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10 month layoff Covid outbreak Injuries No real training camp or preseason Ridiculously poor puck luck Playing in an 8 team super league No, dis isn't the worst team ever, it's not a fair comparison, not even close.

Had covid early feb (+test and symptoms) Also a regular blood donor cuz of rare blood type. Anyway.. donated 2 weeks after last symptoms, which is the guideline. They test for covid antibodies, cuz they want your plasma which can help covid patients. Antibody test came back neither positive or negative... rather "reactive"... which means you have antibodies for the spike protein but not the actual virus body. So not sure what dat's all about.

I'm surprised they got a 3rd for him actually. Not sure what Montreal is thinking here, he's dat bad.

Staal was so so bad, slow feet, slow hands, turnovers galore.... looks like he belongs in beer league. 2nd worst TRpm on the team, good riddance. ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min BUF Colin Miller -3.49 30 -18 -14.51 29.6 BUF Taylor Hall -4.28 32 -19 -14.72 30.0 BUF Sam Reinhart -5.42 30 -20 -14.58 29.8 BUF Casey Mittelstadt -6.05 17 -12 -5.95 12.1 BUF Victor Olofsson -6.63 32 -20 -13.37 27.3 BUF Eric Staal -6.68 32 -20 -13.32 27.2 BUF Rasmus Dahlin -15.50 32 -32 -16.50 33.7 ==============================================================

It's time to start vaccinating everybody. Some NBA teams have already received the vaccine. Here in California starting April 1st anybody >50 is eligible regardless of health, and the plan is to open it up to everybody +18 by mid-April.

Watching this again frame by frame, there's a moment where Dahlin reaches for the puck just as it crosses the blueline... he misses, Goodreau regains control. In that instant Dahlin should have transitioned (to backwards skating) by pivoting clockwise with his body, head and eyes turned toward the puck keeping Goodreau in front of him. Instead he makes the lazy play.... reach, miss, fly-by, turns his back to the puck and opponent... and at that moment his toast.

============================================================== BUF even strength goal differential through 31 games = -47 BUF even strength minutes played through 31 games = 1627.93 exp+/- is a function of %min played at ES and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- %min is % of ES minutes played ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min BUF Jake McCabe 8.25 13 2 -6.25 13.3 BUF Henri Jokiharju 4.58 21 -5 -9.58 20.4 BUF Curtis Lazar 4.18 29 -5 -9.18 19.5 BUF Riley Sheahan 4.14 30 -5 -9.14 19.4 BUF Tobias Rieder 4.08 26 -4 -8.08 17.2 BUF Brandon Montour 3.67 29 -12 -15.67 33.3 BUF Rasmus Asplund 2.83 7 1 -1.83 3.9 BUF Kyle Okposo 2.34 24 -6 -8.34 17.7 BUF Dylan Cozens 2.08 22 -6 -8.08 17.2 BUF William Borgen 1.76 4 0 -1.76 3.7 BUF Jack Eichel 1.28 21 -9 -10.28 21.9 BUF Jacob Bryson 0.94 14 -6 -6.94 14.8 BUF Cody Eakin 0.78 30 -9 -9.78 20.8 BUF Jeff Skinner 0.38 28 -10 -10.38 22.1 BUF Matt Irwin 0.32 16 -7 -7.32 15.6 BUF Tage Thompson -0.06 15 -5 -4.94 10.5 BUF Brandon Davidson -1.59 6 -4 -2.41 5.1 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen -3.11 24 -16 -12.89 27.4 BUF Colin Miller -4.08 29 -18 -13.92 29.6 BUF Casey Mittelstadt -4.43 16 -10 -5.57 11.9 BUF Taylor Hall -4.96 31 -19 -14.04 29.9 BUF Sam Reinhart -6.08 29 -20 -13.92 29.6 BUF Victor Olofsson -6.12 31 -19 -12.88 27.4 BUF Eric Staal -7.32 31 -20 -12.68 27.0 BUF Rasmus Dahlin -14.23 31 -30 -15.77 33.6 ============================================================== VS ============================================================== PIT even strength goal differential through 33 games = 17 PIT even strength minutes played through 33 games = 1690.02 exp+/- is a function of %min played at ES and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- %min is % of ES minutes played ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min PIT Jared McCann 8.79 20 11 2.21 13.0 PIT Kasperi Kapanen 7.78 30 12 4.22 24.8 PIT Brandon Tanev 7.38 30 11 3.62 21.3 PIT Kris Letang 4.73 32 11 6.27 36.9 PIT Brian Dumoulin 4.53 18 8 3.47 20.4 PIT Teddy Blueger 4.47 28 8 3.53 20.8 PIT Zach Aston-Reese 4.21 22 7 2.79 16.4 PIT Cody Ceci 3.23 30 8 4.77 28.1 PIT Sidney Crosby 1.55 32 7 5.45 32.1 PIT Chad Ruhwedel 0.93 16 3 2.07 12.2 PIT Bryan Rust 0.60 33 6 5.40 31.8 PIT Jake Guentzel 0.37 33 6 5.63 33.1 PIT Marcus Pettersson 0.32 24 4 3.68 21.6 PIT Anthony Angello -0.02 14 1 1.02 6.0 PIT Frederick Gaudreau -0.34 4 0 0.34 2.0 PIT Pierre-Olivier Joseph -1.53 16 1 2.53 14.9 PIT Evan Rodrigues -2.32 17 0 2.32 13.7 PIT John Marino -2.45 29 3 5.45 32.1 PIT Mike Matheson -2.60 25 2 4.60 27.0 PIT Drew O'Connor -2.66 9 -2 0.66 3.9 PIT Colton Sceviour -4.87 25 -3 1.87 11.0 PIT Mark Jankowski -5.72 30 -3 2.72 16.0 PIT Evgeni Malkin -6.31 29 -2 4.31 25.4 PIT Jason Zucker -7.56 17 -5 2.56 15.1 PIT Sam Lafferty -9.05 22 -7 2.05 12.1 ==============================================================

