DarthEbriate
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1 minute ago, Randall Flagg said:
NHL defensemen are spooky good at getting pucks to come off the boards for their teammates at the right angle
It's like billiards and deflecting laser blasts with your sabre.
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Ah ha -- Montour to Dahlin to.... a just a bare step offside Olofsson. Nice look. That's the stretch pass that's been absent for... mumble, mumble... seasons. Sorta came back early this year with Joki and Dahlin. Keep it going, D-kids.
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16 hours ago, Thorny said:
Your faith in your Sabre friends is yours
You were right... you were right about me. (and the Sabres)
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9 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
I expect a loss.
Your overconfidence is your weakness.
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4 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
I have no words..... We were/are all cautious after the steak from last year and rightfully so..... The fan base here is also becoming stretched paper thin, including myself lately. Idk what can possibly be done to make this team better and more entertaining; something needs to happen quickly.
I guess what I was hoping to see (last year and this) was a young team that lost because they couldn't play defense, but they runned it and gunned it to no end. Entertainment and all. Dare I say it... like the Leafs of 3 years ago. Then, as those young guys grew up and learned how to defend at an NHL level, suddenly the team gets a significantly better.
Now... the beginning of this season our PP was killing it, and that's exciting, but it's also not something that you can rely on night-in and night-out all season (you may only get one power play, and the PP and PK go through spells here and there). Alas...
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3 minutes ago, Gatorman0519 said:
I think we are seeing the real Sabres. I don’t need to wait until February. We seriously need to ***** everything, even the core. Sam and Mojo are about the only players with a decent hockey iq. This ship is sinking fast. Once again we Seem to have a coach who can’t seem to stop it.
It's been a little too real this decade.
Hey! I'm a second liner? When did this happen? Someone must've told them about my little maneuver on the ice back in Pierce in '85.
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Just now, Tondas said:
I'm still high on 26, but I agree with your assessment.
Likewise. But he's a baby defenseman in the NHL and he's not being protected. He's getting the full Ekblad treatment. Karlsson was also garbage in his own zone for awhile. But hopefully, (and there's always hope in sport), it'll click in a couple seasons and he'll fill out, and be Hedman or Karlsson... but slicker. And rasmussier.
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2 minutes ago, darksabre said:
Let me know when this team is worth watching. I'm tired of this.
Hey, did Luke give up...? well... yes, he did. But then Yoda lifted that X-wing out of the swamp and Luke was all... "I can do this! I can save my friends." .... and then he had his hand lobbed off.
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4 minutes ago, darksabre said:
Well that's kinda it though. If you're going to establish yourself as that kind of team in order to get that favorable treatment you need to accept endless penalties until the refs give up. Which is not the easiest argument to make when your team is also bad.
Or do it until your players individually establish your reputation. You'll still give up penalties to the Crosbys of the world, but everyone will. If all your players are known to play hard to (and just after the whistle), they'll let it go within a couple seasons. It's like... Boston. They were garbage for years. But Chara and Leddy and Boynton? they all hacked away and took some penalties were suddenly the big bad bruins again (and yes, they also started to ice a very good roster). But you bring in those types of players instead of the Jokiharjus and Piluts and Montours (all good and up-and-coming players) and you get a different roster and a different approach from the refs. (and no, you don't just go get Chara, but Leddy and Boynton and Hjalmarsson, etc. -- there's a guy like that up for FA every offseason.
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Just now, darksabre said:
We're not allowed to do it.
Well, it's one of those things... if we did it consistently it wouldn't get called as a one-off over-aggressive play, it'd just be natural that we always protect the crease. Like in the NFL, the Seahawks D used to hold and mug and grab on defense every play. The refs called it a couple times, but eventually it wore off and they just let them play. Refs can be normalized just like everyone else. (And like how the superstars always draw the fouls/penalties)
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Oooof. That is a rough stretch in the third. Not quite able to bounce back when things don't go their way.
1 minute ago, darksabre said:Mittelstadt getting thrown to the ice won't be a penalty
Nor should it. I'd prefer that's what we do anytime someone is standing on top of our crease awaiting a rebound.
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12 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
It makes no "sense." Are you saying she shouldn't sing "our" because she's not American?
Not shouldn't at all, but if the indefinite the makes more sense to local populace than the possessive, I'm not too concerned about it.
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4 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
Another one of my ideas that will never be enacted: drop the Canadian anthem at home a few times a season and sing the anthem of your Swedish/Latvian/Czech etc. players instead.
Screwing up the words is inexcusable.
I'm not so concerned about a minor flub with an extra r. She sang the instead of our, which makes perfect sense. I'd hesitate to have an American singer attempt the Swedish anthem and call out an outlier. Our anthem singers go silent for a verse so the crowd can sing, or encourage the crowd to yell "Stars!", or whatnot. Or they embellish to no end.
Just now, PASabreFan said:Very good start.
We woke up on time today. Nice shot-pass to Mitts for the tap to Johansson. Good save.
