matter2003
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Watching Eichel become everything we thought he would be and then some, watching Reinhart develop into a bonafide rock solid #2 center, watching this team come together at the end of the year and getting excited for next year to start already...We are gonna get better from simply all the young players getting another offseason to grow, from some FA talent Murray will likely add and potentially from the draft and draft day trades....
I honestly wish we could just skip the playoffs(even though its my favorite time of the year) and just start next season already....this team is going to be a force within two years...we will be on the brink of the playoffs next year, possibly a playoff team and then the following year I would expect us to continue our ascension into a perennial playoff team heading toward Cup contention...
It's a great time to be a Sabres fan and its just getting started....
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Detroit moved back into the playoffs by virtue of leapfrogging Boston for 3rd place in the division, with each team having 3 games left. Philadelphia holds the last wild card spot with 91 points, and a game in hand on both those teams, so they control their own destiny as well. Boston is currently on the outside looking in after having been a near lock to make the playoffs all season...they trail the Red Wings and Flyers by a point...unless Philly really screws up, they will likely get the last wildcard spot meaning it comes down to who will end up in the 3rd spot to automatically make the playoffs between Detroit and Boston...very intriguing and a great mini-playoff feel to get things started...
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Marriage is the cure for that, oh crap we are talking about hockey
It most certainly is not, lol...at least for most people
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Who scored the goal, I'm watching on a crappy feed. It only shows Pysyk and Nelson with assists.
Fasching...didn't have to wait long for his first NHL goal...
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I was reading the BN article about it and got to this part:
"The Sabres, who will miss the playoffs for the fifth straight season, have used a clause in the collective bargaining agreement to justify their repeated increases. The CBA dictates that clubs that receive revenue sharing must keep pace with the league’s average ticket price. If the teams fall below 75 percent of the average they “shall be required to submit to the league and Revenue Sharing Oversight Committee a forward-looking three-year business plan to establish a framework for improving its financial performance.”
However, NHL teams that have missed the playoffs in recent years have declined to raise their prices. The Toronto Maple Leafs stayed flat this year, and the Calgary Flames announced earlier this month they will not raise next year’s prices."
Well no kidding...Toronto, one of the priciest tickets in the NHL doesn't have to raise its prices to keep up with the league average?? Wow, that's not common sense or anything. Its the height of ridiculous that he tries to pair these two things together.
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Now I see why Murray was so high on this kid...don't get me wrong, Eichel is going to be a great player and in some ways already is, but what McDavid is doing is pretty ridiculous.
Now part of me thinks that Bylsma's system is holding the offensive players back, forcing them to be defensively responsible before offensively risky. I don't like it, but I understand it. With so many young players, they have to learn properly that you cannot trade scoring chances for an entire game with teams(kinda like Edmonton does), or you end up losing games 6-4 and 7-4, 6-3, etc...you aren't going to win in the NHL like that. So he is drilling it into their heads to be defensively responsible while throttling a lot of their offensiveness I think. Don't like it, but at this point it's a necessary evil.
Edmonton just seems like they don't really care and will just try and out chance you...which is why they probably are at the bottom of the standing even with 1st overall picks all over their roster. But McDavid is just crazy...the man has 38 points, 10 fewer than Eichel in 36 fewer games. McDavid is averaging more than a point a game and if he had remained healthy for the year might be threatening the scoring lead, and would likely be blowing away rookies in scoring.
The metrics in this article make it even more impressive....
http://thehockeywriters.com/connor-mcdavid-just-give-him-the-calder-already/
I love Eichel but can't help to think how good McDavid is going to be...
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Broken foot? High ankle sprain?
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I think he has been very good so far...he had one or two bad games but has been very solid, if not spectacular in many of the others...
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Lol, Columbus announcer called Reinhart, Sam Bennett twice...
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Make it 9 straight...
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That was one slick ass goal by Marchand...
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In hockey, the home team coach gets to see which players the other team puts out before he sends his own guys over the boards. So the home team coach is the one that dictates the line match-ups, which has always been a weakness of Dan Bylsma.
You're a bad coach because you focus too much on your girls driving hard to the basket. If I were you, I'd construct a game plan around getting Amanda the ball in space behind the three point line. That girl has a hell of a shot, and you are criminally under-utilizing her.
I'd probably chalk that up more to the team being too amped up at home and trying to score for the fans which means they are probably missing some assignments which lead to mistakes versus it being line combinations...
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Per Elias Sports Bureau, a franchise record...pretty impressive considering how young this team is and all the really good teams of the past...
http://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/695081414782509056/photo/1
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well that didn't take long after missing 37 games...
http://nesn.com/2016/02/oilers-connor-mcdavid-scores-amazing-goal-in-return-from-injury-video/
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And there is the makeup call...
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57 minutes of non-calls then the refs decide they need to get involved.
Toronto called and told them Chicago can't lose in regulation...
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Refs making sure Blackhawks don't lose in regulation...of course Chicago doesn't get called for anything...Hossa with a blatant slash no call...
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Looks like they made a good decision not resigning Miller...
Both Sabre's goalies have a lower GAA(2.33 and 2.64 for Johnson/Ullmark to 2.70 for Miller) and better save percentage(.918 for Johnson, .911 for Ullmark and .910 for Miller)
Miller has been well below average for a lot of the time after he left Buffalo.
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Far and away our best player right now.
I won't count chickens, though. Playing like this for a long haul is not a given.
Anyway, Paul Hamilton is here to remind us that he was on the ice for 2 goals last night. Thanks, Eeyore.
Ok, and he was on the ice for all 4 Sabre goals since he had an assist on each of them. That makes him a +2 right?
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I'm not sure if I want this team to win more games or be close to the bottom. I want to make the playoffs but part of me wants one more solid year of a top 5 pick. Just look at Edmonton right now they could be possibly in for another top pick if McDavid is out for a long time. I'm alittle disappointed in Kane as he has what a big one goal. It seems like these line combos just ain't working well.
They are missing point blank chances LAST year's team would have scored on
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4th lowest scoring team in the NHL this year, averaging 2.09 goals...its only up .13 goals from last year, which is really pathetic...
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Now we are 1/4 way through the season...STILL can't score. When do we consider this a problem? 1 and 2 goals aren't going to win many games. Neither are 0.
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Sabres have a lot going for them right now...in top 10 in Corsi, top 3 in shots for/shots against differential, and are tied for the fewest penalties in the NHL with Carolina.
Unfortunately their goaltending has been abysmal, with a team save percentage coming in at under 88%, and a league worst penalty killing percentage coming in at an embarrassing 69%
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Sabres also have one of the best Shots For/Shots Against differentials in the NHL(top 3 after tonight), and are tied with Carolina for the fewest penalties in the NHL.
Unfortunately their team save percentage is absolutely atrocious at under 88%, in the bottom 3 of the NHL, so that doesn't help much...
Should We Pursue Darryl Sutter?
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Ummm, you realize Bylsma has won a cup also correct? And it's not like Pittsburgh has won 3 or 4 since he's left...I don't even think they've been back to the Finals.