JohninMinn.
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Seeing a sliver of daylight. One period at a time fellas.
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Yes because everyone said Meatballs was the problem.
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Just now, ExWNYer said:
Tuch got 5 for fighting. That was fighting?? So the Sabres net 2 minutes after a cheap head shot on one of their best players. smdh
Lindy has no idea how soft we are.
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I can not watch todays game due to a severe case of Buffalo Sports PTSD. Winning streaks are my only cure. Good luck fellas.
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He needs more compete.
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This is the year.
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20 hours ago, dudacek said:
The question about whether this team still has enough offence is an interesting one. I crunched some numbers.
Looking at the current starting 18, the Sabres have 10 guys who have been around long enough to have a reasonable track record. For these guys, I simply averaged their past 2 seasons as a moderate guesstimate for what we could expect this year.
- Thompson 38
- Tuch 29
- Cozens 24
- Zucker 21
- Greenway 8
- Lafferty 12
- Aube-Kubel 5
- Dahlin 17
- Jokiharju 3
- Clifton 5
The other 8 are harder because they don’t really have reliable track records because of youth and/or injury. For these guys, I mostly leaned toward last year’s totals but extrapolated some based on goals per game and previous years totals.
- Quinn 22
- Peterka 24
- Benson 11
- Krebs 8
- Malenstyn 6
- Power 6
- Byram 12
- Samuelsson 2
Finally, teams get contributions throughout the year from players outside their 18 starters. Last year, forwards outside the Sabres top 12 and D outside their top 6 contributed 20 goals, so I’m going to go out on a limb and say that will happen again.
The team, as constituted above, can reasonably be expected to score 273 goals, which is 29 more than last year and would have been good for 10th in the NHL.
There’s no guarantees, obviously - the above doesn’t account for devastating injuries or big breakout seasons. And there’s a new coach, which will mean a different system and different deployments. But there is nothing there that seems out of whack with what these players have produced before, the vast majority of them in similar roles.
What have I missed?
Thompson is the mother of all question marks. He needs to get aggressive.
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24yrs old with Size and speed. Nice ingredients. Thumbs up. 👍
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Nobody wants to come here. Sabres will get someone who is worse.
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As a victim of 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses I'm looking for some kindred spirits in the Panthers fanbase.
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How hard is it for Ellis to tell his boys to go to the front of the net? Hard because they're timid players.
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68 with twin boys 35 yrs old so I know how you wippersnappers roll.
Looking forward to deep run in the playoffs in 2025. Goaltending is our friend now.
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Man does it suck having to root for the Bruins.
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Muther Pussbucket eicHl.
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I'd like to see Tampa get back in the series. Watching ex Sabres having success is annoying.
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Dallas season on the line in this third period. Should be a good one.
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Hockey torture night. Matthews and Eichel twin feature.
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Now bring in Kaner.
GDT: Panthers @ Sabres October 12, 2024 @ 7:00PM MSG/ESPN+/WGR 550
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Joker fooled him with a changeup.