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I yelled "NO GOAL!" at fat old Brett Hull from about 15 feet away at a concert ... and by "yelled" I mean muttered, but the guy next to me heard!

Not you specifically, I think it happens a lot in this whole forum - but getting a solid 4th line contributor in the 2nd round of the draft is not even guaranteed. AI tells me that the average 2nd round forward plays about 210 NHL games. Ol' Becky is at 202 right now. The fact that the pick ended up being Cole Hutson might be a bigger subject of lament down the line, but for now - it was at least marginal value. I found another website that averages 1969-2025: Pick #43 averages 228 GP, 34G and 60A. Sir Beck is clearly lagging in the score department.

My experience is that when you play with other people of your drive/skill level is you get back to the bench and everyone just goes "oh man, we'll get 'em next time" When you play with people with better drive and awareness, you get back to the bench and they bust ur bawls over the plays you could have made.

Probably a good thing - I actually could watch this game, but they never win when I do!

bUt He'S sO sMaLl!!!! (FTR - happy he's back!)

New strategy - you can't lose to the worst team in the league if you ARE the worst team in the league!

Sabres playing like total arse - maybe this shocks them out of it ...

...damn you!

"Mathematically" eliminated means there is no combination of their own wins and any other teams' losses that can result in them being in the playoffs. Considering the season is only 21.9% over and the Sabres could still earn 128 more points - no, the math does not say they are done. Being in last place at nearly the 1/4 is not a good scenario, for sure. Rags on pace for 95 pts ... Sabres need to play at 0.617 to reach that. 8 teams played at a 102 pace for the entire season last year - 25% of the league. Far from "near impossible". For the Sabres? Yeah, I would agree they are probably not making it.

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.