GDT - Canucks @ Sabres - Nov. 15, 2022 - 7:00 PM (EST) - MSG and WGR

[Contempt]

4 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Hmm. It appears our situation has not improved.

Would it help if I got out and pushed?

[Pimlach]

This losing streak needs to end.  Give these poor fans something.  

15 minutes ago, Thorny said:

think I agree. individual songs work well in baseball when it's one guy walking up to the plate

we score a goal, the whole team is celebrating 

Unity. A hockey team. 

[Spoonman]

14 minutes ago, Contempt said:

Sabres teams haven't had too many organs in a long time. There seems to be a distinct organ shortage now.

[Contempt]

1 minute ago, Pimlach said:

This losing streak needs to end.  Give these poor fans something.  

Unity. A hockey team. 

[Pimlach]

Shoot the puck early and often. 

[DarthEbriate]

5 minutes ago, Contempt said:

Would it help if I got out and pushed?

It might.

[Thorner]

3 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

This losing streak needs to end.  Give these poor fans something.  

Unity. A hockey team. 

Unity. Otherwords, a union. 

A union of the players against the nary-an-expectation approach of the front office would be most dangerous to the corporation that is the Buffalo Sabres, and their cushy job security therein 

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yes this was a joke

I guess 

Edited November 16, 2022 by Thorny

[rickshaw]

Horvat now 12-5 on face offs. Sabres need that!!

Edited November 16, 2022 by rickshaw

[Contempt]

Just now, rickshaw said:

Horvat not 12-5 on face offs. Sabres need that!!

I've been told many times that faceoffs are not important.

[Doohicksie]

Now THAT was a blatant trip!

[Pimlach]

Another no call. Come on ref wake up 

[mjd1001]

1 minute ago, Contempt said:

I've been told many times that faceoffs are not important.

Yep.  People who don't care about faceoffs show the fancy stats that say they don't matter.

People who do care about faceoffs point out every goal that is scored against when one is lost.

Easy to argue this one however you want.

[Believer]

Need to score one soon… Create momentum for rest of the period… 

[Stoner]

Peterka is pulled pork tonight.

 

[Pimlach]

JJP might need to stand up. 

[Contempt]

2 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Yep.  People who don't care about faceoffs show the fancy stats that say they don't matter.

People who do care about faceoffs point out every goal that is scored against when one is lost.

Easy to argue this one however you want.

It's a simple answer. It's situational. Center ice draws don't matter, draws late in games in the zone do. Draws on special teams in the zone do.

[Believer]

No point dumping the puck in their zone if we don’t forecheck and attack

[Doohicksie]

Tick.

 

 

Tick.

 

 

Tick.

[JoeSchmoe]

They're nowhere as fast as they were when they were winning.

[Stoner]

No offense to Tuch, but the replay of that ill fated no look pass toward Skinner, ruining a glorious chance to score, should be jettisoned through outer space so in 10 billion years some advanced civilization can say, "Ah, so that was Sabres hockey."

[Thorner]

2 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

Peterka is pulled pork tonight.

 

A hot lunch?

[Believer]

Just now, Doohickie said:

Tick.

 

 

Tick.

 

 

Tick.

Yep… Need one soon… Take the pressure off needing two

[rickshaw]

Face offs matter for pick possesion. If you don’t have the puck you don’t score! Obviously it’s when you wins them but if you’re 13-5 consistently then chances are you win many in important times.

[Contempt]

2 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

Peterka is pulled pork tonight.

 

[mjd1001]

Just now, Contempt said:

It's a simple answer. It's situational. Center ice draws don't matter, draws late in games in the zone do. Draws on special teams in the zone do.

I agree with you, also the one thing the stats don't tell you is how clean a draw it was.  Pull the puck right back to a guy ready for a shot on net cleanly is one type of win, pulling it back into a scrum where you eventually gain control of it after a second or two is another. Both will be called 'faceoff wins' but they are 2 totally different things.