MattPie
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53 minutes ago, pi2000 said:
sénior advisor
General Manager
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13 minutes ago, Weave said:
Dumb assess. Allaya
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On 4/7/2025 at 3:12 PM, HumanSlinky39 said:
This organization's biggest problem is we're stuck in that hellscape where we're not bad enough to draft really high and blow up the front office, but not good enough to make the playoffs. The roster has enough talent to hover just below the playoff-level by year's end, but they are not good enough as a team to play at the level needed to get over the hump. In the macro, they're just good enough that KA can sell Terry on the never-ending "process" and bounce from year-to-year without significantly improving the roster to a level that they can finally get over the hump. Just kicking the can down the road every summer. He's hellbent on doing it with "his guys" when his guys have shown for 3-4 years that they are not good enough.
I had a twinkle of hope in early March when they were spiraling that maybe the implosion would be enough for Terry to recognize that seismic changes are needed in the organizational structure to move the team forward, but as has been their M.O., they start playing well when it's too damn late to matter. So, KA probably sells him on this late surge being them "figuring it out" and we just run it back yet again with only a minor addition or two.
A competent GM would recognize that we still have fatal flaws on this roster that cannot be fixed in house and would attack those gaps relentlessly in the offseason. A competent owner, a serious hockey organization, would recognize that the current GMs plan is not going to work and would move on. But again, this is not a serious hockey organization.
Hear me out: what if we trade out a bunch of guys of picks and upcoming prospects, be terrible next year and get a great pick, something, and then the cup will be paraded in front of City Hall? It just might work.
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1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said:
Yeah - "not great, Bob."
Has anyone posted here that Tweet about how weirdly anemic the demand is for tickets to the upcoming Leafs game?
If Canadians stay away because of America's federal policy of antagonism, the Sabres are gonna have a serious problem. (As will the Bills, for that matter.)
"If Canadians stay away"? They already are. We're booking vacation stuff out west and there are surprising amounts of discounts and stuff available. My parents mentioned that Florida has been quieter than normal this winter. They listen to Fox, so it's "because the Canadian dollar is down" and not "the seething hatred for the US government and border hassles".
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6 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
Not sure, but 2 things to note. He only has about 10 minutes with Samuelsson. One or two extra shot attempt either way can vary the numbers greatly.
To me the bigger issue is, while it is a very small sample size and we need more time, his overall numbers are pretty much what most guys on this team are: very good with Dahlin, average-to-below average with anyone else.
I think I need a larger sample size on him to take much away from the analytics.
So you're saying the team just needs more Dahlin-level players?
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3 hours ago, xzy89c1 said:
you think an AHL goalie and a forward prospect will bring us an elite goalie? If we add another forward prospect we could get macdavid or mackinon.
See, the Sabres have been playing 4d chess. The team is so awful, and players that get traded suddenly get better, that everyone is clamoring to trade for our mediocre prospects because it's just the team that's hindering them.
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On 3/23/2025 at 9:47 AM, JustOneParade said:
I can’t imagine that anyone living in Buffalo any length of time needs to do an internet search to decide where to get their pizza. The criteria is a bit weak.
You've been going to the same place your parents went to (or your family switched when Steve moved on and is working at the other pizza joint down the street). That's like 9/10 of the pizzas you buy. You know the number by heart, 655-4646 (and I haven't lived anywhere near WNY in 25+years).
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There's no "What's the point?" option. Strange.
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Hoping no one gets hurt so the new GM has the full list of assets to bargain with.
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16 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
It's my favorite holiday.
Beware Sabres hope on the ides of March.
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Is it time for the annual "Wow, the Sabres are showing life in March! Next year is the year!" event already? My, how time flies.
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38 minutes ago, JohnC said:
If managed properly, the Sabres should be a playoff team by next year.
We've been saying that for a decade.
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I have a few, but none something I'd call my top-tier fandom.
- I lived in Philly for a long time, and since there isn't a direct conflict of interest, I was happy when the Philles and Eagles won over the years
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Don't hate me: in 2001-2002, I was spending a lot of time in Boston for work; I was in town when the Pats won their first and that was pretty cool
- This was their first SB, so they weren't "the Pats" yet
- I even stuck around to go to the parade, since it was a block from the hotel
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On 2/17/2025 at 3:48 PM, Stoner said:
Seems like most of these are snips of goals songs. Maybe @That Aud Smell can offer what is missing.
Yep, and mostly dealing in puns (which are awesome, I love puns).
On 2/20/2025 at 8:23 PM, Sabres Fan in NS said:True. Especially since it seems that many do not grasp the concept.
Think old style opera and Jaws and Star Wars (sorry, Freddie @Stoner made me do it).
