pastajoe
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Coaching my son’s peewee hockey team as we won the league championship 20 years ago. All the kids celebrated like they won the Stanley Cup.
As a fan, game 7 AHL playoff game between Rochester and Syracuse. Game was a sellout, and in overtime the Amerks won with Ryan Miller in net.
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12 minutes ago, sabremike said:
There are only an estimated 117,000 giraffes left in the world. This is unacceptable bull *****, we need more giraffes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But those are only the ones who answered the census.
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He was in NYC tonight and was asking questions in the locker room after the game.
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48 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:
Is Sam Rosen still around? He's up there with Rick IMHO.
He is, but he’s showing his age.
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1 hour ago, Buffalonill said:
I would like to see rosen with Benson that be a fun combination
They’ll probably stick him on the 4th line with Okposo. 🙄
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If they send Benson back down they’ll be Fire KA chants on Friday.
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Latest reporting is that the car came from the casino.
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16 hours ago, Porous Five Hole said:
Free to a good home, sizes XXL & XXXL
I’ll take them if you can mail them to me in Syracuse. I’d pay for the cost though Venmo or a check. I can wear the XXL when I play, and could give the other to a goalie. Let me know.
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27 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
So much for that A grade at the draft 😂😂
The GM must be better than the coach. 🤔
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It’s a joke that Granato continues to play Okposo on the 2nd PP unit. Krebs, who is a better puck handler and passer should be out there.
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The fact that Buffalo has both anthems sung and employs less than inspiring long winded singers with no background music makes it doubly cringeworthy and uninspiring. There must be a more enthusiastic singer in Buffalo who could be accompanied by the organ music.
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1 hour ago, Taro T said:
Levi did not play well yesterday. UPL did not play well in Pittsburgh. Comrie is broken.
UPL got a SO against the Avs. Levi was the 1st star against the Wild. Comrie is broken.
Yeah, why don't they run with Comrie? 🤪
Now you’re just acting like a troll. Comrie played well before he got injured. He’s coming back this weekend. He AND UPL have had a better season than Levi, and should split the games unless one clearly plays better, while Levi gets the majority of games in Rochester.
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7 hours ago, Sabres Super Fan said:
That isn’t happening the Buffalo Sabres are carrying three goalies for the season. Devon Levi gets more experience at the NHL level with major league speed of the game. The AHL is water down today it basically college hockey with a longer schedule. Devon Levi needs to face NHL players to grow as a number one goalie. Than if the Sabres are out of playoff contention by the NHL trade deadline Eric Comrie will be potentially be traded to a playoff team wanting or needing a better backup goalie in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo
So you want the Sabres to waste games developing a goalie instead of playing those that give them the best chance to win. Yet they sent Matt Savoie back because they didn’t want to use a roster spot to develop him. And the AHL which gave Biron, Miller, Ullmark, and UPL development time, isn’t good enough for Levi. Interesting. 🤔
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51 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:
And there it is
2 choices for the Sabres
make a trade for another top forward, using your 24 first and a prospect or two. and sign Kane OR
bring in all the kids, let them play under DG for the remainder of the year
Kulich and Rosen now. Benson and Savoie after the WJC.
waive Comrie and play UPL and Levi the remainder of the year. Finish in the bottom 10 and get another high draft pick. OR actually use the pick to bring in a player that can help the team next year But here we are again "wait till next season"Comrie has played better than Levi. They should send Levi to Rochester for some seasoning and go with UPL and Comrie.
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12 minutes ago, OverPowerYou said:
Does anyone else watch just the 3rd periods of these games now? I can’t commit myself to 2.5 hrs of disappointment anymore.
I record the games and start watching about an hour after it starts so I can fast forward during commercials and between periods. If they get down a couple of goals I watch in fast speed and then go to regular if they actually do something good.
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1 hour ago, LTS said:
But you think Savoie would have changed things last night? He wouldn't have. And his parents got see his debut in the NHL. You should probably go ask them how they feel instead of deciding for them.
There are a ton of reasons on how managing a team come into play that explain why Savoie got 1 game and was sent down when he was sent down. But it ultimately boils down to: He was not going to be the one to improve the team. Period.
The guy’s known for his power play abilities. They couldn’t even give him a chance given how bad the PP has been this season? Please. 😒
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34 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Yes, it was on the D that UPL let a shot originating from near the boards below the goal into the net. Durn it, they should've found a way to keep that DANGEROUS shot from getting to UPL. He never had a chance.
