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GDT: New Jersey at Buffalo. 3/20/2015 7:00 MSG
carpandean replied to Doohickie's topic in The Aud Club
:wallbash: Coyotes played their backup last night and they weren't playing back-to-back games. WTF? -
GDT: New Jersey at Buffalo. 3/20/2015 7:00 MSG
carpandean replied to Doohickie's topic in The Aud Club
Coyotes lost in regulation last night and both teams play Saturday night. Sabres could find themselves in 29th Sunday morning. Expecting to see Lindback versus Kinkaid (who actually has been pretty good outside of one game back in early February.) -
It only would if GMTM told him to focus on player development and to make sure Hackett gets enough starts to keep his rights (even if they were really just ways to tank) and he refused to do so. We wouldn't know that, of course, as the reasons would be given a nice big payment and a non-disclosure agreement. Edit: and before anyone says that he was hired to win, so you can't fire him for that. Bulls**t. He was hired to execute the will of the franchise to the best of his ability with the roster given to him. Usually, that will is to win, but certainly that can and does change once a team is eliminated from the playoffs. Otherwise, it would be like saying that the GM is hired to put the best team on the ice now, which we know is not always true (see sellers at the trade deadline.) At some point, they start to sacrifice current performance for future performance and it's not unreasonable to ask a coach to do the same.
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Anybody got a cold? Willing to sneeze on Lindback?
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Not to rehash it, but he's stated many times that he will be looking to trade picks for 23-25 year old players to shorten the time-table. However, until those are made, he's being realistic about the chance of a team of kids, even with some other acquisitions, jumping into the playoffs next year. He was also against the changes that were made to the lottery (even years ago), so when he says that selfishly, he hopes that he's in a position to benefit from it (everyone out of the playoffs will be in a lottery for the top-three picks), it certainly seemed to many of us as a "you wanted it, you got, but now how are you going to feel when we're in position to get a top-three pick again?" jab. Others took it more literally as he will do whatever he needs to in order to stay out of the playoffs next year.
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Yeah, I get mad about that year and think, "man, if only we had ____" Then, I remember that we got Ristol instead and think, "oh yeah, hmmm, he would be tough to give up." I never look at him and think, "damn him, he should have been ____"
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But, I agree with him on both of these (this year only, of course.) My point was that it only sucks right now because they aren't going in the direction that would benefit them and we were very happy when it was (much of the season.) Think of it like this: for each game, let bizarro-points = 2 - points, call each loss a bizzaro-win and let 30th = bizarro-PT (but worth much more than the actual PT is worth.) We have been bizarro-winning a lot this season, but right when it looks like we're in a position to take the bizarro-PT, we've given up a lot of bizarro-points (while Arizona has been racking them up) and been playing like bizarro-s**t (i.e., well). Plus, our coach seems set on riding our bizarro-cold (i.e., hot) goaltender, who is the single biggest reason that the only got one bizarro-point in the last two games, while the Coyotes got four.
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I bet you that I (we) have enjoyed and been entertained by more games this season than fans who actually want them to win (20-43-7, 'nuff said.) I simply cheer for the opposing players as though they are playing for the Sabres, because in a very real sense, they are. It's really not that hard (OK, cheering for Marchand last night was tough), since players change on teams all of the time. It's like Bizarro-Sabres this year. I've only not enjoyed this season when they had there win streak, when Neuvirth was picking up points and the last two days (last night especially.) In fact, I am even more convinced that if the Sabres end up 29th, then they will not get the top pick (it's only a 13.5% chance, which is even worse than the slim 20% chance if they finish 30th.) Tanking would be far less attractive of an option if McDavid were sitting alone. Were that the case, then no spot would give them even a good chance of getting a true elite player (1 in 5, at best). The key is Eichel. He is also considered a generational or near-generational player, just a hair below McDavid. The 80% chance that you get him when you finish 30th versus the 20% when you finish 29th is far more important than the 20% versus 13.5% for McDavid. I consider it a race for Eichel with a bonus shot for McDavid.
