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matter2003

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  1. Happy we aren't getting much if anything in the Eastern Burbs this time. We get buried enough, let someone else have their turn.. And it's relatively late in the year for the first big snowfall, almost December, so you have kinda lucked out.
  2. Sabres, Bills and Bandits. When I followed baseball growing up, I was a Mets fan and it was the only time I got to celebrate one of the major sports winning a title(1986). Still remember watching that Bill Buckner game going crazy and waking my parents up late at night.
  3. They do it on the 0.0005% chance that it COULD give them an advantage whether it actually does or not.
  4. And if you don't think the other team knows that you have a wrist injury within 2 minutes of watching you warm up whether they know it or not from an injury report, I don't know what to tell you. I mean, I used to know who was hiding an injury on the other team in warmups playing soccer in grade school, but you think pro athletes/coaches/trainers/staff aren't going to be able to figure it out? C'mon man.
  5. I watch lots of hockey. I don't freak out about day to day lineups when there are injuries you are dealing with. It happens. Plug someone in the best you can and move on. Quinn coming back soon will help alleviate some of the concerns, although it might take him a month or two to get back in the flow.
  6. I find it so crazy that the NFL, NBA and MLB all give you pretty much the exact injuries, if not from the team, from beat reporters/national media reporters that have sources that the team allows to leak info out. Why the NHL deems this as some secretive thing I have no idea. It's irritating to the fans who want to know what is going on with the players and it really doesn't give any competitive advantage. Pretty obvious by watching someone for a minute or two warming up if there is an issue they are trying to hide from the opposing team.
  7. People really worry about game to game lineups way too much. Every team in the NHL deals with players out, it's not unique to the Sabres.
  8. I thought all those regional sports networks went bankrupt last year?
  9. All I gotta say Mostly to do with they play very well on the road and terrible at home. Regardless of the team. It's a road game, they will play well like they always do.
  10. Don't worry, they are playing on the road so they will play well.
  11. wow...Sabres are playing a lot of *wink wink* to the player games with the injury designations and playing musical chairs. KA and DG: "Brandon, we really like your game but you are going on IR today." BB: "What? Why? I feel fine!" KA/DG: "No Brandon, you have a lower body injury that is going to need a few weeks to heal." BB: "What!? But I was just out there at practice skating around just fine! You saw me coach!" KA/DG: "Listen, we have to call up Savoie or he has to get sent down to juniors and we don't want to do that. Don't worry, you are still getting paid at your NHL rate while on IR here. Look at it as a win-win for everyone involved! So if anyone asks, what is the issue?" BB: "I have a lower body injury that is going to need a few weeks to heal." KA/DG: "I knew you'd see it our way Brandon!"
  12. hard to make the playoffs by being an elite road team and one of the worst home teams in the league(5th worst last year, only teams worse were the 4 teams that finished 30+ points beneath them in the standings---quite pathetic)
  13. 1) Rene Robert? 2) Rick Martin? 3) Gilbert Perrault?
  14. Since 2021, the top 6 players in terms of most points in the NHL over that time have come from 3 teams, which feature 2 players from each team making the list and even more interesting, the top 2 players are from the first team, players 3 and 4 are from the 2nd team and players 5 and 6 are from the 3rd team. Which 3 teams are represented and what is the order of these teams(the team with players 1-2 would be first, the team with players 3-4 would be second and the team with players 5-6 would be third)?
  15. I think a lot of their defensive mistakes can be characterized by that...young guys who always try to go for the puck and be aggressive like they are taught on offense, but it doesn't work like that on D...you need to be aware of spacing and where the players who don't have the puck are and more importantly where they are going and what they are trying to accomplish... They still have some struggles in that area but it's much much better this year than last year and I would expect continues to improve as the young players learn to cool their jets a little bit on D and play a more sound, fundamental positioning game when called for and realize their responsibility in that part of the ice and who they need to be aware of.
  16. In the last 25 games played(going back to last year), Mittelstadt has led the Sabres in scoring with 28 points. Surprised? You shouldn't be if you have been watching the games. He has been consistently excellent and last year single handedly kept us in the playoff race when the big guns went dry for a bit. He has also been a +6 in that time, 2nd on the team only to Power who is a +7. He has been noticeable in the defensive zone too at times winning puck battles and getting the puck out. He is taking his game to another level, IMO. Adams better extend him soon or his price is going to be a lot higher at the end of the year when he potentially has 80-90 points. He is the fan favorite whipping boy no more... Hasn't only been good for the Sabres either...he is actually tied for 16th in the NHL in most points over the last 25 games with players like Auston Matthews and Nikita Kucherov.
  17. Ever see what happens after I eat Baked Beans?? Just feed the crew a steady diet of baked beans and broccoli and harness all that free propulsion power that will be generated.
  18. That just happened a few games ago against Montreal...their goalie was like a stonewall and stopped 3 breakaways.
  19. I wouldn't say that. The offense and transition game is starting to kick into gear once they have figured out how to play team defense while not completely eliminating their offense.
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