PASabreFan

Is it safe to say it was always a play for McDavid? See also the OHL game in Buffalo.

That's good stuff. Thanks.

Ray or the blogger? I need to know who to send the Edible Arrangement to .

Thanks. Can I call the Sabres without being on the list and buy season tickets?

You need two to tango, though. Only one guy was fighting.

That would have to be happening a lot to really question the dramatic decline in fighting.

What are they waiting for? Aren't season tickets available?

Sam's nice, for sure.

But Sam's smile isn't genuine. I worry he's not really happy when he should have every reason to be so.

Great thread so far.

No. I meant let's leave the analytics to the pros. I'd also leave them out of the GDT while the game is on. IMO there's very little appetite for it. As for tonight... we have so little. Can't we have something nice? I know. I should blame Erod and Bogo for scoring when they shouldn't have.

I can promise you sales have suffered as the number of empty seats has increased. Those missing fannies aren't buying food, drink, merch etc. I didn't make up any bogus stats about the owner. Think about what Expected Goals is. Somebody charts where the shots are coming from and determines there was x% chance of that shot going in from that precise location on the ice. Today, at least, those shots added up to the result that the Sabres were "supposed" to score .56 goals at 5 on 5. They scored two. So they played a "*****" game and the win is therefore not sustainable. The goals, I suppose, were "lucky."

I can't think of anything more productive or valuable that I've ever contributed to this board than sounding the alarm on this owner years before almost anyone else.

But their 5v5 chances weren't weighted high enough!

You're penalizing the Sabres for scoring two power plays goals and one shorthanded goal? They outshot the Wings 27-22, they took over the game early, they faltered a bit in the second, then finished nicely. You can stuff xG in your bloomer.

Let's leave it to the pros. No fan should want to talk about how some made-up stat proves the Sabres are playing "like *****" in a game they are leading 5-1.

It's almost like Expected Goals is trash.

BLOJITO!

ROSITO!

MOJITO!

Everyone's jocking Eichel's move lately. First Sam and now Bogo.

Ullmark cat-like with the right leg.

Good job by the ref. A lot was happening there. And he has to remember who he's cheating for.

Sweeping is fine.