matter2003

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He's here! He's there! He's every f***ing where! Tage Thompson! Tage Thompson!

Insert foot into mouth. It's OK to not dramatically overreact to the first 5 or 6 games of the year ya know. Not everyone is going to be in midseason form from game 1. You can really tell who actually played sports and who didn't on this board

Sabres have a shot at NHL history against the Pens Wednesday... They can become the only team ever to have 4 straight games with 45+ shots on goal. Would be pretty awesome to get that after Dahlin set the NHL goal record for defensemen to open a season.

The Flames broadcast was as well

Oh? Care to post an update?

The post monster got him and a bunch of other players tonight

Just keep up the doom and gloom. Probably the same guy on the Bills Boards crying about the game last night because the Bills "only" won by 10 and didn't score 40 and get a shutout on D like they are supposed every game apparently.

But I heard right here they sucked because Detroit scored 3 goals...nevermind they won by 5...

45, 45 and 46 shots their last 3 games... C'mon man...get a ***** life. Guys, stop feeding the trolls. Go back under your bridge...nobody is paying your toll.

Sabres have the 3rd best goal differential in the NHL at +12.

My Lord....just overwhelming tonight... Sabres looked like they were shot out of a cannon all night...just relentless pressure all over the ice on Detroit.

Sabres basically doubling up Detroit in shots tonight and on the scoreboard.

4 point game for Tage!

Sabres are killing them tonight

Let's see if the Sabres can put up 40+ again tonight...

I'm not sure what games early in the year you were watching. Their defensive positioning in their own end was miles beyond where it was any time in the last decade. Very few people were standing alone at the side of the net or wide open hanging out coming down the slot. Hasn't been as good the last few games down Joker and Samuelsson but to act like they were running around in their own end the first few games is simply disingenuous and actually quite comical.

Dunleavy's call was so corny... Olafsson with a T.K.Overtime goal...

Ehh...I don't really agree with this. They are a good young team with a lot of talent who played at a playoff pace once they made the Eichel trade and the players got acclimated. I expect an 87-90 point finish this year and missing the playoffs with significant improvement and a playoff berth next year. I have seen nothing so far this season that would make me think this is not possible.

Yeah this is a thing. Attendence always picks up after the Bills season ends.

All 3 of the Blackhawk goals were from like a foot in front of the net and the first two were from scrambles in front of the net.

Still wanting VO scratched?

Not a tease and I already did in this thread

It's hockey, there are a lot of games. There will be a decent amount of games where you play well and lose due to some bad bounces or a hot goalie, and other games where you deserve to lose but win due to some lucky bounces or hot goaltending of your own. I think the majority of posters have watched hockey long enough to realize games like tonight are not unusual, and the biggest thing is to play consistently well as it will lead to more wins than losses in the long run over the season. I'm on record expecting 87-90 points this year