JoeSchmoe

Anyone know when that is?

On the replay, I noticed Thompson should have had his man too.

Doesn't it?

Comrie is 63 out of 73 in the league in goals saved above expected- That's starters and backups.

What do you think of his rebound control? How about his positioning?

I think Comrie's save % is the biggest concern. You won't win many game at .885. Hopefully he improves.

I just checked. The stats aren't as bad as what the eye test would have you think. His on ice expected goals for is 53.5% on Moneypuck. Something on the site doesn't add up though. Almost all the forwards besides the 4th liners are above 50%, and almost all the D except Dahlin and Clague(?!?!) are below 50%. Mathematically, you'd think it should be proportional both ways since there's always a proportional number of D and F's on the ice at all times. The only thing I can think is Moneypuck expected goal % isn't 5 on 5 only. If it's not, it seems like a bit of a meaningless stat since it would be so highly skewed based on time spent on PP and PK.

Krebs is not an NHL level player yet. I think he would benefit from at least another couple months playing in Rochester. I haven't seen him play at all this year, but maybe Sheahan can take his spot for a while.

I kind of hope Eichel gives another full heel postgame interview. I'm pi**ed the Sabres lost, but hopefully he cranks the volume on the bad guy role.

We win this game if Comrie plays anywhere near NHL average.

Krebs is the guy I'm sitting.

I said the same thing to my wife.

Refs!!!

It's also important to leverage the regional aspect of the team. Yes, Buffalo is a small market at just over 1 million people. However, Rochester has 1 million in their greater area, and the Hamilton/Niagara area is well over 1 million. Tacking on the Greater Toronto area plus Kitchener-Waterloo, you've got one of the biggest population centers in all of North America within a 2 hour drive away... Likely in excess of 10 million people. The issue is attracting the fans that live in the 1-2 hour away radius. It's probably easier to do for football since the games are all on the weekend, and it's more of an event. But, if I'm the Pegulas, I'm going all out on attracting the outer markets for both hockey and football.

Are there really any other better locations? As a Canadian, I feel the downtown location is best for the convenience not only for me, but it's central location for most Buffalonians. The restaurant options and general atmosphere of the Canalside area add to the whole gameday experience as well. I love everything about it. People coming in from the Greater Rochester area might be the only ones to benefit from a more suburban location. Are there any recent examples of stadiums or arenas moving to the suburbs that proved to be a good financial decision?

At last check, last year's line of Hayden Eakin and Bjork was 437 out of 438 in expected goal %. Some of our improvement this year is addition by subtraction. https://www.sabrespace.com/community/topic/30653-bjork-eakin-hayden-2nd-worst-line-in-nhl-now-437-out-of-438/page/5/

He talked about it in his post game interview. I wasn't exactly listening at full attention, but he said something about him improving by not always stick handling to try to get the perfect shot off, but just getting shots through, and hoping for rebounds. I'm not sure if that was accounted for the huge game last night, but I did find that mentality is what helped him break out last year.

If there's any more "Told you so's" out there, have at 'er. I'll wear this one with pride. Hopefully I can set the record for most puke emojis on a single post.

So how's this take looking less than a week later? 🥸

Very few NCAA D prospects would be ready to step into an NHL lineup and not be a huge liability. Someone of his caliber would need plenty of AHL seasoning playing a men's game before he'd be close to ready.

Portillo is currently sitting at a .905 save percentage. Johnson is third in scoring on the U of Minn D-core. I'm thinking at this point, either will be just as valuable (if not moreso) as compensatory picks rather than as players in the Sabres org (though my understanding of the compensatory pick process isn't exactly clear).

Dear anthem singer, less is more.

Man do those kids ever have it tough.

So I guess I'm the only one who he's failing the eye test for. I just don't seem to recall him looking this bad during any period last year, whether he was scoring or not.