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When you are giving up 34 shots in under 2 periods you deserve to have 3 goals against no matter how easy the saves should have been.

I heard on WGR it is a special start time of 8pm.

See my thread about analytics and studies showing the AHL is terrible at developing players and that players develop much better in the NHL. The AHL probably shouldn't be used to develop anyone in reality anymore. Just a place where players have to wait until they have a spot open up.

Imagine if Quinn lives up to his PNHLe projections of 90+ points... Dobber Prospects called him one of the most improved NHL prospects last season, and also have him at not only a 95% certainty to become an NHLer, their PNHLe scoring model has him projecting eventually at a 90+ point per season level.

Yeah I guess when you put it that way you are right. With Allen you knew he had the talent to be amazing...even as a rookie he would do jaw dropping stuff a few times a game, he just wasn't consistent in his mechanics and still had a lot to learn. Thompson looked like he was out there clueless as to what he should be doing.

And that the NHL is much better at doing so. Which makes some sense as you are seeing exactly what you need to work on in your game on a near every night basis. Wonder if this played into the thought process of keeping both JJP and Quinn up here out of training camp even tho neither looked great. Granato said something to the effect of "We think they can develop here and don't think it will take too long for them to work on what we need them to. Otherwise we likely would send them down." Sabres seem to be big on analytics, perhaps this is something they are aware of? https://infernalaccess.substack.com/p/the-ahl-is-a-bad-league-for-developing

Thompson is so good sometimes it is amazing to think this is the same player. Literally is like the Sabres version of Josh Allen with the Bills with a meteoric rise from nothing to star seemingly overnight. The speed, quickness, accuracy and release on his shot might be one of the best I have ever seen. Dude rifles the puck and it looks like his stick doesn't even hardly move. It's almost like you have to watch the slow mo replay to see him shoot because the puck is off his stick so quickly. I don't even know how that is really possible. Like the shot below(which is in slow motion) https://mobile.twitter.com/TheChargingBUF/status/1576279966970695681

You mean a modern day Hecht with 40 goal potential?

No, just try and not lose multiple defensemen at the same time and they will be OK I think

Hahahaha, I like that even better! Going to send teams shopping for another goalie.

Quinn follows up yesterday's amazing game with another one but with goals added... Plus a post/crossbar and another point blank chance that just went over the net. That PCQ line is going to be amazing by the second half of the year.

Guess they are back...

This team can be so good when they play with confidence...it's almost like they are the Harlem Globetrotters out there at times. It is amazing what the return of Samuelsson has done for them.

Dahlin on a pretty elite list. https://mobile.twitter.com/StatsCentre/status/1595286972502777858

Quinn was amazing yesterday...all over the place.

Bryson needs to play as little as possible, IMHO. He is far and away the Sabres worst +/- player at -13. Middlestadt is -7 and the next worst player is -4 in Fitzgerald. Pilut is -2, Lyubushkin -1 and all the other D are + players led by Dahlin and Samuelsson at +8. Power is +3, Joker is +2. See he played 3rd pair minutes yesterday but IMHO he should replaced by Larry. Taking him out and getting Samuelsson back is like a +21 swing in +/-. Want to know why they have been giving up so many goals? There ya go.

Guess all they needed was Samuelsson back. The way that line can pile up points when they are on is crazy... Thompson with 13 and 13 in 19 games, well over a point a game, Skinner and Tuch at a point a game.

New Jersey is one of the youngest teams in the NHL also and they have won 12 straight.

This team is a disgrace right now. They need to take a long hard look in the mirror after tonight. No excuse to keep making the same mistakes game after game.

Whoever is responsible for coaching the PK needs to be taken off it immediately...not sure I have ever seen a worse PK performance on a regular basis in my life. It's awful.

This team is devoid of confidence right now. It's about as bad as I've seen it with this group.

It isn't a blizzard. Just a historic lake effect snow storm. Orchard Park has 77 inches so far and expected to get another 9+ tonight. Actually that is incorrect. It brought about a foot of new snow with it.

Don't go giving some weirdo women ideas...

Damn...he is being outplayed by Houser...pretty badly actually. At least he has been better than Beck "Keep Me" Warm tho.

I was calling Comrie Ullmark because he was always out with lower body injuries for multiple weeks every year here.