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14 hours ago, Broken Ankles said:
Here is what Money puck shows in terms of actual scoring against expected goals.
@mjd1001 how do you reconcile this chart? It implies that as you suggest, Cozens is just awful. Not comparing previous years, just not converting this year. In fact the worst Sabre by a lot in terms of actual/expected. Notice that Benson is also way below expectations, which makes sense to me and also contributes to lack of scoring. The person he replaced (Olofsson) was at the opposite end of the spectrum last year, scoring way above expectations. I believe little things like this contribute to the lack of overall offense. Where is the Ire for Benson for not only scoring less than Victor but below his even lower expected goals? Why does he get slack?
The chart also this suggests Tage is fine in terms of execution. While not scoring near the same rate of last year, this means he isn’t creating quality chances, or at least to the level level of last year.I agree with Robinson...he has had a LOT of good chances around the net and seemingly always shoots the puck right into the goalie.
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2 minutes ago, CallawaySabres said:
Going to watch this one and see exactly what kind of fight they have left….
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1 hour ago, bob_sauve28 said:
Question: Is this a result of the Sabres playing fewer games? I know we had played more games than other teams and now we are about even in number of games played
Well yes and no...on a goals allowed/game basis they are 4th since January 1st, but the difference is very very marginal. Jets are first allowing 2.10 goals per game, Sabres are 4th allowing 2.16 goals per game. The top 4 teams are all within .06 goals allowed/game of each other. So make no mistake, they have been VERY good during that time frame at decreasing scoring against. They are 7th over that time frame at shots allowed/game.
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8 minutes ago, lowsabre said:
Sorry if this is the wrong section to post in, I'm not sure.
Does anyone have experience buying from here (sportsk.com) ?
They seem to be legit based off what I can see, and they're selling Adidas primegreens for 125 bucks (og is 180) so that seems like a good deal, but that makes me also kind of doubt it cause how and why would they do that.
Thank you!
Apparently they are from what I can find on reddit and a quick google search
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1 hour ago, RochesterExpat said:
It needs siracha for the added magic.
I love Sriracha and just like the Frank's Red Hot commercial says: "I put that s**t on everything!"
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Bill credit incoming! I'm on Wi-Fi like 90% of the time anyway
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just another inexcusable loss in a season of many.
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On 2/14/2024 at 10:04 PM, Porous Five Hole said:
A good win on the road for the good guys. Kozak with three points, Levi with 37 saves, and Neuchev scored too.
Kozak telling all his haters they can get the Bozack! 😂
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On 2/3/2024 at 7:31 PM, Wyldnwoody44 said:
I just want to ski, these resorts are gonna have a hard time keeping prices down (and they're already inflated) I can't remember 2 consecutive winters as poor for overall snow coverage and warm temps.
We are going to be getting some snow in WNY early next week...not huge amounts but likely 6-12", potentially more, still too early to say with certainty.
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On 2/2/2024 at 11:10 AM, Wyldnwoody44 said:
That's well and good, and sure helps bring young, in shape and "rich" with medical staff around the clock. But there isn't any proven way to remodel bone faster and other than PRP and ultrasound Shockwave therapy, etc these things take time, we can cut off a little bit of time from the above mentioned.
Maybe he will come back in 6 weeks. A lot of pro athletes do it all the time, it doesn't mean they're actually ready to. It's typically case by case (must win game, playoffs on the line, etc) this current iteration of the buffalo sabres at this point in time, has zero reason to rush any healing injury. In 6 weeks if were knocking on the door, maybe we can revisit that.
Sure there are...things like GH, Testosterone at supraphysiological levels, a few other steroids and now even some of the stronger SARMs do. If you said do it within the guidelines of what is acceptable by the league then probably not.
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On 2/2/2024 at 11:45 AM, Taro T said:
Wadr, no, THAT is what the blue cheese is for. Wings do not need blue cheese on them.
And, can't really come up with anything that needs ranch on it. (At least not a straight ranch. When real dressings aren't available, a peppercorn ranch dressing is acceptable for a salad, though it still isn't necessarily a first choice.)
I don't mess with ranch on salads at all...Italian, Greek or Bleu Cheese for me...even just a plain olive oil and balsamic vinegar is good.
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30 minutes ago, bob_sauve28 said:
I like ranch, too
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On 1/31/2024 at 9:36 PM, Wyldnwoody44 said:
I think you underestimate the amount of time it takes to recover from surgery.
I think you underestimate how much faster a person will heal when given around the clock cutting edge treatments with trained medical staff at their beck and call versus the average person who does likely not even 1/10th of the treatments and PT/rehab he will be doing and has no such staff of medical professionals on call 24/7.
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1 minute ago, bob_sauve28 said:
Get both!
Mmmm, wings!
Hell no. Ranch is for dipping chips or veggies, not wings.