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Just now, SABRES 0311 said:
Good effort by the anthem singer. She has range.
She started the SSB nice and low, which is the key. I also liked her arrangement of it -- nice and slow with a couple different approaches than we typically hear on this side of the pond.
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Making a cheesecake, digging the Tampa game crew's suits, and ready to lock S-foils in attack position.
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4 minutes ago, pastajoe said:
Just DVR the game and watch it when you get home. Stay off the Internet until then.
Spoilers!
37 minutes ago, BMWR100RT said:How can i watch MSNBC at work?
Search your feelings...
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The last two times we've had a no-show on the first night of a back-to-back, we've played very strong the second night. I'm seeing a strong bounce back effort. A victory? Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
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On 10/30/2019 at 4:46 PM, Thorny said:
What?
It's not close to the masterpiece that is LOTR, but I still enjoy the Hobbit. Anyone who watches the documentaries on the EEs can see the love and care and effort Peter Jackson and crew put into making the Hobbit. Even PJ admits it didn't turn out exactly how he would have liked, but there is too much craftsmanship to be found within them for me to toss them out so thoroughly like most seem to.
I just have so shake my head when people saying PJ was mailing it in for a cash grab. I'm sure the studio was licking it's chops, but it was PJ's decision to split into 3, and he says he made it for artistic reasons. He didn't need the money. If someone hated the Hobbit I'm not gonna hold it against them as movies are always subjective, but you still see a lot of misnomers (not saying that's what you are doing).
PJ didn't mail it in, but the original Guillermo del Toro script and PJ/Boyen's original script were both two-part films. Along the way it was decided upon a third film (I suspect studio saying "we want our money" and PJ being a good guy and accepting responsibility going along with it). But he and Boyens did a very good job of editing LOTR into three films --- ending Two Towers with Helm's Deep on the one plotline (as opposed to Saruman, in the book) and with a contrived but consistent-toned "battle" at Osgiliath and then Gollum's deception, rather than just Sam trapped outside... but with the Ring.
That narrative structure wasn't in Hobbit.... the climax to 2 made no sense (Smaug... chases...?) and then Smaug dies before the opening title card of Hobbit 3. And then the added Necromancer plotline also resolves in the first act of the Hobbit 3. It became a very disjointed story by going from two to three films.
On 10/31/2019 at 12:52 PM, shrader said:That and I often find the most active participants in online discussions to be just about the lowest form of humanity... excluding this board, obviously?
(I'm more machine now than man)
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Wow. This one goes there, that one goes there. Right?
There goes our excellent goal differential.
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All wings report in.
3 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:NS reporting for duty.
This one starts at 8 PM here in Halifax, so I may be able to stay up for the whole thing (insert that winkie thingie ...
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2 hours ago, Thorny said:
It was seen as a pretty big surprise we made it as far as we did, the perception outside (ask any Leafs media) was that we were lucky to beat them, that Hasek was carrying them all year, and folks were waiting for the bubble to burst.
As Tale of the Tape will tell you, the Leafs never had a chance against the Sabres '99 squad. But also, the Leafs would have been roadkill against Dallas (and probably Detroit and Colorado, too, had they gotten through --- just as we were). The '99 Sabres team was really solid, but those Western teams at the end of the century were absolutely stacked.
Edit: I also need to point out that the Sabres were in the ECF the year before with a worse roster -- so they got Juneau, and got Barnes, and got Warrener. They were a darn good team and were much improved for the follow-up in '99. But, again --- look at Dallas, Detroit, and Colorado those years... we could've won, but we were going to be underdogs+Hasek, regardless.
31 minutes ago, JohninMinn. said:Caps underestimate 50 year anniversary
You underestimate the power of the fifty. Unlimited anniversary!
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1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said:
Then, when I am in off-game mode, I tend to think about the numbers to get some sense of where the team is, and where it's headed. It's a duality that works for me.
This tickled me. Would the Hasek-era Sabres be as fun today? All of the metrics and stats tell you... eek, they're not very good. But they just keep winning. Every game is excruciatingly fun to watch, but during the down time... a message board (even as grand as this one)... would not be as forgiving as I am.
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12 minutes ago, darksabre said:
Nah man, Doohickie is right. Kachina Yote is dope as hell.
I like it. It's vibrant, the colors are excellently desert-y without the sand, and the coyote is playing hockey with its stick (unlike the Panthers who were breaking their sticks in half). And the border/edging detail is slick. It's one of the busier kits, but it ties the room together.
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1 minute ago, PASabreFan said:
Scandellous.
Scandellous! (in Prince falsetto!) yes.
GDT: 11/16/19 Ottawa vs. Buffalo, 7 p.m., MSG, WGR550.
in The Aud Club
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It's a specist statement on my part, but Ron just made about as much sense as a Wookiee without subtitles or a Han/Rey to translate. It was like watching the first ten minutes of the SW Holiday Special.
By the way, Happy Life Day tomorrow to all Sabrespacers!