They were responsible for that 2nd goal as well. How DARE they give up a shot from well above the faceoff dots.
Yes, Johnson had the puck deflect off his stick on the 3rd. On a goal that UPL didn't start to react to until it had hit his stick. 100% on Johnson.
And UPL had NO CHANCE on the 4th (which is actually true) so let's blame the empty netter on the D as well.
What, are you Savoie's grandpappy? His parent's dog groomer? There must be a reason you are so butt hurt about the decision to send him back.
You obviously missed the many times the Pens controlled the play in the D zone and were able to get the scoring chances that led to those goals.
I’m upset that this coach continues to play underachieving vets. It was a waste of a roster spot to only play him for 4 minutes, and then a wasted opportunity to only play 11 forwards tonight when he could have played. That’s poor roster management by the coach.
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Not playing Savoie and playing 7 D really made a difference tonight. 🙄
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2 hours ago, Pimlach said:
You sound like some of the parents I encountered coaching youth hockey.
This is not youth hockey. You don’t play a player more because his parents flew in to see him.
Performance = play starts in competitive youth travel AA and AAA leagues. Savoie knows it. They talked to him. They evaluated him and they saw enough. Did you watch his 3:55? He is not going to help us this year. This is professional hockey.
Savoie did get another look at Rochester, this time he did much better, plus he got a game in the bigs.
Let the fire burn.
I coached for 10 years. Youth hockey parents don’t fly across the country. 😒 I could take 4 minutes from any of the Sabres players and show bad play.
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2 hours ago, Taro T said:
So now it isn't even his development we're concerned about, but how much his parents get to enjoy watching him play? 😄
Pretty sure they didn't EXPECT to only give him less than 4 minutes of game time, but that's how it went. If he wanted more ice time, maybe he shouldn't have kept trying to make passes through Wild defenders? Pretty sure Granato would've let him get more time had he earned any additional shifts.
He did make a better upgrade on D than Clifton. Some guy named Erik Johnson, perhaps you saw him play? There's also some guy named Ryan Johnson playing who looks pretty good in limited action. Were they not "upgrades?"
So far, Adams goaltending moves (or lack thereof) appear that they might just work out. Would've preferred they go a different course there, but really don't see how that nor the D moves affect whether Mr. & Mrs. Savoie's 1st trip to Buffalo was as dreamy as they'd hoped it would be.
Gosh, all 3 of those upgraded D played tonight and they still gave up 4 goals. 🤔 And they played with 11 forwards and were shutout when they could have given Savoie another game. He would have really been a hindrance. 🙄
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7 minutes ago, Taro T said:
Yeah, because those 4 minutes he played against Minny were the only 4 moments of evaluation they had of him. They never saw him in practice nor anywhere else. 🤪 And they surely never spoke to him about what last night was going to go like nor that he wasn't long for the NHL in this particular stint. 🫨
Again, they aren't in DEVELOPMENT mode now. They are in WIN mode. And after sending Minny on their 2nd odd man rush, Granato decided to nail his butt to the bench. Am fine with the decision, though, again, did expect he'd get 1 more look before getting sent back.
A big part of the reason that he didn't get a longer look but Benson did is that Benson controlled and drove play his 1st 3 NHL games and he'd done so in all the preseason games he got as well. He pretty much FORCED the Sabres to look at him longer. You can say the reason Savoie didn't do so is because of injuries or whatever; but at the end of the day, he DIDN'T force them to look at him longer. And in the season the goal is to not just end a 12 year drought but actually do something once it ends, when they need to drop the roster back to 23 men, they can't keep a kid that is far less likely to help in that effort than another player like Rousek is. (Jost is going to help them win more games at this point in time than Matt will as well.)
It's a shame he can't play in the AHL this year until WA is knocked out of the running for the Memorial Cup; but it is what it is and it isn't going to ruin him to go back to the W. They still have the same development guys that they did before this season and they'll be working with him even though he is in the W.
If they knew he wasn’t going to stay then why play him in the first place? His parents flew across the country to see him play for 4 minutes. Either give him a regular shift or don’t play at all. And he didn’t get the same chance as Benson, who also made mistakes but was allowed to keep playing with top six players.
And if they were in WIN mode and not WISH mode they would have made better upgrades at goalie and defense than Clifton. 🙄
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