PromoTheRobot

You know, the Sabres could try defending their end instead of putting it all on UPL.

I have both blue and white. (White 72 Tage.)

I do think they are riding UPL to hard. Reimer should play a few more now that we are playing out the string.

I'm not attacking you. I'm attacking your unwillingness to assign blame to anyone but UPL.

If he scores you owe me a pint.

Sabres are in Boston on St. Patrick's Day to play the Bruins and face Henri Jokiharju. Since ESPN+ is blacking out the game for me, and Bruins fans are dumping tickets, I'll be at the game in Loge 17 right behind the goal the Sabres shoot at twice. Should I wear the classic royal blue or the Goathead?

Whatever. You be you.

Sadly you are probably correct. Ruff as PoHO sounds a lot like Marv Levy as Bills GM.

Sell to whom? Another billionaire who grew up a fan of the Sabres who would pour millions on top of the billion spent to acquire the franchise just to keep them in Buffalo for the 12K average of fans who show up and think ticket prices are already too high? Oh, then there's hundreds of millions needed to be spent on the arena.

4th liners are allowed to score too.

Once again you're doing this "all or nothing" thing. But yes, if we all play better UPL will be better. It's common sense.

We should all ask ourselves why this is happening. Not just the threats to Canada but all of it. Who does this benefit? Who reaps the biggest reward from a weakened America?

I love Canada. I learned Oh Canada as a boy in Buffalo. I used to ride my bike over the Peace Bridge and peddle to Crystal Beach. Aside from the show I was also hoping to bring a case of Unibroue beers with me. I hope they don't give me crap at the border coming back.

Good to hear that.

I simply don't agree UPL, himself, is letting that many bad goals in. What I'm seeing is a decline in defensive play which leads to more bad goals. Now you do see a couple bad ones, usually 5th, 6th and 7th goals in a game, which come after a night Uppie gets hung out to dry. That's just human nature. If your teammates don't care, why should you? Frankly it's a disservice that Lindy leaves him in on those nights. It's not helping his psyche.

Olivier Nadeau has been named ECHL player of the week again down in Jacksonville. He could get a call up.

That's okay. That was more for @mjd1001 benefit. You can't separate what your team does in the defensive end from your goaltenders performance.

Here's something you don't realize. If you allow an NHL shooter a clean shot from 20 feet out he has a 50/50 chance of scoring. That's because given time that shooter can hit a key hole at 95 mph and a goalie only takes up about 60-80% of the net. Human reaction time isn't quick enough. https://www.quora.com/How-much-of-a-goal-does-an-ice-hockey-player-see-considering-its-6-4-with-a-goalie-in-front So it's the job of the 5 guys on the ice to NOT allow a shooter that much space and time to tee off. Once again, you fail to understand how you defend your end. It's a 6-man job. If your guys aren't doing their job, goalies get lit up.

This is not going to help. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2025/03/15/canadian-woman-returns-home-after-being-detained-by-u-s-immigration-officials

Head shot flu. There should be a suspension for that guy but the league won't. I'm happy Murray is getting another shot. Ruff needs to use him the right way: park him at the net and use him as a backboard.

He's not perfect but most of the goals he gives up come off of opposing players getting behind our defense or awful turnovers that result in high danger scoring chances. VGK goal #1 Howden gets behind our D for an easy tip in: https://nhl.com/video/vgk-buf-howden-scores-goal-against-ukko-pekka-luukkonen-6370083942112 VGK goal #2 Turnover at the Blue line, UPL makes the initial save but the Sabres D is falling over each other, unable to clear. https://nhl.com/video/vgk-buf-dorofeyev-scores-goal-against-ukko-pekka-luukkonen-6370083220112 VGK goal #3 Eichel gets behind everyone, UPL makes a save, we fail to clear. https://nhl.com/video/vgk-buf-eichel-scores-goal-against-ukko-pekka-luukkonen-6370087034112 Mistakes happen, pucks take crazy bounces, but if the Sabres eliminate these by a half, we are winning more games and UPL is a better goalie. Everybody asks "what's wrong with the Sabres???" This is what's wrong with them.

I'm seeing a show in Montreal in two weeks. My wife and I are a little concerned about what we may be dealing with in Canada and crossing the border.

Keep on ignoring the reason why UPL gives to so many goals. I've tried to explain. No one wants to know.