Around the NHL: 2024-2025 Season

[mjd1001]

8 hours ago, ska-T Chitown said:

Sabrespace: "Look! only one point out! and we're behind Team A and Team B, so when we remember how to hockey, it is playoff city!"

TeamA-space: "Panic! we are only 1 point ahead of the sabres! Oh, but they super suck, so we'll leave them in the dust once we figure it out"

Thirteen years of empirical evidence suggests TeamA-space is far more likely to be correct.

I was listening to 590 out of Toronto this morning sometime between 6-7am, and they brought up the Sabres.

I'm paraphrasing here, but the conversatation between hosts went something like this:

-Look at the top of the Atlantic standings, its Florida, Boston, Tampa, Toronto...so much for the changing of the guard

-The Sabres are just awful. Sabres fans laugh at Toronto for bringing in old Vets, but look at how the youth are doing there.

-its like Lord of the Flies with the Sabres, they left the team to the young guys and you have Dahlin fighting with teammates in practice.

Something very close to that. Needless to say, the media, and the fans in Toronto have close to zero respect for Buffalo and don't consider then any kind of threat at all.

[ska-T Palmtown]

4 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

Needless to say, the media, and the fans in Toronto have close to zero respect for Buffalo and don't consider then any kind of threat at all.

I mean ... would you? lol

We tried to bring in vets ... E Johnson with his stanley cup pedigree ... all the way back to Gionta. Something just ain't right ...

[#freejame]

17 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

I was listening to 590 out of Toronto this morning sometime between 6-7am, and they brought up the Sabres.

I'm paraphrasing here, but the conversatation between hosts went something like this:

-Look at the top of the Atlantic standings, its Florida, Boston, Tampa, Toronto...so much for the changing of the guard

-The Sabres are just awful. Sabres fans laugh at Toronto for bringing in old Vets, but look at how the youth are doing there.

-its like Lord of the Flies with the Sabres, they left the team to the young guys and you have Dahlin fighting with teammates in practice.

Something very close to that. Needless to say, the media, and the fans in Toronto have close to zero respect for Buffalo and don't consider then any kind of threat at all.

The Sabres are the anti-Bills. Just as everyone should assume the Bills will win the division until they don’t, everyone should assume the Sabres won’t make the playoffs until they do. 

When the Bills were the anti-Sabres, this mindset took absolutely nothing away from making the playoffs against the Jags. 

[PerreaultForever]

I understand why they get made, but I think the constant Bills comparisons are pointless. Bills get so much praise but really, where would they be without one star QB? Middle of the pack at best and while they might still beat the Jets (because the Jets are the Sabres) the "team" is not all that special. 

There's no one guy in hockey that can make as much difference as a star QB. Maybe a Hasek level goalie but that's about it and that's rare. Even a McDavid doesn't get you a cup without a full team around him. 

Sabres aren't the anti-Bills, but they are a soft team with no culture of winning or hard work and competitiveness and as I've been saying for years here until they fix that culture it won't matter who is on the roster. 

[Sabres73]

1 hour ago, mjd1001 said:

I was listening to 590 out of Toronto this morning sometime between 6-7am, and they brought up the Sabres.

I'm paraphrasing here, but the conversatation between hosts went something like this:

-Look at the top of the Atlantic standings, its Florida, Boston, Tampa, Toronto...so much for the changing of the guard

-The Sabres are just awful. Sabres fans laugh at Toronto for bringing in old Vets, but look at how the youth are doing there.

-its like Lord of the Flies with the Sabres, they left the team to the young guys and you have Dahlin fighting with teammates in practice.

Something very close to that. Needless to say, the media, and the fans in Toronto have close to zero respect for Buffalo and don't consider then any kind of threat at all.

Funny how the Leafs have so much trouble beating the Sabres every year isn't it?

[PerreaultForever]

5 hours ago, Sabres73 said:

Funny how the Leafs have so much trouble beating the Sabres every year isn't it?

