Slack_in_MA
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I retired at 57 at the end of last year.
Now I can stay up and watch the Sabres when they play late road games on the left coast.-
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Can we hope for a swarm of locusts to invade the building and leave nothing but a pile of skates, helmets and pads??
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13 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:
Lmao, Bruins about to make history again. I couldn't be happier, especially after hearing Jack Edward's call the ref that got carried off the ice on a stretcher 3 weeks ago a coward. Guy has absolutely no class at all. Eat 💩 Boston.
Tonight was his last broadcast. He’s done, which is good because he’s been especially hard to listen to for a year now.
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Leafs looked very good tonight. I didn’t know they were this physical. And Woll played really well.
Coyle, Marchand, and Pasta were kind of invisible. Don’t expect that to be the case in G7.
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Seeing Neil Young & Crazy Horse outside Boston in a few weeks.
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While I don’t think Beane is infallible, I think he’s playing the long game wrt the cap and realizes that being consistently very good, ie, making the playoffs is the strategy, as luck invariably plays a part in a team going all the way. There are 31 teams that are disappointed every single year
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I think we're going to see them play more full 60 minute games, stemming from being in better physical and mental condition.
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3 hours ago, Demoted said:
"It's whatever" doesn't really make me think anything other then "let's see what happens"
I think it's a proxy for "The profile and character of the roster is way more important than who's coaching them".
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6 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
Did you miss where I said that already?
Probably 😂
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6 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
Of course longevity means something, but you don't measure longevity in aggregate if you want to know if a coach was good. You do what I just did measure winning percentage against games and you find out that the coach with the 5th most wins coached the 4th most games and was the 9th most successful coach of coaches with the top 10 games coached.
Did you know that Ruff has a higher career win % than Paul Maurice and John Tortorella, or doesn’t that support your point?
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5 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
I absolutely did. Total wins is NEVER an appropriate or valuable statistic to use. I already mentioned why. It's what we call a "vanity metric". Winning percentage is infinitely more valuable and applying winning percentage over X games gives you an apples to apples comparison against peer groups.
We will have to agree to disagree on this one. Even without knowing their winning percentages, if you tell me the coach or player who has the most wins all time in their sport, I think that is an excellent indicator of above average success. I think it’s a function of longevity, which in sports tends to be a function of success.
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4 minutes ago, BullBuchanan said:
Total wins in any sport in never a judgment of success
Now that’s a hot take. I don’t think you meant to say “never”.
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Holy F… part of me is thrilled, part of me remembers it not working last time.
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Casey scores
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1 hour ago, ... said:
Is DeBrusk going to be one of those guys we try and acquire this summer?
We could do worse
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Great pace and banging in the Bruins- Loafs game so far.
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And we’re listening to Muel opine about leadership because…?
Does anyone consider him to be any kind of authority on the subject?
Work on your durability, young man.
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Playoff hockey? I’m not familiar. Could you elaborate?
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Put me on the 4C train. I don’t love him. I don’t hate him. And he’s actually one of the few guys that will stick his nose into things and play with some edge.
Maybe he’s one of those guys the right coach can get more out of.
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This team makes me sad. Over and over and over again.
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Who’s god awful TO was that?
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Hope it doesn’t go to a shootout! Sheesh…
The Sabres should trade the 11th overall pick in the 2024 draft
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It's likely been discussed around here somewhere already, but who might be a quality trade target that has a good relationship with Lindy, e.g., someone he could "sell"/ talk out of a NMC?