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Thorny is so freaking good at the subtle art of sarcasm and/or satire ... I just don't know if he is serious. Kinda seems like trading Norris would be like changing a flat tire on a burning car. Sure it helps, I guess ... but not really.

I know it is still early in the season, but this point leader board ... 🙃 back-to-back #1 OA running #1 and #3 in scoring ... and our old pal Jack, hangin' in there at 5

It looks like the Sabres are out there wearing the Bills uniforms, lol. Also, the Jests are the Sabres of the NFL - at least they will BOTH extend their post season droughts this year.

Bro. Same.

This is one of those episodes where it is all Ted, but no Barney. Bleh.

Did not read through all 8-10 pages since I last commented, but I saw that the game before the Ovi 900 game, St Louis held McJeses, Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, without a shot on goal in the whole game. It was the first time in a regular-season game where that specific trio all played together and were all held without a shot. So ... maybe we don't fully panic, just yet? But also, is this what being a Jets fan feels like??

holy sh1tsnacks, these guys suuuucccckkkk

I know I saw someone before the game call this ... boo.

I think Tommy Thompson is really missing his old pal, Benny. Man, that kid can dig for pucks and keeps plays going. Hopefully the new kids have a desire to show they belong.

Yikes, people are on EDGE around here. I wasn't trying to come for you or anything. Honest mia culpa if it came across that way. That said .. it seemed ODD to me to single out Quinn like that. My feeling, which I am 100% entitled to. It originally seems so odd to me because you had stated he was out there for two, but so were 3 other players. So, I was simply observing something that seemed out of place to me. It felt to me like he was being unfairly singled out. I lay my honor at your most royal feet and beg forgiveness for not being more clear that my comment was about what I perceived as an odd slight towards one player, not the innocent mistake of a typo. (I actually missed it until I reread my post before submitting, something I do to try to avoid saying things that unintentionally rile people up) In all honesty, I was curious why you had called out just Quinn when others were also repeat offenders. I do appreciate the added context you gave as it it did add quite a bit to the original message. You seem to be an intelligent poster - and so I would assume an intelligent person - so hiding behind pretending not to "get" what the word "funny" means in that context is not exactly raising any conversational bars either. "Isn't it funny how ..." is a pretty common expression. sheesh.

I dunno - the lineup said "Projected Lineup" not "practice lines".

Funny how Quinn is the only nightmare you singled out ... Tuch, Thompson, and Dahlin are all on that list twice. But you also say Quinn was on the ice for two and list him three times. (shrug)

The butterfly kisses @LGR4GM quoted above have him in the lineup and Brawndo has not posted about a roster move ...

I would like to agree, but even though the cap in the NFL seems imaginary, it still exists. Not sure you get a $15M player with only $3M in cap space. Oh, unless you believe the AI social media posts where Ed Oliver is "giving back" $13M in salary ... lol

I think Archie might be on to something - seems like a system thing. First, Tuch going OVER the soft pick was dumb. The pick player purposely stayed high to freeze Quinn, it worked. Quinn was probably stuck, no matter what. Keller came around that high pick with a lot of speed, Quinn was going to get caught flat-footed unless he read Tuch getting beat at least a full second earlier. Even if he had, Quinn can't "step up" - Keller has too much speed and skill and Quinn would have been just starting to get going. It was a really good play by da Utes and probably something where the Sabres need to recognize a switch sooner.

Quinn got owned on that last play. Too bad - had a solid game before that.

It is simply conflating two different terms, like the other poster said. Winning percentage - no, they are 5-7; they have only WON 41.67% of their games - not above 0.500. "simple math" as another poster stated. Points percentage - yes, they have gotten 13 of 24 possible points; 54.2% of available points thus far. 89 point pace, in a down year for the league, that gets you near the wild card. The NHL website even calls is "P%", not "W%".

They were in a playoff spot on American Thanksgiving last year ...

I was actually thinking he was pressing a bit early on when nothing was working for the team. He seems to be a bit more relaxed now that he sees everyone is finally chipping in. I seem to recall several "WTF?" moments with him last year, too. High risk, high reward. That said - I feel for the guy ... what they went through, I cannot even begin to fathom. ❤️

6 points in 8 games ... most teams kill for that kind of production on D.

I think back to the Otters game. They looked like the team of the first 3 games early on. Sluggish, no energy, sloppy passing. Claude Jeer-roo slashes Power after the play and calls him a "wet dog" (?), big scrum ... different team after that. It was like they suddenly remembered they could crash into players on the other team.

Who had ... Sammy and Tage tied in the goal department after 8 games?

I thought he had one last year?

didn't we get a "middle 6 C" for Savoie? A rando midget prospect?

Doan won two puck battles that directly led to goals. More please!!