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BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

May 3 @ 8:46 PM ET
That's a goal
- gerbe75pts

Malkin is more underrated than Backstrom.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

May 3 @ 8:47 PM ET
No way
But i doubt we will ever know

- jdfitz77



And nobody is getting girgs to 20, just like McDavid isnt getting Lucic to 20
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

May 3 @ 8:48 PM ET
Why didn't you just stream it for free?
- gerbe75pts



Less of a hassle. Sign up for a month free trial, get the entire series and put a notification in your phone to cancel before it expires.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

May 3 @ 8:49 PM ET
Does Malkin not push Holtby's blocker and the puck over the line? That's a no-no, but not sure it's a challengeable play, because I don't think that's interference.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

May 3 @ 8:51 PM ET
Solarte again


buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

May 3 @ 8:52 PM ET
Does Malkin not push Holtby's blocker and the puck over the line? That's a no-no, but not sure it's a challengeable play, because I don't think that's interference.
- Wetbandit1



Barry Trotz is the guy that issued a challenge during the All-Star game. He does it for the sake of doing it.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

May 3 @ 8:53 PM ET
Barry Trotz is the guy that issued a challenge during the All-Star game. He does it for the sake of doing it.
- buffalofan19



I genuinely think he did it just to hear Wes McCauley's announcement
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

May 3 @ 8:56 PM ET
Barry Trotz is the guy that issued a challenge during the All-Star game. He does it for the sake of doing it.
- buffalofan19

He legit laughed as they announced the challenge.

IMO the first Pens goal was offside and he should have challenged that.
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

May 3 @ 8:57 PM ET
He legit laughed as they announced the challenge.

IMO the first Pens goal was offside and he should have challenged that.

- BeadyEyedDouche



I didn't see the first one.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

May 3 @ 9:08 PM ET
Yea I know, why are you telling me all this. I only mentioned that Eichel has had 15 and with all the jerseys printed it may be hard to change, I also know what number Eichel was wearing and also that Kobe changed his number also. I remember what Satan did also.
- SABRES 89


I'm saying that they don't have a ton of jerseys just sitting around, they don't make that many at one time, so it wouldn't be hard. They'd have some, sure, but it's the cost of doing business to either change them, or send them to Mozambique with all the Bills Super Bowl winners hats and shirts.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

May 3 @ 9:09 PM ET
Barry Trotz is the guy that issued a challenge during the All-Star game. He does it for the sake of doing it.
- buffalofan19


I only saw one angle at first; when I saw another I saw that that wasn't the case that he pushed the blocker and the puck over.
JetpackJesus
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Honolulu, HI
Joined: 08.27.2007

May 3 @ 9:14 PM ET
Because people pretend that he never lost a playoff game, while simultaneously criticizing Lebron for making it all the way to the finals and losing to dynasty teams.

His first finals loss in Miami is one that looks bad . They should have won and he wasn’t all-world.

- sbroads24

One thing that rarely seems to get consideration is that the Jordan won 6 titles, and in every final his team was the superior team. That is, he should have won all those titles.

With LeBron, he's been to 8 finals, and I would say he was on the inferior team in 5 of them ('07, '14, '15, '16, '17). He won in '16 anyway. I think he probably wins in '15 if Love and Kyrie aren't hurt given that LeBron pretty much took the series to 6 games by himself, but thems the breaks. Dallas ('11) is the only team he's lost to in the finals where his was the better team.

538 ran an interesting analysis of this back in 2016 Playoffs but before LeBron's won the title. I thought this quote from that article was pretty interesting:
On the other hand, if the Cavs upset the Warriors – which would be the second-biggest upset by any MVP on this list — LeBron will actually have 0.4 more titles than expected, and his three titles in seven finals appearances would have been harder to achieve than Kobe’s five titles in the same number of trips.


