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Taylor Hall.

I heard about this last week. I think one study stopped it because it was so promising that they didn't feel right about giving people the placebo.

That's a typo. I would want to wait.

Good question. No. I would want to wait. My turn. If you knew that this year's Sabres SC* is what propelled them to win a few more in the coming years, would you deny it?

?Sorry, That came out wrong. That wasn't a commentary on what I thought about your posts, just in terms of this discussion. So, if it's two different seasons, then teams that deserved to be in last maybe don't deserve to be in this one, and we would have won the second one. Who cares? There have been plenty of teams that made it that didn't deserve to based on the rules. It's all arbitrary. I WANT THE COVID CUP!!!!

I am in total agreement with dudacek (no surprise.) Does anyone remember who won the SC during the last lockout? Is there an asterisk there? They played what, 42 games? Who is to say that the winner that year wouldn't have suffered a catastrophic injury had they played a full season and not even made the playoffs? We've played 7/8ths of the season, if the rules they set say we're in, then we're in. If we won, I will personally be responsible for the flipping of at least one vehicle in downtown Buffalo for the celebration. Who's with me?

That was great.

I gotcha. I also don’t care. My initial post was to PA who has a problem with the NHL paying for tests and packing up and moving somewhere to play hockey. I don’t have a problem with it. There is a lot of stuff I want and can’t afford. I’m not going to cry about it, and dammit!, I’m bored. Covid is boring! I would love to have some hockey to watch.

It’s true. https://www.arcpointlabs.com/covid-19-antibody-testing/ There are others, as well.

Not sure the point you are trying to make. There are tests available to the public right now. For a price, of course. Anyone can buy them.

He does, but what he didn’t have was some of the best defense on the team. I though he got considerably better in our own zone this year. Maybe it wasn’t a disconnect but an actual plan. Let’s hope.

I wonder if some player development is involved with that.

Good post. So tell us, why do Botterill and Krueger hate each other?

It’s better than not good.

I think it’s a completely faulty conclusion. Actually, there is no way to even make a conclusion based on what he tracked. We all know that the problem with the Sabres has been the forwards. So even though the D is playing the kind of transition game that Botterill envisions, but our forwards are incapable of getting a shot, therefor the D doesn’t get a shot assist,.. it means there is a disconnect between Ralph and Jason. Oof. I think I just pulled a muscle just thinking of reaching for that one.

The article even says that they are kinda good at it.

Reading this post is the first time I that don’t want the season to end.

It's both. I just get a little tired of hearing complaints about what "they" are doing to the environment from people that have hour commutes to work, take three vacations a year on airplanes, have four 50+" tvs going, and don't turn of the lights in the bathroom or shut their computers down. I probably do more for the environment by living only six miles from work (a choice I made even though I could have a much bigger house and yard for less money farther out) than some kid yelling at me to recycle.

Still think that wasn’t there last night.

This page reloads from Twitter each time though. If he updated his Twitter, the OP would update.

Did we ever find out what the first disconnect was?

True, but if the numbers say that the Sabres were really bad at carrying the puck in, then it’s not a disconnect, it’s a change to plan B cuz plan A sucked.

Pretty interesting stuff. As per usual, with discussions using stats, I am left with some questions. He says that dumping the puck in just gives up possession, which is silly. He must have know that because he then says that we were actually 13th in the league at recovering the puck, but still at only 33% recovery. So, 67% loss of possession. My question is what is the turnover % when carrying the puck in. Unless it’s drastically different, then he’s just cherry-picking stats to make a point. Still an interesting read.

I really liked GoodFellas when it was called GoodFellas. When it was called The Wolf of Wall Street, it was just okay. Then, when GoodFellas was called The Irishman,... it was absolutely awful.

Can you update Tweets? I don remember seeing “more on it tomorrow” last night.