Agreed. Leitmotif is a song that evokes the character (or player in this case). This is a nice podcast (and series if you want to learn about classical music) about John Williams' use in Star Wars: https://classicalclassroomshow.com/classical-classroom-episode-4-brett-mitchell-teaches-leitmotif-in-john-williams-star-wars-score/
Yakety Sax makes you think about running around, so stick that on D that runs around in his own zone a lot. Holst's Mars, Bringer of War would be my pick for John Scott, since the song just sounds big and ponderous. Although, if you wanted to stick with the Holst thing, Jupiter would fit too since it's big but also jovial.
I'm struggling to not use classical/orchestral music, since I'm not sure you can really do leitmotif with a song that has lyrics and popular music usually does. Plus, Mars is a banger.
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Can we go with Yakety Sax for the entire D core?
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On 2/13/2025 at 1:36 PM, SwampD said:
I never noticed that. I'm rewatching that series now. Gonna have to keep an ear out for that. 👍
That's as good as reason as any to watch it!
I remember the otherwise forgettable "Broken Arrow" with Nicholas Cage and John Travolta having music whenever Deak (Travolta) was around too. I usually don't notice such things, but at some point the music started playing before Travolta was there and I said to myself, "that's the Deak music" just as he showed up.
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On 2/11/2025 at 9:37 AM, That Aud Smell said:
that 4-year humanities degree continues to pay dividends, i tell ya.
actually, as i think about it, it was a girlfriend from my college days who educated me to the concept. she was trained in classical music and explained how to recognize leitmotifs in a composition. years later, i recalled that teaching as the kids dove into the harry potter movies (the scores from those films are brilliant with leitmotifs for certain characters (hagrid, for example), places (the hogwarts castles), abstract concepts (harry's yearning for his parents)).
Northern Exposure was really good at this too. There were themes for each of the characters (Joel theme, etc.).
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On 2/7/2025 at 1:49 PM, PromoTheRobot said:
That was the official fan forum run by the Bills. But that happened a while ago. 17 years of playoff drought made our Team Stormcloud look like the Welcome Wagon by comparison. 😂
We'll get there!
2 hours ago, GoPuckYourself said:What I don't get and I've been saying this since the Chiefs were beat down by the Bucs. If this is a copycat league why aren't teams loading up on defense, especially the Bills/every team in theChiefs division? It never makes sense to me.
Because N years ago it was "great O and bend-don't-break D". Things move in swings. Everyone will be trying to load on D now, and then some team with a great O will win a few and it'll swing back.
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Any chance they'll throw on that video from the Darien Lake theater where you're on a rollercoaster and rapids and stuff? If so, I'm in for a Sabres game. Except I can't be bothered to actually watch the game, not worth it.
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1 hour ago, pi2000 said:
this feels like a low point
It's just the next edition in a long series of low points for the Sabres. I look forward see what the next low point entails; trading away the few players that show promise? A heroic run to 10th in the EC that'll "give the team some momentum going into 2025-26"? Multiple players players demanding trades? We'll see!
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4 hours ago, Doohicksie said:
I think it will add into the argument about when to go for 2 and when to just kick the 1.
It does. Interestingly, when I search about this a minute ago it appears that teams are struggling with them this year (around 30% compared to 55% last year), but finding a good list of succeeded vs attempted is surprisingly hard so it's hard to tell. In any case, in the longer term even if 2pt makes sense, when it's just a bit over 50% a string of a few misses and you've given away a field goal. Attempting one in the 3rd quarter wasn't a particular good idea, even more so when the Ravens' season record was apparently 1/4.
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12 hours ago, Doohicksie said:
Did anyone else notice that if, instead of trying a two-point conversion (twice), the Ravens had just kicked the PATs both times, they would have tied the Bills late?
There were a ton of Ravens fans yelling about this in comments somewhere. Along with Andrews getting money from the NFL, though, so you have to question how well these people perceive reality.
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2 hours ago, JP51 said:
thats where I am at... how many teams have never registered a shot on goal in a period... that in and of itself is just telling...
It does happen occasionally. The Rangers, however, are the only team that registered 0 shots in a game, on Oct 12 1958. They lost 3-0 to the Red Wings.
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4 hours ago, shrader said:
The woman at the front desk of the gym this morning saw my bills shirt and asked when they play next. When I answered that, she asked who. After hearing that answer she got very excited and said how great both quarterbacks are. I’m amazed that someone can be both aware and unaware at the same time.
To be fair, I have no idea who is playing in the NFC, but would be able to name Goff as QB of the Lions. And he's not nearly as highlight-worthy as Allen or Jackson.
Owning/ending the drought: say it out loud, Sabres
in The Aud Club
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There's nothing the Sabres can say at this point that will make me care about next season. The Miss Buffalo has sailed.