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  3. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    55 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

    Does anything go with hockey equipment, even tape? Does the league have a say in the use of a product that might enhance performance?

    I'm thinking about pro golf and its various restrictions on balls and equipment.

    So long as it's not rainbow colored tape. That makes them sad.

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  9. Whipping Boy +/-

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    Just now, Sabres Fan in NS said:

    VO

    Clifton

    EJ 

    Power

    Not sure what the other 2 posters in this thread are getting at, except that they are guessing (or cheating) that Power is the worst of the 4 and are not bothering to rank the other 3.

    (insert winkie thingie here)

    Power is the worst of the group. Dahlin is way worser though.

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  16. GDT: Leafs @ Sabres - Thu. 7 pm ET, Dec 21, 2023, MSG-B 📺 WGR 📻

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    1 minute ago, Rasmus_ said:

    Yeah, i'd belittle my favorite player into a pile of mud.  Going back to 1999.

     

    If he can't accept getting booed and people calling for his coach's job when he's getting pumped 9-3 at home by the worst team in the league then he might not have the fortitude for this line of work.  There isn't a fanbase on this planet, let alone in this league, that would have tolerated that shambolic display. Go pull that in Montreal and see what happens.

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  19. The Sabres Should Go Back to Run And Gun

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    5 minutes ago, Billznut said:

    Yep. This coaching staff has no answers on how to fix this. So now in desperation they are going to revert to, “well we are going back to playing run and gun like last year and figure out defense whenever”. I don’t doubt they may start winning more than they have been this season with this approach, but it still smacks of desperation and of a coaching staff that has no clue on how to properly coach this team. 

    Properly coaching THIS team probably is letting them run and gun because they don't have the stones or the horses to play another way. It's what they are built to do. All skill, no grit, little commitment to defense. The hell with it, at least go try to score 6 every night and see who can hang with that.  Changing the makeup of the roster can't legitimately be done right now nor do i think it's something they want to do anyway.

    The issue I have with this approach is they never addressed the goaltending to be able to pretend to be successful this way. Again, I don't think they see the need for this either. That is what is truly disturbing about KA. You want to build this kind of team, fine, go for it, but at least understand what you've built and get them what they need.  They can't/won't/aren't going to play shut down D in front of any goaltender. Go get a goaltender that can cope with that and still win. No there aren't many. Yes they are expensive. That is the price you pay for building a team this way.  You can't ask this roster to grind out games and play close checking hockey.  It's not going to happen.

  21. Around the NHL 2023-24 Season

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    On 12/20/2023 at 10:46 PM, LGR4GM said:

     

     

    Watched them live v. Carolina and they looked absolutely terrible. Men v. children. 

    8 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

    Wasn't he also removed from the hockey team or something like that, if so then that fits 

    That sounds correct.

  22. The Sabres Should Go Back to Run And Gun

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    21 minutes ago, Big Guava said:

    Last year would be a better one to look at...they were elite on the road, this year they are kinda not great in either place.

    Last year is last year. I want to know who is underperforming at home now and why but since you asked.

    Thompson was roughly the same home and away last year scoring. He was -8 at home and +4 on the road.

    Tuch had a huge disparity last year also. 14 goals, 18 assists, -10 at home v. 22 goals, 25 assists, +24 away

    Mittelstadt was basically the same home and away

    Power was basically the same scoring but was -12 at home and +22 on the road

    Benson was in Junior.

     

    Now, Tuch was still nearly 1 ppg at home last year so it didn't stand out so much but that's a really huge difference, and he's doing it again. Also, his home/road metrics didn't start to flip until 2022-23. Before that he was a relatively normal player with pretty even splits or at least splits that made sense.

  24. The Sabres Should Go Back to Run And Gun

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    9 minutes ago, Big Guava said:

    That style would have made the playoffs if they simply wouldn't have sucked so bad on home ice. That should be an advantage not a hindrance.

    Getting to the bottom of this is a key to a long term solution.  What are the guys doing at home that they aren't doing on the road? Why is it so different so much of the time?

    Which players have huge differences between home and away this year? Not including tonight's numbers because the site hasn't updated yet.

    Alex Tuch: Home: 10 games 1 goal, 4 assists, -9   Away: 16 games 8 goals, 7 assists, even

    Tage Thompson: Home 13 games 2 goals, 4 assists, -10   Away: 11 games, 6 goals, 4 assists, +1

    Owen Power: Home 15 games 0 goals, 5 assists, -7  Away: 18 games, 1 goal, 6 assists, +1

    Zach Benson: Home 10 games 0 goals, 1 assist, -4  Away: 13 games, 4 goals, 6 assists, +2

    Casey Mittelstadt: Home 15 games, 2 goals, 7 assists, even  Away: 18 games, 6 goals, 12 assists, +3

    Everyone else is close in their home v. road production or worse on the road like Jost which makes sense as teams can actively matchup against him away from home.  I want to know why these guys have been so bad at home. Sure Benson and Power are young. Fine. Tuch, Thompson, and Mittelstadt aren't.

    16 minutes ago, bunomatic said:

    Not sure Levy would hold up to the run and gun. A goalie like Hasek in his prime would have been most excellent with this current team. But Levy ?

    Which then would make it incumbent upon KA to acquire a better goaltender to backstop that type of group. We have asked for that move for at least 3 years now. It does not seem to be a priority for anyone but us.

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