Samson's Flow

They're always playing shinny out there. They get outworked nearly every game

Yep this is lipstick on a pig at this point Haha there's a reason we've had to pick hits against the Sabres for the Carruba collision for some games this year

So after reading last night's GDT I guess I can just close this bad boy down. The faith of the fanbase is at an all time low it seems...

This is a solid point. While hits aren't directly correlated to defensive prowess, it would certainly help instill some concern in the opponent.

Scandella on the ice for both goals so far. Shocking...

The Bogo-Dahlin pairing is back! Expect an excellent game for Dahlin tonight as a result.

I mean wouldn't it be nice if when Mitts comes back ERod takes Sobotka's center spot and Sobotka gets launched into the sun ?

um... yes? Also, how did this phone get in my house?

Gotta take this one. Stay in the hunt and on that 4pt/3gm pace.

Don't tell NS...

Those $11 beers are rough

Yeah I have avoided the two ROR threads because i'm just not interested in continuing that discussion. Going through to read them now I guess... EDIT: I will say that part of what keeps me coming back is the relationships you form with the people here, even if they are just names behind a keyboard. We are all worse off when we lose long time posters, no matter what the reason for the departure.

I'm glad that they will keep us engaged well into late March. How soon we all forget seasons where the outcome was determined in November ?

What the what?!? Did something happen? I miss Randall more and more as the season goes on. I hold out hope that he is just deep into his grad schooling that he doesn't have time for us.

i haven't done mine yet but based on my income bracket I fully expect this to be the case for me. The rest i'll save for the politics thread I guess.

You're a savage Kev! I really wish the aisle guy on my flight to Rome last year followed the suggested armrest etiquette...

We still have a game in hand on Pittsburgh, so it isn't 4 just yet

The full year pace of 107 gives good perspective as to just how hard it will be to reach 97 points. Thanks

The math in the OP has us at a pace of 92.25. They will need to play at a better pace to make it to 97 pts (1.125 current -> new pace of 1.308), which I agree doesn't seem likely without a trade deadline upgrade.

Excellent use of the verb "gank". I haven't used that one since my high school days.

I look at the historical target of 97 points usually means playoffs. For the Sabres to do that they need to get 4 pts every 3 games. If they can play at that pace or better then they will be in the conversation. That's easier for me to digest then the mental gymnastics of figuring out how to pass X team.

Not going to lie, after making this thread and leaving it alone for the night, I did tune into the EDM-PIT game last night on NBCSN to root against Pittsburgh. That didn't work out so well...

I expected a lot of answers like "ask me again in another few weeks". I put the thread and poll together to gauge our confidence level with 1/3rd of the season left to play. It will be interesting to see if this changes based on deadline activity or other factors. So far it is about 25% yes/75% no.

Yeah i'm just jealous of the flow. My genetics allow for a Beatles-esqe bowl cut/afro combo, so the Reinhart level flow just isn't in the cards.

To add - here is the current standings as of 2/13/19. We would need to jump both Carolina and Pittsburgh to get the last spot.