Big Guava Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 (edited) With yesterday's win and a Boston loss, Bruins are now 1 point behind the Sabres and Sabres have a game in hand on them. Sabres will also likely pass Pittsburgh and Philly soon as they are 1 point behind them but have 2 games in hand on Philly and 1 on Pittsburgh... Time to celebrate being out of the basement! Let the sun in...uncork the champagne! 🍾 🍾 Sabres are now tied for 5th in goals per game with 3.26 this season and are the only team in the top 9 with fewer than 91 points. It's really, really hard to be this bad when you score like they do. Edited April 2 by Big Guava 1 Quote
JoeSchmoe Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 3:57 PM, Big Guava said: It's really, really hard to be this bad when you score like they do. Expand 5 1 Quote
DarthEbriate Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 And to think all it took was 3.5 months and a 9-game losing streak by Boston. The answer is in the room. Yub nub! Quote
Hawerchuk Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Upgrade this defense and they would be a lot closer to a playoff spot. An erratic UPL didn't help either. 1 Quote
matter2003 Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 (edited) On 4/2/2025 at 4:17 PM, Hawerchuk said: Upgrade this defense and they would be a lot closer to a playoff spot. An erratic UPL didn't help either. Expand Upgrade UPL/Levi in games they played this year and they WOULD be a playoff team. Their team save percentage is .872 which is a joke in today's NHL. If it was even .895, which is still terrible, they likely would be in the last wildcard spot at least. Edited April 2 by matter2003 Quote
Mr. Allen Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Yep. Pick 3 to pick 8. I’m liking the way we’re playing and winning games. But just stings a little watching us fall down the draft order. Quote
LGR4GM Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 5:18 PM, Mr. Allen said: Yep. Pick 3 to pick 8. I’m liking the way we’re playing and winning games. But just stings a little watching us fall down the draft order. Expand We were never at pick 3 though. We went from pick 4 to pick 6. Quote
DarthEbriate Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 5:13 PM, matter2003 said: Upgrade UPL/Levi in games they played this year and they WOULD be a playoff team. Their team save percentage is .872 which is a joke in today's NHL. If it was even .895, which is still terrible, they likely would be in the last wildcard spot at least. Expand Depends on which stat you're look at exactly, but I'm seeing Philly with the .872 and the Sabres at .878. In recent years, .895 is fine as save percentages are lower in general. .895 is the mean in the league this season (15th FLA at .897; 16th CAR at .894). Only two teams have averages above .910 (WPG is 1st at .913). Contrast that with the clutch-and-grab era. (Let's take 2002-03: 12 teams at .910 or higher, and the mean was .906-.905. In that season, .895 would have been 2nd to worst in the league, right above St. Louis... who finished second in their division and made the playoffs...?? Huh.) Quote
Mr. Allen Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 5:38 PM, LGR4GM said: We were never at pick 3 though. We went from pick 4 to pick 6. Expand I thought not long ago it was just Blackhawks and Sharks below us. Quote
LGR4GM Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 6:06 PM, Mr. Allen said: I thought not long ago it was just Blackhawks and Sharks below us. Expand Nashville might have jumped over us for a minute but I don't think so? That would have been it. We have been in 4th for quite awhile. Boston imploding is something to see though, 9 straight losses. Quote
matter2003 Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 (edited) On 4/2/2025 at 6:32 PM, LGR4GM said: Nashville might have jumped over us for a minute but I don't think so? That would have been it. We have been in 4th for quite awhile. Boston imploding is something to see though, 9 straight losses. Expand Was bound to happen at some point...they kept trying to run it back as the team got older and older and never really replaced the aging vets. Pretty much the cautionary tale about holding onto aging players too long...should have taken a page from the Patriots book when Belichick was there and he would get rid of them a year too early rather than a year too late. Edited April 2 by matter2003 Quote
PerreaultForever Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Bruins fans are very grateful 🙂 So we will end up picking around 8th. What a shock. Quote
triumph_communes Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Boston losing 9 in a row. lol sure thing way to go league I’m sure they’ll be punished Quote
matter2003 Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 8:40 PM, OverPowerYou said: Imagine our season if Reimer was the starter Expand probably be in a playoff spot or very close to it. 1 Quote
LGR4GM Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 7:57 PM, PerreaultForever said: Bruins fans are very grateful 🙂 So we will end up picking around 8th. What a shock. Expand You know how I know you're a Bruins fan? 1 Quote
LGR4GM Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Side note, 5th or 8th isn't making or breaking this team. 1 1 Quote
Thorner Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 Reimer very likely couldn’t have done this over a full season if we are being honest 3 Quote
Demoted Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 5:18 PM, Mr. Allen said: Yep. Pick 3 to pick 8. I’m liking the way we’re playing and winning games. But just stings a little watching us fall down the draft order. Expand You think they would grab the right guy even with a higher pick? Quote
Sidc3000 Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 9:09 PM, LGR4GM said: Side note, 5th or 8th isn't making or breaking this team. Expand Nope Quote
JoeSchmoe Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 (edited) On 4/2/2025 at 9:14 PM, Thorner said: Reimer very likely couldn’t have done this over a full season if we are being honest Expand You're probably right, but UPL's metrics are so far off league median that if Reimer gives you anywhere close to that, we get enough extra wins to be in the playoff race. Edit: Stated otherwise, of goalies that have played 40 games or more, the median goals saved above expected is 13.4 (Dustin Wolf). UPL is -9.4. if we had 22 less goals against we're in positive goal differential at plus 3. Edited April 2 by JoeSchmoe Quote
Indabuff Posted April 2 Report Posted April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 6:32 PM, LGR4GM said: Boston imploding is something to see though, 9 straight losses. Expand 2026 Sabres: "hold my beer..." Quote
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