TheAud

First time to ever click on this thread. There's something therapeutic about reading about other's woes. Would not have guessed that. I really don't feel like complaining today, however. Newly (re)married to a fantastic woman, job is OK, health is decent, kids are all more or less on track and healthy...life is good. This is a really sh***y first post for this thread.

I agree, not much difference. To me, that's 'what's there', I was looking for a difference and there is none. Eyeball test matters so that's why I am trying to find data to validate. I see it differently than you but am open to another viewpoint with confirming data. I did see some analysis (although I don't know about the veracity of the underlying data) awhile back that said Lehner was below average in save % in the 'tougher save' areas and had a disproportionate number of shots taken from 'easier save' areas, but I can't find that right now. That would be contrary to your thinking on this topic. I need to find that link... However I did find some numbers on face-offs. With Lehner in net the Sabres have 0.3569 defensive zone face-offs per minute. With Nilsson it's 0.2865. That is quite a difference. That could be interpreted different ways though.

Sabres allowing .5621 shots per minute in net with Lehner, allowing .5671 shots per minute with Nilsson in net. Based on the incremental 10 shots Lehner is supposedly giving up per game due to rebound control, would you have expected this to be reversed, and much more so?

To Lehner critics, the fact that he sometimes struggles with too many rebounds outweighs actual NHL results

Gonna pass on tonight's game. Spending some Valentine's Day time with the wife. Of course she may suggest to watch the game. There's a reason I married her! :wub:

What's the evidence for this?

I don't even want to think about that.

Gorges is a disaster doing anything on offense

If D-Lo dresses tonight and we're down 2-1, at least.

I always thought of Tanev as the upgraded version of Pysyk. Sort of like a Lincoln to Pysyk's Ford.

There are 27 games left in the season and 8 more games until the trade deadline. To get to a 96 point pace season and be in the running for the last playoff spot, the Sabres would need to win 10 in a row at some point and play at a 96 point pace the other 17 games (i.e. 1.17 pts/game). Yeah, they're selling. The only reason the team is getting points at all right now is that Lehner is playing out of his mind and Kane has been a force. Beyond that, this team is getting absolutely buried in shots on goal and scoring chances game after game. For the season only Arizona has a worse shots for vs. shots against differential. It's disheartening.

Great first! Off to Batman Lego movie with my 12 year old.

Oh yeah!

And I was kidding

Risto just wanted a rest

Dunleavy loves Grant.

ROR turnover without a shot...again

ROR is a hot mess tonight

Getting outshot 40-21

We could only hope.

Grant recalled to help the PK, since it was doing so well when he was here earlier in the season. (sarcasm)

Kane, Nylander, and a #1 for Tyson Barrie and Gabriel Landeskog. Sabres probably need to throw in a college or Juniors D prospect as well.

So the model should be Bruce Boudreau, right? He won the division with the Caps 4 times in a row and then was fired during a slow 1st half in 2011-2012. Anaheim smartly fired Randy Carlyle and then hired Boudreau within the same season he had been fired by Washington. The Ducks finished 5th the following year, then proceeded to win their division the next 4 seasons. Somehow they decided not to keep him and now he's coaching the Wild who, surprise! surpise!, are in first place in the Central. There may be little to no difference between the 10th and 20th best coaches in the league, but the impact of having one of the top 5 vs. one of the bottom 5 is enormous.

Especially need regulation wins vs. NJ and Toronto. Beat Vancouver and get 1 out of 4 points vs. Anaheim and SJ combined and it's a decent week.

Start of 5 games in 7 days...the season can turn up or slide into oblivion this week. So goalie rotation of Lehner (@NJ 6th), Nilsson (SJ 7th), Lehner (Anaheim 9th), Lehner (@Tor 11th), Nilsson (Van 12th)? I hope DD rides the hot goalie but doesn't force Lehner into back-to-back's when Nilsson has proven so capable. Especially with 4 games in 7 days the following week as well.