JustOneParade

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.

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).

So is that a yes? Or a no?

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?

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. 😉

We haven't found out yet and may never know.

Haven’t seen a reply yet this season.

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.

Safe to assume those teams we are trying to catch/pass will be playing each other some? If so … no loser points.

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

Sooo …. is tonight’s game on NHL Network? Won’t be on ESPN+ if so.

By ‘anyone else’ I meant anyone other than the Sabres. That wasn’t totally clear upon re-reading what I wrote. By ‘anyone else’ I meant anyone other than the Sabres. That wasn’t totally clear upon re-reading what I wrote.

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.

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!

I just realized that. Faaaack!

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.

I can only hit the '👍' once. Would have done it five times if I could have.

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

Wild fans are probably saying the same thing.

Remember the ole days when the Sabres would score 4 or 5 goals with UPL in the net?

I previously thought folks were being overly harsh on Dan and Rob. A few games ago it was the ESPN game so I decided during the first period to get the GR radio broadcast and synch it up to the television. It was nearly impossible. What I was seeing and what I was hearing were two different things. The game was in play and Dan and Rob were blathering on about one thing or another. Even when Dan was in PBP mode it wouldn’t match up to what was happening on the ice. I then realized what people were talking about. It’s awful.

You’re not close enough to WNY to be blacked out, are you?

The highlight goal of last season. Strictly due to its improbability.

Not for nothing @JohnC but I find it interesting that in your observation about net front presence you (rightly) cite OK and Benson. The oldest and youngest players, respectively, on the Sabres roster. Now we need to find someone in between with the willingness to regularly go there.

Alternative thread title .... Owen Power. Weak. Too Weak.