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It's all rumor mill crap. I wouldn't put it past the Sabres to "leak" info with some theory of placating the masses. However, at this point, if things don't materialize then I think most of us are going to be even more disappointed in the GM and owner (if that's possible). Better to be quiet and do nothing than to leak out that you are trying to do something big and have nothing happen. I'm not sure who is listening to that crap anymore and isn't the point where the fan mentality is "Show me or shut up."

Ahh, well fair but as you point out, there was a reason. Cozens just falls and the usually gets a cross-check to the head from the opposition center who won the face-off from him. 🙂

I don't think Benson can be ruined. Cozens earns his ice every face-off, when he falls on it. Seriously, who the hell falls on EVERY face-off?

God no. There's only a handful of players in the league that I absolutely detest and he's one of them. He's a asshat.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who said this last night. This team was so bad last night that I chose to watch Gladiator instead, despite the billion commercials. I couldn't stand another moment of watching this team be the exact same team as last year. I see nothing that has changed. The power play looks the exact same, so either someone was FOS about who orchestrated it last year or the person they have in charge of it this year knows so little about it that all they did was copy/paste which should be grounds for dismissal. If Ruff wanted to send a message he should have stapled Dahlin's ass to the bench after this two penalties early on. Even if one of them was perhaps a bit questionable the team should not have been in the situation (on the power play, twice). This team hates success. Every time they begin to get some they cave on themselves. Also, any team that plays a hard forecheck completely stifles the Sabres. They Sabres play to not lose, they don't play to win. They give up both blue lines all the time. They continue to be a disappointment and I don't know how anyone can look at that game last night and have anything positive to say. Salient Essentially a key characteristic of a mediocre team. Sabres are 3-2 in games where they have a chance to get BACK to .500. So I can’t really draw a distinction that implies they somehow “fold” when the games matter they simply fold a lot because mediocre teams fold a lot

Jacob Bourne's movie franchise definitely did not sell as well.

Yeah.. United Center is on my list if for no other reason than to hear the anthem. I'd love to get to a game in Montreal. There are others as well. Love the praise on the Kraken game. The arena should be state of the art given its age.

welcome back...

It's a great place to put the experience. I want to get there some time. I saw a Knights game at T-Mobile center 3-4 weeks ago. That was, as expected, top notch. I'd probably put it a level above Nashville, which is incredible in its own right.

Remember when everyone wanted a la carte television? Well, they have it now. Somewhat. In my never ending Complaint Thursday saga against the NYS Department of Labor I have learned that if you re-dial the Fraud hotline repeatedly between the hours of 9am and 12pm you will eventually break into their hold queue and get to talk to someone. What I have also learned is that despite what the process and unemployment office says, those people are only a call center and are only able to complete an online form that I had already completed. Despite all my requests and pleas the lady on the other end of the line told me that basically I have to just sit and wait and hope and that despite what everything else says, they can't do anything. At least I had the pleasure of her being one of the rudest, least caring, and condescending people I've ever spoken with. I'm sure it's a tough job, but I wasn't being an ass to her even. So after 30+ hours of repeatedly trying to get someone from the fraud department I learned that there's no one there. It's a call center to do what I had already done. So yes.. I will wait the 2 weeks minimum they told me I need to wait and then I will be contacting any and all governmental representatives to see if they can assist. Meanwhile, I'm not getting the supplemental unemployment from my company... thankfully I had been planning the past few years for this inevitability. Anyone who thinks that more government doing more things for the citizens of this country is a good thing, please keep reading why I am steadfastly against it. ARGH.

I'll see very little of this before I need to go skate myself tonight. I'm assuming I will at least tune in for a bit. Who knows... At this point in time the Sabres are not a priority for me, although in my current situation, by 7:30pm at night there's not much else to do.

Nice. Thanks!

So, here's my recommendation. If you are able to login now, make sure the email address listed under your account is accurate and you can access it. If you cannot access that email, change your email address to a new address. Re-activate your account. Open a different browser and choose sign-in, then forgot password. This will email you a link to change your password. Change your password and save it. That should assist you. Why a different browser? Because if you sign out with the one browser that automatically logs you in then you are truly hosed. Choosing a reset password email will not change your password until you actually do it. At which point you'll know your new password.

Why would you throw a player in the press box for saying it? He's not saying he thought it was going to be an easy game. That's the point I was trying to make. Cozens said it, but it doesn't mean he believed it. He could be making a generalization for the media to reinforce the point he might have made in the locker room. It should trigger the media to ask that of all the players, see what their responses are. Bottom line.. we don't know. That's fair, but it was what people were commenting on and even poorly written, the conditional maybe makes it a hypothetical and not a fact. You'll hear quotes like his on Stanley Cup winning teams from time to time as well. The problem is most assuredly that this team isn't even close to being that caliber. Yes.. as evidenced by you watching the video (which I appreciate) and clarifying. They tend to struggle against any team that plays a heavy game, lesser or not. I am aligned with the overall mentality. I want to see the leaders of this team dominate the game, constantly. I think Thompson is doing what he's supposed to do. Cozens seems to be finding his way. Samuelsson is clearly not and regardless of point totals Tuch tends to disappear when it matters. I'm all for bringing in someone with a pedigree of accountability to drive this team.

