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The Chart showed (If were talking about the same one) that he made the long stretch pass down the ice more successfully than just about anyone. Which was around 18% IIRC.

Very, very unlikely, but the Tampa game I doubt will have any significance besides +1 or +2 points. If the Sabres were to somehow make it back into the playoffs it would be from beating the red wings in their 3 remaining games as well as a strong performance for the other 18.

The biggest difference in production this year and last is that last year he had an uncharacteristically high shooting percentage at 14.7%. The year prior it was 8.5%, and before that 6.7%. This season it is 9.4%, and probably closer to what his career average will be. His assists per game and shots per game are pretty close to last year’s numbers. Another limiting factor is that last season a lot of Cozen’s production came off the rush, and the Sabres as a whole have been a somewhat less rush heavy team this year, trying to be a more defensively responsible team.

With a 2 point game last night, that brings his total NHL points up to an average of 1 over the last 4 seasons.

Drew Srafford’s Career best was 52 points, something Mitts has already surpassed.

He also leads the team in controlled zone entires, which IMO is a pretty big weakness for this team.

Tage has 5 goals and 7 points in the last 5 games.

So the coach that took him from an afterthought and turned him into a star (the perception last year) is suddenly the coach that ruined him. Huh.

Yeah, I’d guess it mainly stems from people preferring to just use average when things are average, and that morphed mediocre to “baseline competence” or “slightly below average”.

No, but my first memories of actually watching the Sabres (I grew up listening on the radio) are from that series. My best Sabres memories are probably from some of the games I went to in person: The 5-2 drumming of the Flyers during the 2018 10 game streak. Went with a few friends who hadn’t seen hockey before and it was a great game for that. 4 goals in the first and a fight. Another great moment, this hit: Was an otherwise lackluster game, but this hit on Carter Hutton got the stadium amped up, and was a great moment. Definitely my favorite Carter Hutton memory despite him later becoming a Sabre.

I feel like mediocre has the the intonation that it’s slightly below average. If a team was being referred to as mediocre, I would expect them to be in the 17th-20th range.

I think I may be the youngest at 21..

Not going to make an argument that we have a future, as on a night like this that seems pretty hopeless. However, I would think it’s hard to argue Ottawa has a future, considering they were supposed to be contending for a playoff spot last year, and this year, they have the 2nd worst points percentage in the conference (just behind the blue jackets).

Seems to be a product of bad puck luck for Dahlin so far this season. Dahlin has the best analytics among our defenseman, with the highest Corsi % and Fenwick % among our defenseman. When Dahlin is on the ice at even strength, the Sabres have 52.1% of the shots, and 53.8% of the expected goals.

To be fair, this is the first time that the roster is fully healthy (minus Girgs). Gives us line combos that have been more consistent in the past. Hopefully that continues.