hmm

Hall shouldn't have forced the puck to Dahlin with Reinhart wide open down low. That said, I'm OK with the turnover... it happens, good stick by Goodreau. What I'm not OK with is Dahlin's initial move at Goodreau. His stick AND body angle toward the puck. That's a play you see in squirts and peewee, which any decent coach will correct at a young age. He should have had stick on puck, BODY ON BODY. For me this all goes back to bad practice habits. You can tell by the way they play that they aren't physical enough in practice and it shows up in this sequence.

I'll allow it.

I predict they win one of their next 3 games... and 2 if their next 5.

I disagree 🙂 Their biggest weakness is scoring 5-on-5. IMO there's enough talent that they should be better than what they've shown the past 6 weeks.

Not so much the GAA, but the sv%. Giving up 4 goals with a < .900 sv% is a losing recipe.

Positioning, recovery, athletic ability, rebound control, depth, vision... etc.. all apoeared very amatuer to my trained eye. Sure its his first NHL game action in a few years, but I consider him a downgrade from JJ.

Granato is refreshingly honest with the media compared to the past few coaches. He's attempting to address the things we as fans have agreed are plaguing this team... pace, thinking too much and puck management. Housley had a similar approach, but for whatever reason he failed at getting the players to consistently buy in. Can Granato get through to this group? All he can do is try his best, time will be the final judge.

You also need to consider the number of people who have antibodies fron past infection. Personally, I know more people who have been sick with covid than those who have been vaccinated.

Tokarski was what I thought he would be. Below average. In the land of the blind, one-eyed man is king.

good idea as long as capacity remains limited and masks are still required

Leamans associate head coach at Providence is Ron Rolston. Not sure I'm ready for another gardening gloves experience quite yet. Coaching pro's is an entirely different experience than coaching college or junior players. Karl Taylor has a very successful history of coaching pro's. I'd rather go that route at this point they don't have the luxury of experimenting with amatuer coaches.

I hate this trade. JJ has improved at every level, he's obviously not NHL ready yet, but he's only 25. We probably won't here his name for a few years, but and some point I wouldn't be surprised if he matures into an above average NHLer.

There's no checking in women's hockey and anybody who's ever played knows it's a completely different game without hitting. I can't watch it either, it's a slower softer sport, like watching rec league. Why is that a bad take? It's the truth. Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that women play and there's a women's league, good for them, and I've watched some, it just isn't entertaining to me. Eventually therr will be women coaches, we're not there yet tho.

He's still young for a goalie.

Considering it's the Sabres my guess is their fax machine is probably down.

He's only 25 and was an AHL all-star. Goalies can take a long time to develop, he was on a nice trajectory I would've kept him around.

Do we know if Don Granato is vaccinated due to his at-risk status after his bout with pneumonia?