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matter2003

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  1. Still irritating to see the Flyers and Caps with negative goal differentials holding the last 2 playoff spots at -6 and -27 while the Sabres and Red Wings at +3 are both outside looking in right now. Islanders also ahead of the Sabres at -20. WTF...
  2. Only good thing is they have 2 more games against the Wings and Caps, and 1 more against the Devils, Flyers and Lightning(last game of the regular season). IMO, those are all almost must wins in regulation at this point. Cannot afford to lose or give up any loser points to these teams.
  3. Sad we are tied in points with the Caps right now with 69 even tho they have 2 games in hand, but have a dreadful -32 goal differential.
  4. Sabres are now +2 in Goal Differential this year. Currently they are the only team with a positive goal differential not in a playoff position. They are tied with the Caps at 69 points, but they have 2 games in hand even tho they have a terrible -32 goal differential. Mind boggling honestly.
  5. Meh...the NHL's model seems very flawed if not completely broken. How can half the teams or more lose money but yet the salary cap goes up year after year? Makes no sense. Making the kind of revenue they are making NO TEAM should be losing money. Literally the entire salaries of the NFL are paid from their share of revenue and not out of the owners pockets. They pay for signing bonuses up front but that's up to them if they want to do it. NFL pretty much prints money so it's usually not an issue.
  6. so effectively, 90% of their games are against teams in their own division? WTF kind of weird schedule is that? Guessing trying to limit travel distance and costs? I mean they are playing them each like 10x?
  7. 3 guys actually...their other brother, Pat, is the one who started it and they all co-own in. Opened one in Toronto a year or two ago...next time I get up there I am checking it out 😂 I wonder if they have "Good Vibrations" on loop inside the restaurant...🤔
  8. If hockey doesn't work out maybe he can buy into the Wahlburger's franchise? https://wahlburgers.com/
  9. for the second game in a row. Plural. And got lucky with at least 3 or 4 posts during the game the Sabres hit also.
  10. Power is 21 years old. 21!!!! The amount of hate people have on this board borders on craziness for a player who is so young and still has a ton of room to grow.
  11. At the end of the day, talent wins out. It may take a little longer, but we have far more talent coming thru the pipeline than they do. Like the Bills in the mid 80s to late 80s...eventually all those HOF players they drafted just realized..."we are simply better than these other teams and we are going to kick your ass", and then they did. Sabres may not have any HOF players but they likely have a lot of really good ones. Only a matter of time before they are simply better most nights than the teams they are playing.
  12. Yes, that means they can convince themselves it's fine to fall 20 points back in the standings off the bat because they will have "plenty of games" in hand to catch up.
  13. The building will be packed once they start winning again. That's how it works.
  14. Wings picked a bad time to go on a 5 game bender Essentially the difference between us being the playoffs and not is once again, our inability to rack up loser points like so many other teams in the NHL seem to do with ease...Islanders have 14!!! OT/SO losses this year.
  15. Their chance to win the cup is near 0. They just gave away a pick for a dude who has been terrible that could have helped their bottom 1/3 of the NHL prospect pool get better.
  16. How? Nice move...Philly loves overpaying for Sabres D men
  17. 2 best defensive teams in the NHL squaring off since January 1st. So the final score will likely be 7-6 You missed a great one.
  18. I don't think it is an excuse as much as this team has seemingly finally figured out how they need to play to be successful defensively and are starting to emerge as one of the best defensive teams in the NHL. No real way to say otherwise with what they have been doing over the last 1/2 of their games played. Their GAA/game has dropped from 3.56 prior to Jan 1st to 2.17 starting Jan 1st...that's 1.39 fewer goals allowed per game. That's astounding.
  19. The issue with this team, in large part, IMO, is that for the first 3 months they didn't exactly know how to do what Granato wanted them to do in terms of playing more defense first, they weren't confident in it, and they seemingly lost confidence in themselves and their ability to play offensively while doing that. It seems like they have figured out how to do it and use their team speed and team size and length to get their sticks in the way to break up passes in the defensive zone and then turn those into transition chances at speed now. Their team defense has improved more than I think anyone ever thought possible in a few months and they are now outstanding defensively and among the best in the NHL. They have allowed the fewest goals since january 1st with 50 and are 2nd at 2.17 goals/game allowed over that point. 3rd in fewest shots allowed per game at 28.45. It just seems like this team has finally realized who they are, found their identity, has their Mojo flowing and last night they just absolutely dominated the Knights for 85% of the game. Now...the key will be to continue this and THEN not have it take 3 months to figure it out again like the last 2 years.
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