TrueBlueGED
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Bills doing exactly what they should be today. Attacking a vulnerable defense with pace, and not taking their foot off the gas against a lesser opponent.
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The good news about the kick return is we might get to see Josh Allen throw for 300 for the first time.
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McDermott won a challenge!
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11 minutes ago, inkman said:
Which is saying something as it wasn't spectacular.
It was a really good throw, but he moved all the way through his progressions from the other side of the field. That's what made it so impressive.
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That may have been the best throw of Allen's career.
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25 minutes ago, WildCard said:
I didn't watch the game. What in the world happened?
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8 minutes ago, dudacek said:
Smart guys who know how to let the puck do the work for them.
You don’t have to be great, but you have to be good and you have to take care of your body, on and off the ice.
I just think it's narrower than that. How many merely good players have been worth their UFA contracts well into their 30s?
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1 hour ago, bunomatic said:
In the new NHL players 30 or over are a fools game.
Lord no to Ladd.
I'm mostly on board with this. The one thing I'd say to flesh it out a bit more is if you have a truly elite player, you're probably pretty safe. Teams get into trouble with the good-but-not-great Ladds and Okposos of the world.
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11 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
I think the value from the Sabres' perspective is unloading KO's contract.
I think Scandy's value has improved, but he's still a lower-pairing defenseman on an expiring contract. It's hard to see the Sabres getting more than a 3rd-rounder for him under any circumstance (which would probably be a low 3rd-rounder if it's coming from a playoff team looking to bolster its D group for the stretch drive) -- and I'd rather be rid of KO's contract than pick up a low 3rd-rounder.
Correct. There is huge value in offloading 2 years of a $6M cap hit for a 4th line player.
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23 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
Am I missing something, or did you just take both sides of this?
When I read yours, I completely missed the "KO" part and thought you proposed Scandella for Kovalchuk straight up. So one of us missed something, but it wasn't you.
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21 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
Scandella and KO for Kovalchuk.
Who says no?
Hopefully Botterill. The last thing we need is another cap albatross.
6 minutes ago, dudacek said:I’m kinda with LGR.
Kovalchuk would be among the last people I would want to add to this team. I might not even do Kyle straight across, despite the two-year cap benefit.
You might not, but you should. You may like Okposo's game more, but those 2 years of cap benefit should be worth way more than that preference.
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34 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:
I wouldn't trade a poop flavored lolli for Kovalchuk.
The real question is why do you have a poop flavored lolli to trade in the first place?
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9 hours ago, Zamboni said:
Wow. Now that ladies and gentlemen , is a bridge jumping comment if I ever saw one ?
You're still sorta new here, but Callaway is the McDavid of Sabrespace bridge jumpers. If he wasn't jumping off a bridge at this point, we'd all be concerned he had actually jumped off a bridge.
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I swear, if I lose to @WildCard because Sanders just hurt his ribs...
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56 minutes ago, darksabre said:
Bennett's defensive numbers aren't bad. He'd be an upgrade on Sobotka at least...
(I'm not pushing this one very hard...)I'm just not interested in another hopefully maybe possibly half-measure. Fix the forwards or don't, but I don't need Botterill selling me a bill of goods.
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2 hours ago, darksabre said:
Would anyone here give Sam Bennett a shot as second line RW?
As long as it's out of a cannon to another team. Bennett is trash. May as well try Tage again, at least he's free.
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Speaking of bad play calling, anyone catch the end of the Sunday night game? Holy smokes....Prescott torching the Vikings on the (what should have been) final drive, and then 2 handoffs to Elliott lose yards and obliterate the red zone possession.
27 minutes ago, Ogre said:Allen wasn’t the problem. He had more yards in the air and running than Mayfield. Singletary ran for 42 and Gore for 12....Chubb had 116 and Hunt had 40...Geezus Chrispies...How can that not enrage you?
He also wasn't the solution, which is becoming a consistent problem. Our standard for QB play is so low that as long as the guy doesn't spontaneously combust, it's okay. The play calling was definitely bad, but Allen also left plays on the field that could have changed the complexion of the game. At some point he has to start making those plays.
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6 minutes ago, Derrico said:
I mean when probability says things should be different.
Yea but probability also says that things like this happen without it being mysticism. Law of large numbers! Improbable things happen all the time.
Edit to add: the likelihood of Buffalo specifically going 100 years without a title is, I would guess, pretty low. But the likelihood that some city would do that probably isn't all too low. We just happen to be the one.
But hey, in recent years Cleveland, Toronto, the Red Sox, the Cubs, Philly....all cities/teams that ended enormous droughts. It'll happen.
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2 minutes ago, Derrico said:
I just don’t know why neither team ever hits the triple or ‘gasp’ home run. What moves have been made in the last decade plus for either franchise that paid off more than anyone expected? Olofsson seems like the first sabres pick outside the first two rounds in forever who is contributing in any meaningful way. Again, in a salary cap era neither franchise has an excuse for the absolute disgrace they have been for over a decade. A decade. Mind boggling how there is STILL no end in sight.
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Aaron Jones needs to score more TDs. 3 this game isn't enough. Give @WildCard 6. Why not? ???
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2 minutes ago, bunomatic said:
At least in regards to the Sabres There are times within the game where effort disappears for mere moments and we get scored on. This team appears to be going hard but there are let downs and we are scored on. There are plays by our best players where they stop thinking momentarily and we get scored on( I’m looking at you Dahlin )so yes there are effort problems and there are brainfarts. And to be fair there are cases of the other team just being good at their jobs and we get scored on.
I just think it's hard to necessarily equate breakdowns in play with breakdowns in effort. Is a bad pass a lazy pass or did he legitimately just not see the opponent? Stuff like that. I have a pretty strong prior that fans tend to gravitate towards effort-based explanations, probably because it's easier. But that doesn't mean it's the right explanation.
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30 minutes ago, Derrico said:
Agreed. But how can there still be a talent problem??? Both teams play in leagues with salary caps. Both teams routinely pick in the top 10 to 15 in the draft. Again, just probability says this city should have 3, pushing 4 championships by now. That’s simply probability alone. Both franchises have been an embarrassment, save for 2 Sabres seasons, since the turn of the century. It’s been nearly 20 years now. What. The. *****. Is going on??
Well, when you chain together some bad decisions across regimes it can be hard to turn it around. Some combination of having the wrong priorities and picking the wrong plays with, yes, some bad luck tossed in for good measure. Put a little differently, I think for both teams they've done some good things in the past 5 or so years, but those good things have been mostly singles while the misses have been catastrophic strikeouts. Mixing sports metaphors is the best. I don't think there's rampant incompetence, just a lot of things adding up. Every NFL team misses on QBs, but missing on the QB hurts a lot more than hitting on a CB helps. Ya know? In the trade that shall not be named, Botterill identified the player as the problem rather than the coach. That's a lot more painful than the help Johansson brings as a value added UFA. And so on.
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Buffalo sports have claimed another victim. Funeral services for @Derrico's heart just before the holidays.
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22 minutes ago, Scottysabres said:
It won't matter what trade they make to be honest.
It's not the players entirely. It's the culture and atmosphere around this team. Both the Sabres and Bills are just door mats for those going on to greater things, regardless if you like that comment or not, it's the bare bones truth. The owners? Maybe. But the losing culture, and the culture to not compete 100% of the game played is a constant problem with these teams, and has been long before the Pegula's arrived.
Call it what you will, but I don't see it changing anytime soon.
I don't see how anyone can actually watch either team play right now and think there's an effort problem.
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Curtis Lazar Called Up. Scandella and Bogo returning to practice today.
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...and lose horribly the next night. Nothing to see here.