It is interesting to see if Berube will turn them into a 2 way team this year or not. Those big name Leafs love to play loose and wide open hockey and the Sabres teams have flourished in that so yes, we beat them at that type of game, several times. Trouble is most teams don't play that way.

On a side note Zemgus scrapping tonight with Domi. He seems to have a new energy as well. 

[Phil Goyette]

I'm going to the Dallas game tonight with my son.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Isn't it something how returning the the Jets has turned Eric Comrie back into a capable NHL goaler?

I tell you, it's a Winterpeg Miracle.

 

[shrader]

48 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

Isn't it something how returning the the Jets has turned Eric Comrie back into a capable NHL goaler?

I tell you, it's a Winterpeg Miracle.

 

He’s played 1 game

[Sabres Fan in NS]

43 minutes ago, shrader said:

He’s played 1 game

Did he have even 1 good game for the Sabres ??

 

[shrader]

8 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

Did he have even 1 good game for the Sabres ??

 

1 goal in his first start last year, then quickly fell on his face.

[Doohicksie]

 

[#freejame]

1 minute ago, Doohicksie said:

 

That’s gonna leave a bruise. Good tilt. 

[Weave]

D-Lo is just a bit unhinged.  Reminds me of Brad May in that way.

[DarthEbriate]

The Blue Jackets have lost twice to Gustavsson (whose lowest sv% in his five games this season is .939), but are otherwise playing fantastic and making goalies look awful.

[mjd1001]

Lots of games tonight, lots of surprises so far:

Buffalo over Dallas....Bruins getting shut out by the Preds...Sens being outshot 23 to 10 but being up 4-0....Lightning with 8 more goals...Panthers blown out 5-1 to Minnesota....Columbus wiping the floor with Toronto 6-2 with almost 40 shots...

How about Washington winning 4 of their first 5 games. I have no idea how they do it with that roster.

At least you can't say the NHL is too predictable in the early season.

Edited October 23 by mjd1001

[Sabres73]

Bruins are about to lose - down 4-0 with five to go. We're tied for points, and they only have one game at hand now.

[DarthEbriate]

Third period and OT between the Canes and Oilers was fast, beautiful, hockey. So glad it didn't go to a shootout.

[Getpucksdeep]

1 minute ago, DarthEbriate said:

Third period and OT between the Canes and Oilers was fast, beautiful, hockey. So glad it didn't go to a shootout.

Yes, and pretty sure 0 ice for Skinner in OT.  Heavy dose of 97 & 29 to be expected, and then Nugent Hopkins and ? but no 53.

[Sabres73]

Calgary with the net empty in the last minute ties it up with the Pens. Fan those Flames.

Pens lose in OT.

Edited October 23 by Sabres73

[PerreaultForever]

4 hours ago, Sabres73 said:

Bruins are about to lose - down 4-0 with five to go. We're tied for points, and they only have one game at hand now.

Bruins look like garbage. This could be their crash and burn year. 

[LGR4GM]

Wings won the game 1-0

[That Aud Smell]

14 hours ago, Doohicksie said:

 

Cripes - not sure if it's just the cruddy ESPN+ production value - but that crowd sounded utterly funereal during a really spirited scrap. It gives some perspective on our concerns with how quiet KBC can be.

[shrader]

49 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:

Cripes - not sure if it's just the cruddy ESPN+ production value - but that crowd sounded utterly funereal during a really spirited scrap. It gives some perspective on our concerns with how quiet KBC can be.

Maybe they don’t like the choreography either. I feel like I’ve seen just as many punches land in a WWE match. 
 

I just can’t do the “let’s square up and wait for 20 seconds” fights anymore. 

[DarthEbriate]

11 hours ago, Getpucksdeep said:

Yes, and pretty sure 0 ice for Skinner in OT.  Heavy dose of 97 & 29 to be expected, and then Nugent Hopkins and ? but no 53.

Same as with the Sabres. Coaches just don’t trust him in OT despite his offensive skills. 

In a related joking note, the Oilers blew a 2-goal lead in the third and are falling behind in their division. How long until they trade Skinner (the Jeff one) so that they can make the playoffs?