That Aud Smell

Yeah, I misspoke. I said "loser point" because I was typing Bettman's name. Like some (many?), I just hate that some NHL games yield 2 points and some yield 3. But I also understand that that's a feature, not a bug.

A guy who knows puck. And loves the Sabres.

Ehhh. Disagree. We’re missing those all world flourishes, for one. Seems that way. Great crowd last night, for sure. That’s not a “no” though, is it? 🤣

lol - i see a robust “what is .500” debate ensued upthread. i look only at true .500 as a threshold for being good because, if you ain’t there, you need the stars to align to make the playoffs. plus, i won’t toe the line for gary bettman’s loser point parity project.

East looks wide open and fairly mediocre this season. Claw back to true .500 and go from there (5-7 currently). It’s probably been posted upthread (I was in the arena and didn’t post or follow), but Dahlin looks like a shell of himself.

FAAAAAHHHHHKKKKKKKK

I'm giving stick taps to all the posters who brought the scheme-perspective to the Worthy/Coleman discussion. I've seen it posted to Twitter several times over the past couple years: "If there was one Bills drought player whom you could bring back in their prime to help this team, who would it be?" The answer seems like it has to be Eric Moulds. I'd love to see Cook get 20 touches/targets and a score on Sunday. I think he's the key to beating the Chiefs.

Let's stomp these effin' beantown bums. Good start, strong finish. 4-2 win with an EN. Let's Go Buffalo!

Agreed with this. When I've seen him, he's mostly looked over-matched and a half step behind the play. I don't fault his effort, though -- he seems to have been working hard.

Like - why can't we do cool sh1t too? "Copycat league" is what I always hear.

And this post of mine here 👆 is one that is informed and modified by the post upthread from @jad1. And this is where there's a conversation to be had, I think.

I chose a festive "thinking" gif. I genuinely appreciate this perspective and insight. I think it's spot on. The trick (not the treat), of course, is that big-bodied WR's who can separate go at the tippy top of the draft. And the Bills ain't sniffing that tier anytime soon. As for the approach being debatable, it makes me think a couple of things: (1) The weather in KC can get pretty rough as well (although perhaps not as reliably bad as it gets here); (2) I wish Terry would've put a roof on the new stadium.

Let's Go, Buffalo! When's the last time this team was @deluca67 .500? Been a long time. I don't think they ever were last season. (For those who don't know: @deluca67 .500 is sort of a "true" .500 measurement -- e.g., a record of 4-4-1 is actually a record of 4-5 and is therefore not "true" .500.)

I don't know what his basic analytics were in that Detroit game, but I was so impressed that Ruff kept sending him out there against Larkin. He's a really nice role player. And I love how he scored that goal against Detroit -- charging toward the net.

Gabe Davis was a 4th rounder. Beane deserves credit for going out and getting Diggs. I basically view Diggs as a high draft pick, since that's what they gave up to get him. Someone here posted that 2026 is going to be a good WR draft class. I read elsewhere that it's a deep class, but not a class with multiple elite prospects. And apparently 2027 is projecting to be a WR class with lots of top-end talents.

Allowing Andy Reid to get his hands on Worthy and then drafting Coleman appears to be one of Beane’s biggest blunders as GM.

I do think that the social media team gets clearance from hockey ops before posting stuff like the thing they put up today.

The team's social media team seems to think Kesselring is close.

because you'd lose the chance for proverbial mismatches. and because the route tree for a wideout is not something kincaid is prepared to deliver. and because kincaid is likely not creating separation from outside corners.

I can't fault the GM for taking guys who get hurt. Someone's done the big data analysis, haven't they? Someone out there has created a reasonable set of parameters and values, run the numbers, and can show with some objectivity how GM's have performed in the draft and in free agency. I'd guess that Beane grades out in the "good" tier. If 2026 is a strong WR draft, I'd love to see them move up, up to grab someone they really like. (And then pray that they're right.)

Looks like he could be the grandson of Dorothy Hammill -- strong skater, I presume.

I only got to see part of the 1st half and had to split my attention while doing so. This is incredible news. Almost as if it were intentional?! It sounds like Oliver tore his bicep, which would mean he could be back for the playoffs (but maybe not). The Bills have not made out on the extension they gave the guy. And - with his dead cap number - cutting him next year is probably not an option. They could look to restructure, but why add more time to a deal where, of late, the player cannot stay on the field. What also sucks is that -- with Jones and Oliver both out for varying periods of time -- Beane is more apt to shift to getting DT help rather than WR help.

Not an entirely accurate thing for me to say. I effing LOVE stingers.

I wonder if it was a stinger or something similar? Also, I do not KNOW what a stinger is. I just know football players get them sometimes (shoulders?), that they often look terrible, but then the player often comes back in during the same game. (Paging the board's physicians. There are a few. The one who pops to mind is @Wyldnwoody44.)