Are the Sabres out of the running for the playoffs?

[BillsShredder83]

On 3/26/2023 at 12:34 AM, Crusader1969 said:

IF on Monday:

1)the Sabres beat Montreal

2) Islanders lose to Devils

3) Ottawa beats Florida

 Playoff Watch is official back on!

Welp ****. Its not back on, but its sorta "not off" i guess

[sabremike]

On 3/19/2023 at 9:39 PM, Eleven said:

You mentioned well-coached teams and then you mentioned John Tortorella, so which is it?

Torts has a team that has a roster consisting of almost nothing but flaming dog crap playing somewhat competitively. He has overachieved. 

[Thorner]

3 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

Paul Hamilton drives me absolutely nuts sometimes. 

He emphatically hammered a take on every wgr show appearance for a week, that the Sabres' season was over after the 8 game losing streak. He said the playoffs were not going to happen because they had too many teams to jump, yaddah yaddah. Once or twice he even said we can't see the team play in games that matter because they are just formalities the rest of the way. He went quiet on this after they played well for a month or two and got back in it, and a few weeks back Jeremy brought it up to him, and he rambled into a subject change to avoid addressing things he said before. 

Today on the ride home, he breaks out a "well i always was saying that they weren't going to make it, too many teams to jump"

No Paul, it doesn't work like that. They had the spot by points percentage more than once, they already jumped all those teams. That take was terrible. The Sabres got back into it. That they shat themselves once again doesn't make you right in November, when you were embarrassingly wrong for how hard you leaned into the point

Yup. Forward progress ruled. 

[Buffalonill]

4 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

Paul Hamilton drives me absolutely nuts sometimes. 

He emphatically hammered a take on every wgr show appearance for a week, that the Sabres' season was over after the 8 game losing streak. He said the playoffs were not going to happen because they had too many teams to jump, yaddah yaddah. Once or twice he even said we can't see the team play in games that matter because they are just formalities the rest of the way. He went quiet on this after they played well for a month or two and got back in it, and a few weeks back Jeremy brought it up to him, and he rambled into a subject change to avoid addressing things he said before. 

Today on the ride home, he breaks out a "well i always was saying that they weren't going to make it, too many teams to jump"

No Paul, it doesn't work like that. They had the spot by points percentage more than once, they already jumped all those teams. That take was terrible. The Sabres got back into it. That they shat themselves once again doesn't make you right in November, when you were embarrassingly wrong for how hard you leaned into the point

Next time just turn on some music.

 

[Randall Flagg]

Just now, Buffalonill said:

Next time just turn on some music.

 

I would say 70% of my commute time is quiet. 20% is GR and 10% is music written before 1900

[Thorner]

4 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

I would say 70% of my commute time is quiet. 20% is GR and 10% is music written before 1900

Audio books ever a consideration? 

[Randall Flagg]

7 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Audio books ever a consideration? 

No I tried and get too distracted, miss important information

I really don't mind driving in silence. It is disturbing to me that most people I know need to constantly pepper themselves with music, podcasts etc. at any hint of downtime. I find that I start to lose myself if others' words are the only things in my head 

[Crusader1969]

1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said:

No I tried and get too distracted, miss important information

I really don't mind driving in silence. It is disturbing to me that most people I know need to constantly pepper themselves with music, podcasts etc. at any hint of downtime. I find that I start to lose myself if others' words are the only things in my head 

I’m the opposite.  Can’t stand silence 

music all day in my office , I can spend an hour walking on my treadmill, staring at a wall but listening to music.   Except maybe the first 20 mins of the day with a coffee, then silence is golde. 

[Buffalonill]

Buffalo now has a 4% chance of making the playoffs. 

 

[Marvin]

6 hours ago, Buffalonill said:

Buffalo now has a 4% chance of making the playoffs. 

 

I get that political opinion media encourage us to take the most extreme version of an argument we disagree with and use it as representative of the opposition, thus branding anyone who views things with nuance as flaky, weak, stupid, an enemy of humanity, and so on.  Can we avoid such condescension here, please?

[inkman]

8 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

I would say 70% of my commute time is quiet. 20% is GR and 10% is music written before 1900

So you can hear your blinkers like in my grandpas car? 

Edited March 28, 2023 by inkman

[inkman]

8 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

No I tried and get too distracted, miss important information

I really don't mind driving in silence. It is disturbing to me that most people I know need to constantly pepper themselves with music, podcasts etc. at any hint of downtime. I find that I start to lose myself if others' words are the only things in my head 

Some of us desperately don’t want the thoughts and memories of all the dumb ***** we’ve done during the day or our lives.  I need to drown that ***** out otherwise the stress makes me want to off myself. 

[Buffalonill]

26 minutes ago, Marvin said:

I get that political opinion media encourage us to take the most extreme version of an argument we disagree with and use it as representative of the opposition, thus branding anyone who views things with nuance as flaky, weak, stupid, an enemy of humanity, and so on.  Can we avoid such condescension here, please?

 

[Randall Flagg]

43 minutes ago, inkman said:

Some of us desperately don’t want the thoughts and memories of all the dumb ***** we’ve done during the day or our lives.  I need to drown that ***** out otherwise the stress makes me want to off myself. 

You must face it and overcome it or you will never have an original thought again 

[Wyldnwoody44]

5 points back with 9 games left. 

[DarthEbriate]

12 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

5 points back with 9 games left. 

It is possible, however unlikely, that the Sabres might find a Pens weakness... and exploit it.

The issue is that the Panthers (even free-falling at the moment) are still between them and that final spot. And the games-in-hand are gone but only relate to the NYI who are now 8 points up. And that's impossible, even for a computer!

[CallawaySabres]

If you want to hold on to any hope, do NOT look at the Penguins remaininng schedule.

[BUFtoNCfan]

11 hours ago, Thorny said:

Audio books ever a consideration? 

I like them for long road trips. I find it hard to concentrate on the book in city traffic.

[Huckleberry]

Can forget catching the islanders, but starting to think 93 is high for that final wild card spot.    

[LTS]

11 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

No I tried and get too distracted, miss important information

I really don't mind driving in silence. It is disturbing to me that most people I know need to constantly pepper themselves with music, podcasts etc. at any hint of downtime. I find that I start to lose myself if others' words are the only things in my head 

I'm the same way. I have so much information coming at me on a daily basis that driving in silence is the perfect way to eliminate it all and enjoy the break.

Much like I don't listen to pundits discussing the Sabres chances... I'm good with any outcome at his point.  I saw what I needed to see this season.

[inkman]

2 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

You must face it and overcome it or you will never have an original thought again 

There are demons I am absolutely refusing to acknowledge let alone overcome. 

[PromoTheRobot]

2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Can forget catching the islanders, but starting to think 93 is high for that final wild card spot.    

The most the Sabres can get right now is 95. That's unlikely. But I don't mind staying in the hunt as long as possible.

Edited March 28, 2023 by PromoTheRobot