Porous Five Hole

I’m quoting you because I like the discussion. I think you’re right. The Sabres are timid along the boards and don’t push the puck forward out of the zone well at all. They keep the play moving along the wall, but a lot of time it is backwards. Ice the freakin puck if you must. To me, that’s better than on your heels in your own corner.

My main issue with UPL is rebound control. Also, I’m honestly trying to wipe the slate clean and only judge what I see from game to game, but I live in ROC and I’ve seen him a lot. UPL never had it here. I’m not giving up on him, but I think it would be generous to say he’s NHL average right now. If the goal is UPL’s long term development at the expense of this season, we can hope he gets hot. But I don’t expect it. If the goal is to get in the playoffs, I think the Sabres are better served sticking to the original Andy/Comrie plan. One thing I will say is I don’t want to spend assets to acquire a goalie in the next seven days. UPL should get every chance at the #1 spot next year.

I legitimately chuckled out loud

Do you feel confident with UPL right now? You might be the only one on the board.

What’s crazy is he had a neck once.

If you’re Meatballs and Bales, what say you?

They all have visors on these days, right? It’s why fighting just isn’t worth it any longer.

Here is a good clean look at them. Nice fundraiser.

Holy Quinn!!!!!

The Caps have spent one shift in their offensive zone in ten minutes played. They’ve checked out.

Nice. And the rescheduled Lightning game a week from today is almost sold out too.

I’m pretty sure last night’s game was Anderson no matter what. It is his current home town. His wife brought an entire neighborhood worth of kids to the game.

Moneypuck projects the Sabres playoff chances are 47% and their points projection is 91. 538 also projects 91 points with a 43% chance of making the playoffs. Something called Power Rankings Guru also predicts 91 points for the Sabres. So is 91 points going to be enough?? If yes, all Buffalo needs to do is finish something like 13-12-1 (or 12-10-3).

Reporting for duty 🍻

Yes this is true. But that tar was sticky af and you’re trying to be gentle. It was something no one tells you about haha

I have no stats to back this up. I’m just wondering if our coaching staff is more conservative with on-game lineup decisions on the road (first change) than at home? And at home they’re being more aggressive for offense first and it is backfiring? Like I said, I have no data. I wouldn’t know where to start. But it’s one of the only on-ice differences and it would be interesting to know how things vary between in-game line starts Home v Away.

My baby mama had a C-Section. So shortly after they lifted the bambino out, I got to share the sex (boy!) to my wife (we didn’t find out prior). After the immediate baby checkups, they wheeled my wife away for post-op. Soon after, they handed me my boy. And it was just me and him quiet and alone at 4am. Open eyes. Just him and me. Whether immediate or not, you’re going to have that too. Take that time to pace around and make some promises to your child. I promised that hour old little hooligan he can stay up an extra 15 minutes anytime a Sabres game is on. I’m not kidding. And also some more important stuff. Whatever promises you make at that moment, you’ll keep. Go big. Also, no one told me about the black tar 💩every newborn takes. They save that for the dads to deal with. GOOD LUCK!

Indirectly Sabres related. I thought Jack Campbell was the answer to our crease this past off-season. His save percentage for the Oilers is .887. Oops. I thought Pilut coming off his KHL experience was going to be a good third pairing D. He was not.

Not without winning the lottery. https://www.tankathon.com/nhl/pick_odds

No worries, it just says what I said in my previous post but with those pawn shop dudes offering “the best I can do is a wildcard” for Vegas’s 72 points.

@Thorny a meme for you

Wow alright. The Eastern Conference is a bloodbath. The Knights point total (first in the Western Conference) placed in the East would earn them a wild card.

Yes, and it’s such an astronomical number. Is this 4D chess or insanely bad luck? They had to use 750k of Stone’s 9.5MM on a backup goalie. Like another poster said, I can see Patrick Kane going there as a rental. They’ve got to try something. Vegas has zero twenty goal scorers (the Sabres have five!)

Vegas LTIR pool now eclipses $23.5MM with Stone’s 9.5MM.

Wait, Golisano is making you dinner?