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Hopefully the Granato Sabres show up that never blew 3rd period leads.

why are they not giving him things like the bodybuilders used to gain weight like pineapple juice mixed with heavy cream? Or something similar in terms of weight gainer shakes? This seems like it should be easily preventable...just because you are on liquids, doesn't mean that they have to be devoid of caloric content these days. IMO, this is a terrible job by the nutrition team.

I mean Ruff seems to be at the heart of this going back to McKee having an infection from not washing his equipment/socks or whatever it was in Game 7 of Carolina and it's been all down hill from there.

What in the hell is going on with this team??

Holy guacamole...Buffalo is cursed this year...Bills and Sabres just getting hit with serious injury after serious injury without any let up.

bahaha...why not call up the entire AHL roster at this point. They might actually play better.

I want Zac Brown so he can bring his band with him to provide some actual entertainment.

The problem I have is that UPL is just not mentally focused or prepared properly on a day-to-day basis and he really never has been outside of when he had to fight to make the Sabres roster or fight to earn a new contract. Things like that are far harder to change than improving skills. He would have to admit to himself that he is failing himself and most people's egos will never allow that to happen, they will blame someone or something else.

well there goes that theory on UPL

I mean it beats being the worst team in the NHL at home like they were for so long...

Ruff pumping them up this morning: "OK boys! We have a chance to set a new NHL record for most OT games in a row! Let's make sure that happens..."

The determination is he sucks and only plays well when he has to ty and earn something. Outside of that, he looks unfocused, undisciplined and unmotivated day to day. The worst thing for UPL is to have a situation where he is the clear #1 option, you will get the worst version of him instead of the best, which is the absolute worst case scenario for a guy who you expect to be a franchise Goalie. Small sample size so far and if it continues over the course of the year that typically will catch up to you by February.

Sylvester sure thinks so...

Toronto and Montreal also achieved this in the Stanley Cup Final in 1951 with all 5 games going to OT, with Toronto winning the series and Cup 4-1

No Sabres had 5 in 2022 as well...see above...not sure if there are more than this

That's not true, we TIED the team record. This also occurred in 2022 from March 10th-March 23rd.

I dunno...Caps literally didn't even have a shot on goal I don't think in their last 3 PP's and the best scoring chance was MacLeod's breakaway shorthanded. If they did have a shot it was nothing dangerous.

That would be part of the 8.5% that falls into the "other" bucket 😉

You are actually right...downloaded the data from Moneypuck and there is a very strong correlation between save percentage dropping and high danger chances increasing. | Season | Save % | Goals/Game | Shots/Game | xG/Shot | High-Danger Shots/Game | Avg GSAx (per 60) | | :------- | :----: | :--------: | :--------: | :-----: | :--------------------: | :---------------: | | 2010-11 | 0.913 | 5.48 | 30.8 | 0.088 | 7.9 | +0.12 | | 2011-12 | 0.914 | 5.32 | 30.7 | 0.087 | 7.8 | +0.15 | | 2012-13 | 0.912 | 5.44 | 30.1 | 0.089 | 8.0 | +0.10 | | 2013-14 | 0.914 | 5.46 | 30.6 | 0.089 | 8.1 | +0.13 | | 2014-15 | 0.915 | 5.46 | 30.4 | 0.089 | 8.2 | +0.14 | | 2015-16 | 0.915 | 5.42 | 30.2 | 0.089 | 8.3 | +0.11 | | 2016-17 | 0.913 | 5.53 | 30.3 | 0.090 | 8.5 | +0.09 | | 2017-18 | 0.912 | 5.94 | 31.8 | 0.091 | 8.7 | +0.06 | | 2018-19 | 0.910 | 6.02 | 31.5 | 0.092 | 8.8 | +0.04 | | 2019-20 | 0.910 | 6.04 | 31.3 | 0.092 | 8.9 | +0.03 | | 2020-21 | 0.907 | 6.23 | 30.7 | 0.093 | 9.0 | +0.01 | | 2021-22 | 0.904 | 6.36 | 31.1 | 0.094 | 9.2 | +0.00 | | 2022-23 | 0.904 | 6.60 | 31.9 | 0.095 | 9.4 | –0.02 | | 2023-24 | 0.903 | 6.73 | 31.6 | 0.096 | 9.5 | –0.03 | | 2024-25* | 0.900 | 6.81 | 31.8 | 0.097 | 9.6 | –0.04 | The correlation is -.91486 between Save Percentage and High Danger Shot %, meaning as high danger shots increase, save percentage drops. A perfect correlation is 1.0 or -1.0 in this case, since it's a decrease, so this is extremely strong. Essentially, this shows that 91.5% of the the variance in save percentage is caused by high danger shot quality, leaving only about 8.5% to other things.

Nobody is watching anyway, so maybe it doesn't matter? I mean an NFL week 3 pre-season game likely gets higher ratings than the Stanley Cup Finals.

There is no way the promise was "You play like dog crap, put up bad numbers for early 1980's goalies, play worse every opportunity you are given and don't worry, you will still have a spot here, accountability be damned!"

What's the interest rate they are charging? Did the Amerks fight for a better rate due to the Fed's lowering interest rates again?

He is young still...goalies typically take a while to develop, so he should realize that and stop trying to rush the process and just focus on improving and being ready when he gets called up and given a chance. He posted an .872 and 4.12. Sorry, I gave him too much credit in the initial post. It was an .872 not an .878. Those are the results, I don't care about any mental ***** about why or how or whatever else on where they came from. He simply wasn't good enough when he was given the chance. Period. Your job as a pro is to be ready when your number gets called and to do your job, and he failed repeatedly to do that. That being said, he is still very young and most goalies typically aren't ready until 25 or 26, so he very well could be exceptional within the next 2 or 3 years as he is only 23.