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Wow. You're winning favors there. You really should be leaving if you want to start swearing at people who disagree with you and blaming them for your problems. I hope by leaving you can reduce your apparent angst against people and a hockey team and begin to enjoy the rest of your life.

Once again. You assume the increase in odds for scoring a goal is the same across all teams when a goalie is pulled. It's not. Just as the odds of scoring a goal on the power play is not the same for every team, the odds of scoring with the goalie pulled are not increased equally. As I said in the Red Wings thread, the Sabres can't beat teams on their power play. The puck ends up in their zone more often than in the opposition zone. The Sabres can barely keep it in the zone at even strength. In order to score you have to be able to possess the puck. A team as long as this one on the ice will not gain possession of the puck long enough to significantly increase their chances of scoring. A call for pulling the goalie with this team is pure desperation. I understand the frustration but I believe the last time the Sabres pulled the goalie they ended up with two EN goals against and I don't think anyone was surprised.

You can't use LEAGUE statistics to warrant a chance for this team. Perhaps on average to good teams it would give them a shot but the Sabres can't keep the puck in the zone when they have more guys on the ice than the other team. They can barely do it when they have the same amount. So, while I like all the research on pulling the goalie and I don't refute it overall, what I have not seen is research demonstrating the scoring chance when a team that plays like Buffalo pulls the goalie. It would seriously be a skate for Lehner to the bench and then turn right around and go back to the net like a duck in a shooting gallery

I'm sure this will be on TV at the bar I will be at tonight. I'm might have to try something stronger than beer goggles though. I'm about done trusting the process. The team needs a knock upside their heads.

I think it's fair to say the puck went in their zone. I wouldn't say we had it all that much.

And yes. I would bench Eichel for tomorrow night. I'm done with him until he decides to play for this team.

At least Rob is still humorous.

Beer goggles not helping. Not at all.

It's not picking her up. I just looked up the meaning of the commercial because I was sick of not understanding it. It's a really stupid commercial but I understand what is happening now.

He is. This is a team that's lost right now. Very lost. Everyone looks worse than they are.

Sadly we'll never know if they would.

Right. You can't check a goalie outside the crease but incidental contact is allowed. I've seen a goaltender called for interference but in this case it's incidental.

Well, if there is no crowd it's not as bad as if thereis a crowd that's quiet. They can be faulted for not being there but I think that's as loud as that many people can get.

Only for challenging offside.

Outside the crease. But that will be no goal because..

Your EiCHeL team?

Well. That's just great.

No way McCabe should have reversed that regardless of the puck hitting the official. He had the space to go up ice.

I've seen better ice at a cubic zirconia convention.

Cross-checking - The action of using the shaft of the stick between the two hands to forcefully check an opponent. Defined as exactly what Kane did. No one has to fall down for it to be a penalty.

Kane, two hands on the stick, stick to back, pushes and extends arms. Also known as a cross-check.

That's a penalty all night long. Stupid play by Kane.

Maybe the Sabres are cursed by a Nolan again.

Nolan with a really stupid play. Like monumentally stupid. Keep him off the ice the rest of the season.

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