PASabreFan Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Dave Mishkin makes my skin crawl. That forced excitement in the form of his screaming nonsense is so over the top imo. Maybe I'm wrong but he's one of the worst in the game. Maybe in sports. I agree Espo is a laugh You'll love his call of the Lightning goal with 1.1 seconds left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 1.1 second. Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two or less Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 A buzzer beater!! wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Habs go down with 1 second left. Subban shakes his head on the bench. Sorry kid. You suck. I'm all for the Lightning in this one. Montreal absorbed Pointe aux Trembles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruppstahl Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z45n6Ttvog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z45n6Ttvog Arrrrrrrrrrgh :wallbash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Mishkin sounds like he's being tortured on the rack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Mishkin sounds like he's being tortured on the rack. Does having to sit next to Espo count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Thomas Vanek is now Toast Vanish.This Minneapolis Star-Tribune article puts the icing on the Austrian pastry: http://www.startribune.com/souhan-vanek-s-vanishing-act-a-glaring-flaw-for-wild/302862471/?recirculation=section§ion=sports_wild The problem is, the Wild picked him up in the twilight of his career. Thomas has never been an effort player. He now has even less stamina than he did in the early years. With all the controversy and tumult that has surrounded him, he has become hated wherever he goes. The playoffs are a different game altogether than the regular season. Vanish can't play up to the level of intense playoffs…He might be better off on a bottom feeder like Edmonton where he can collect gravy and not have to be bothered with the playoffs. Pominville too is sadly lambasted in the comment section. In Vanek's defense, he has been racking up assists and to me an assist is as good as a goal. This is being lost among Wild fans. But goals are what he's being paid for and he's not producing goals. Since being traded away from the Sabres, he has become an assist player. Somehow he hasn't been able to work himself into a position to score and the reflexes have slowed down, as well as his desire and passion. Don't know what happened to Thomas Vanek. But Pominville and Roy have gone south at about the same time too. It's the way of all flesh. Edited May 7, 2015 by 716 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Interesting. You can get to the NHL and score 318 goals without trying! Neat trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 The best thing about trading away Vanek, Pominville, Miller, and firing Lindy: it cleared the Sabrespace docket of tired polarized debates. Good luck Out there, Sabres alumni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Vanek and Pominville are still who we thought they were. Both were streaky at best this season. Not surprising. Vanek will always be the natural goal scorer who is only a force when combined with a strong center. And Pominville is an accessory that you plug into a heavy second line. Neither carry the play. It's just who they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvelo Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) The best thing about trading away Vanek, Pominville, Miller, and firing Lindy: it cleared the Sabrespace docket of tired polarized debates. Good luck Out there, Sabres alumni. It's funny, at the start of the playoffs there were tons of former Sabres on the first round rosters. After this second round if things go as expected, there will be none. Edited May 7, 2015 by 716 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 It's funny, at the start of the playoffs there were tons of former Sabres on the first round rosters. After this second round if things go as expected, there will be none. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 It's funny, at the start of the playoffs there were tons of former Sabres on the first round rosters. After this second round if things go as expected, there will be none. Damn. I was curious, so looking at the last 6 years (wikipedia before that isn't listing playoff rosters well for the teams) there's a former Sabres' name on the winning roster 4 times of the 6 (Satan, Campbell, Paille, and Regher). For the two missed years (2012 and 2013), Bernier, Tallinder, and Zubrus in 2012, and Paille in 2013 played for the losing SCF team. So a former Sabre in the finals each year. All going by "playoff" roster, it's possible some (Tallider) didn't actually play in the SCF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Nice article on the (lack) of playoff scoring: http://www.tsn.ca/where-have-all-the-goals-gone-1.277243 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Nice article on the (lack) of playoff scoring: http://www.tsn.ca/where-have-all-the-goals-gone-1.277243 That article just cemented the fact that this is a non issue and they better not make knee-jerk changes because of this year. Sometimes there is more scoring, sometimes there is less. Get over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 It's funny, at the start of the playoffs there were tons of former Sabres on the first round rosters. After this second round if things go as expected, there will be none. Vanek Pominville Stewart Leopold Ballard Gaustad Ott Pardy Stafford Myers Thorburn Byron Kassian Miller Mitchell Flynn MacArthur Boulton Neuvirth Halak Moore Ehrhoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Does Halak really count? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Nice article on the (lack) of playoff scoring: http://www.tsn.ca/where-have-all-the-goals-gone-1.277243 I had never seen scoring chance data before. It's not an official stat. Kudos to War on Ice, I guess, if they can pull those numbers from shot charts, based on the "home plate." Almost 60 scoring chances in the average NHL game seems high. I believe Lindy used to talk about trying to get 20 in a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 It's funny, at the start of the playoffs there were tons of former Sabres on the first round rosters. After this second round if things go as expected, there will be none. Should tell us everything we need to know about the old guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 That article just cemented the fact that this is a non issue and they better not make knee-jerk changes because of this year. Sometimes there is more scoring, sometimes there is less. Get over it. Oy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Oy. Is that good or bad? I've seen some really good games this playoffs. I didn't even realize there was a scoring "problem" until I read it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I've seen some good games, and several stretches of terrific hockey. But the league has a scoring proble - not just because of what's gone on in these playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I've seen some good games, and several stretches of terrific hockey. But the league has a scoring proble - not just because of what's gone on in these playoffs. I think it's just the Sabres dragging down the league average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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