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  3. Buffalo Bills 2015

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    Now just imagine if the NFL was like the other leagues and had far more games.  Just think of the massive number of horrible calls we'd be exposed to.  I know we get a ton of ref complaints out of hockey games, but my god, the NFL is on a whole different level.

    But I think Rob nailed it. People have so much skin in these games, in various ways, that there's outrage after every penalty. Not only is the game unwatchable, but watching the games with others is pretty hard to stomach.

  12. New year, tons of firepower, still cant score.

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    Jack (is that is real name, or is it a nickname for John?) playing with 5 "right wingers" is more the product of the Sabres having only one legit right winger on the roster and he isn't playing right now.

     

    I think the Sabres will end up playing just about everyone on the right wing and try to find anyone that can play there.

    It's John according to Wikipedia. I didn't know that. To your point, isn't that what preseason is for? Also, the lines were really clicking early in the game, but by midperiod Bylsma was changing things up.

    Here's something else to chew on as we learn more about Disco Dan.

     

     

    “I think we’re missing opportunities to put pucks in the net and go to the net and too many times we’re trying to pass it in the net,” Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said. “The example of that one goal we do score is we win a forecheck and we get a chance. A shot. We’re going to the net. We grab a rebound. It’s a battle there for a while. You’ve got three guys in the paint and he scores a goal. We need more of that.”

    http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2015/10/10/solid-teamwork-leads-to-deslauriers-goal/

     

    Is Dan just being realistic about how goals are scored in the NHL in 2015? Does this approach squash creativity and discourage skill players? You see great goals being scored all over the league. Does a puck really have to bounce in off someone's ass after a six-man scrum? It was Glatt in the conservatory with his ass!

  13. New year, tons of firepower, still cant score.

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    So the guy who likes to interpret everything that is said or done by the cities sports franchises wants to use one line in one interview as a verbatim mission statement?

    Nope, just asking questions. I don't think there's anything really controversial about suggesting that Murray doesn't think he has a playoff team yet. However, to call myself on something, Murray made his comment in March, before acquiring O'Reilly and Lehner. Really, my mind is boggled that Eichel has had five different right wingers. Are we trying to ice the best lines to win games or going through some extended preseason that's going to last until October 2016?

  16. New year, tons of firepower, still cant score.

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    It didn't help that the Sabres started off against two of the better teams in the Conference. I'm sure things would have looked a lot better if the opening two games were against the Leafs and Flyers. 

     

    We have to remember that this new group with all their new pieces has been skating together for less than a month. I am not concerned by the lack of chemistry at this point just as I would not be fooled if they came out guns a blazing.  

    How do Olympic teams come together so quickly?

     

    Jack Eichel had five right wingers in the Tampa game. It's almost like the objective right now isn't to win, it's to tinker. It would mesh with GMTM's infamous comment (please spare me any interpretations of his comment that ignore exactly what he said). And how DD is coaching right now should be fine. We're all preaching patience. The OP took some heat for what he wrote, but he's just one or two games ahead of all the rest if the Sabres keep losing.

    Pegula has raised expectations alot.  The main raison I love buffalo is the underdog status.  But to many in buffalo have gone to believe money = succes.

    Thinking money=success was the first mistake. Many were counting up Cups on Pegula Day. The second notion that will be tested in the next several years is that tanking=success. Again, the Cup banners are being envisioned. How will they arrange three Cup banners? Will two go to the left of the division banners and one to the right, or should all three hang together?

  17. GDT: Tampa at Buffalo, 10/10/15, 1pm

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    I missed the entire game today and was told it wasn't worth the watch, can anyone tell me how Eichel, Reinhart and the other big guns looked todaY?

    Eichel took his first penalty when he wedged off Stamkos, who was trying to enter the Sabres' zone without the puck. Stamkos also got to the front of the net and scored while Eichel waved his stick at him. One of our D was trapped in the corner and Ristolainen was sort of in no man's land, so Jack was the last line of defense. IIRC Eichel also was in prime scoring territory and missed the net.

  20. GDT: Tampa at Buffalo, 10/10/15, 1pm

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    We're coming off back to back sub-55 point seasons and just lost to a Cup finalist from last year and a favorite to go back this year. It's definitely the time for anger, panic, and depression.

    I think the "carryover argument" is pretty flimsy. It's not like they brought back last year's team with a few tweaks. There has been a healthy injection of high-end talent. There's nothing wrong with being disappointed in the start. Anything resembling the last two seasons is completely unacceptable. Only two games, but two losses at home with very uneven efforts and two goals for. People are seeing ghosts. Others might be whistling past the graveyard. #outofhalloweenreferences

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