PickaPecaPickles
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15 minutes ago, K-9 said:
If these idiot D men would take a half tick to make the better play, that goal doesn’t happen. It’s maddening how unpoised our players are. Nothing but panic at critical times.
Yeah that was EJ too. He had an easy pass to someone near the wall and it was hurried, getting passed the Sabre and to a bruin at the blue line. Puck went down low again, and shortly after off EJ’s skate.
if the Sabres lose, it will be plays like that from the D.-
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20 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Debating whether to get a last minute ticket for the game. Prices are oddly reasonable. Maybe Bruins fans are bored seeing their team beat up bad teams. Playing the ticket price waiting game to see how low they'll go as puck drop gets closer.
They want to stay home and watch the Pats go for the #1 pick!
As for the Sabres, playing Boston on December 7th doesn't bode well.
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14 minutes ago, Ross Rhea said:
Right now 6K is 12th in GAA and 10th in SV%, hopefully it continues throughout the year.
Just ahead of some guy named Ullmark with Boston.
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19 hours ago, Doohickie said:
People have mentioned that the Sabres didn't look good, especially the forwards. I think this is a direct result of playing an 11/7 lineup. When your linemates are constantly being changed, you lose that natural feel of knowing where to expect your linemate to be. That's my take on it anyway. The only forward that seems to do better playing with 11 Fs is Olofsson. He seems to put in a little more effort and backchecks better. Weird, huh?
That doesn't explain their behavior for much of the season. My sense is there is still too much individual rather than team play, and they too often don't play with purpose, despite what they publicly say. We saw a glimpse of how they could and should play in period 3 of the Jets' game.
Last night's win reminded me a lot of the first game against the Flyers, they got lucky against a team that dominated them most of the night. Then, in that second game of the back-to-back, I fully expected them to lose big, as there was no way they'd get lucky again the way the Flyers played.
I think the Sabres are in a rough spot right now, and if they don't start playing with purpose every night, then they will put themselves in quite a hole by the time TT and Quinn return.
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4 hours ago, Stormcloudmember66 said:
I think that is not a fair observation. 2 of those goals towards the end he really had little chance on. The Sabres were not covering in front of their own net and got seriously defensively sloppy in the last 4. I think UPL did good and was pretty solid.
They also spent a good part of the period forcing passes to Skinner (whenever he was on the ice) trying to get him a hattie.
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15 minutes ago, Doohickie said:
Coming from a dentist I think this is a valid take.
I am positive fewer teeth would have them on the cuspid of greatness!
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10 hours ago, Zamboni said:
While the first tortillas were made out of corn, when the Spanish Conquistadors discovered and conquered the Aztec empire in central Mexico, news of this strange new bread spread quickly. It wasn’t long before wheat was brought over to the New World from Spain and the birth of flour tortillas happened. Flour tortillas are the most common and a are a favorite of many people today in Mexican restaurants all over the world.
As a purist: for a burrito or fajitas, yes; for a taco, no.
I do accept that flour can be a substitute when you can't find good corn tortillas that allow for a soft shell. In fact, it was near impossible to find good corn tortillas in WNY for a long, long time. When Lloyd's first started their taco truck, I asked where they got their corn tortillas from, and the guy said he couldn't (as in wouldn't) tell me, as the secret to great tacos is a warm, soft corn tortilla (it's why La Divina's are so good). Making a filling is the easy part.
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On 10/19/2023 at 5:14 PM, matter2003 said:
I am flour tortillas only, I can't do corn...I try and I just don't like the taste of them. But yeah, if they don't know how to wrap the tortillas properly to keep them in a good state prior to eating or have the little round tortilla holder thingy that keeps them fresh and warm then it's probably not going to be a good experience.
woooo boy, you just lost all (Mexican food) credibility with that one!
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1 hour ago, matter2003 said:
Well, the next time I go to an "authentic Mexican" restaurant and get served Louisiana Hot Sauce like I am at Colosso Taco I will let you know. I doubt it will be anytime soon since I have probably eaten at over 100 Mexican Restaurants throughout the US and Gramma Mora's still holds that unique distinction.
When I first moved to Buffalo in the early 1990s, this and MT were the only game in town. GM's sauce tasted more italian than mexican. The one dish I've had there that is good are the chicken enchiladas with salsa verde.
For standard mexican fare, the easiest way for me to tell if their food as whole is good is their rice and beans. If you can't make decent rice and beans, how can you make the rest of it decent? The other indication for me is how good their mole is, or if they make it at all.
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I could eat tacos from La Divina on Delaware 5 days a week.
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12 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
Best prospect in the system.
A lot of teams would be happy if either of the next two on the list (Kulich and Savoie)* were their "best prospect in the system".
* Listed in alphabetical order, because I'm not sure which one should be ranked second.
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2 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
It's an interesting idea. I'm going to wait and see before deciding on Savoie's readiness. I really don't want another year of "development". Greenway as a relentless forechecker appeals to me. I am hoping that "aggressive forechceck" is part of the team strategy going forward.
I know people disagree, and they might be right, but I still think the possibility of Thompson on the wing with Cozens and Mitts centering Skinner and Tuch is a possibility.
So MAYBE (just maybe) Skinner-Mitts-Tuch, Thompson-Cozens-Greenway, Peterka-Savoie-Quinn, Krebs and ? (possibly Girgs or Kyle or Jost or?) Have to wait and see what else happens in free agency etc.
