matter2003
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Guess we know who we are drafting if we get the #1 pick, lol
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You nailed it at the end. Not at all. And I've seen no indication that Murray thinks that way.
On the flip side, Murray sees how important it is to have size and grit (that can skate) on the roster. Acquiring Kane, Bogosian, Deslauriers, Fasching, and including Foligno in lists of the "new core." The "blue-collar" side of Buffalo will certainly appreciate that, considering how passionless and puny that last Darcy core was.
I think we most of all appreciate GOOD players that are also hard working that end up getting us the result we want, aka wins.
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Ryan Miller
Last year with Sabres, .923 save percentage
With Blues: .903
This year with Canucks: .913
Jonas Enroth
Last year with Sabres: .911
This year with Sabres: .903
This year with Stars: .873
Neuvirth
This year with Sabres: .918
With Isles: .882
Anders Lindback
With Sabres this year: .926
With Stars: .875
Why is it with just about everyone they try, the goalies are playing better for the Sabres than anywhere else? And the difference in numbers is pretty dramatic in most cases, not just a case of simply 'seeing more shots'?
Sabres allow tons of shots, many of which aren't necessarily great chances just a result of the other team being in our zone a lot...this likely inflates our goaltender's numbers quite a bit...
Wonder if GM's around the league will start looking at this and not believing our goalies are that good when trading for them in the future
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Thank goodness Arizona beat Detroit yesterday to give us a little breathing room even if we beat them tomorrow...that would have been a near disaster...having them close to within 1 point of us...
As it stands, they can move clear of us by 7 points with a win against us in regulation, which would just about seal the deal in regards to us finishing in last...
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We face Arizona twice in the span of a few days. This will likely play a large role in determining who wins the McEichel sweepstakes...
Best case scenario is we lost both in regulation, worst case scenario we win both in regulation. A split would preserve our 3 point cushion, A split with us winning our game in OT and us losing in regulation would extend our lead to 4 points...similarly a loss by us in OT and a win in regulation would reduce our lead to 2 points...
Praying for the best case scenario in which it will pretty much be over, with Edmonton holding a 6 point lead and Arizona having a 7 point lead at that point...
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breath everyone.
Can't, we play Arizona twice next week...
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So tired of watching goalies steal us points in games we are getting dominated in...
Is there something in the water here that turns anyone who comes to play goal into Superman this season for us?
I mean seriously? 45 shots on goal and some career backup stonewalls them the whole game? If we screw this up I will be seriously pissed...no reason to spend most of the season in last place to ruin it at the end for nothing
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Suprised we didn't get both NFL and NHL
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Not impressed with with Murray's moves today.
Likely knew he was desperate to move them and everyone was trying to give up as little as possible..hard to get a fair deal when your back is against the wall to move players
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Johnson's been playing well, too. .935 in five games in February.
Big difference playing well for the Isles versus playing well for the Sabres facing a live firing squad every night...
Surprised Neuvirth doesn't have rubber imprinted into him by now
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Could have been dehydration
most likely the case, especially since he played in a game the night before
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Neuvirth sucks in the shootout
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I don't recall any. I remember him as being pretty well liked and supported. If his time here was incident free, I wonder if having him reach out to Kane as a team ambassador to share his experience might help with any issues Kane faced in Winnipeg?
We had a few black players well before Grier in Tony McKegney and Grant Fuhr to name 2...and that was back when black players were about as represented in the NHL as they are in Akron
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Per a report, Lemieux was included because he refused to sign with the Sabres...
http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/699212
https://twitter.com/AJonSports/status/565574257066147842
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Murray really loves big goalies...Lindback is 6' 6" 210lbs
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Sabres really wanted Kane and likely had to overpay a little to entice Winnipeg not to wait til the off-season to trade him. What playoff team wanting Kane is going to trade players off their roster for a guy out for the season? Probably none. Sabres had to force the issue, and ended up slightly overpaying, but if they got their guy I'm OK with it...
They likely all but sealed their last place finish as well...
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nobody is getting fired. Everyone is on the same page...lose
Now if Edmonton could just win a game or two so we can get back in the basement...
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This is starting to get to a turning point quickly. The Sabres keep racking up wins and are currently only 4 points out of a playoff spot. That was almost inconceivable when the season started and especially after the first 15 games.
Edmonton might not win 10 more games this year. Their goaltending is beyond awful. If the Sabres keep winning they might not be able to tank bad enough the rest of the season no matter how badly they play to have Edmonton pass them.
