ska-T Palmtown
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why did they wait until the third to try?
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I could at least tolerate it if they played like this more
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1 minute ago, thewookie1 said:
You might have an argument in regards to Cozens production but I will stand on a soapbox and scream to the mountains that his fight with Hatheway changed him as a player. He used to have piss and vinegar; he used to play hard every shift and try to play physically at any moment he could. Now he’s more of a outside the house player and looks hesitant to engage physically
I agree with both - lol. I don't think "The Fight" changed his stats drastically, but I will agree that he plays more timid now.
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1 minute ago, JP51 said:
Power has always look shook but now he looks ready to crawl into the fetal position and beg for his mommy cause Lindy might have come close to raising his voice. He is an embarrassment
Not wrong. At least he used confident skating the puck up the ice and in the o-zone ... now he looks pretty bad everywhere.
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2 minutes ago, Believer said:
Hits 30-12 says it all.
Getting pushed around and outplayed in our own building.
No pride.
Asst C Tuch 6’5” 230. One hit. No shots.
Some leadership example, huh?
sabres outhit the jets 28-15 - still lost
Also outhit Utah 39-9 ... got smoked.
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can you imagine how pissed a player would be about getting traded to this team?!?!?
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Just now, HumanSlinky39 said:
Good lord, Power can't even handle a simple pass.
i think now that Lindy took the filter off - it will take some of these guys a few weeks to adjust. Power looks shook.
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20 minutes ago, pi2000 said:
Buffalo jumps out to a 3-0 lead. The Rangers claw their way back, taking a 4-3 lead midway through the final frame. Boos rain down from the rafters.
Sabres tie it up with under 7 minutes to play thanks to a one timer by Byram. Benson draws a holding penalty with under 5 on the clock. On the ensuing power play, Power fumble fucks the puck at the blueline sending Trocheck in all alone who neatly tucks it behind UPL for the game winner.
Or... is tonight the night they right the ship and begin their march towards Lord Stanley's prized cup?
"fumble fvcks the puck" pure poetry!
Edit: what the absolute sh1t? the word that 3.14 used keeps getting auto-edited out of MY post!?!? Is swearing some sort of skill one unlocks as they climb the ranks of 'spacers?
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2 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
That simply isn't true.
I posted this with statistics to back it up in the past couple of days. Before the fight and after the fight That year, he was basically the same player. Shots on goal. High danger chances. Shooting percentage. Plus minus. Hits per 60. All of those numbers were basically the same before the fight as they were after the fight with very small variances.
The only difference in his play was his 30 goal season. And his 30 goal season had really one thing that was different about it. He had an abnormally high shooting percentage that year. Again his plus minus, his power play time, his shots per game, is high danger chances, his own percentages... They were the same that year pretty much as they were the year before, the year after, and this year.
Management and a lot of the fans have overrated him based on a anomaly of a one-year high shooting percentage. He has simply reverted to the mean of the rest of his career. Which is a 10% shooter meaning he'll get you 15 to 22 goals a year, will eat up power play time without being a good power play scorer, is awful without the puck, bad at face-offs, and can generate his own shot pretty well but doesn't convert well.
The reason that many of us think he doesn't have much value anymore and want to see him move to Wing, move to a lower line, or even traded... As we are going on the assumption that he is what he has been his entire career, and the only one thing that was different at one point of his career is now reverting back to what it actually is.
But again to the original point... In the small sample size before that game and then after the game... He was pretty much the same player. It just looks like the fight mattered because the player that he has been was a drop off from what we expected based on the previous season.
You won't get around the story a certain sector of this forum wants to tell themselves about big tough hockey players 🤷♀️
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15 minutes ago, _Q_ said:
Toxic masculinity? Bwahahaha
Sure. Laugh all you want - if you don't think it is a real issue, that tells me all I will ever need to know about you. Call it whatever you want, but constant talk about how to be a "real man" is not useful to a society that already sees too many issues with male violence and the male gender's inability to deal with real human emotions in an open, honest, and healthy way.
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i'm kinda glad this is on TNT and I don't have cable, so I can't watch it. Might enjoy my evening.
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2 hours ago, JohnC said:
Why do you say that Cozens isn't fit because of his less than stellar offseason workouts? What are you basing that view on?
