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And people still want to think this isn't a big deal...it is possible Rasmus is not back til next year or possibly might be forced to retire due to heart damage from this. When is the last time you heard athletes possibly forced into retirement from the flu? The long term implications of this are very scary...they are finding this out even in people with light symptoms or those who were asymptomatic and oftentimes there is systemic damage far in excess of outward symptoms shown with other diseases.

This is the one place the Sabres have been surprisingly good most of the year.

Based on the Sabres ridiculously low shooting percentage over several years I will say the Sabres are consistently worse than other teams.

I have never seen a team consistently over a period of years hit goalies directly in the chest or pads with shots from point blank range as much as I have with the Sabres. It's almost impossible to be that bad at scoring from those areas for this amount of time as they have.

The crazy part was through 8 games they were among the best in the NHL at all of them

I just don't get it. Game after game they struggle 5 on 5 to score goals. They have a lot of offensive firepower. This shouldn't be.

I mean this is complete BS. We get screwed because the NHL didn't think people continually testing positive for days on a team constitutes an outbreak. If I were the Sabres and the players I would be looking into legal action.

You must not read the scientific journals I guess. There are serious long term consequences and the more time goes by the more they find. If you choose to stay ignorant then that is your choice, but the statement you made is false by the myriad evidence showing issues even in a lot of people with no symptoms. Yep...assume its fine. Smart choice. Nothing to see here. SMFH. The COVD related death toll in 5 years is going to be staggering. Not sure how many "colds" have done that to people.

You mean until half of them find out they have long term cardiac issues?

Sabres have not finished contract tracing yet is the reason for the postponement.

He got smacked in the mouth yesterday and was off for repairs for a while.

Can we please stop the thread hijacking? That's definitely Boomer style. 😉

As do the other analytics. There is no way to be ranked that high in virtually every analytic category without being a pretty good team. When they get some puck luck they could go on a run and potentially start dominating teams.

It would be near impossible to continue to have that low of a shooting percentage for an entire season if they stay in those spots... Last year the Sabres were no higher than 19th in any of those and in most of them bottom 5 in the NHL. To give you some comparison if you take the top 10 teams in CF% from last year, the lowest shooting percentage wise were the Kings at 7.61%, the average was 9.84% and 6 of the 10 were over 10%. If these analytics hold expect to see a significant increase in shooting percentage.

Advanced Analytics says this Sabre team isn't just good, it might actually be VERY good. 5th in CF, 2nd in CF%(404 for 329 against), 3rd in FF, 4th in FF%(323 for 257 against), 6th in scoring chances for, 2nd in scoring chances for %(183 for, 132 against), 4th in high danger scoring chances, 4th in High danger scoring for %(80 for, only 48 against), 7th in xGF 3rd in xGF%(19.27 for, 14.66 against), 8th worst PDO(basically luck...teams trend towards 1.0 and the Sabres are at .983 meaning they have been very unlucky compared to other teams).

I know they only have 7 points right now but this team is starting to grow on me...the Eichel line seems like they could have 3 goals a night every night, they have some depth, defensively they seem a lot better than last year, the role players actually are pretty good for the most part at playing their roles and the PP has been blazing. I don't know if I'd predict them to make the playoffs but I get the feeling they will be right there at the end if they miss out. Advanced Analytics says this Sabre team isn't just good, it might actually be VERY good. 5th in CF, 2nd in CF%(404 for 329 against), 3rd in FF, 4th in FF%(323 for 257 against), 6th in scoring chances for, 2nd in scoring chances for %(183 for, 132 against), 4th in high danger scoring chances, 4th in High danger scoring for %(80 for, only 48 against), 7th in xGF, 3rd in xGF%(19.27 for, 14.66 against), 8th worst PDO(basically luck...teams trend towards 1.0 and the Sabres are at .983 meaning they have been very unlucky compared to other teams). Goaltending is still the biggest question for me.

They need to upgrade their goaltending. Average at best 5 on 5 and among the worst in the NHL at making saves on the PK, even when factoring in all other things using advanced metrics. Our high danger save percentage on the PK is terrible compared to pretty much every other team in the NHL. Biggest reason why our PK sucks balls.

Hall has been amazing with Eichel...always creating chances...6 points in 3 games. Reinhart-Eichel-Hall might be one of the best lines in the NHL this year.

Sounds like a potential death in the family

This team still sucks.

How the hell do our players wipe out in the D zone all the time but none of the other teams players do?

I mean seriously? Staal plays great at other places and he comes here and does the same dumb stuff everyone else does?

Sabres league worst goaltending on the PK on full display again

That looked awfully familiar.

Doesn't help to score 40 if you are the main person responsible for giving up 60 when your line is on the ice.