GDT: Big Bad Bruins at Sabres, 3-19-2023 1pm ESPN+, MSG

[Contempt]

1 minute ago, K-9 said:

You are cluless.

Get back to me when they win something. Actual good teams own them.

[Pimlach]

7 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

What's that now, 17 goals UPL has given up to the Bruins in 2 games?

Only 14.  Lol 

[Sidc3000]

Just now, Slack_in_MA said:

P1ss-poor showing today, albeit against a very, very good team. Gonna need some real leadership to keep this season from circling the f@&$/$ drain.

It’s over

[Randall Flagg]

Just now, lowsabre said:

The stats are crazy on this game. We're 66% on the deserve-to-win-o-meter on a 7-0 loss, LMAO what the heck

[postseasonblues]

1 minute ago, TRIP65 said:

NO PLAYOFFS 12 YEARS

Hey, it's  a record.

They achieved something.  Sort of.

[TRIP65]

12 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:

A Dynasty

Of No Playoffs, good at that

[Ross Rhea]

I dont care how skilled they are if they play this soft year after year they will never get to the playoffs. If by chance they sneak into the playoffs they would get destroyed in the first round. Dont need knuckle dragging fighters just some guys who will throw a check, take the body sometimes, not peel off an opponent on the boards, and stand their ground and push back when someone tries to bully them. Until they do that they arent going anywhere.

[Sidc3000]

Just now, Contempt said:

Get back to me when they win something. Actual good teams own them.

Columbus owns them and they’re the worse

[Randall Flagg]

Now now, our core is so young, look at them. 20, 21, 22, 23. Wait until they're 26, 27, 28. We will be a machine.

 

No seriously, wait until then 

[Thorny]

2 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Natural Stat Trick had the Sabres at 1.61 Expected Goals against and UPL gives up 7.

That ain’t it 

We have a big advanced stats team now, right? Explains why Granato refuses to pull him, he’s expecting the numbers to improve 

[postseasonblues]

3 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Natural Stat Trick had the Sabres at 1.61 Expected Goals against and UPL gives up 7.

That ain’t it 

Yep, should have lost 1.6 - 0.

[mjd1001]

10 games ago, the Sabres were well within the wildcard race, with some fans feeling confident they would make it in.

10 games later, the Sabres have 6 points in their last 10 games.  Only 3 other teams in the league have less points over their last 10 than the Sabres. 

Its been a tough schedule, but this is the opposite of 'stepping up' when under pressure to make the playoffs.

[CallawaySabres]

Sabes could have had 100 shots on net, they were never going to score….pathetic attempts 

[BUFtoNCfan]

3 minutes ago, Slack_in_MA said:

P1ss-poor showing today, albeit against a very, very good team. Gonna need some real leadership to keep this season from circling the f@&$/$ drain.

This. Rebound, show some fight and grit, win a few games. Don’t give up, have some dignity. If we win half of these last games I think it will carry over to next year. Mail it in and man, I don’t even want to think about it. The Bruins this year, imho, are possibly a generational team.

Edited March 19, 2023 by BUFtoNCfan

[Sidc3000]

2 minutes ago, lowsabre said:

The stats are crazy on this game. We're 66% on the deserve-to-win-o-meter on a 7-0 loss, LMAO what the heck

So that proves stats are just numbers

[K-9]

Damn, they got the extra point. But at least they didn’t go for two. 

The seven goals are really gonna negatively impact UPL’s numbers. And just when he was on the cusp of greatness, too. 

[TRIP65]

9 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Right, they’re overrated. Second best record in the league the last three years at 37-6 behind the the Chiefs at 40-10 while averaging the same PPG. 

If you see his other quotes, I think he was either joking or referencing this year?

[Pimlach]

4 minutes ago, Darryl Shannon's +/- said:

Perfect ending. Official saw enough and ran the clock like it was beer league.

Wasn't Greenway acquired to be noticeable in games like this?  Hell,  Casey tried to be more physical.

I don't think this season is a disappointment.   But play soft like this the rest of the way and that's an issue.

Greendog is about as physical as my dead grandmother.  He adds nothing.  I like Stillman much more. 

[PASabreFan]

6 minutes ago, Darryl Shannon's +/- said:

Perfect ending. Official saw enough and ran the clock like it was beer league.

I had no idea a ref has the authority to do that.

[Sidc3000]

Just now, BUFtoNCfan said:

This. Rebound, show some fight and grit, win a few games. Don’t give up, have some dignity. If we win half of these last games I think it will carry over to next year. Mail it in and man, I don’t even want to think about it.

Okie said it best last season, what you do this season doesn’t carry over to next season

[Claude Balls]

2 minutes ago, Pimlach said:

Only 14.  Lol 

Yeah, I was thinking of the Dallas 10 goal game, lol. 

[Quint]

We need professional hockey men to run this organization, not first-timers like Adams, Granato and all the rest of them. But Pegula won't permit people to talk back to him or make decisions for themselves, so we're stuck in Arte Moreno Land.

[K-9]

2 minutes ago, Contempt said:

Get back to me when they win something. Actual good teams own them.

Get back to me when you actually understand why they are rated so highly to begin with. 

[lowsabre]

Just now, Sidc3000 said:

So that proves stats are just numbers

if only this were moneyball

[Crusader1969]

2 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:

10 games ago, the Sabres were well within the wildcard race, with some fans feeling confident they would make it in.

10 games later, the Sabres have 6 points in their last 10 games.  Only 3 other teams in the league have less points over their last 10 than the Sabres. 

Its been a tough schedule, but this is the opposite of 'stepping up' when under pressure to make the playoffs.

Yep