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Snow.
But it's not without good reason. We hold the all-time US record for seasonal snowfall for any city of over 100K people at 199.2" and are the 2 time defending National Golden Snowglobe Champ, given to the location with the most seasonal snowfall in the US of more than 100K people(including Alaska). Currently in 2nd place this year but unlikely to catch Anchorage this year, who has a commanding 50+" lead over us.
Finishing 1st, 1st, and 2nd in 3 consecutive years rightly earns us that reputation.
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3 hours ago, Doohickie said:
HOLY MOLEY
Another view.
What was that idiot doing driving at that speed in those conditions? Dude should be fired on the spot, he clearly poses a public safety risk to anyone he comes in contact with when he is out on the road.
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4 hours ago, Doohickie said:
(The question is how much of the surface area of the lake freezes.)
Probably not much. It was at 42 degrees just before the lake snow started, record warm temp for this time of year. Still at 37 degrees even after this week+ of cold air.
Temps rebounding back into the 40s again next week.
Wouldn't be surprised to see under 20% ice cover,
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14 minutes ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:
Better you than us...we are sitting on about 11 inches or so for the year compared to 110 inches last year at this time.
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8 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
Just a thought that doesn't explain it all..but.....
Vancouver has a more mature, veteran defense group. Most/all of their guys are in their mid 20's to early 30s'
New Jersey....they were better last year than this year...and either through roster changes or injury, they had a more veteran D-corp last year (when they were better) than they do this year.
Talent is a big issue, and their are exceptions....but I think an underated aspect of how good a team is, is how many guys you have as defensemen that get meaningful minutes that have SOME talent (not the most, but some) but have a LOT of NHL experience. In the past, I have underrated and overrated how well I think teams around the league will do, and more often than not, the teams that I underrated did better than I thought and they had some relative unknowns playing defense but they were older and had experience. And the teams I thought would do better than they did, they had really young overall (top to bottom) defensemen.
Dahlin, Power, Bryson (in the past), Samuelsson...those are they guys that have gotten big time minutes for the Sabres. They have talent, they might be good and could be great in the future, but they simply do not have the hundreds and hundreds of games of experience seeing everything and knowing where to be to cover up for mistakes the forwards make. You get that when you have been in those positions so many times that it becomes automatic, no thinking involved. The guys the Sabres give big minutes to, they have talent, but they simply are not good enough to cover up for the awful play by the forward in their own zone that more expereinced guys do.
What fixes that? Patience (ducking as the rest of the forum throws rotten eggs and tomatoes at me for using that word)
Cool...be patient for another 5 years while another 10 teams pass us including those that start a rebuild next year or the year after and slingshot right past us as we stay spinning our wheels.
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Last year new Jersey went from being one of the worst teams in the NHL to being one of the best. This year, Vancouver who was terrible last year and like 30 points beneath the Sabres is doing the same thing in the Western Conference as they are now on top of the conference with 51 points(tied with Colorado but have played 1 less game). They also seem to have no issues defending while generating offense as they lead the NHL in goals with 142 and also lead in goal differential at +46, 13 goals better than the 2nd place Kings in that department.
Literally when does the BS with this team end? Year after year teams pass us on their rebuilds and go from terrible to really good and yet the Sabres make a smaller jump and now fade back again. Toronto passed us long ago in their rebuild and have maintained it. Even Philadelphia is showing signs of being decent now. But the Sabres once again can't get it together and are near the bottom of the league again. Vancouver seems to have no issues with it's young players defending well while still generating offense, but the Sabres can't seem to figure it out.
So tiring to watch team after team after team start rebuilds and pass us in 1/4 of the time it's taken us to even get decent and then end up falling off again. It's inexcusable. It's inept. It's time for something to change. How is this acceptable? How is Adams looking around watching these other teams continuously go from worst to first and sitting there thinking they need more "time"?
You've had 12 years. Get it together NOW or get gone.
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Well, I find it funny that teams that went from sucking and are young are constantly bypassing the Sabres on their rebuild year after year...
Toronto...New Jersey...Philadelphia...now Vancouver who went from one of the worst teams in the NHL last year to leading the Western Conference, just like New Jersey did the year before.
How long does it actually take to go from bad to good? Why do all these other teams seem to be able to do it far faster than the Sabres following their style of rebuild?
Tired of the excuses while team after team drafts and develops and gets results while we spin our tires going nowhere for 12 years now.
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Non-existent that's why they are in the position they are in to begin with.
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Sabres have more regulation wins that Toronto does on the year...12 versus 9.
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GDT / Carolina Hurricanes @ Buffalo Sabres, Sunday 6:05pm ESPN+ MSG & WGR Radio
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The problem with their win streak? Everyone else in the Atlantic is winning too...except the Canadiens beneath them and the first place Bruins who are way out of reach.