apuszczalowski Posted March 21, 2021 Report Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 1:13 PM, LGR4GM said: They aren't getting a president. How about a Prime Minister then? 1 1
bunomatic Posted March 21, 2021 Report Posted March 21, 2021 1 hour ago, apuszczalowski said: How about a Prime Minister then? You can have ours but he’ll take your money and give it to all the other teams. 1 3
SwampD Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 Man. I'm watching this Tampa/Florida game from today,… wow. Just some awesome hockey. It's worth a watch.
SwampD Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 Watch this game and try to justify your antiquated "soft Euro" jive stance. I really like hockey. I really wish I liked the Sabres.
#freejame Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 5 hours ago, SwampD said: Watch this game and try to justify your antiquated "soft Euro" jive stance. I really like hockey. I really wish I liked the Sabres. Sasha Barkov is amazing. Most underrated player in the league. 1
Norcal Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 https://sports.yahoo.com/cal-petersen-sparkles-win-over-040008414.html Cal Petersen stopped 41 shots as the Kings upended the Golden Knights and ended their five-game winning streak. (Isaiah J. Downing-USA Today The guy is pretty damn good, and some other league news. Luke Hughes injured, may miss significant time.
Zamboni Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Norcal said: https://sports.yahoo.com/cal-petersen-sparkles-win-over-040008414.html Cal Petersen stopped 41 shots as the Kings upended the Golden Knights and ended their five-game winning streak. (Isaiah J. Downing-USA Today The guy is pretty damn good, and some other league news. Luke Hughes injured, may miss significant time. What’s Cal’s record overall in the NHL so far? Nvm. Found it ... 16 W, 13 L. 2.54 GAA wow he’s already 26 ... Edited March 22, 2021 by Zamboni
Norcal Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 33 minutes ago, Zamboni said: What’s Cal’s record overall in the NHL so far? Nvm. Found it ... 16 W, 13 L. 2.54 GAA wow he’s already 26 ... Yeah he's been around a few years already after college. The guy can play and is fun to watch. This year he's creepin into Quicks crease
IKnowPhysics Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 Fifth highest GSAA among goalies. Among goalies with >600mins of TOI, third highest GSAA/60 at +0.661. Quick is sub-average at -0.276. For reference: Vasilevsky is tops in GSAA and GSAA/60 (>600mins) at +0.745. Ullmark is a respectable 17th in GSAA and 14th in GSAA/60 (>600mins) at +0.374. Hutton has a GSAA/60 of -0.713. JJ trailed just behind Hutton at -0.717. Buffalo should be inquiring about CAR UFAs Reimer (+0.075) or Mrazek (+1.026 but small sample size), or a longer term trade option in RFA Nedeljkovic (+0.580). 1 1
Norcal Posted March 22, 2021 Report Posted March 22, 2021 2 hours ago, IKnowPhysics said: Fifth highest GSAA among goalies. Among goalies with >600mins of TOI, third highest GSAA/60 at +0.661. Quick is sub-average at -0.276. For reference: Vasilevsky is tops in GSAA and GSAA/60 (>600mins) at +0.745. Ullmark is a respectable 17th in GSAA and 14th in GSAA/60 (>600mins) at +0.374. Hutton has a GSAA/60 of -0.713. JJ trailed just behind Hutton at -0.717. This passes the eye test
Ducky Posted March 23, 2021 Report Posted March 23, 2021 21 hours ago, IKnowPhysics said: Fifth highest GSAA among goalies. Among goalies with >600mins of TOI, third highest GSAA/60 at +0.661. Quick is sub-average at -0.276. For reference: Vasilevsky is tops in GSAA and GSAA/60 (>600mins) at +0.745. Ullmark is a respectable 17th in GSAA and 14th in GSAA/60 (>600mins) at +0.374. Hutton has a GSAA/60 of -0.713. JJ trailed just behind Hutton at -0.717. Buffalo should be inquiring about CAR UFAs Reimer (+0.075) or Mrazek (+1.026 but small sample size), or a longer term trade option in RFA Nedeljkovic (+0.580). Brossoit is going to get a starter's job after this season. A really good goalie playing lights out this year. I'll hate to lose him but LB is too good to be a backup.