Read an article a couple weeks ago about Boston and how moving Pastrnak from the first to the second line helped create more balanced scoring and was one of the keys to their success during the regular season. Given how successful the top line was with Mitts, I won't be surprised if DG tries something similar. Personally, I don't want to see the Cozens line change, but they would be the third line with the second including TT and Greenway--I'm just not sure who should be the other winger? Three lines that could score 80-90 goals each.
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Good piece on Greenway in The Athletic this morning: https://theathletic.com/4464552/2023/05/04/can-jordan-greenway-be-don-granatos-next-reclamation-success-with-sabres/
Basically says, Great Guy/team mate, a little stifled in Minny and lost his confidence, going to be in the gym all summer, Granato thinks he's got much much more to offer, concluding:
Quote“I think he recognizes that this is your second team, right?” Bartlett said. “At some point, you don’t have the excuse of, ‘Hey it was just this system or that coach. This isn’t specific to him. Once you get into that second place, if it doesn’t work out and you don’t score at the rate you want or turn into the player that you want, in on you, right? You just look in the mirror, and I think he recognizes that this is a fresh start for him, a new opportunity and you have to take advantage.”
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59 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
It wasn't brought up directly but I listed to an interesting discussion early in the season about hitting:
-Patrice Bergeron was brought up. Not a huge hitter, but it was said what makes him effective as a defensive forward is partly because he doesn't hit. The few hits he does make are ones where there is virtually zero chance of it causing him to be out of the play. In today's NHL, you want to make no more contact than you need to make to not put yourself out of position, or to even make it 1 second slower to get back 'into the play'. Basically, the way the NHL is played today, most (not ALL, but most) hits do more to put a player out of position than the benefits they bring for 'finishing a check'.
Does this apply to the playoffs? From what I've seen so far, it's rare when someone doesn't hit.
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These last two games have been unbelievable!
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One of the best if not the best games of the season!!!
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6 hours ago, pi2000 said:
They outshot both the Bruins and Preds.
UPL .720 sv% vs BOS
Anderson .700 sv% vs NSH
If Buffalo had Saros and NSH had Anderson in net, Buffalo smokes them.
Same can be said for the Boston game.
Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I was at last night's game, and the problem with using this stat to blame the GT is the difference in the quality of the shots. Most of the shots from the Sabres were outside the slot (easier to defend a shot coming from one side or the other), and most of the chances the Preds got were point blank or odd man rushes. My impression (can't back it up with stats) on the season is there aren't many teams that give up more quality chances than the Sabres.
Yes, the Sabres need a high-quality GT, but any GT's stats will be significantly worse with the type of shots the Sabres D allows.
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Important night in the race (ok, they all are). If Sabres win and Isles lose, puts them 3 points back with the same 3 games in hand they start with tonight.
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9 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
I like what these offensive pairings did in the TO game. Looking forward to what that second line does tonight.
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2 hours ago, Indabuff said:
Not gonna lie. I think tonight is gonna suck.
I'm leaning more toward the chips are down but we get an unexpected win in their building.
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16 hours ago, BlueAndGoldTankCommander said:
Greetings again Sabres fans, I regret to inform you that B>M's crew is going to the game again tonight.
We are 0-7 in-person.
Go Sabres, plan accordingly!
All the complaints about Bryson and/or Olofsson ignore the true cause of the loss.
If you have plans for another game this season, maybe think about donating the tickets B>M? 😄
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18 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
B+. I could go to an A though. I'm someplace in between there.
Why? I think you are going to get a lot more options in the offseason when the teams who were bidding for guys now might have to be dumping guys in the offseason. A different selection of players might be available, but I think a much larger selection will be there. I want my assets available for moves at that time. Plus, its going to be a lot easier to integrate a new guy into the team when you have the offseason and training camp to do so, rather than throwing him in now. Finally, Yes, I would LOVE for this team to get a 2nd pair quality D-man now, but I didnt expect it, and other than that I am more than happy with the current young team getting experience together to fail or succeed the rest of the season.
I agree with this sentiment, giving him a higher grade for what he didn't do, rather than what he did.
In his presser, KA said something like "I'm giddy about the arms race going on in the east." I believe what he meant was, while they are all mortgaging the future for a cup run this year, he is content to maintain his patient approach of building the team for an extended Cup run. While many Sabres fans have run out of patience, I'm glad the leader of the franchise has not.
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3 minutes ago, Norcal said:
This thread didn't disappoint, thank you all
Yeah, the discussion is really overshadowing Lyubushkin setting a career high in points today. Shame...
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26 minutes ago, sweetlou said:
With less than two months left in the season I figured I'd start a thread that we haven't seen in many years.
So far today things looking good.
Preds stomp Panthers
Bruins crush Isles.
Devils up on Pens.
Tonight we need:
Canes to beat Caps
Kraken to eat some Wings.
Doesn't matter if the Sabres don't win tonight. This is a MUST WIN.
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GDT: Sabres @ Bruins - Thurs. 7pm, Dec 7, 2023, MSG/ESPN+ 📺 WGR 📻
in The Aud Club
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One of my favorite things that tickled me watching some highlights was the Bruin chasing VO on his breakaway. Don't know if he was just completely gassed, or a big, slow D man. or both, but you could just sense the futility in his skating, then see it as he turns around after the goal. A close second, can't remember which goal now, but a few Sabres are celebrating in front of the net and you can see a woman in a Sabres jersey in the background stand up and grab her jersey showing her colors. Brief shot, but gave me a smile.