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If I ever experience that in this house, I’ll let you know.

Okay but if that stats explains it why'd they not make the playoffs in 2023-24?

Let's hope this ownership group doesn't have plans to move the team like the last one did. Doubt they do but the owner that bought the previous version of the Kin-ig-hit Hawks moved them out of town pretty much as soon as he could.

Great for the city of Rochester and the Seneca Nation (if true). Seems right that Seneca should own a NLL franchise, considering the origins of the sport. Can TPegs yield positive Karma from this genuinely positive development. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1204946438317251&id=100064057172774&mibextid=wwXIfr

Sorry he was Sabres Live, kept trying to figure it was hat shadows, but no he seems to be sporting some shiners

It's the lack of noise that can be unnerving.

Also shades of Putin. And with Netanyahu making moves to fire the attorney general who is prosecuting him, we can add him to the mix as well.

I think I may have been thrown off by you using the word spectrum. I think we agree there's little doubt we should be more physical and harder to push around. The question mark, for me is, will they fill out the other definitions of being tougher. Will they play for each other, stand up for each other, protect a lead, go to the net, etc. I think they will and if they do, will more than make up for Pererka's goals.

Texas redistricting is just more control over the voting ability of the people of America. Losing your ability to actually effect an outcome as a voter effects everyone and it wont help the American people.

The topic is simply being addressed from a wider perspective. (As you point out.) Multiple players can offset, make up compensate (whatever word one chooses to use) the goals differential. And the differential can also be calculated from the prevention side of the equation. It basically two sides of the same coin. If a strict rule of comparison is going to be applied in this topic then it shouldn't be permissible to add to the discussion of the players received in the trade (Doan and Kesserling) contributing to preventing goals if the trade didn't happen. Sometimes in the discussion of a topic the discussion strays from the strict stating of the topic. That's the nature of discourse i.e. it gets broaden. I don't see what the problem is.

The Knighthawks will be staying in Rochester. Presser tomorrow. Sounds like the Seneca Nation will own the team.

Goals allowed, with rank in league and goal differential shown 2024-25 287 (29th) -22 2023-24 243 (11th) +1 2022-23 297 (26th) -4 2021-22 287 (25th) -58 2020-21 196 (T-29th) -62 2019-20 215 (T-20th) with EDM -22 (EDM was +8)

Okay in all seriousness, to the stats people, we all see the periodic stats about goals in first periods and 5v5 this and that and above expected here and there and all the rest BUT, what is the stat or stats that explains analytically, why Sabres always lose on the season and miss the playoffs? What's the strictly analytical explanation?

I was more thinking a sacrifice bunt to move the runner to 3rd who subsequently tripped broke his toe and got tagged out to end the game... he was the star player nd was lost for the rest of the season... or something depressing like that LOL...

They don't have to replace it. They can offset it.

You are talking about goal differential. That is certainly a worthwhile discussion and worthy of it's own thread, but we are talking about how the Sabres replace the lost output.

UPL is good for a goal this year. So that makes 255. Bank on it.

Sam Reinhart has only scored over 40 once, twice if we want to count the 39 he had last year. He also shoots at 15.9% on average and manages 224 shots a year on average over the last 3 years. Peterka shoots at a career of 12.7% and was at 15.6% this past year. He only averages 199 shots over the last 2years. So Peterka will have to add 25 shots on average to his total and maintain his current peak of 15.6% just to get into the realm of Reinhart. Sam has had 4 30+ goal seasons. Peterka would have to go wild to get to 50. Can Peterka be a consistent 30g scorer, maybe. He will need to develop more than just his rush game. Can he hit 40 consistently, idk, I am not sold on that at all.

Two ways to make up those goals: Other players score the goals. The goals are prevented by playing better defense. But yeah, goaltending is part of the equation.

This is the only response that makes sense.

This is what Chinese state media looks like. Everything is great, look over here. I know some of you just want to be told what is cozy and comfy and not care about the truth.

I was going to beated on him, but he run away before I could caught him.

Link?

Kekäläinen will be assistant GM for Team Finland during the olympics.

But you know, the only way the Sabres goaltending gets better is if we talk about in every single chance we get.