GDT- Buffalo Sabres @ Detriot Redwings, 11/15 7pm ESPN

[Believer]

Kesslering in a walking boot.

[Sidc3000]

Just now, Taro T said:

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On McLeods goal, Lindy said that Greenway was supposed to be on the ice but McLeod waived him off. That’s why Lindy was laughing after the goal

[pi2000]

1 minute ago, Sidc3000 said:

Kesselring just left the locker room with a boot on

is it raining?

[Taro T]

Did Kesselring breaking (even though he and Power were playing very well together, pretty much like we'd hoped) end up allowing this win to happen?

Because really doubt Ruff/Wilford would've broken up Timmons/Byram and that pairing was looking like they wanted to be on the ice for at least 5 against tonight.

Get Kesselring back healthy quick and figure out someone that Byram can play with.

[Sidc3000]

Sadly they are already out of the playoffs at this point

2 minutes ago, pi2000 said:

is it raining?

🤦‍♂️

[RETURNTOGLORY]

5 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I believe it is, YES!

[PromoTheRobot]

4 minutes ago, RETURNTOGLORY said:

I believe it is, YES!

I'd like to as well. I might get a boost if Benson is back soon.

[Sidc3000]

12 minutes ago, RETURNTOGLORY said:

This could be a season changing win! This team was fearless and showed confidence in the 3rd and OT. 

GREAT comeback men!

 

 

They are almost mathematically out of it right now. I believe I heard today that they need to be at 102 (give or take) point pace to get into the playoffs which is near impossible. 

[ska-T Palmtown]

1 minute ago, Sidc3000 said:

They are almost mathematically out of it right now. I believe I heard today that they need to be at 102 (give or take) point pace to get into the playoffs which is near impossible. 

"Mathematically" eliminated means there is no combination of their own wins and any other teams' losses that can result in them being in the playoffs. Considering the season is only 21.9% over and the Sabres could still earn 128 more points - no, the math does not say they are done.

Being in last place at nearly the 1/4 is not a good scenario, for sure. Rags on pace for 95 pts ... Sabres need to play at 0.617 to reach that. 8 teams played at a 102 pace for the entire season last year - 25% of the league. Far from "near impossible". For the Sabres? Yeah, I would agree they are probably not making it.

[PromoTheRobot]

9 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

They are almost mathematically out of it right now. I believe I heard today that they need to be at 102 (give or take) point pace to get into the playoffs which is near impossible. 

They would have to play at a .617 pace to reach 95.

35 minutes ago, Taro T said:

And the captain with 2 assists.

Welcome back Ras!!!

 

[shrader]

17 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

They are almost mathematically out of it right now. I believe I heard today that they need to be at 102 (give or take) point pace to get into the playoffs which is near impossible. 

Right because no team in the history of the league has ever played at that pace. The math speaks. 
 

yeah, this team doesn’t have it in them, but for at least once can we spare the woe is me crap? I have no idea why so many of you continue to watch/post. 

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Anyone notice this lady after the Sabres win?

[quill]

What a sweet win. There were more than a few positives to come out of this game tonight. It had to be Tage's strongest all around game in a long time. Same for a few of the other players we rely on to come up big when needed to do so. It was refreshing to see the extent of the jubilation by the coaches when Samuelsson scored. It was almost the type of joy you'd see by the coaches on the bench when a team wins the cup in game 7. They were so ecstatic (or was it relief?) that I have to wonder if maybe they thought their jobs could finally be on the line tonight depending on what the outcome was. 

[PerreaultForever]

Weird game. Looked like it was over at 4-1 but the PK came through and Detroit made a pile of errors. Giveaways and shoddy D on both sides. Thompson with the physicality that would make him a true superstar if he would bring that every night. Nice to see how excited Ellis was with winning. That's a guy happy to be in the NHL and doesn't have the stink of losing on him yet. You have to like it. 

If we could somehow smoosh Quinn and Greenway into one player we'd have a very good one, but as is they both suck bad. Timmons looked pretty bad tonight as well. Hope that isn't going to continue. 

30 minutes ago, Sidc3000 said:

They are almost mathematically out of it right now. I believe I heard today that they need to be at 102 (give or take) point pace to get into the playoffs which is near impossible. 

