | :----: | :--------: | :--------: | :-----: | :--------------------: | :---------------: | | 2010-11 | 0.913 | 5.48 | 30.8 | 0.088 | 7.9 | +0.12 | | 2011-12 | 0.914 | 5.32 | 30.7 | 0.087 | 7.8 | +0.15 | | 2012-13 | 0.912 | 5.44 | 30.1 | 0.089 | 8.0 | +0.10 | | 2013-14 | 0.914 | 5.46 | 30.6 | 0.089 | 8.1 | +0.13 | | 2014-15 | 0.915 | 5.46 | 30.4 | 0.089 | 8.2 | +0.14 | | 2015-16 | 0.915 | 5.42 | 30.2 | 0.089 | 8.3 | +0.11 | | 2016-17 | 0.913 | 5.53 | 30.3 | 0.090 | 8.5 | +0.09 | | 2017-18 | 0.912 | 5.94 | 31.8 | 0.091 | 8.7 | +0.06 | | 2018-19 | 0.910 | 6.02 | 31.5 | 0.092 | 8.8 | +0.04 | | 2019-20 | 0.910 | 6.04 | 31.3 | 0.092 | 8.9 | +0.03 | | 2020-21 | 0.907 | 6.23 | 30.7 | 0.093 | 9.0 | +0.01 | | 2021-22 | 0.904 | 6.36 | 31.1 | 0.094 | 9.2 | +0.00 | | 2022-23 | 0.904 | 6.60 | 31.9 | 0.095 | 9.4 | –0.02 | | 2023-24 | 0.903 | 6.73 | 31.6 | 0.096 | 9.5 | –0.03 | | 2024-25* | 0.900 | 6.81 | 31.8 | 0.097 | 9.6 | –0.04 | The correlation is -.91486 between Save Percentage and High Danger Shot %, meaning as high danger shots increase, save percentage drops. A perfect correlation is 1.0 or -1.0 in this case, since it's a decrease, so this is extremely strong. Essentially, this shows that 91.5% of the the variance in save percentage is caused by high danger shot quality, leaving only about 8.5% to other things.

Nobody is watching anyway, so maybe it doesn't matter? I mean an NFL week 3 pre-season game likely gets higher ratings than the Stanley Cup Finals.