All that being said, I don't know if I think LeBron is the GOAT, but it's probably a conversation worth having. It's just really hard to compare different eras. However, I do think pointing to his record in the finals is a bad argument, not only for the reasons stated above, but also because it seems silly to penalize a player for taking his team to the NBA finals 7 times in a row and one other time on a terrible team.
gerbe75pts
Anaheim Ducks
Location: DRAFT COLE CAUFIELD AT 7!!!, CA
Joined: 09.03.2009

May 3 @ 9:17 PM ET
Rasmus Dahlin talking on Leafs Lunch some stuff about buffalo.

https://www.tsn.ca/radio/...-my-development-1.1075321
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

May 3 @ 9:20 PM ET
One thing that rarely seems to get consideration is that the Jordan won 6 titles, and in every final his team was the superior team. That is, he should have won all those titles.

With LeBron, he's been to 8 finals, and I would say he was on the inferior team in 5 of them ('07, '14, '15, '16, '17). He won in '16 anyway. I think he probably wins in '15 if Love and Kyrie aren't hurt given that LeBron pretty much took the series to 6 games by himself, but thems the breaks. Dallas ('11) is the only team he's lost to in the finals where his was the better team.

538 ran an interesting analysis of this back in 2016 Playoffs but before LeBron's won the title. I thought this quote from that article was pretty interesting:

All that being said, I don't know if I think LeBron is the GOAT, but it's probably a conversation worth having. It's just really hard to compare different eras. However, I do think pointing to his record in the finals is a bad argument, not only for the reasons stated above, but also because it seems silly to penalize a player for taking his team to the NBA finals 7 times in a row and one other time on a terrible team.

- JetpackJesus

The last paragraph...agree completely. I hate the titles argument. It’s also silly to say he was part of a “super team” in Miami. Wade and Lebron are all time greats, but Bosh wasn’t, and they never had great role players outside of Allen at times.

The teams that beat him have either had dynasties, or 4 top 15 players like GS
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

May 3 @ 9:21 PM ET
I'm saying that they don't have a ton of jerseys just sitting around, they don't make that many at one time, so it wouldn't be hard. They'd have some, sure, but it's the cost of doing business to either change them, or send them to Mozambique with all the Bills Super Bowl winners hats and shirts.
- Wetbandit1

Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

May 3 @ 9:27 PM ET
Rasmus Dahlin talking on Leafs Lunch some stuff about buffalo.

https://www.tsn.ca/radio/...-my-development-1.1075321

- gerbe75pts

Good stuff ! Can’t believe I missed this with how giddy I’ve been on Dahlin news since the lottery
cabin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY
Joined: 09.07.2006

May 3 @ 9:29 PM ET

- homiedclown

I have a pennant. Bought it before the game for 10
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

May 3 @ 9:38 PM ET
Contest:

When do we see the first article along the lines of "Sabres Botterill taking offers for #1 Overall" and which media outlet comes out with it?
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

May 3 @ 9:43 PM ET
I'm pretty sure Oshie punched the ice there. Ouch.
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
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Joined: 10.07.2010

May 3 @ 9:45 PM ET

- homiedclown





I actually saw one on some BBC goes to Africa thing.

And after the Haiti Earthquake there was like 6 guys carrying a casket down a narrow dirt path and 3 of them had Bills hats on.
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

May 3 @ 9:50 PM ET
And nobody is getting girgs to 20, just like McDavid isnt getting Lucic to 20
- jcragcrumple


Hasn’t Lucic scored 20+ a few times?
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

May 3 @ 9:59 PM ET
Hasn’t Lucic scored 20+ a few times?
- jdfitz77

http://www.hockeydb.com/i...ts/pdisplay.php?pid=83957

got to 30 once

got 20 last year
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

May 3 @ 10:00 PM ET


I actually saw one on some BBC goes to Africa thing.

And after the Haiti Earthquake there was like 6 guys carrying a casket down a narrow dirt path and 3 of them had Bills hats on.

- Wetbandit1

what is this BBC you are referring to?
JetpackJesus
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Honolulu, HI
Joined: 08.27.2007

May 3 @ 10:14 PM ET
what is this BBC you are referring to?
- homiedclown

You probably can find it in one of your porn tabs.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

May 3 @ 10:27 PM ET
You probably can find it in one of your porn tabs.
- JetpackJesus

they block those at work

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