HumanSlinky39

This is a clear trend. Is this a Lindy strategy with a 3rd period lead?

Have we even had the puck in their zone for more than 10 seconds this period?

I'll take 12 Benson's. Some a bit bigger, though. All Carolina. This might be up to UPL standing on his head.

They're just trying to to protect the damn lead. This won't end well.

Lafferty breakaway

Could feel that coming. SHOOT, DAHLIN!

Ugh. SHOOT THAT

Cliffy punished him for that.

Don't play tight. Don't protect the lead. Attack.

That's why you play til the buzzer.

MCLEOD x2

I'm so tired of hearing how this is the youngest team in the league.

Good D by the Cane trailing him, didn't catch who it was.

2-0 lead. You can hear their sphincters tightening.

COZENS

UPL

Can UPL steal one for them?

Tokarski wearing his old Sabres mask lol. Bad penalty, Cliffy.

Tuch has only scored in 3 of the last 20 games??? YIKES.

Get home from work to a 1-0 lead. I'll take it. Keep going

This almost seems like the kind of game these humps would inexplicably win, but my gut forecasts...

I don't know, man. Body of work-wise, it's hard to beat the Clowns IMO. They just finished up their 26th season and have made the playoffs 3 times. They've gone 140-278 (.335), have just 4 winning seasons, have lost at least 10 games in 18/26 seasons, including an 0-16 season (that was preceded by a 1-15 year...1-31 in 2 seasons LOL). They go through QBs at an incomprehensible rate. They finally found one in Baker Mayfield who while maybe not elite, at least provided the first competent play at the position after 19 years of a revolving door of ineptitude, finally got them to the playoffs (and even won a game!), then dumped him after one ineffective (his shoulder was banged up the whole season) season for a guy under investigation for being a sex pest who would go almost 2 calendar years without playing then prove ineffective and constantly injured...and gave up a HUGE bounty for him. By the by, they went 17 straight seasons without playoffs (2003-19) in that span. Now after showing signs of maybe clawing the way out of the muck, they shot themselves in the foot by trading Mayfield to bring in Watson, a deal that has torpedoed the franchise and has sent them spiraling back to the bottom of the league for the foreseeable future. Mostly because the owner is a total dolt (he pushed for the Watson deal, also pushed for them to draft Johnny Manziel) who meddles and makes ghastly hires...not unlike TP, just with a larger body of work.

I'm from NE Ohio originally, so I follow the Browns (for a comedy fix) though never have been a fan. The Browns are kind of the modern-day gold standard for a bumbling franchise. It's been a 25 year death march since they were "reborn" after Art Modell moved the real Browns to Baltimore. Back around 2012, current owner Jimmy Haslam (a prime example of an inept owner) hired a new GM, new team president and new director of player personnel. It was a supposed front office "trinity." The GM was Mike Lombardi, who had spent the prior 6 years with the NFL network and was NOT a popular hire. The 2012 season began with extremely questionable draft choices (including a near 30 year old QB picked in the 1st round) and very "meh" moves in free agency. The season failed spectacularly and the GM was made a fool of in multiple press conferences by tap dancing around questions, arrogance, and dodging accountability. It was clear after 1 season that this "trinity" was in waaaay over their heads. At the season ending presser, a local reporter asked the owner "can you assure the fans that they don't have the 3 stooges running this organization?" That was the actual question. The front office folks were not allowed to do anymore press conferences after that point and were fired after another failed season in 2013. It was an absolute clown show (still is) and the Sabres are not far off from that right now.

2022-23: 42-33-7, 91 Pts 2023-24: 39-37-6, 84 Pts 2024-25 (pace): 31-42-9, 71 Pts That would be two straight seasons of diminishing results after showing promise late in the 2022-23 season, with a sharp drop off in year 3. That is NOT the trajectory you should have with a roster full of young players that you're building around. One would expect incremental improvement, or even if there's a hiccup, at least some indication of forward progress in the aggregate. There is no evidence of anything resembling progress; in fact, there's near across the board regression across these three seasons. +/- NHL .500 2022-23: +9 2023-24: +2 2024-25 (pace): -11 This rebuild is failing, full stop.