Samson's Flow

I know right?!? Thanks for easing her in and talking about medical work stuff as opposed to jumping right to microwaving babies.

Thanks - looks like there are some decently priced tickets in section 120 and 123 right now. May pull the trigger after a few more losses drives the price down (kidding ?)

For those of you that got TW tickets, what section are they in so I can get an idea where to buy tickets to be near-ish to the group. I might be bringing my wife with me to meet more of these "hockey friends", since meeting Woody at the game a few weeks ago didn't scare her away.

I added in my edit. The 4pm game is only on CBS Sports Network which is a premium channel I don't get. The 8pm is on NFL Network though

When there's been multiple obvious penalties not called there is. The Sabres are not a team that benefits from swallowing the whistle

Are they going to call anything today? There's been like 4 whistles total today and we're almost done with the first period

There's another game today at 4. I was encouraged that it wasn't gimmicky (only thing is mandatory 2 pt conversions) and seemed to eliminate a lot of the ticky tack calls that have infiltrated the NFL game Edit: today's game is only on CBS Sports network which very few of us will have

Anyone watching AAF? It's... Interesting

You're not. I was thinking the same thing. He could have drawn an interference penalty or something

@Wyldnwoody44 that's awesome man! Glad you were finally able to catch the lights. Third time's a charm

I thought the verbiage was "waived or traded", but don't quote me on it. nevermind

Yes but to clarify if you read the axis of the chart, Pilut and Dahlin are our two best defensemen at exiting the zone with possession, which is used as a proxy for offensive ability. In that same manner, they also rank highly in the y axis of break up % which I would say is true, in that they are deft at intercepting passes and/or clean stick checks. The y axis is not for example "net front tie ups" or "board battles won", which they would be much poorer at given their skill set. I don't buy into the only thing you need to be able to do well to be a quality NHL defenseman is exiting the zone and breaking up rushes, but it is interesting none-the-less.

Ah the old "Jay McKee staph infection" scenario!

As random as the poor results for #15 pick (41.7% oof). When you only have 13 data points in each pick set, there's going to be some volatility. Calculating a log "best fit" line like in Smell's original visual would smooth those variances out and help identify where the tangible drop off is.

This is what I thought he meant last night as well. "We've got to do a better job of protecting our goal" or somesuch. Good clarification Samson.

I like you Duda - keep up the good work!

after last night... deteriorating quickly.

That looks more like olympic team speed skating than NHL hockey. I had to zoom in to make sure it wasn't the same player photoshopped 3x.

You probably better articulated what I was getting at. We're so focused on what to do once he get the puck, that it tends to look like a pee-wee soccer game when we don't have the puck. There's no structure as to how we are supposed to defend in our zone, so nobody looks like they know who they are supposed to cover or where they're supposed to be.

How in the hell did you stumble upon this? This might be the most random-est thing in the "even randomer thread"

More importantly this practice should be a bag skate or solely focused on defensive coverage IMO. We were a one-way team last night. This line juggling is obnoxious at this point.

I'm with you on this one - I can't really put it on the goalies too much when there are regularly wide open players within 10 ft of the net for tab ins or uncontested shots. I suspect they heard from Phil to be aggressive and focus on the transition/attacking game, and as a result are not at all focused on the defensive end. I see numerous players coasting around in our own zone or not willing to tie up (or even follow) their man when they move to high-danger areas. Last night Jack played like broken controller Ovechkin for most of the time in his own zone. Terrible. I'd like a 2C as much as the next guy, but adding one player is not going to fix the team effort and commitment to defense. Last night was a effort and desire deficiency, not a lack of personnel imo.

Jack is visibly mad in the post game locker room interview. Very short comments - said he was "terrible" tonight

Pfft. 2+ minute shift in OT by Dahlin. And he was still the only one who tried to get back

Haha sorry wasn't paying attention to who said it.