I don't know what the right answer is...the team is playing inspired and clearly believes in themselves to a much greater degree than they did at the start of the season. They are starting to look in some ways similar to Nolan's "Hardest Working Team in Hockey" that made it to the playoffs with Hasek in goal...
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I'll say it again: The only thing the Tank was for me was a consolation when they lost. If they lose enough, they might (MIGHT) get McEichel. But with the lottery, even that isn't probable, even if they finish dead last. Murray is too smart of a guy to depend on that scenario playing out. I'm not saying he thought the Sabres would turn it around, but that his plans are to build the team without a 1 or 2 overall pick. If he gets one of those two picks, hey, great, but I'm not sure he needs them to build a strong contender. Half (or more) of the current team won't be here opening night of 2016, and even with these temps they're starting to look pretty good. All it means is that we're ahead of schedule.
Not true, if they finished last they would have been assured one of those 2 players as this year they still could only drop 1 spot if they didn't win the lottery
These young kids need to learn now while it's tough to help them later when it's easier. The difference between a good team and a great one are those teams that don't quit and win the bad games and pull out the upsets because they believe they can.
I'm too much of a pessimist that we'd ever get McDavid anyways. I don't know if Eichel will have that much of an impact. Hell no one knows for sure if McDavid will. So even if we finish last and lost the lottery again who knows. Plus that's only 1 guy. The Penguins didn't win the cup because they got Crosby. They won because of Maulkin, Stahl, Fluery AND Crosby (among others). I'm not really convinced we're one young "generational" player away from a cup. Would I like McDavid? Sure, but the chances of us getting him even if finish last are only 20% unless one of our other first round picks (Islanders, Blues) also finish in the lottery, and I don't see that happening. Not unless Tavaras goes down again.
I think this is good for the young players we already have and therefore good for the future.
Edit fixed some typos.
Scouts have now started saying their is almost no difference between the two and some even saying that Eichel might be a better prospect...he has been really impressive in college hockey playing against much older players than McDavid
Good article the other day by ESPN about the Lakers tanking. I can't seem to get it to link up but I an sure someone can help me out.
As for Murray I think he lets it go to the halfway point. If we are still playing this way after 10 more games then he has no choice but to continue to do what he can to win NOW. If we crash back to earth then it might be full tank ahead.
Their plan is doomed to fail because the 76ers roster would lose against some good college teams
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Things are not going as planned right now...Sabres have becomes one of the hottest teams in hockey winning 9 of their last 12 games and are one point away from being tied for 22nd in the NHL....far from the last place or 2nd last place team in the league, to cash in on the McDavid/Eichel sweepstakes, and starting to pull away from Carolina and Edmonton both of whom are languishing with 19 points...
So what does Murray do? Does he conduct another fire sale to try and get more high round picks for any of the tradeable components left on the roster like Myers, Stafford, Enroth etc?
Does he let this season play out the way it is going, with the Sabres now looking like they might actually be able to finish around 9th or 10th worst team in the league, pretty much destroying their chances at getting a franchise type player in McDavid or Eichel, or does he start making the roster worse for the short term for more long term gain.
Would the team be better in the long term for learning how to play together and win as a group during this tough season or would they be better losing good players and finishing at the bottom again?
Did Murray underestimate the talent level of the current team when he put it together? It looks like they needed to figure out how to play together but since that point they have played very well at times and have beaten some very good teams in the process, not necessarily because they have deserved to win many nights, but because they have gotten some outstanding goaltending, mostly from Enroth...plus the Moulson, Girgensons, Ennis line has become a terror out there...
What to do, what to do? This team is going to completely blow up the long term plan for this franchise, kind of like what happened in Major League...GM/owner are trying to lose but the players and coach start learning how to win spoiling their plan...
Very interesting to see what Murray does...
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WTF is this team doing???
Tim Murray must be swearing up a storm like the owner/GM in Major League...he put together a team that he thought would be last place easily and they are starting to win too many games now...3 straight against 2 of the best teams in the NHL no less...
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LOL!! Latvian fans really skewing the voting...Zemgus has 399,356 votes and 2nd place is PK Subban with 240,362
That is craziness...
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This team is trying to ruin everything they have worked so hard for...winning 5 of the last 6?? WTF are you doing Sabres...this is NOT going to plan right now
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Sabres are killing themselves in the standings right now..cut it out guys!! Go back to sucking again!!
Sabres broadcasting history — did Rick Azar ever do play by play?
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I remember watching the Sabres on WGRZ back when I was a little kid growing up and remember watching the random highlight from an old Sabre's game they would always play during one of the commercial breaks...its ingrained into my memories...