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Anderson has been pretty good this year...statistically and analytically for this team, so I don't agree with that...although he likely can't play more than 25 games.

I am sure based on Tage's comments postgame that he didn't care and was happy to go along with getting a breather to be fresher for the next game...Tage seems to be laser focused on getting this team to where they need to be in the standings rather than any individual achievements. He views those individual achievements as a means to that end, but in a game with a massive lead, he likely was happy to get some rest and get ready for the next game.

Not really. He seems to just be trying too hard because it doesn't come naturally to him. He's barely listenable at times.

Tage F**king Thompson!

Or analytics say we are a lot better than most here think and will start picking up more points. One of the two.

Sabres have played at a 119.8 point pace with Samuelsson in the lineup(9-3-1)

Both him and Adams admitted that with a young team like this, they don't have the depth to sustain multiple injuries over long periods of time like some other teams could. Said "we just aren't there yet" to be able to do it...thought that was pretty awesome they didn't hide from it and admitted what most of us could have figured out by watching them play.

That has nothing to do with him being a superstar. Logically you are making zero sense to anyone but yourself. Logic doesn't appear to be his strong suit.

For sure...it just seems that sometimes this team tends to play down to their competition level. Hopefully with Samuelsson back in the lineup they keep things rolling. He is definitely a major key for them. The difference in their record with and without him in the lineup over the past season and a half is astonishing. Sabres are 9-3-1 with him this year and 3-10 without him.

The 4-1 loss to Arizona earlier in the year when literally every goal they scored was a random deflection off a Sabre player(Cozens I think had more than 1) didn't seem too easy for them.

If Samuelsson stays healthy the rest of the way, they actually might be. They are 9-3-1 in the games he has played this year and 3-10 without him. In the games with him, they play at a 119 point pace.

Basically is the Sabres version of Josh Allen...obviously different personalities, but both sort of "came out of nowhere"

12 years of trauma is hard to let go of for some people...it's become their default coping mechanism and part of their persona now.

I think hanging out with Bills players is teaching them the proper mindset...they are a few years ahead of the Sabres in terms of this and can help them mentally in this area.

Yeah...Tuch was still behind the net when he sent that pass, anticipating where he was going.

Well...the team most similar to the Sabres in that way were the 1975-1976 Penguins who scored 339 goals(2nd in the NHL to the the Flyers) but allowed 300 goals. They actually DID make the playoffs but lost in the 1st round. They had 2 games where 2 players scored a hattrick in the same game and had 2 players with over 50 goals. Sabres are on pace to score 328 but allow 299. Sabres have 5 players in the top 37(t) in points(Thompson, Dahlin, Skinner, Tuch, Cozens). Sabres games feature an average of 7.73 goals scored this season, highest in the NHL, but Sharks(7.51 goals/game) and Kings(7 goals/game) are close. "Overall, they were pretty much a .500 team that lost in the preliminary round of the playoffs (two games to one to the Toronto Maple Leafs) which is not really that exciting. BUT, their games had to be complete madness. They were the second highest scoring team in the league, scoring 339 goals in 80 games, just nine goals behind the league-leading Philadelphia Flyers. Jean Pronovost and Pierre Larouche both scored 50 goals, finishing third-and-fourth in the league. The Penguins also had three of the league’s top-10 point producers (Pronovost, Larouche, Apps) and five of the top-35 (Rick Kehoe at 28 and Lowell MacDonald at 33). Just for good measure, defenseman Ron Stackhouse was 39th to give them six of the top-40 scorers in the league. Legitimately one of the best offensive teams in franchise history. The only problem was they could not stop anybody, finishing near the bottom of the league in goals against. Their average game featured EIGHT GOALS, by far the highest mark in the league. This team was so good offensively that they actually pulled off the dual hat trick feat TWICE, the only team in Penguins history to do that. The first instance happened on December 17 in a 9-1 win over the California Golden Seals when Apps and Bob Kelly accomplished the feat. This was one of two games that season where the Penguins scored at least nine goals, and one of five where they scored at least eight goals. They also had 14(!) seven goal games. Total madness. Apps added two assists for a five-point effort, while Kelly had an assist for a four-point game."

Moneypuck likes our chances(71.9%), and the highest probability they have for us is to finish 3rd in the division. Expected to finish with 98 points according to their models, which would put us behind Boston at 116 and Toronto at 102.

Uhhh...he is tied for 2nd on the team in assists with 19. Does not compute. Also...this pass from Skinner was kinda bad ass.

And if you think he is going to bask in the glow of this game for a week...think again.

You can't lock a game down when your goalie gets beat from anywhere on the ice routinely. There is no shot that is a guaranteed save with UPL.

They should have allowed no more than 2 goals last night. UPL's best and most consistent ability is to allow at least 1-2 goals a game that have no business being NHL level goals. He gets beat cleanly from distance when he has clear views of the puck far far too often and it's due to terrible positioning. It's like he doesn't know where he is in relation to the net sometimes when he comes out to challenge shooters and instead of using his 6'5" frame to take up more of the space, it's almost like he tries to be 5'10" by crouching down so far that is opens up more space than there should be, especially high blocker. Analytics confirm what we see...he is one of the worst goalies in the NHL. He allows .597 goals per game more than expected(58th out of 68th), his GAA is 4.15 but xGAA is 3.55(61st out of 68th). He should not be in the NHL.

We may not be happy with the results Krebs has been getting, but the kid works hard...was happy to see it finally pay off.

Not only does he have a tremendously hard shot, but his release is lightning fast...sometimes in real-time it doesn't even look like he moved his stick to get the shot off when he rips those wristers while skating towards the net and using the Dman as a screen.

So let me get this straight...you think his current 1.53 point per game pace is going to drop to under half? To reach 80 points, he only needs to score at a .714 pace in the other 56 games. The ONLY way that doesn't happen is he gets injured for a long stretch of time.