mjd1001

And...the team you play tomorrow is on a 7 game win streak, has 19 of the last 20 points, and just took down Colorado. Things are not looking up...

Moving Connor Timmins doesn't turn this team around though. Even without him and his worst games, this team isn't much different. The failures this year are about Dahlin morphing into a turnover machine (at least it seems like it), Byram getting top minutes but not being close enough to deserve them, Tuch's forchecking and backchecking disappearing to the point he is a liability without the puck, average-to-below average goaltending, McLeod taking a major step back (in terms of HIS play without the puck), a lot of injuires...and other things. Timmins to me is WAY down the list of problems this team has.

the thing is, if they did lose 10 games in a row, I still don't think Pegula would clean house. He might make a move or two, but I don't think there is a chance of a 'house cleaning' until the offseason, and even then I'm not sure it will be/would be 100% of what is needed.

Does this team have an 8 game winning streak in it? Right now its looking like .590 points percentage will get you to the last playoff spot. To get there, the Sabres need to win the next 8 in a row. Beat Minnesota, Then Winnipeg. They Philly, then Winnipeg again. Next beat Calgary, then Edmonton, then Vancouver, and finally Seattle. Do all of those things, without a loss, you just MIGHT be in that last playoff spot.

Lyon was a bit rusty because he didn't play that much. That UPL's fault for taking up all the starts recently.

UPL would have stopped that one

Bogosian, is he still playing? let alone without a visor?

The guy lately I can't get a feel for is Timmins. At times he looks good. A he can penlatly kill, he has a decent shot, he can move pretty well, he plays like he could be a good 2nd pair guy. But the other times he makes plays like he's a rookie, or just is invisible. You don't ever seem to get a quality "3rd pair" guy play out of Timmins. He's either '2nd pair quality good' or 'should be in the pressbox' bad to me.

The only thing disturbing about that was, OBVIOUSLY Tage really still felt something about that hit...he shouldn't have had to be the first to address it.

Other than his first 1 or 2 fights in the NHL when he was a lot younger where he didn't look good, Thompson has been borderline dominant in all his fights.

This doesn't bother me that much. Not that much at all. The guys have lives and yeah you want them to be dedicated to their profession but... Any problem I have with UPL is I still don't think he's playing that well. And I don't think this is really contributing to his bad play.

Um, for me its a thought. "I" never thought of it. It never entered my mind that it was done on Wed of this week. So yeah, I'm not speaking for the board as a whole I am speaking for myself. I don't now what else is the definition of a 'thought'...when in this case i simply said I did not have one about the topic.

No, never thought of it.

They have 13 games between now and Christmas, 16 between now and the end of the year. Lets just use the end of December (16 more games) for easy math. By then they will have played 39 games. 78 possible points. The last playoff spot is usually around 58% of the points, and right now it is tracking almost exactly that way. So by the end of December, they want to be on pace for 45 points. They currently have 22. Can they get 23 points in the next 16 games? That would put them right on track to where they need for the math. Even 19 or 20 points will not get them to .580, but will have them gaining ground. If they finish the calendar year with 41 points they are 'still in it'. Finish with 45 points and they are right on track. The target record should be something like 9-5-2 between now and the end of the year. Not sure this team can do that though. Maybe if/when Norris comes back and he plays well.....

Is that your complaint? That the thread is open on Thanksgiving? Because thats a pretty decent and ironic one if it is...