JoeSchmoe

I'm sad that we're missing our #3, 4, 5, 6 forwards and our #1 D. Glad Lyon gives us a chance to win.

This year was supposed to be different. 😢

What is our ratio of us scoring on breakaways versus the other team scoring on breakways?

I really can't see a team taking him for $2.4million a season. I'm not sure if anyone else here remembers the interview UPL did with some Finnish reporters. I seem to recall him saying he didn't like being called UPL. Am I remembering that right? Anyhow, that's how I remember it, and it didn't come across very well to me. So when I couple that with his poor play- the jerk in me would like to see him unceremoniously bought out... For certain no one will call him UPL anymore once he's out of the league and playing back in Finland.

I read it differently.

Didn't know that. She must have driven back to Sweden from France then.

Lots of really nice people on this board. Nicer than me for sure. I kind of come away thinking people in Dahlin's pay bracket should probably have their significant others moving with them to where they work. I guess it's a little more complicated since they're not actually married yet. Would the Swedish hospitals be superior to the Buffalo hospitals? That said, I wish her all the best in her recovery. Hopefully this is not actually a setback and she's actually doing okay as the post suggested.

Agreed. We also can't discount how the soft goals deflate the heck out of the team. This team looked like the same old defeated, lethargic group we've seen so many times over the past 3 or 4 years. They don't have the resilience to bounce back like a veteran team that trusts their goalie would.

Not sure. NHL doesn't post that and Moneypuck only doesn't do cumulative seasons as fast as I know.

Here's a stat. UPL is 36th of 39 in save % since the 2022-23 season (minimum 100 games played). We can't be a serious team until he's gone. If anyone needs to vent... Vent here.

When was the last time McLeod did something good?

Nope. I saw it too. Complete lack of compete. If you got the puck coming to you at the end of the period, you need to want to make something happen.

Power went off for a change with 8s left in the period.

There's the right way, the wrong way, and then there's the Greenway... which is the same as the wrong way- only lazier.

I'll be at the bar and the game.

I was saying they needed Barger stealing 2nd with the Kirk double play threat always there. I feel like they would have almost conceded the base with the threat of a missed throw scoring Vladdy.

Go Sabres!!! 🥹

Not if the fan has a screen on it. Then it just gets stuck, and the constant air blowing on smeared in 💩 increases the stink. Nobody wants that.

What happened?

I listen to the pod only because of Rivet. I think I mentioned before Rivet plays the buffoon but is actually personable and has real passion for hockey and the team. Peters thinks he's the smartest guy in the room, and that's the real joke. Lost all respect for him after this...

I'm not sure what analytics you're looking at but my sources show he's not good. We have so many better options, but like Lafferty last year, I fear us playing him until it's too late to do something about it.

Any signs of improvement will be ratcheted back when the coach's pet Justin Danforth gets back. I don't care how hard he fought to get in the league, he doesn't deserve a lineup spot. He's a whopping -22% relative expected goals In 34 minutes of ice time and 54 shifts of 5 on 5 ice time, his line has 0 high danger shot attempts. Zero.

Great effort! They're firing on all cylinders even without a healthy Bo and Springer out of the lineup. Their biggest weak point all year was the bullpen, but adding Bassitt and Lauer to the mix has been huge. Varland and Hoffman rounding into form has helped a lot too.

If I were Levi, I'd be upset. UPL got parachuted into the NHL with sub-par AHL numbers and has by and large sucked in the NHL, whereas Levi has always done well in the AHL but he has had far fewer chances on a far shorter leash in the NHL.

With your US American dollars can you find something?