That Aud Smell

Caught much of the 2nd. Watched the highlights. Looked at the SAT’s**. Holy sh1tballs: Big team win against a quality team on the road. Onward! ** They look to have been a bit adverse to us, but it also looks like quality of shots and game flow play a role in assessing the game, which, overall, looks like a strong effort.

Precisely.

I noticed that a beat reporter reordered the lines so that LOG is the 3rd line. When did that become the thing that reporters are doing? Just curious. The bottom 6 really is a curiosity with Head Coach Ralph Krueger. No middle 6 really a’tall?

Sharks are playing well. Sabres need to get their legs moving, stay on the front foot. Let’s go, Buffalo!!

I'm really hoping that last night's shot/possession imbalance is a product of a tough scheduling sequence, and that the squad finds it legs for the San Jose game and makes a solid showing. It's funny: The Sabres get a weird home and home with San Jose -- in California on 10/19 and then in Buffalo on 10/22.

Talk about score effects. Score became 3-1 in Oilers favour, with SOG in the Flyers favour 24-11.

The teams' raw Corsi values are identical. Buffalo has a top-10 PDO; LA has a bottom-5 PDO. This is not the time for anyone's luck to change. Let's go, Buffalo.

Thoughts and prayers, sir.

Got it. Amazingly, the LOG line is CRUSHING expected SOG per 60 — even with 2/3 starts in the d zone. Again: Where’s @darksabre at?! #OkposoLIVES

And just like that, with a little tweaking of my Google search terms, I have a lead. Another memorable photo at Chef’s Restaurant was one with Louie John, his sister and his dad with the French Connection in their hockey uniforms in 1997. “It was 1997 and we were rolling out our brand of bottled sauce so we used the Connection in our Chef’s Restaurant television commercials. Those were some fun times for all of us. “After the commercial had run for several years, Rico and his wife come into Chef’s Restaurant for dinner,” Louie John said. “Rico comes up to me and says, some women and man come up to me in the Boulevard Mall and says I know you. You are the guys from the Chef’s Restaurant commercials who sings.” Rico replies, “No, I play hockey.” To which the man, “No, you were on the commercial singing. You are a singer, right.” http://www.allsportswny.com/special-features/chefs-restaurant/

Thanks. I'm trying to recall when it would have aired. Following Perreault's retirement, I'm sure. So, probably in the early to mid 90s. Hey @Taro T - when does the "yummy yummy" ad date from?

This is all very confusing. My bad. To no one's surprise, the Mittlestadt line is getting about 65% O-zone starts.

Let's go, Buffalo!

The charts below depict, in some part, what the Buffalo skaters are doing at 5v5. As I understand it, this metric is intended to express what you can expect out of a skater and various combinations when it comes to shots (on goal, I presume) over the course of 60 minutes of TOI play (as distinct from game-play time). It's interesting to see just how good the LOG line and its parts have been. It's also interesting to see that Eichel -- with his top-flight quality of competition -- is just getting by in terms of 5v5 shots expected.

well, they're certainly not getting protected usage when they're out there. they have a defensive zone start % of about 65%.

This is in line with what I’m seeing. They’re not winning with smoke and mirrors like they did last fall, but they have been rather fortunate. They’re improved. And maybe they’re good.

While we're at it, I'd give away two of my three whammy weenies to anyone who could find an internet-accessible copy of the Chef's commercial that featured the French Connection singing "That's Amore". I have tried and tried. @PASabreFan- you are probably my only hope.

Lord help us. Please someone dig up his atrocious "... the euro train is in the station! Clang Clang!"

That was a dark time. That said, didn't he have a few claims to fame? Did he coin "the Dominator" for Hasek?

Good post. Holy sh-t was Lorentz great on the broadcast. It’s not just that he was smart and insightful, it was how quickly, timely the content came on an in game basis.

Puck luck has been with the new #90, for sure. Olofsson can probably shoot a very high % over time, given his role and skill. Eichel’s shooting a bit better than in the past, I believe.

Okposo. where @darksabre at.

Let’s go, Buffalo!! Fingers crossed for a strong effort throughout. Additional fingers crossed for Mittlestadt to get on the score sheet at ES.

Very interesting.