Kong Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 If Covid resolves and we get a normal 2021-2022 season starting in October...(insert laugh here)...I can think of at least one way to improve the Sabres without doing a thing. Change to a less competitive division. Wash, NYR, NYI, Pitt, Phil NJD, Bos, etc. in the northeast region all have our number. In addition, if the divisions ever get back to normal, TO, MTL and OTT should probably beat the crap out of us for the foreseeable future. Back in the Buffalo Bisons AHL days, they were in the Western Division. I don't see why Buffalo can't be moved to a division where they'd be more competitive, maybe even a bottom feeders division.
Weave Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, Kong said: If Covid resolves and we get a normal 2021-2022 season starting in October...(insert laugh here)...I can think of at least one way to improve the Sabres without doing a thing. Change to a less competitive division. Wash, NYR, NYI, Pitt, Phil NJD, Bos, etc. in the northeast region all have our number. In addition, if the divisions ever get back to normal, TO, MTL and OTT should probably beat the crap out of us for the foreseeable future. Back in the Buffalo Bisons AHL days, they were in the Western Division. I don't see why Buffalo can't be moved to a division where they'd be more competitive, maybe even a bottom feeders division. Yeah, why would we want to measure our team against anything but the worst? F it. Let’s just relegate them like Soccer.
Andrew Amerk Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Weave said: Yeah, why would we want to measure our team against anything but the worst? F it. Let’s just relegate them like Soccer. The Sabres could just play the other worst team for 82 games, and maybe one of them would make the playoffs. Hint: it probably wouldn’t be the Sabres.
Broken Ankles Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 After tonight’s win against Philly, the NJ Devils are closer to a playoff position (8 points) than falling below the Sabres for last place (12 points).
Eleven Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 Tim Peel, because of course: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-investigating-incident-involving-official-caught-hot-mic/ Oh my god the NHL finally took action. Like the dude was literally a month from retirement but lol I know the name of ONE current (now former) NHL referee. Just one. It is Tim Peel. If you know a referee's name, it's usually bad. Also, it appears that I have accomplished the extremely rare feat of scooping @Brawndo, so I have that going for me today. 1
LGR4GM Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/21/2021 at 2:40 PM, apuszczalowski said: How about a Prime Minister then?
Randall Flagg Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 Hawks fans seem to be enjoying Brandon Hagel. Why is he no longer in our organization?
LGR4GM Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 19 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said: Hawks fans seem to be enjoying Brandon Hagel. Why is he no longer in our organization? Stupidity and Botterill's hatred of all things CHL. 1
Randall Flagg Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, LGR4GM said: Stupidity and Botterill's hatred of all things CHL. Jason just declined to sign him?
SDS Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 27 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said: Jason just declined to sign him? Looks like it: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29456622/brandon-hagel-extended-wait-play-nhl-game-no-2%3fplatform=amp
Curt Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 26 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said: Jason just declined to sign him? Wikipedia says: “By June 1, 2018, the Sabres were unable to sign Hagel to a contract and relinquished their rights to him.....” It’s not totally clear if he refused to sign or if Botterill declined to sign him. All I can add is that I remember when his deadline to sign passed and he was not signed, but I don’t recall hearing that he refused to sign, like what happened with Cal Peterson. I feel like we would remember if he refused to sign because it’s quite rare.
Randall Flagg Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 A bit of a shame. He's not lighting it up or anything, but seems like he'd be a homegrown forward we'd enjoy watching
SDS Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said: A bit of a shame. He's not lighting it up or anything, but seems like he'd be a homegrown forward we'd enjoy watching He was in the Canadiens training camp too and they passed. It’s not just us.
LabattBlue Posted March 24, 2021 Report Posted March 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said: Hawks fans seem to be enjoying Brandon Hagel. Why is he no longer in our organization? Even though I am pretty sure that they had room under the 50 player contract limit for both players, it appears they favored Glotov over Hagel. Not sure why, except for the fact that Glotov was perceived to be cool because of twitter or some other social media nonsense. Watching both player over 2-3 rookie and training camps, IMO Hagel was always more impressive. Glotov was nothing more than a very small and very poor comparison of Max Afinogenov. I cut Botts some slack because I think the Pegula's had a lot of say in his worst moves as a GM, but in terms of letting Hagel go, Botts really screwed up...especially when you look at how poor the forward prospect ranks were at the time.
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