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Two out of eighth through 66 GP, after being within one through 65 GP. However, 8th is going up two more points to 72 points through 68, so they have to win tonight just to maintain that gap.

Thanks a lot K-9, you just blew out my sarcasm meter. Those things ain't cheap, you know.

By that same token, if he's successful, isn't it too early to say that he wouldn't have been equally successful here?

They followed last season for a few games from that point, then went 0-4-0 over a stretch where they were 3-1-0 last year. Since then, the ups and downs over the last 16 games or so have matched up really, almost scarily, well. That's the deja vu feeling that you've been having (at least the current one.)

A Washington loss in their next (64th) game will make things very tight for 8th. Sabres would be 3 out through 64 GP, Toronto would be 4 out, and Winnipeg would be 1 out (also having banked two points over games 65-66.) A Washington win would definitely give them some room, even with Winnipeg having the two banked points. I'm feeling too lazy to acknowlege that the Rangers are 21 points ahead of 8th by changing the scale on the axis.

At least with a CA, it's somebody else who kept it from being an A. Stafford turned his own G into a CG.

Is it a good sign that Hodgson looks like a young Liev Schreiber, who played Sabretooth in X-Men Origines: Wolverine ...

Actually, because his contract is increasing in salary, the "paid" cap hit to date has exceeded the paid salary to date. A buyout actually corrects for this. As a result, while Roy's payouts over the next two years would be $1.833M, his cap hit next year would only be $0.333M.

Kassian has 322 TOI this season, recording 3G and 4A. In his first 322 minutes TOI, Hodgson had 4G 4A. :nana:

Turris to have hearing with Shanahan for flying elbow to the head of Corvo:

There's a party in the cellar now. While the playoffs chart makes it look like it's been due to the bottom teams climbing, the EC points chart shows that it's clearly been the 7-8-9 teams (ignoring the division leader bump) falling off. If those teams go back to playing average hockey, the bottom will fall off again.

So was Darcy's fax machine. Neither does Darcy's fax machine.

I am. :thumbsup: They did gain some ground over this stretch. At the worst, they were 12 points out of 8th, but through 53GP, they will be either 8 or 9 points out, depending on how Florida does in their 53rd game (a regulation loss, puts the Sabres 8 out, while anything else leaves them 9 out.) Just for reference, at this point last year (53GP), they were actually just 1 point out of 8th, having climbed from 10 points out. Also, for reference, NJ was 16 points out of 8th at this point last year, climbed to within 4 points out, then fell off again.

I was going to fix the axis, but it seems fitting this way ...

And there it is ... 2011-12 officially stands alone as the worst season since the lockout (to this point, obviously.) I'll update the other charts later.

Double :lol:

They'll have to be at a higher than "playoff pace" (my 93 points/82 games pace) in the remaining games just to keep the season from being the worst post-lockout. Imagine if the first season under TPegs is worse than any season under Golisano (including 2003-04.) :sick:

And there it is. Through 41GP: 2010-11: 18-18-5 2011-12: 18-18-5

Just two points ahead of last season, now.

Panthers are reportedly looking for second-line scoring. Perhaps, if they Sabres continue to fall, they should look at a deal like Stafford and a 1st or 2nd for one of their prospect centers like Jonathan Huberdeau or Nick Bjugstad. Huberdeau's got great skill, while Bjugstad is a big two-way center. Probably won't get Huberdeau's, even if the Sabres are looking like they'll have a high 1st-round pick this summer, but I wouldn't hurt to ask. He'll be NHL-ready next season.

36GP was the low point last season, as the Sabres were 10 points out of 8th place. A win tonight would put them tied for 8th through 36GP; a loss would leave them 2 points out. However, either way, they have still had the second worst start since the lockout.

I actually said out loud "what are you doing there Mag; who are you covering?!"

(Charts back in 1st post. Thanks SDS.) We're back with 2007-08 and 2008-09, and heading toward 2010-11. Just 5 games from when last year's turnaround started.

This. And this. I'll throw out a related question to fuel the conversation: size or shape, which is more important to you? (If it were a poll, you'd see one for shape already.)

Brian? Shane? Wayne?