Cozens does not look like this, so he must not work out. He must not be a "man". He must be "soft". LOL - the toxic masculinity on display on this board sometimes is hilarious. This is not the current day NHL. McDavid - the best hockey player on the planet - looks like some schmoe at planet fitness with his shirt off ... must not be a man and certainly can't be good at hockey 🙃
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6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
Yup, teams were afraid he wasn't going to come over. I do remember there was draft talk earlier about who was better Michkov or Bedard, but then the Russia thing had his stock drop and Philly took the chance or had inside info. Who knows, Bobby Clarke has a relationship with some of those old Russian icons so maybe he got inside info.
Right now, Michkov is definitely better than Bedard. He passes like Gretzky. Seems to have incredible vision and puts impossible passes right on tape. Fiesty like Benson too. Maybe even more so. Flyers protect him though so he's maybe more fearless.
As "not good" as Filthy is, Michkov's supporting cast is practically an all-star team compared to Bedard's. Not trying to take anything away from the dazzling displays Michkov is putting on, I just really see we could see Bedard with any talent around him.
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29 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
By all accounts they are a clean cut group. No problems reported There just missing something on the ice. I wish the booing would stop but the fan frustration is understandable and not over the top. .
If you TWICE in one week at home allow the visiting team to score FIVE STRAIGHT goals ... you deserve to booed. If you blow a 5-3 3rd period lead to a team you are theoretically battling for a WC spot, at home ... you deserve to get booed.
Don't get me wrong, I want few things in life more than to see the Sabres be good again - but there is sowing and there is reaping going on here. I honestly have to think long and hard to conjure up long gone emotions from the Bills' 17 yr drought. I will do the exact same for the Sabres, when they earn it. 😞
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Preach, Brother Callaway! Preach!
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4 hours ago, Cranky old man said:
I do not believe he is fully healed even from his earlier injury. This has caused him to be tentative, leading to poor outcomes and a view from the box. There may be something to the argument that he is adjusting to Ruff’s coaching rigors. To me, any athlete who suffers two serious injuries in two consecutive years, cannot possibly be the same physically in three.
Again, his time last year immediately following the injuries do bear truth to this hunch. He. was. playing. better.
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27 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
It's not. I'm just saying he wasn't the problem here. He's a serviceable tough depth guy much like Gilbert, but you could also make an argument that he's still better than Jokiharju, Bryson or Johnson.
This tests my memory, so I might be wrong, but the Sabres had him top-4 and he has been a bottom pairing / depth piece since leaving, right? So, another case of poor organizational depth forcing a player to slot higher than they should, resulting in that player not being "good enough" to play for the Sabres. sigh.
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34 minutes ago, Ctaeth said:
IMO, the only reasonable conclusion is that he is physically hampered. He's been amazing at every level prior to the NHL & has demonstrated MUCH better play than this already at the NHL level (including in his rookie year). Play doesn't just drop off this precipitously. Cozens has regressed, but what Quinn is outputting goes beyond just simple regression.
He looked fine - and produced at a rate above his rookie year stats - both times he came back last season. Unless, you are implying he has another, undisclosed, ailment that is vexing him this year?
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
Winning 3 or 4 in a row does not put them in a playoff spot unless the 6 teams ahead of them all go on losing streaks. They realistically need to win 7-8 in a row to get back in it.
They are one point out of last place in the conference and free falling
1 hour ago, Pimlach said:Realistically, the 6 teams ahead of us are not ALL going to lose 3 in a row at the same time. Some of those teams will be playing each other. The more teams ahead of us, the harder it gets. I truly understand the simple arithmetic involved.
We have 10 games left in December, we need to win 7 or 8 of those 10 to start coming back up the standings. Thankfully there are 7 road games in that mix. This team needs a road trip. They need to get away, they seem to fear playing at home.
Ironically, by getting 1 out of 2 points last night, the Sabres incrementally increased their season points% 🤣
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Apparently, only a little over 50% of 8th overall picks ever score 100+ points in their career ...
**Adding: this does not account for D-men who score at a lower rate and it is through 2023, so some kids might still be in juniors if they were not drafted by the Sabres.
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6 minutes ago, inkman said:
I thought we won the Rangers game?
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well, they seem to be losing it 2-1, so