That assumes all the teams above them (in the playoffs) maintain their current pace. That won't happen either. Not likely. 

[Eleven]

11 minutes ago, ... said:

Anyone notice this lady after the Sabres win?

Malenstyn?

4 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Weird game. Looked like it was over at 4-1 but the PK came through and Detroit made a pile of errors. Giveaways and shoddy D on both sides. Thompson with the physicality that would make him a true superstar if he would bring that every night. Nice to see how excited Ellis was with winning. That's a guy happy to be in the NHL and doesn't have the stink of losing on him yet. You have to like it. 

If we could somehow smoosh Quinn and Greenway into one player we'd have a very good one, but as is they both suck bad. Timmons looked pretty bad tonight as well. Hope that isn't going to continue. 

That assumes all the teams above them (in the playoffs) maintain their current pace. That won't happen either. Not likely. 

This is a great post.  It's exactly how I saw the game.

[Sidc3000]

24 minutes ago, shrader said:

Right because no team in the history of the league has ever played at that pace. The math speaks. 

When has the Sabres ever showed they could play at that pace? If Detroit didn’t ***** the bed like they did in the 3rd, this would have been another loss in regulation. 

Edited 46 minutes ago by Sidc3000

[quill]

8 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:

Weird game. Looked like it was over at 4-1 but the PK came through and Detroit made a pile of errors. Giveaways and shoddy D on both sides. Thompson with the physicality that would make him a true superstar if he would bring that every night. Nice to see how excited Ellis was with winning. That's a guy happy to be in the NHL and doesn't have the stink of losing on him yet. You have to like it. 

If we could somehow smoosh Quinn and Greenway into one player we'd have a very good one, but as is they both suck bad. Timmons looked pretty bad tonight as well. Hope that isn't going to continue. 

That assumes all the teams above them (in the playoffs) maintain their current pace. That won't happen either. Not likely. 

I don't think Greenway deserves that kind of description so soon after just coming back from the type of long injury he just had. How about we give him a little more time to get back to the role he played for us in the past when he was healthy. OTOH I couldn't agree more about Quinn. For someone who was supposed to be a goal scoring sniper he consistently disappoints.

[Sidc3000]

33 minutes ago, shrader said:

yeah, this team doesn’t have it in them, but for at least once can we spare the woe is me crap? I have no idea why so many of you continue to watch/post. 

Ok. The Sabres won a game!! 

 

better? 😂. I’m happy they pulled this one out of their *****. I watch and post because I ***** care even though the owner doesn’t. 
 

 

[PromoTheRobot]

1 hour ago, Sidc3000 said:

Sadly they are already out of the playoffs at this point

🤦‍♂️

We need 6 wins in a row to put us back on a 95-point pace.

39 minutes ago, Eleven said:

Malenstyn?

This is a great post.  It's exactly how I saw the game.

Oh the red wings definitely pissed it away.

[GoPuckYourself]

1 hour ago, LGR4GM said:

Is Samuelsson... good? Serviceable?

He scored on both teams, pretty impressive.

[Thorny]

1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:

Weird game. Looked like it was over at 4-1 but the PK came through and Detroit made a pile of errors. Giveaways and shoddy D on both sides. Thompson with the physicality that would make him a true superstar if he would bring that every night. Nice to see how excited Ellis was with winning. That's a guy happy to be in the NHL and doesn't have the stink of losing on him yet. You have to like it. 

If we could somehow smoosh Quinn and Greenway into one player we'd have a very good one, but as is they both suck bad. Timmons looked pretty bad tonight as well. Hope that isn't going to continue. 

That assumes all the teams above them (in the playoffs) maintain their current pace. That won't happen either. Not likely. 

You don’t think 8th seed ends up around 94/95 where it’s currently at? Frankly it IS pretty likely the sabres need to play at the pace suggested to make it 

Edited 1 minute ago by Thorny

[thewookie1]

1 hour ago, Sidc3000 said:

They are almost mathematically out of it right now. I believe I heard today that they need to be at 102 (give or take) point pace to get into the playoffs which is near impossible. 

Let's string 3 wins in a row and get to 20pts in 20 games and work from there