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Any word on Pominville? I suspect he’s not signing a one year deal with Buffalo. I wonder if he feels he has one year left in him or if he’ll retire...

All teams in all sports spend time and money on analytics. They all have for years. From pros, to college, to high school. Our beloved Sabres are no different.

Agree. And out of all of them. I only wasted my time with Deadpool. On TV. Recently. It’s a good flick.

Dude. Really.... wow. Do you have the ability to breathe and type in a message board at the same time? Answer. yes. Can a coaching staff have one foot in analytics and one foot in “other things that are important“? Answer. Yes.

For gods sake PI ... it’s going to be A TOOL he will use. Not THE TOOL. Whether you like it or not. Too freaking bad. Among other analytics and the “eye test”, collectively it will tell and accurate story. One in which will drive his decision making game after game and during games. “But I hope he doesn’t do this or doesn’t do that” It’s June. Get a grip bro. Good grief.

This post reads like a “I don’t understand it so I’m going to put it down” type of post.

A quick 30 second google search ... https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/patrick-johnston-nhls-new-tracking-technology-could-change-the-way-game-is-coached https://novacapsfans.com/2018/10/29/will-the-nhls-next-generation-data-and-data-management-models-splinter-and-divide-hockey-analytics/

I thought he mentioned it as a tool that CAN be used as a part of analytics. Not that he WILL in fact actually do that. Maybe I heard it wrong.

Yea, we have too many fans who dwell and seeth on the past. You see it here daily ?

Opinions of the past. He said nothing about not knowing the history

I’m not gonna deep dive and make up or assume things that’s aren’t there... On its face, to put it basically... He sounds good. Says the right thing. We’ll see if his approach resonates with the roster and see if he gets good results. It will take time most likely. Wouldn’t surprise me to see peaks and valleys for the first half of the season. Hopefully those valleys will be short.

If he was more bitter, held a grudge longer, and clung to the past any harder, his username would be PerreaultForever. ?

most fans have. Not all. And even if one has a very short term memory and can’t remember, It doesn’t take much effort (unless one is freakin laaaaazy) to search for video evidence of ROR “playing with intensity” for COL, BUF and STL before last nights playoff game. It’s just whiners dismissing, denying, and doing what they do best. Yawn ...

Nope. I didn’t say that in my post. I didn’t say what I think Hall’s mindset is.

Players who were asked, were pumped up when Bylsma was hired. I remember interviews and comments. Players who were asked, were pumped up when Housley was hired. I remember interviews and comments. Jack is pumped up with RK hired. As they say, the proof is in the puddling. I’m optimistic for sure, but cautiously. After a good chunk of the season, we’ll know what we have on our hands in RK. I would say by late December. With everyone adjusting, I for one won’t get too high or too low with the record until then.

I see a few are still butt hurt by O’Reilly. Around here. Bwahahaha. He’s living rent free. Love it.

Do you actually read and enjoy his columns? If so, you read very very few sports writers. He is one of the worst I’ve ever read. And the straw man sarcasm of “how can Sully” etc... has nothing to do with the actually logical reasons he was so disliked. But you know this ...

Yes! Nice one ROR.

Hall for Risto, Sheary, Asplund, Thompson and a 2020 2nd. And next year I would offer him a 8 year 8.5 mil/per. Heavily front loaded.

I wouldn’t be bragging if I had ***** all over my shirt. Just sayin’

Could be ... ”Hey I’m in Cali right now on vacation. The terms sound great! I’ll sign it. Fax me over the contract. OR I’ll be done in Cali next Sunday. I’ll fly back to Buffalo Monday morning and we can button this thing up”. Not being present when things are agreed upon, or not sticking around Buffalo for weeks and weeks while negotiations are happening between his agent and JB, is really no big deal. I know you know this. I wouldn’t read into it at all. hmmm ... I wonder if he’s checking out Disneyland Star Wars. Lucky bastard lol.

For those who want to know more about Reinhart and his development. It’s not for those that have their head up their a$$ and refuse to really see the data. Aka ... duh “eye test, so he’s not good” http://www.naturalstattrick.com/playerreport.php?fromseason=20182019&thruseason=20182019&playerid=8477933&sit=5v5&stype=2&stdoi=oi&rate=n&v=p http://www.naturalstattrick.com/playerreport.php?fromseason=20182019&thruseason=20182019&playerid=8477933&sit=5v5&stype=2&stdoi=oi&rate=n&v=t And if you take another line mate he was paired with more than a couple of times, more times than not, that line mates data shows he did worse without Reinhart in certain categories. Go ahead and play around on that site. Some data for some players may surprise you. But i guess it’s fun for some fans to play the negative card in life and sports. Yawn...

It’s hard to appreciate the game of players when one only puck watches. And is only impressed with dipsy doodles, fast skating and sick deeks. Not saying that’s you.... it’s just something I’ve noticed with some fans who dislike Reinhart and players like him.

It’s great! I’m glad you didn’t go snowflake PC with the saying at the bottom. Well done!