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  3. Dahlin or Power, Who Will Have The Better Career?

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    On 8/9/2023 at 7:08 PM, LGR4GM said:

    Rookie Dahlin was better than Rookie Power.

    Also Dahlin is a better skater and possesses puck skills Power has only shown flashes of. I can't agree with what you say here. 

    It's fun that we have 2 #1 defenders though

    Dahlin -13, 44 points, 21:09 toi, 20 ppp, 2:51 pp/toi

    Power +10, 35 points , 23:48 toi, 8 ppp, 1:58 pp/toi

    Dahlin soent more time on the power play his rookie year, he's the more skilled and creative offensive player.

    That said, Power had the better rookie season even strength... better +/-, more es points, toi... but they're very very close.

  4. Simple goalie analytics

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    I believe Adams fully understands the predicament in net, however he's sticking to his "want to be here" requirement.   

    Buffalo is well known across the league as goaltender purgatory.   The team gives up too many shots and scoring chances.   For that reason established veteran goaltenders are avoiding Buffalo like the plague, it's career suicide.

    The solution most likely needs to come from within.  The team needs to improve their defensive play and continue to develop their own goaltenders.

    That said, it would be great if a veteran waived their no-trade believing they could be the missing piece to end the longest playoff drought in pro sports, but that hasn't happened.

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  5. OT: More than Disturbing UAP testimony

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    It's all bunk.   

    You're telling me these supremely advanced beings can build anti-gravity craft, travel through wormholes or from other dimensions, but they crash in our atmosphere?

    This kinda stuff is gaining traction now for two reasons.

    1. The rise of social media which promotes this type of garbage to keep the population at large distracted.

    2. At no point in our history has the minority had a larger voice than they do now.

    That said are there skunk works type military programs testing advanced tech? Of course.

    In this day and age where everyone has a high res recording device in their pocket, there is still no verifiable proof.

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  7. Simple goalie analytics

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    Posted · Edited by pi2000

    4 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

    In UPL's 17 wins, the team scored 5 or more goals 12 times. He allowed less than 3 goals in just 4 of these wins, and allowed 4 goals or more in 5 of his 17 wins. 

    UPL's record did not come from good goaltending, it came from the offense winning track meets when he was in net, when it was at its hottest:
    luukkonen.thumb.PNG.33355d8744362cd49310e5f0b34de3e0.PNG

    The red circles are non-UPL games during the time when UPL was stacking his wins. The team was scoring no matter who was in net. As soon as the scoring dried up, he stopped winning, and still gave up a lot of goals:
    upl2.PNG.6f0fa95648f2ca67bbf8f19a5fddd4c9.PNG

    He had a good game now and then, as any goalie in the NHL is capable of, but when people point to his record, it needs to be stressed that he got the wins when the team was potting 6 every night no matter who was in net, and when his wins stopped, it was because the offense fell apart, and he allowed way more goals than can be considered acceptable all along the way. I don't care what his record was. If his performance track and development arc continue, and Levi doesn't become a stud in 60+ games, goaltending will be a threat to our playoff bid 

    GAAE - Goals Allowed Above Expected (cumulative over past 6 seasons)....
+-----------------------+--------+
| team                  | GAAE   |
+-----------------------+--------+
| Buffalo Sabres        | 209.30 |
| Detroit Red Wings     | 162.63 |
| Philadelphia Flyers   | 161.32 |
| Ottawa Senators       | 159.94 |
| New Jersey Devils     | 155.84 |
| Montreal Canadiens    | 132.15 |
| San Jose Sharks       | 130.85 |
| Minnesota Wild        | 130.20 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 128.12 |
| Edmonton Oilers       |  97.92 |
| Chicago Blackhawks    |  97.76 |
| Vancouver Canucks     |  81.63 |
| Florida Panthers      |  74.66 |
| Seattle Kraken        |  71.88 |
| Calgary Flames        |  67.99 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs   |  57.08 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins   |  51.51 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning   |  42.22 |
| Washington Capitals   |  32.61 |
| Los Angeles Kings     |  28.41 |
| Arizona Coyotes       |  26.60 |
| St Louis Blues        |  22.21 |
| Colorado Avalanche    |  21.67 |
| Vegas Golden Knights  |  15.27 |
| Dallas Stars          |  -9.16 |
| Carolina Hurricanes   | -11.38 |
| Anaheim Ducks         | -18.05 |
| Boston Bruins         | -25.69 |
| Nashville Predators   | -36.97 |
| New York Rangers      | -46.75 |
| Winnipeg Jets         | -58.59 |
| New York Islanders    | -58.65 |
+-----------------------+--------+
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Sabres since 2010
+---------+-------+----------------+
| year    | GAAE  | team           |
+---------+-------+----------------+
| 2010-11 |  7.36 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth
| 2011-12 |  5.51 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth
| 2013    | -3.78 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth
| 2013-14 | -4.79 | Buffalo Sabres | - Miller / Enroth
| 2014-15 | 18.28 | Buffalo Sabres | - Enroth / Neuvirth
| 2015-16 |  3.30 | Buffalo Sabres | - Johnson / Ullmark / Lehner
| 2016-17 | -3.80 | Buffalo Sabres | - Lehner / Nillson
| 2017-18 | 41.06 | Buffalo Sabres | - Lehner / Johnson
| 2018-19 | 39.71 | Buffalo Sabres | - Hutton / Ullmark
| 2019-20 | 25.44 | Buffalo Sabres | - Hutton / Ullmark
| 2020-21 | 32.99 | Buffalo Sabres | - Ullmark / Hutton / Tokarski
| 2021-22 | 41.64 | Buffalo Sabres | - Anderson / Tokarski / Dell
| 2022-23 | 28.46 | Buffalo Sabres | - UPL / Anderson / Comrie
+---------+-------+----------------+
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  11. The summer doldrums of hockey. Propose an NHL rule change.

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    Posted · Edited by pi2000

    eliminate instigator penalty

    half-shields optional

    remove the trapezoid

    no penalty on faceoff for touching puck w hand

    2-on-2 after 3-on-3 OT, eliminate shootout

    3/2/1 point system

    play the puck off netting

    eliminate coaches challenges

    1-8 confernce playoff seeding

    season starts in Septemeber, ends in April (eliminate all-star game and bye weeks)

    eliminate draft lottery system

    drafted players unsigned after college career are returned to the draft

    contraction.   dissolve the Coyotes, Panthers, Hurricanes, Ducks, Stars and Blue Jackets

    realignment with a great lakes divison of Tor, Buf, Chi, Det, Mtl and Ott

    all teams play eachother 4 times

    chips in pucks to auto detect goals

    eliminate the blue lines, use center red for offsides

    every 4 icings is a minor penalty

  18. Tage Thompson: Top 10 Center

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    1 hour ago, French Collection said:

    TNT is definitely in the top 10 centres as far as offensive play. His defensive game needs work and his faceoff skills.

    I would say he is in the group around 7-12 depending on how effectiveness is measured.

    Guys like Bergeron, Barkov and Kopitar can’t score like Tage but bring other facets of the position that make them highly valued.

    TNT may not need to be as good defensively because his skating, size, reach and stick handling have him keep the puck longer than most. Being on the positive side of the possession game is a good form of defense.

    This 100%.

    He's a top 10 scoring center (8th among centers last season) but only a top 15-20 all-around center.

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