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In the salary cap era, most teams can't afford to have a designated goon. I am a bit torn on fighting. I can see why something like what Greenway did is needed. Even if Z was getting a penalty - he took liberties and that needs to be fixed. I think it is a fine line because the other way to address crap like that is to overly involve the refs in their subjective penalty calling. As a Sabres fan, I am not sure I want the refs having even MORE influence on the game. I think the USA-Canada fights, while somewhat entertaining, were also kinda dumb from the perspective of having a hockey game.

Let it not be lost that The Athletic ranked them LOWER than the fans (by 0.02 - which is within "rounding error", but STILL!)

Until the Sabres lose the lottery and slide down the "maximum" two spots ... and pick 5th.

I was looking through the trash heap of old threads and could not find the one that either @GASabresIUFAN or maybe @LGR4GM was lamenting the potential disaster that might be the Sabres 2025 cap situation. I was just wondering what the trades and recent signings have done to that situation?

We are spending too much for too little production in other areas to go get Marner 😞 It is kind of odd, now with Cozens gone, many of our good(ish) forwards seem like good deals. I don't think any of our forwards could be classified as a significant overpay. But the overspending on what we are currently getting at D? Oy.

Curses! I have Max to watch cool shows ... and thus also have access to this game 😞 I am not strong enough to stay away on my own.

Lord knows I don't have it in me ... but after 1 pm Eastern on a game day without a thread ... losing 6 in a row will do that to you, I guess.

nifty little move by Rosen.

Yeah, all of that was what brought up my original question ... any total scrub goalies with their name on the cup. I don't think any of them approach being Dilfer-esque.

I think this is such a tough exercise because Trent Dilfer was borderline BAD ... to reiterate, he threw more INTs than TDs in his career ... Corey Crawford - These numbers are very respectable, but his teams were such powerhouses, it is hard to tell: Those numbers are essential over 10 years.

There is a joke in there about the typical Sabres game this year belonging in a circus ....

23-25 bring me an enormous amount of joy This also makes it official, right? Tage Thompson is the #6 center in the league. Done. 😉

This is my exact experience as well. Somehow the out-of-town fans get better treatment than the home fans. For the longest time under their previous owner, the Blackhawks owner would only allow home games to be broadcast if the game was sold out. I think they are now all shown (except national games) on some random Chicago sports network channel. Seems broken to me. But, ESPN+ for Sabres and picking up random free trials for other services when I care to try to watch TNT works just fine for me. Sidenote - if you have a gmail address, you can add and move around a period to your address to fool the subscription services. JoeSchmoe at gmail and Joe.Schmoe at gmail both go to the same inbox. I have almost run out of these iteration with Fubo, tho - lol Edit: Cut the cord in 2015 and have not regretted for one single second. Cable can eff off.

Yeah, totally get that. I just ... I dunno, I like to give in to the good vibes. I also don't get super down when they get back to sucking giant donkey balls, either. Watching your favorite football team lose 4 super bowls in a row while you are 12-16 yrs old really just kinda teaches you how not to feel, lol

It is worth noting that by going 7-3-0 in their last 10, if they keep that pace up with a few 7-2-1's , they'd be near CBJ's current 90.5 pt pace. Unlikely, yup. Improbable, heck ya. Fun if it happens, sure would be!

This. It is hilarious how poorly the Russian military has performed right next door to their own country to think they wouldn't lose half their force crossing the ocean to broken down boats is silly. Not for nothing, I don't Canada's air force would be a push over, either. A+ for the fan fic, LGR!

The second bullet under Ward actually makes me lean towards him. Forgot ALLLLL about Niemi. I guess a reasonable argument could be made that in his starting years with TB, Dilfer's number were "decent"? 69 (heh heh) TD and 85 INT seems closer to bad than decent. More like Ward's 3.68 and 0.882 ... woof.

@matter2003 after carefully reviewing the virtually non-existent criteria I set forth in this challenge, I have decided to reluctantly accept Osgood. I still think he (and Cam Ward) were no where near the level of "WTF?" in being starting 'tendies that Dilfer was being a starting QB, but they might be the closest we get?

But, that isn't entirely true. Didn't they have one of, if not the best, record in the NHL under Donny G when leading going into the third? This year has be so traumatizing, it has people misremembering left and right! Or ... am I one of those people??

I mean ... with the exception of dee troy it, no one above the Sabres seems to want it..

😉 well ... no.

RE: Murray (sorta) - aren't we (the forum) sorta talking in circles? Most threads include discussion on ALL the player evals that the team got wrong (insert list of players we constantly lament that "got away") ... but now we are saying we TRUST their ability to properly evaluate Murray (or any other AHL player) ... which is it? lol

Sounds like Dave Andreychuk

I am quite jealous you have national polls about hockey things 😞 Most Americans think they won the gold in the game against Russia in 1980 ... and that is IF they even know about it any more. 🤷‍♂️

.908 and 2.74 ... but those numbers are a bit misleading, lower GAAs were more common in his main playing days. ✅I accept your answer - even tho Cam was not at the same level of "oh lord, what?" as Dilfer.