Porous Five Hole

Hey @nfreeman, we got ourselves a 3-2 win!!!!

Vegas looking like the Kings clogging up the middle with a 1-2-2 look. The difference is they have the horses upfront to counter more effectively. Buffalo needs to change up their attack because skating through it isn’t working.

I think it’s Zhitnik missing the net with all these shots

What in the world was Clague doing during the national anthem with his eyes??

Another backup goalie. Get on the score sheet early and often so the forwards can help our short handed D. Manufactured wife.

DO SOMETHING DARCY!!

You offered no opinion except to say, “who cares” and then referenced Don Cherry’s wardrobe. It was a weird tangent. And then you also weirdly stated the First Lady buys her clothes at Bed Bath & Beyond in your next post. But thank you for your insightful opinions.

They were discussing what Tort’s comments on the state of the league and why scoring is way up. If you don’t care, you can just change the channel (or in this case, just keep scrolling).

Nice observation. This is pretty incredible given more than a third of the season has been completed. The NHL on TNT guys were recently commenting off of Torts saying it’s now a young and dumb league. Meaning experienced players have given way to younger/cheaper talent on rosters and there are more mistakes/free-wheeling. I don’t think the Sabres are going to be able to outscore their defensive/goaltending problems all year, but it sure is entertaining. And since the oldest D in their top four is only 23, I expect the future development to be most noticeable on the back-end heading into next year (meaning the team goals against should trend down). It’s the main factor that has me optimistic about the playoffs next season.

The other Pegula owned teams (Amerks & Knighthawks) also one yesterday. Five for five!!!

Holy s-word, the World Cup final just went on tilt

That was actually improbable. The roughing the kicker to give the Dolphins a first down in bills territory was a turnover. And then the fumble was a turnover. Hard to win when -2 in turnover differential. And yet the Bills found a way to win. This one is special.

I heard we are just trading that one in for a Bowl win.

(If anyone thinks the above isn’t funny/offensive, I’ll delete)

Binnington came out of literally nowhere and went 24-5-1 with a .927 save percentage and 1.89 GAA. It’s hard to see UPL replicating that, but through (Miroslav) Satan anything is possible.

Your reference to JA17’s meteoric jump from year one to year three cannot be overstated. An old measure of a QB’s ability to translate his game at the professional level was a QB’s college completion percentage. Allen was never known for his accuracy, completing 56 percent of his attempts as a junior in college and 56.2 percent as a senior, before his completion percentage dropped to 52.8 percent as a rookie in the NFL (60% was the agreed upon metric for having a chance to be “good”) For him to rise from those metrics to a completion percentage of almost 70% in year three (2020)…it just had never been done before. Like I said, it was meteoric. And with that leap in mind, it doesn’t begin to touch the jump that Tage made from all seasons pre-June 2020 to 2020-2021 season. It’s so hard to explain Tage’s rise to a non-hockey fan. Because the Josh Allen comparison isn’t strong enough. It’s crazy. I need a word stronger than meteoric and I cannot find one.

UPL deserves a 👍👍👍 post. He was great tonight.

I don’t care what the third period looked like. Five D in thin Denver air was a massive undertaking. So happy for these guys tonight.

And I am asking you to defend your point. Maybe I misunderstood your insinuation that Reaves makes his team better somehow. Can you explain?

How many wins can you attribute Reaves as the difference in? While that’s tough to quantify, a big hit highlight is just that. A highlight. Your insinuation that he makes his team harder to play against is only your opinion. There isn’t any proof (he is a -5 in twelve games with the wild…and yes I’ve played ice hockey before).

I’m looking forward to seeing Comrie back with our top four D intact.

Who would you target that might be available?

Drury was an RFA when acquired by Buffalo. He inked a four year deal shortly after the trade. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.380709

So it turns out there’s a week left in the regular season! So now I’m prolly not making the playoffs lol

Remember when he traded away his best WR and best CB during his first training camp and accidentally made the playoffs? The guy is a wizard. He couldn’t even tank when he tried 🤣