SwampD
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Sorry I have no sympathy for anything . They can go ###### themselves on every level. ###### their city, ###### their teams, ###### their citizens, ###### everything about them.
Yep. How was that not helmet to helmet contact on that last turnover? Oh, yeah, MFT.
shittsburgh!
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The toe save by holtby to make it possible was nice to :D
I think the D-man actually made that save. Holtby owes Schmidt dinner.
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Ovechkin's game winner tonight is somethin' else. Wow.
Can't find a video.
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Found out that my nephew saved a guy's life this week. He's a freelancer and was on his way to work when a car crossed the double yellow line and smashed into a pole at about 35mph. The fuel line broke and the car caught fire. Flames were shooting up the windshield and the driver was unconscious as the cabin filled with smoke.
My nephew smashed the passenger side window, unlocked the doors, propped the hood open when he walked to the driver side door, told another kid to go into his car to get his fire extinguisher and put the fire out as he dragged the guy from the car. The guy was coming to and the fire was out by the time the first police officer showed up.
After he told the cop what happened, the cop told him the ambulance was almost there if he wanted to get his hands checked (they were all bloody from the broken glass), he said he had to go because he would be late for work.
I think I'd hire him full time.
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No. No. NOOOOOO. For the love of God, no. I am going to call this every single time.
Then you're not trying to win. Then it's Tank 3.0. I think you're right, though. I think we're seeing a very subtle tank. People need to start calling it for what it is.
Okay. If that's what you need, I'll say it. We are witnessing a subtle tank. Feel better?
I will also say that there is a HUGE difference between not trying your hardest to win, and trying your hardest to lose.
Also, that difference is what makes this not a tank.
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Yep. A 2(+EN)-1 loss to the three time SC champions. Blow it up! Fire everyone!
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lindy had four lines to roll and still lost.Pfft I said that for YEARS and no one listened. I was right then, and I'm right now.
Right?
And are you seriously comparing a bunch of teenagers after a TANK to Lindy's teams?!
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You keep on using that word...
This game was as close as it was because of coaching. Period. It certainly wasn't because of the rosters. Be mad if you want to, but be mad at the right thing.
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Why, on a national broadcast, are we subjected to Chicago's home announcers?
Just tucking say that Risto never tripped him Eddie, you homer shithead.
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Ridiculous.Disco Dan my ass.
More like Disco Stu.
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This ###### is all on Bylsma. This team is never ready to play and they never wake up until it's too late.
Ridiculous.
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More tweets!
Buffalo Sabres Stats @SabresStats 13s14 seconds ago
#Sabres Shot Differential after 40 games:
Last Year: 936-1418 (-482)
This Year: 1196-1168 (+28)
Looks like improvement to me.
We were so historically awful last year that we had to improve to merely just suck.
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Once punched Ernest Borgnine right in the mouth.
Wears a real full length fur coat and pimp hat to work.
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Sorry. That was obnoxiously stated. The question is sort of irrelevant, because it makes it seam like all we had to do was get a bunch of "depth" guys and we would have been better so far this year. That isn't how you build a good team, though. You build from the top. You get great players to fill in the top, thus pushing the good players into the "depths." It's the reason you, um, "try to draft high" for a couple of years.
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I have another question. Is water wet? Having depth just means you are a good team. We aren't a good team yet so we have no depth.
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is not true.
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Is true.
Based on what he said at the time, he pretty clearly saw the team as being in that low 20s range of overall standings.
FYI, being in the low twenties means you suck.
And we may still end up there.
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Plenty of us were not at all happy with the plan.
I don't remember if I was among those at the time or not, but if I was, it was probably because I overestimated the talent we had/have, like many here. I'm thinking that he didn't, but just doesn't know how to not tell us exactly what he thinks, to his detriment.
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Shouldn't we be happy that the Sabres have a plan, told us that plan, we were all happy with that plan, and are sticking to it?
GMTM told us "We want to get better but still have a chance at winning the lottery." Granted, it's a much better chance of winning than we thought it would be, but they are just executing their plan.
I think all of DD's moves and choices are still just about seeing what we have and not necessarily about winning.
But I am definitely in the "they better make the playoffs next year or there will be hell to pay" camp.
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He was never, ever, ever going to come to Buffalo. Flirted a bit to squeeze every last dime out of the Leafs, that was the extent of his interest.
Yep.
We had a very legitimate chance at landing him.
I don't buy it. Never have.
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What is so frustrating is that four out of every five games we get exactly the same Sabres:
- goaltending that isn't good enough to steal games or bad enough to blame for the losses
- a structured defence where we don't give up a lot of chances or make a lot of turnovers
- a structured offence that rarely takes risks forces breakdowns or creates many open chances
- relatively balanced zone time and scoring chances
- next to no offence in the first period
- next to no offence from the back end
- games that are generally still up for grabs with 10 minutes left
- a lot of long passes that are tipped into the offensive zone or missed and called back for icing
- consistent effort through to the end, but very little animosity or edge
- line choices and ice time based on tactical game-planning rather than player chemistry or actual performance
- no obvious emotional reaction from the coach to his team's performance or the opponents
I like that we are smart and consistent; its way better than last year's beer league hockey.
But I feel like it's the same movie every night. It's by-the-book and predictable. Where is the drama and the art?
We are the hockey equivalent of a dedicated small town accountant.
Good post. Not sure about the last line though, because I'm pretty sure I would rather hang out with SFiNS than watch the Sabres.
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On any team in the league. Number 1 center. There's nothing in that statement that is saying he would supplant the current number 1 center on any team in the league. That statement, which has been applied to many players in the history of talking about hockey, has never been interpreted the way you're interpreting it.
Straight trade. I think O'Reilly is that good.
Um, k.
So he wouldn't supplant any current #1 center,… cuz that isn't what you meant, but, um, any team would straight trade their #1 center for him.
I think you need sleep.
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What the hell is this? Now you're really out to lunch. The whole point of the statement is to assert that O'Reilly is a number one center in the NHL. Not that he's better than every other number 1 center in the NHL. Who the hell would ever try to say that?
Now I'm really confused, because I thought it was you who said it.
O'Reilly could be a number 1 center on any team in this league.
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I'm not playing. I'd rather win 9MM than 900MM. That way I get to keep my life, just not work.