JustOneParade
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Some may not like this comparison but the Sabres play tonight reminds me of the Canes at their best … pressuring the puck hard all over the ice.
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8 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said:
Lord almighty - is it ever and is he ever. It was February 2008. I get the sense that he was still a bit delirious from the runs at the Stanley Cup in 2006 and 2007. He's in fine form there, for sure.
I really f’n miss RJ. He was the GOAT.
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48 minutes ago, inkman said:
Very reminiscent of the Derrick Dockery / Langston Walker signings. Mediocre OL signed to ridiculous money by bad teams.
It was one of the most frustrating (infuriating?) aspects/periods of the drought. I understand the crap shoot that is the projection of college kids to the NFL. But how the Bills regularly F'd up evaluating guys that had already been IN the NFL for 3.4.or 5 years was simply mind boggling to me. And those two guys were like poster children. Excessively overpaid poster children. The Bills' Pro Personnel staff was garbage during that period.
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2 hours ago, That Aud Smell said:
Did they re-sign DaQuan (sp)?!
Oh sh1t!! They did!!
Probably the most important re-signing of the offseason.
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2 hours ago, That Aud Smell said:
Lotsa player signing news throughout the NFL. Before posting here, I'll wait for an article summarizing the moves that are of interest to Bills fans. (E.g., I saw Gabe Davis to the Jags and that the Bills re-signed Cam Lewis.)
The Dawkins' extension definitely warranted its own post.
Does that include the exodus of FA's out of Miami? Dolphins lose a bunch of guys and now have the means to grossly overpay Tua. It's like going to the grocery store and seeing Oreo's buy-one-get-one free.
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I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that, for those that like watching day 2 and 3 of the draft, you won’t won’t want to walk away assuming the Bills won’t be picking again for a couple hours. No way Beane stands pat with all those picks.
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6 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
Bryson, I think looked bad (like the rest of the D) when the Forward were a mess in their own end.
I've noticed that its not just the Sabres stats defensively being better since Jan 1 of this year, but something happened with the forwards. You can SEE it watching the games, and the stats back it up, they are not perfect, but they are making a LOT less mistakes in their own zone.
In the past I commented that all the D-men on this team look worse than they are because of the bad play of the forwards in their own zone. When I would watch the games, or the replays of goals allowed, the D-men would initially often be where they should be, but the forwards? Floating around the blueline, sometimes picking up a man in the zone and then for no reason just leaving the zone, or my favorite, 2 forwards playing 'their' side of the ice, but the 3rd one just randomly chasing a puck he has no chance of getting to, only to leave a HUGE, GAPING hole for an opposing player to jump into, get the puck and have a clear shot at the net.
When all that happened, it made it hard for the D-men on this team and it made them look bad. You can see it on the replays, they had to make a choice, stay in the zone down low, cover a C or Winger hanging around the net, or jump up high to take a winger or D-men at the top of the faceoff circle where the Sabres forward SHOULD be but just decided not to be. The D-men had a 50-50 chance of guessing wrong (and if they DID guess wrong it would look like THEY were out of position), or worse yet, they would often try to cover both guys, going between both defenders (the way they might defend a 2-on-1) and when that went badly it would look like they had NO idea what they were doing and on the 5 seconds of the replay they showed on TV, MOST fans would say..."Look! That D-man is clueless!" When in fact it was the forward who was clueless and the D-man was trying his best to do the job of 2 people.
So back to Bryson. Hes OK. He can be/should be a very good #7 guy and could be a decent 3rd pair guy, but he absolutely needs the support of the forwards in front of him to look good. When he does get it, he looks pretty good.
Thanks for that. It was very instructive. I would see the results of defensive breakdowns but don’t know hockey well enough to understand exactly why they were happening. Also seeing UPL getting hung out dry far less often (which I suppose is the idea).
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3 minutes ago, inkman said:
You can’t make this stuff up. A fanbase that would absolutely die to have a gutty, gritty, in your face team and we keep drafting Baryshnikov’s. Imagine this team if Beniers and Tkachuk were here instead of 25 & 26.
Holy ***** does the NHL barely give a flying ***** about this. Kane, Kuznetsov, they all do it.
So is that a yes? Or a no?
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Serious question: Can shootout goals be challenged? Because if so, and Power had scored, I believe it would have been reviewed. I’ll watch again but it sure looked like he drifted slightly backward when crossing the crease. Also need to see again the direction of the puck movement.