The only thing I want to say in defense of this is that Cozens does not de facto say that they thought it would be easy. He is hypothesizing that it might have been that there was a mentality with some that it was going to be easy. It's not entirely fair to claim that he said "it was going to be easy" when he did preface the statement with the conditional maybe. The effort was unacceptable, he's right about that.

*****. You mean we drafted the wrong brother... again?

Appreciate the information, absolutely horrible news. It's the sad inevitability of aging when you hear about someone passing and your age is close to theirs. You have to reflect on your own mortality. I hope they are celebrating his life. We'll miss his contributions here to be certain.

Shooting the puck over the glass happened all the time. It was laughable. It's good that there is a penalty for it, intentional or not. I think it was around 2019-2020 that the coach's challenge rule was changed. Originally you could only challenge if you had a timeout and if you lost the challenge you lost the timeout. If I recall there was a reluctance to challenge calls because they coach wanted to retain the timeout. Of course public can see the reviews and it was a bad look if the the calls should have been reviewed but weren't. So they adjusted it to allow the coach to have unlimited reviews but get a penalty if it was a failed challenge. I don't have a problem with the system, but I think it should only apply to offsides. A review to determine high-stick, glove, or goaltender interference on a goal should be part of the "good goal confirmation" that happens on each goal. Coach's should not have to challenge those plays.

The problem with the triple E strategy is that it's really only a double E strategy.. Unless effective was not meant to reflect the success of the team.

I don't know if it's micro analyzing, where is the line between analyzing and micro-analyzing? I'm not sure. I think it's fair to look at this game and say they got a win, but Calgary's adjustments were something the Sabres did not overcome. Those adjustments to the forecheck mirror what others teams have done to the Sabres and have resulted in Sabres losses. I think it's fair to call that out, much like the Sabres did to the Rangers attempting to mirror what Washington had done to them. If they don't figure out how to get out of a hard 2 man forecheck they will be in trouble when teams can execute it well. If I am not mistaken one of those Gilbert penalties was Lafferty. The officials earlier in the game weren't sure who on Calgary committed a penalty and had to get the right guy in the box. They were really bad in the game overall.

Well this was a fun read. The Flames started out with a passive forecheck and the Sabres took advantage of it. Calgary upped the forecheck and did what other teams have done to them this season the game changed, dramatically. The Sabres are still not good at breaking out of their zone when facing a high pressure forecheck. They need to fix this. I'm glad they got the early goals because it was what they had to cling to for the rest of the game. Against a higher power team I think they lose this game, but Calgary isn't a fast paced, light it up, team. They managed a win and that's good, but they need to not play another game like this one. I also liked the talk about perfectionism. The Sabres can be happy they won this game, but no way in hell should they be satisfied with how they played. Any analytical mind would look at the game and see where improvement can be made. Players continually evaluate their game and try to improve, this is perfectionism. It's okay to accept the outcome while not being satisfied with the execution. Perfect is difficult to achieve, even for a single game, but it does not mean it's not the objective.

To the bolded.. we are aligned. As to where we are as country, I am aligned with your thinking. I cannot control the country but I am tasked with attempting to keep this place civil and so I am attempting to do so. We'll put it to bed. But if you believe I am not being fair to both sides I do expect to be called out for it and I will listen.

Hey.. it's the new trend.. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2024/11/3/24287050/buffalo-bills-qb-josh-allen-sets-new-franchise-record-for-second-most-passing-tds I suppose it's technically correct... but a real stretch.

It's always fun to read a GDT after a game like that. No skipping through... every post is worth reading and the joy from the posters is a helluva lift. Lots of great stuff in that game but they do have work to do to shore it up. I think they got away with some stuff against the Rangers that they won't always get away with. The Rangers ended up backing off the forecheck a bit too much and the Sabres have had trouble with teams that can seal off their long breakout passes. Still, seeing players do the little things in other areas is a huge positive. Zucker is the emotional force on this team and Benny is... well he is who we thought he was. ZFG.. the kid knows how to use his size to his advantage. He's absolutely relentless. There's only one thing left

I can only speculate but I perhaps retaining Jokiharju was hedging his bet and creating competition? it can all be his inability to be decisive as well. I don't know. I don't think the Byram trade was a great one. Perhaps he thought Quinn was going to replace Mitts' impact on the lineup, but he's been terribly incorrect about that.