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I'm not worried about them winning out. Far from it. Arizona is playing less inspired hockey. If we win those two head-to-head games in regulation, which is looking very possible, then all else equal (i.e., the other 10 games), Arizona ends below us. With Nolan behind the bench, I'm really worried that we'll see Lindback vs. McKenna twice.
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I literally cheer out loud when they get scored on. I think of them like anti-goals and we want a lot of them. Losing a game right now feels just as good as a win any other year.
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You do know that statements like that basically point out that being a fan is silly to begin with? It's totally irrational to care about them winning or losing for precisely the reason that you said. But, we do it anyway. So, personally, I'll take a dozen losses now for a much better chance at some big wins for years to come.
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I've seen a lot of cellar teams play spoiler against backup goaltenders over the years and most of them were still in the cellar the next year.
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Of course, Nolan will ride the hot goalie. So, yeah, we're f**ked.
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I know. Stupid points system. They can't just call a win a win, anymore.
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In reference to my earlier post, if a single player/coach says that it was great to get the two points, I'm going to throw my remote through the TV. Please, just please, say that it was great for Anders to get the win. I can at least understand that feeling (he did deserve it.)
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For whom? If you don't like Boston and, therefore, want to keep them from getting points, then that's fine. Heck, say that you want the Sabres to play tough enough to at least force overtime. That's understandable, too. I would disagree, but I could understand where you are coming from (I don't think anti-tankers are wrong even though I don't share their beliefs). But, getting a point (say, losing in OT) would do absolutely nothing good for anyone (outside of Arizona and Edmonton). It's the same way that I have felt in the last month or so, when players and Nolan would say things like, "it was good to get the two points tonight." No, it wasn't. It might have been good for the room and some fans to get the win, but you're out of the playoffs; it was decidedly not good to the two points!
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Done. The gap (for equal games played) is exactly the same versus Edmonton as was at the trade deadline and actually could widen in the Sabres' game-in-hand after the Oilers won last night. Verus the Coyotes, the gap is one point wider, but that could narrow in the Sabres' game-in-hand after the Coyotes lost last night. It's looking more and more like those two head-to-heads could decide our fate.
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I would have expressed that a little differently. Something like, "In both this season and last, roughly 1 in 4 (24% both years) games played were tied at the end of regulation. However, this year 77% of those games ended in OT versus just 35% last year."
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Sort of. Both teams lost their 68th games in regulation, so they remained 3 points below through that point. Edmonton gained one point in their 69th game, but the Sabres have not played theirs yet. If they win, then they will close the gap by one point (to 2 points below); if they lose in regulation, then they will widen the gap by one point (to 4 points below); and if they lose in SO/OT, then they will hold steady at 3 points below through 69 games.
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I was out while the game was on and was so worried about the outcome that I immediately fast-forwarded through it when I got home. I stopped twice -- the fight and the first goal -- and I can say that it was even a boring game in 3x FF.
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The league can (theoretically) fix the lottery (i.e., who gets McDavid), but not who gets the second pick. If you assume a fix is in, then whoever finishes 30th gets Eichel. There's a chance that's Arizona (sure looked like it at the trade deadline), but they have two teams to pass and Edmonton is making it hard enough for the Sabres to stay below, much less for the 'Yotes to pass them.
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With one point tonight (blowing a 4-3 lead with under 4 minutes left), the lead over the Oilers is no longer definitive. By that, I mean that the Sabres have two games in hand and a one ROW lead on the tie breaker, so winning both of those GIH in regulation would put the Sabres into 29th with 13 games to go. I believe that the Oilers have the head-to-head lead (i.e., they did better), so any other outcome of those two GIH would leave the Sabres in 30th.
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Hopefully, some day, he'll be centering a third line with Girgensons on his wing. I could see him being "that guy" who gets hot during a playoff run.
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Seriously. The Sabres have done everything they could to be bad and they are having trouble staying below a team with an entire line (if they want) of #1 overall picks. Everyone involved there should ashamed.