SwampD

BS. It's not just about fighting. It's about passion. It's about caring. After several wins in the SCFs last year, several Tampa players mentioned postgame how the physical additions to the team and their play made the difference. They were always talented, it wasn't until they got tough that they won. Maybe it was coincidence. I don't believe it was. It matters. Okposo said it's the most they've fired up they've been. Ask them if it doesn't matter. I know I know, they didn't score. It's lucky that we'll never know if without the fight, the Rags score another and then 2 more EN for a 6-2 final.

Would his presence have?

NHL player/coach,… I like it.

But I knew we weren't going to get one. Didn't you? Might as well feel good about something'.

It made zero difference tonight, but it matters. It matters to me. I needed to know that at least one guy cares. Cuz I wasn't sure.

Rob Ray - "YES!" Awesome.

Absolutely, and that is my point. It’s all possible. It’s just not happening yet. Even a good stat that I like is woefully incomplete.

Tonight starts the long crawl back into the playoffs.

FLAGG!!! Good to hear from you. Told you guys the low point was yesterday. With Flagg back, we're making' the playoffs!

So, hearsay of hearsay and conjecture? Sounds ligit.

Fixed.

WhoTF is J?

Yep.

Didn't he also write "Cups on the Urinal Shelf"?

Earl of bud would have been there. Sabres games, too

Are you thinking of the Earl of Bud?

Forget Groundhog Day. The WGR fan rant about the Sabres is the only true way of knowing that spring has finally arrived.

I love the idea of firing another coach. If he's not the right guy, get rid of him. I genuinely don't give a flying ***** about how much this owner has to pay to people not coaching. He is responsible for the Tank and he is responsible for the worst decade of Sabres hockey,… actually, he's responsible for the worst decade of hockey of any NHL team ever. Drill another well and get the right guy cuz this is bullsh!t.

The Sabres actually won today. In fact, it's really quite incredible, the landslide by which they won.

It hit the defender's stick.

It hit the crossbar then the post. ugh.

As to this chip, where are the sensors reading it? Are there sensors in every arena? Are they in the cameras? Every camera?I’m not arguing that it is all possible, but it is way more data than I think people make it out to be. My question is, if it’s actually being done, who is doing it and more importantly, who is paying for it? Since some teams analytics departments consist of only two people, my guess would be EA Sports?

Someone is going to have to prove it to me that that is what is taking place. Where is that data coming from. Is there some hockey data analysis firm with rows of people watching replays, scrutinizing every shot of every game In the NHL, as well as the myriad other data they collect? There’s no way you can get that much information from an intern counting shots real-time during the game. Sorry if that sounds snarky. I’m legitimately asking.

Absolutely. I love the expected goal stat, but even that has to be taken in context. It’s a league wide average-of the shots taken from here, X% go in the net. But if it’s Crosby or McDavid taking the shot from here against Hutton, it’s a much higher expected goal than if it’s Eakin shooting on Price. Yep. They have their place, but I wouldn’t miss them if they went away.

When other teams get the puck, they turn and explode towards the offensive zone. When we get the puck, with no fans in the arena, you can actually hear them thinking about what to do next. It's ****ing painful to watch. It is so painfully slow and it gives the other team so much time to recover and defend. The backhand passes, the backwards through the leg passes, the pass pass pass pass pass just for the sake of passing passes. Just awful. ... and people were grousing about Bylsma's stretch passes.