ska-T Palmtown
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1 minute ago, LGR4GM said:
I just feel sad and hopeless.
Bro. Same.
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This is one of those episodes where it is all Ted, but no Barney. Bleh.
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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??
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holy sh1tsnacks, these guys suuuucccckkkk
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I know I saw someone before the game call this ... boo.
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Just now, ponokasabre said:
I actually like these lines!
Kozak Greenway Quinn could cause fits for St Louis
And Rosen and Östlund have been good! Tommer should play well with them
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.
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5 hours ago, LTS said:
Yeah, sorry I missed an edit to go back and update Quinn to 3 times. You use the word funny, but not sure why. Even if I didn't single out the others Quinn is the only player who has been on the ice for 3 of the goals. So yes, I focused on the player with the 75% failure rate versus 50%.
Did you know who was on the ice and how many times before I posted that? If so, great, then you knew Quinn was on the ice 3 times and that I got it right in my details but missed in the summary. If not, then maybe not complain about a mistake that was made.
I could go on about the others. I blamed Tuch in one of the games because he left the slot guy open, which then opened the center of the ice. Power lost his guy on the boards who eventually scored.
Thompson pinched on a play when they were changing the third player and he should have made a better decision.
All in all Tuch is not good at man coverage, Thompson and Quinn are not good at any coverage. Power is not good and Dahlin, while good, needs to cover for the rest of the defensively inept players who are put on the ice.
Were you aware of the goal visualizer? I also added that value. I suppose if you knew then great, but I tried to point out something cool about how we all could watch the players on the ice and clearly see where they made mistakes.
I'm glad your point was to focus on a simple mistake though. That really raises the conversation bar doesn't it? Why did you use the word funny and then not bother to explain how that word fit in your post? I mean, if we're being pedantic.
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.
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6 minutes ago, SabresBaltimore said:
Guys can practice while on IR. Just because they lined up that way in practice doesn't mean he's on the roster. He was put on IR. They had to put Zucker on IR before Tuesdays game just to call up Östlund. So they either need to send someone back down or (I hope) waive Geersten.
I dunno - the lineup said "Projected Lineup" not "practice lines".
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19 hours ago, LTS said:
Meh.. the Sabres need to try something different in OT. Ray made a comment last night about 5 straight let's you learn. He's not wrong. The problem is they are not learning.
Quinn is a 3 v 3 nightmare.
Players on the ice for the last 4 OTL games when the game was decided, Quinn has been on for 2 of those
Utah: Tuch, Quinn, Dahlin
Boston: Thompson, Quinn, Dahlin
Columbus: Power, Tuch, Kulich
Toronto: Thompson, Quinn, PowerIt might be time to NOT put Quinn out there. It's not working.
Overall as I was reviewing this, if you've not reviewed the NHL goal visualizer yet, you should. Here's last nights game center - https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/buf-vs-uta/2025/11/04/2025020203
I find it funny when they show all the players jumping over the boards and the puck being shot down the ice. It's also a good way to see where players were at when things happened from a top down view.
Good enough to get to OT, but they are not skilled at 3 v3 which requires even better man to man coverage on defense. And of course, you don't allow a goalie to play the puck to his own team.. kids are taught go to the net to get the whistle... why Tuch did not is beyond me.
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)
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37 minutes ago, SabresBaltimore said:
Kozak can't play tonight without a corresponding roster move right? Please be the day we FINALLY waive Geersten.
Blues lost 6-1 last night and gave Ovi his 900th goal down here in DC. If we can't win this game, even with a depleted roster I dunno.
Also tonight is a Goathead night.
Go Sabres!
The butterfly kisses @LGR4GM quoted above have him in the lineup and Brawndo has not posted about a roster move ...
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8 hours ago, Crusader1969 said:
At some point you just have to go for it
Look at the Eagles. This year and last
way more aggressive
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
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1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:
Yea, I've seen the play again. It's Tuchs guy and Quinn is trying to maintain his spot in the center after Tuch over pursues.
1 hour ago, Archie Lee said:I’m not certain. Tuch was picked…gently, legally, but he was picked. I’m sure there are scenarios in 3 on 3 where defenders switch coverage. This looks to me like a spot for a switch. Who was Quinn covering?
Also, why is Quinn trying to hold the centre of the ice when the only player to his right is Dahlin? And, most importantly here, Quinn didn’t hold the centre of the ice, rather he completely relinquished the centre of the ice to Keller. In short, Quinn looked lost.
Anyway, it’s overtime 3 on 3 and the whole point is for somebody to make a play. I don’t want to beat up on Quinn anymore than on Dahlin and Thompson for the Boston loss or UPL for the Toronto loss. The real frustrating part of the OT struggles is that it seemed 3 seasons ago that we had a bench full of guys who thrived in that situation and could make plays like Keller did. It seemed we used to play OT fearlessly and now it seems we are thinking a bit too much. It’s kind of the Sabres’ story: we can’t put it all together. Score a lot and we can’t keep it out of our net; get good goaltending, but then we can’t score. We couldn’t drag enough games to OT, and now that we are we can’t win them.
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.
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Quinn got owned on that last play. Too bad - had a solid game before that.
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1 hour ago, Sabres73 said:
I disagree. If you have more points than games played, you're over .500. Full stop. This seems to be a weird hill to die on after a Sabres win.
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%".
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7 hours ago, Weave said:
Statistically, we’ll know by American Thanksgiving.
They were in a playoff spot on American Thanksgiving last year ...
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1 minute ago, Flashsabre said:
I’m just saying he doesn’t seem himself out there and I think his mind is obviously elsewhere. He’s producing but he is making a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes out there too
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. ❤️
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6 points in 8 games ... most teams kill for that kind of production on D.
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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.
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Who had ... Sammy and Tage tied in the goal department after 8 games?
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33 minutes ago, Weave said:
Matt Savoie with his first NHL point last night.
I thought he had one last year?
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didn't we get a "middle 6 C" for Savoie? A rando midget prospect?
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11 minutes ago, elijah said:
Josh Doan looks like a real middle 6 piece, I wish I knew that at the time of the JJP trade
The hustle and effort from Doan, Benson and McLeod tonight was terrific. Need to see more of that, from more players and more consistently
Benson brings it every night, it’ll be nice to have him back. Greenway does similarly in a less skilled way, he’ll be very much welcomed as well. Not saying that Greenway is a game breaker by any means, but he’s criminally underrated in what he does contribute
Doan won two puck battles that directly led to goals. More please!!
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No complaints about Power-Timmons so far
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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.