Had that happened he surely (insert Airplane! quote here) would have been the first player in NHL history to have both an OT goal and SO goal overturned in the same game, no?
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1 hour ago, Doohickie said:
That's a 4 point game then, right?
To this and a few others like it …
it’s a very bold strategy but when all hope seems lost it’s the only way to get back in the playoff hunt. 😉
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14 minutes ago, oddoublee said:
good assessment. i still struggle to think of him as a top 6 winger in terms of minutes. my impression has always been he is a 3rd line minutes guy....UNLESS...your team is down 2 goals going into the 3rd. then you play the living crap out of him looking to strike gold.
his style of play would make a head coach in the playoffs go absolutely nuts.
We haven't found out yet and may never know.
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3 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. I'm very aware of the rules of ESPN+ regarding blackouts and national games. What I don't know is what happens when NHL Network grabs the Sabres MSG broadcast for their national game. Does that game ever end up on ESPN+ on-demand?
Haven’t seen a reply yet this season.
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I’ve never been able to get on- demand replays on ESPN+ of national broadcasts. But then again, @PromoTheRobot is in a different part of New England, it’s above 60 degrees, and the month/date are both single digit numbers. As we know, all of these factor in to NHL broadcast decisions.
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Safe to assume those teams we are trying to catch/pass will be playing each other some? If so … no loser points.
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19 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
Correct. It will be on MSG for the home fans.
Thanks @Doohickie. Good for the locals. Sucks because my streaming service (Hulu) doesn’t carry NHLN. It’s Ok though, I’ll just follow along on the internet radio. /s
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Sooo …. is tonight’s game on NHL Network? Won’t be on ESPN+ if so.
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2 hours ago, spndnchz said:
You don’t recall Ray playing for the Sabres or the Sens? You got me confused.
By ‘anyone else’ I meant anyone other than the Sabres. That wasn’t totally clear upon re-reading what I wrote.
2 hours ago, spndnchz said:You don’t recall Ray playing for the Sabres or the Sens? You got me confused.
By ‘anyone else’ I meant anyone other than the Sabres. That wasn’t totally clear upon re-reading what I wrote.
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Tangentially related to the conversation, I was just reading an article about a game between the Sens and Flyers that took place about 20 years ago. NHL record 419 penalty minutes assessed. A couple fun facts:
Up until there was 1 minute and 45 seconds remaining in the game a total of 11 minor penalties were handed out.
One of the players involved in the first fight that kicked things off was ……
Rob Ray. Didn’t recall him playing for anyone else.
Not sure anyone thinks that’s good for the game of hockey.
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Listening on the radio. Serious question for those who can see him: is Rob Ray drunk? He sounds like he’s hammered. Dental work? Slight stroke? Yikes!
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15 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
OH FLIPPIN' HELL. This game is NOT on ESPN+. It's an NHL Network game! 😠
I just realized that. Faaaack!
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15 minutes ago, North Buffalo said:
Hit the open guy dont make the more difficult pass.
Been a problem for nearly all of DG’s tenure as HC. ‘Playing fearless’ I guess. But just like drunk guys in a bar at 1am …. fearless, doing really dumb things, then getting their ass kicked.
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1 hour ago, Pimlach said:
Protest? What is this, Lord of the Flies?
Their protest will start with anger and choice words, no doubt some comments about it not being fair. Then hopefully it dawns on them that this happen all the time in hockey and that they had a major role in their coach getting fired. After that they better grow from it and move on.
I can only hit the '👍' once. Would have done it five times if I could have.
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Late to the party and want to throw in my two cents.
I have no problem with the team blowing off the post-game salute IF, IF, IF …. afterward the organizer came forward and said “we heard the chant from some of the fans and disagree with their take. This isn’t on Donnie. Consider the lack of stick raise a form of counter-protest. We support our coach and have his back”. One game and it’s over.
However, if this is, or was intended to, continue then that’s a totally different story. I see it a big FU to the fans.
And if it is the latter, TP or KA as leaders should be publicly addressing it. Crickets. It may be that neither cares. Or want to let it blow over. Or at its worst, are detached and neither understand the temperature of their customers
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2 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:
We’re all getting goalied!
Wild fans are probably saying the same thing.
GDT / Islanders @ Sabres, Thurs 3/14, 7pm MSG, ESPN+ & WGR Radio
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I think I’ve officially become complacent (if that’s the right word) about UPL. Pitching the shutout thru 2 periods and I’m like ‘of course ….’.