JJFIVEOH Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I don't get the logic here. Head shots existed when fighting was much more prevalent. Why didn't fighting serve as a deterrent then? And we still have fighting. An instigator penalty, especially late in a blowout, is hardly going to stop anyone. It didn't stop McCabe. The league has to be the one to handle it. No one should have any confidence that will happen -- yet. I look at it as one thing at a time. Would that hit have happened if John Scott (or similar type player) were on the team? Fights are a fraction of what they were just a couple years ago and instigator penalties are why there isn't retaliation, especially in the playoffs. The coaches and players even say so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintwestwood Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Both hits were unnecessary garbage, but the first was worse. Dragging the leg is a lot worse than hitting a guy with his head down. Both penalties, both with the intent to cause harm, but the first hit was way more obvious that he was trying to do damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Both hits were unnecessary garbage, but the first was worse. Dragging the leg is a lot worse than hitting a guy with his head down. Both penalties, both with the intent to cause harm, but the first hit was way more obvious that he was trying to do damage. I'll take a knee injury over a concussion any day. You can't surgically repair brains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsixspd Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I thought we had enough big tough guys on the current roster (Ruff's soft-playing cream-puffs are history) that this wasn't an issue any more? You need guys out there that payback cheap hits and respect good clean hits. After a cheap hit - spear the guy in the GUT with the stick on his next shift or charge the goalie - that will learn em fast! Let em know we won't take it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 The league has rescinded the automatic suspension for McCabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Horrible game. The Goals Against have been brutal the past two games for the Sabres. Every good goalie has a bad game - but now we have 2 in a row for Lehner, His GAA for the past 2 seasons in Ottawa with 61 games played was 3.04. With the last two stinkburger games his GAA is up to 2.95; which aligns with his previous stats. Is a 3.0 GAA goalie good enough for a team planning on hitting the playoffs in 2017? Or is he just filler until somebody better comes along? I think the Marchand penalty shot unnerved him. He literally hasn't been the same goalie since. GO SABRES!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Top of my head - Peter McNab for Andre Savard? Barrasso for Bodger? Footnote - I liked Savard and loved Bodger, but .... McNab: 49 goals for the Sabres, and 314 for other teams. Hasek for whatever Russian guy from Detroit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Hasek for whatever Russian guy from Detroit? The Sabres' hands were forced on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I just don't get it. How do you not learn? I am not good at predicting DoPS results. That said, I think Gudas is dealt with sternly. Only 9 weeks ago ...http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=60&id=890453&lang=en Like I said, sternly. Man, you can take me to the BANK, baby .... I think the Marchand penalty shot unnerved him. He literally hasn't been the same goalie since. GO SABRES!!! Same thought, here ... DeLuca mentioned it early on, too, when we were discussing the penalty shot. Hasek for whatever Russian guy from Detroit? Slava! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kishoph Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 The league has rescinded the automatic suspension for McCabe. That's the make up call for letting Gudas off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Justin Bailey was freaking fantastic in his debut. Eichel is out of gas; the NHL schedule is catching up to him. Lehner is still rattled from Marchant's penalty shot goal. We are nicely poised for a big time sell off at the deadline and then a month or so of garbage...for a really, really high draft pick. I'm in. Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Who? Natalite Marchant, it was a celebrity tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Natalite Marchant, it was a celebrity tournament.God I loved her in college. I would dream of scenarios where I could meet her. This video doesn't diminish that feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 God I loved her in college. I would dream of scenarios where I could meet her. This video doesn't diminish that feeling. Wow, what a great version of that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 The Sabres' hands were forced on that one.I don't know, would letting him retire and getting no return back have been any worse or different then getting Slava? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Man, I hate to use the word hate, because I respect the crap out of anyone who is doing it, but, boy, do I hate 9,999 Maniacs and 1 Screaming Hag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Man, I hate to use the word hate, because I respect the crap out of anyone who is doing it, but, boy, do I hate 9,999 Maniacs and 1 Screaming Hag. I can understand the sentiment but I was in lurve with that screaming hag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 I don't know, would letting him retire and getting no return back have been any worse or different then getting Slava? Yes. It would have meant that no players would want to play here, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Wow, what a great version of that song. Holy, schmoly, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Yes. It would have meant that no players would want to play here, ever. And IIRC Hasek and agent drove down to Coudy and set the whole thing up with the Rigases. So Darcy probably would have been shitcanned had he not gone along. (I may also be misremembericating the whole thing.) http://lubbockonline.com/stories/060101/pro_060101091.shtml#.VsCearlOkRx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 And IIRC Hasek and agent drove down to Coudy and set the whole thing up with the Rigases. So Darcy probably would have been shitcanned had he not gone along. (I may also be misremembericating the whole thing.) http://lubbockonline.com/stories/060101/pro_060101091.shtml#.VsCearlOkRx I hadn't heard that detail before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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