SwampD Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 37 minutes ago, Doohickie said: Look at the schedule on the Sabres official site. It doesn't explicitly say Buffalo in the schedules because that's implied. But for this weekend's games it says: VS. CAR VS. OTT @ CHI Clearly, VS. and @ are NOT equivalent. If you added the implied BUF to these, they would read: BUF VS. CAR BUF VS. OTT BUF @ CHI So Liger and PA are both wrong. Some conventions always put the home team last, regardless of the word(s) in between. I believe I've read that this practice originated with baseball, since the home team always bats last. But other conventions can use VS. to mean the opposite of @, as in my example above. The only reason I jumped into this fray is that I think it's a bit unfair for all the people piling on and criticizing jsb's original post in this thread. He puts a lot of time into and and we shouldn't be criticizing him, especially when he's not wrong. Apples to oranges. It's a different convention when it is one team's schedule and the list only has the opponent than when both teams are listed. The away team is always first, whether "@" or "vs." is used. Horse not dead yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 I’ll take the optimist approach .. 5 - 2 Sabres Eichel, Skinner, or Dahlin with a goal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 It's time for Ralph to put Skinner back with Jack, and let Reinhart drive the 2nd line from RW. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Regarding Vs. the US generally abides by its use as in court cases. Plaintiff vs. Defendant. It carries over to sports in that the home team is defending their home arena. Europeans confused this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruppstahl Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Hey, let's all argue about sports schedule listing conventions! And while at it, I say red is much better than blue. Who disagrees? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#freejame Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 @ indicates Buffalo is away. VS indicates they are home. Order doesn’t matter. This has been the format for the Sabres as long as I have been alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Dallas was dominated by the Sabres. 8-1-1 in their past 10 Carolina won 6 of 7 to start the year. Then they won 3 of 10. Streaks are what happens in this league of parity. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsb Posted November 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, Kruppstahl said: Hey, let's all argue about sports schedule listing conventions! And while at it, I say red is much better than blue. Who disagrees? I'm guessing @New Scotland (NS) will but I will say he's at least gotten the conversation away from the logo's. I also always thought @ had to be followed by something dot org com net or some other such term 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 I thought @ was how you got someone's attention? I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 2 hours ago, shrader said: And yet their season is a mirror image of ours. I really don't see some huge gap between the two organizations. Last season is still the aberration to me. Explosion/long period of suck/explosion/... is the pattern from that team. Compare the overall depth of Carolina from the Canes to the Checkers, they are ahead of the Sabres there. Botterill has done a good job improving the defense over the past two seasons, the forward depth is lacking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Doohickie said: Yes, Randall, because as I said upthread, @ is a positive indicator who the home team is. VS. is indeterminate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 1 hour ago, SwampD said: Apples to oranges. It's a different convention when it is one team's schedule and the list only has the opponent than when both teams are listed. The away team is always first, whether "@" or "vs." is used. Horse not dead yet. Be careful or I'll cut your tendon the rest of the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 21 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Compare the overall depth of Carolina from the Canes to the Checkers, they are ahead of the Sabres there. Botterill has done a good job improving the defense over the past two seasons, the forward depth is lacking We'll see how long it takes for ownership cheapness to dry that out though. It's not a short-term process, but we'll see it over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, New Scotland (NS) said: I do believe that the VS thingie is now a dead horse. So, lets just agree that from now on we will use @ to make everything very clear, as our esteemed @Eleven suggested. Now @jsb, it's time to use that edit button on your OP, eh. ? This would have been so much more fun if I was trolling you ? But alas, the seriousness of it all makes it a rather disappointing topic. Edited November 14, 2019 by woods-racer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Really need a win in this one. You'd think Botterill should have known to be more proactive in addressing the forward situation, considering we were one injury to a likely candidate away from the guy they took to the ends of arbitration and refused to even play to start the season being slotted into the 2C role with our 9 million dollar winger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 54 minutes ago, Thorny said: Really need a win in this one. You'd think Botterill should have known to be more proactive in addressing the forward situation, considering we were one injury to a likely candidate away from the guy they took to the ends of arbitration and refused to even play to start the season being slotted into the 2C role with our 9 million dollar winger. I love this point because whenever I hear we gotta wait until the defense is healthy to trade because of depth, I have this scenario proving that's just a bunch of *****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthEbriate Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 9 hours ago, LGR4GM said: I expect a loss. Your overconfidence is your weakness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said: Your overconfidence is your weakness. Your faith in your Sabre friends is yours Edited November 14, 2019 by Thorny This exchange should set us up for a W if movies have taught me anything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irregularly irregular Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Randall Flagg said: Colin Miller is the best defenseman we have healthy-scratched in many years. I think he's been better than McCabe (not going to sit because of his A) and Dahlin (hard to see him sitting) both recently and overall, even if his play has tailed off a bit. Miller sitting indicates to me that some Dmen are getting showcased tonight. I'm not really a GM, but I play one (a really bad one) in my dreams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Will be an Eichel explosion tonight, going to be messy for carolina. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Forecheck Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, oregelbundet oregelbunden said: Miller sitting indicates to me that some Dmen are getting showcased tonight. I'm not really a GM, but I play one (a really bad one) in my dreams. Miller sitting?That is indeed a bold move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, Huckleberry said: Will be an Eichel explosion tonight, going to be messy for carolina. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Haven't been able to see a game in two weeks, glad I stayed home. Hope they won't disappoint me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottysabres Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Sabres win tonight, biggly! 6 - 1 Go Sabres! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABRES 0311 Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Scottysabres said: Sabres win tonight, biggly! 6 - 1 Go Sabres! It’s gonna be tremendous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.