I also bet him that the Sabres would score 5 last night and he challenged me to eat poop if they didn't and he would if they did. Hence the poop reference to him. Right now Gerbe should be eating a poop sandwich somewhere near his home.
- SabreWest

flip side, if your down a man or 2, coach can't adjust
- homiedclown

What about down 3, 4, or 5?

Jack, Ennis, Bogo, Kulikov, and Kane...

That's tough

Which is why they started playing boring extremely defensive hockey.

He adjusted to what he thought they needed to do to stay afloat and for the most part they kinda did.

What about down 3 or 4?

Jack, Ennis, Bogo, Kulikov...

That's tough

Which is why they started playing boring extremely defensive hockey.

He adjusted to what he thought they needed to do to stay afloat and for the most part they kinda did.
- Stripes77

Or at one point being down your 1C, 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 3D, and 4D. Not like he had injuries to scrubs... they were are top guys. Take away any teams 2nd pairing and they are going to struggle defensively.



And i am not a Disco fan.

http://www.espn.com/blog/...lers-surge-to-no-5-in-fpi

what am I missing?

What about down 3, 4, or 5?

Jack, Ennis, Bogo, Kulikov, and Kane...

That's tough

Which is why they started playing boring extremely defensive hockey.

He adjusted to what he thought they needed to do to stay afloat and for the most part they kinda did.
- Stripes77

grant on pp
reinhart on 3rd line

that alone should tell you something

Or at one point being down your 1C, 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 3D, and 4D. Not like he had injuries to scrubs... they were are top guys. Take away any teams 2nd pairing and they are going to struggle defensively.



And i am not a Disco fan.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

Case in point why the entire hockey media minus a few look at me guys was so against the Panthers for firing Gallant.

They had a winning record without half of their top 6.

I am not a huge Disco fan by any stretch but lets see what he can do with a full team first.

grant on pp
reinhart on 3rd line

that alone should tell you something
- homiedclown

Grant on the pp was bad for sure.

Reinhart needed a mini wake up. Better than putting him in the press box.

Let's see what happens with an almost full lineup.

What it tells me is he was looking for any sort of combination that would work. Nothing worked and I can't really blame him (other than the Grant love fest) for it not working. He didn't have much to work with.

Or at one point being down your 1C, 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 3D, and 4D. Not like he had injuries to scrubs... they were are top guys. Take away any teams 2nd pairing and they are going to struggle defensively.



And i am not a Disco fan.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

6 game stretch

leafs
sens
bruins
sens
devils
devils

all games you should compete down a few guys

7 goals scored

http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/126754/pittsburgh-steelers-surge-to-no-5-in-fpi

what am I missing?
- homiedclown

Advanced stats ruins sports IMO...

. He didn't have much to work with.
- Stripes77

he did have youth and speed called up from rochester and instead of shaking up the top 3 lines, giving fasching, baptiste, baley, a chance to succeed

he buried the kids on the 4th line leaving the top 3 lines that struggled, intact

Advanced stats ruins sports IMO...
- Stripes77

yeah cause aside from the cardinal win, which doesn't look so great now, this team squeaks by in games they win

6 game stretch

leafs
sens
bruins
sens
devils
devils

all games you should compete down a few guys

7 goals scored
- homiedclown

A few guys sure like a 2nd liner here and a 4th liner here and maybe a top 4 D, how about 2 top 4 D, your franchise center, and 2 top 6 wingers?

Of course they should have scored more than 7 but look at what they're missing. It isn't just that they are missing players, it's the role those players play that really hurt this team.

he did have youth and speed called up from rochester and instead of shaking up the top 3 lines, giving fasching, baptiste, baley, a chance to succeed

he buried the kids on the 4th line leaving the top 3 lines that struggled, intact
- homiedclown

Kids are not to be trusted. See: Gerbe, 65pts.


Bailey maybe being the surprise clunker, I liked what the rest brought and feel they should've got more ice while up here.

he did have youth and speed called up from rochester and instead of shaking up the top 3 lines, giving fasching, baptiste, baley, a chance to succeed

he buried the kids on the 4th line leaving the top 3 lines that struggled, intact
- homiedclown

But we all know throwing kids to the wolves doesn't work.

Carrier was playing in the top 6 yesterday he looked good.

Baptiste and Bailey aren't ready and Fasching is still hurt or at least was over the weekend.

I know we all want a winner, just give it a few weeks to see where they are at!!!

Patience my clown friend patience!

We can always say we should of won this game or that game or scored more goals... but the reality is , you can't compete in the NHL with AHLers.

If the Blue Jays were made up of 5 Bison players... they will fail.


If the Cavs are full of D-League players....they will fail.


If the Patriots are full of CFL players... well.. they will probably still win. But thats the Patriots.

We can always say we should of won this game or that game or scored more goals... but the reality is , you can't compete in the NHL with AHLers.

If the Blue Jays were made up of 5 Bison players... they will fail.


If the Cavs are full of D-League players....they will fail.


If the Patriots are full of CFL players... well.. they will probably still win. But thats the Patriots.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

Advanced stats ruins sports IMO...
- Stripes77

Face offs don't matter.

But offensive zone starts are very important.

I cant make sense of those two statements together.

But we all know throwing kids to the wolves doesn't work.

Carrier was playing in the top 6 yesterday he looked good.

Baptiste and Bailey aren't ready and Fasching is still hurt or at least was over the weekend.

I know we all want a winner, just give it a few weeks to see where they are at!!!

Patience my clown friend patience!
- Stripes77

You doing the game Friday Stripes?

But we all know throwing kids to the wolves doesn't work.

Carrier was playing in the top 6 yesterday he looked good.

Baptiste and Bailey aren't ready and Fasching is still hurt or at least was over the weekend.

I know we all want a winner, just give it a few weeks to see where they are at!!!

Patience my clown friend patience!
- Stripes77

yet baptiste has more goals for the sabres than ennis, kane grant and girgens

Face offs don't matter.

But offensive zone starts are very important.

I cant make sense of those two statements together.
- Der Kaiser

Isn't winning a face off what gets you a zone start ?

We can always say we should of won this game or that game or scored more goals... but the reality is , you can't compete in the NHL with AHLers.

If the Blue Jays were made up of 5 Bison players... they will fail.


If the Cavs are full of D-League players....they will fail.


If the Patriots are full of CFL players... well.. they will probably still win. But thats the Patriots.
- CoHo_to_B-Lo

fedun in 6 games has as many points as bogo, gorges, kulikov and mccabe combined (65 games)

You doing the game Friday Stripes?
- burner087

I am scheduled to do it!

Not sure if I will be able to, I have been pretty sick the last few days, but I am hoping it clears up a bit tomorrow so I can do it.

It's the Teddy Bear toss and I really enjoy working these games!

https://www.capfriendly.com/players/zach-bogosian


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I am scheduled to do it!

Not sure if I will be able to, I have been pretty sick the last few days, but I am hoping it clears up a bit tomorrow so I can do it.

It's the Teddy Bear toss and I really enjoy working these games!
- Stripes77

Yup. I will be there. I think I'm close to shaking whatever I have as well. Going from cool out to warm out has jacked up a bunch of people.

Good luck shaking the crud.

yet baptiste has more goals for the sabres than ennis, kane grant and girgens
- homiedclown

Ennis sucks

Kane missed most of the year (he needs to start scoring for sure)


Grant is a love child of Disco Dan not sure why


Girgensons should be gone he is awful