Randall Flagg

Still so much season left to right the ship. If I had amnesia about the previous two seasons, I'd be hopeful. I'm just sad now though

There could even be people out there who allow it if it's clear we were stocking up in a huge way for the near future - they wouldn't include me, but they'd exist. But our second best forward prospect not on the team today is what, Tage Thompson? like holy ***** there's nothing on the farm except Cozens

It pains me to say it but is so alarming how bad McCabe has been recently

If this season goes like last, as in, we sit for 2.5 months with a wild card spot within reach and begging to be grabbed by somebody, with us incapable of stringing anything together and constantly being kneecapped by everything we've talked about that's wrong with this team for two years, and ends up with us on the outside, I hope Jason is gone. Jack is doing ridiculous things this year and we're floundering anyway. I can buy that it takes 5 years to build a cup contender. Trying to sell me that it'll take until season 4 to return to wild card contention? Get the ***** out of town

There's no quick way for me to check for 20 game chunks like this for all other teams, but in the last GDT I outlined examples of GMs being proactive in the past few years, turning out-of-playoffs-at-New-years teams into playoff teams in April by identifying and addressing roster holes. Who knows if those records were created by long stretches of ineptitude. The thing most egregious about Jason's tenure is that ours have been obvious in real time in the offseason for three consecutive offseasons, and so in three (so far) consecutive seasons he's failed to do anything about it either in season OR before. You give rope because it takes two to tango, so to speak, but his dubious roster vision has used up his rope and then some.

Jason's Sabres have had stretches of: 2017-18: 5 wins in 22 games 5 wins in 23 games 3 wins in 14 games 2018-19: 8 wins in 26 games 3 wins in 24 games 2019-20: 5 wins in 20 games With none of these stretches overlapping. He made zero trades during any of those, except Wilson for a 5th. He ain't doin *****, hell 5 in 20 is pretty dang good by these standards lol Edit: Kane trade came between two of those stretches

That play is never ignored in OT, it had the effect of a blatant pick even if it was unintentional

5 wins in 20 is phenomenally ugly

The game is one game, but it's sickening to imagine this season resulting in anything but playoffs.

It's annoying how Dan is not only trying to tell us what's happening in the game, but how to feel sympathetic towards the Sabres because of it

The whistle did beat the shot by a second

It was, but I'm a little more lenient on 2 on 1s than other situations

Joki really just has to watch his stick there. Jack would have crossed that guy up and scored without that penalty happening.

It was another example of "I don't HATE any one single goal Carter allowed...but I want him to allow fewer than six of those"

Good: Risto Sam Skinner Kyle Larsson Bad: Joki Montour McCabe Bogosian Mittelstadt Average: the rest

If we lose this game it's going to be one of those ones where you ask why Hutton couldn't have allowed four goals instead of five in regulation

This game is a serious roller coaster

YESSSSS

I'm not blaming refs for anything, they are just abiding the rules, I'm just mad that we had a real advantage taken away for it. Have the spotter figure it out quicker or something

Handy that this happens on Vancouver's second straight icing. ***** off.

Question: Will Carter Hutton ever allow fewer than 4 goals again

Woah momma

Woah momma

Jack is so strong