Porous Five Hole

Part of it is the numbers game (you’re subjecting another asset to waivers while UPL is waiver exempt). Part of it is the commitment to Comrie. And part of it is UPL’s track record. There’s no reason to believe this week is actually sustainable. My take is he needs to prove this isn’t a fluke and Rochester is a better place to do that. Maybe things could change if he stays red hot while Comrie goes on his conditioning stint. BTW, factoring in the NHL entire season, UPL has a 3.44 GAA & .891 save %. Remember what those numbers looked like before this week? That’s why it’s easy for me to send him back down.

UPL has had a nice week. But he’s never really shown an ability to do this for more than a week at a time in his entire AHL career. He also hasn’t been able to stay healthy. There is lots to gain from him going back to ROC.

Fixed!

NHL goal leaders: 1. Connor McDavid (28) 2. Tage Thompson (26) 👀

Vegas currently has a hex at home (now 1-6 in their last seven home games). I’m not sorry. Go Sabres!

My birthday is Xmas. Last night, I accidentally oversaw my wife purchasing tix to Sabres v Bolts on Friday as a surprise gift. As Leodis McKelvin would say, “we gonna beat that ass, point blank period.” See y’all on Friday!

thx Vegas!

The next game isn’t until Friday. The boys deserve themselves a night out on the Vegas strip!!

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.