Michael Pachla: Calgary in town, Johansson back, Krueger's blender, plus Dahlin/Sobotka

12/31, Sabres should bring back John Scott. Let him Loui somebody out there.

Tired of getting run without so much as a powerplay to come of it.

Thanks for the 2 games DOPS. Sounds like we'll be paying the penalties from those altercations for far longer. Joke.

- Irish 14

if you're winking about a trade between the two teams, I hope you're right.

if you're winking about a trade between the two teams, I hope you're right.
- Michael Pachla

Seconded.

mitts and bennett do a pullup showdown and we get to keep whoever does more

mitts and bennett do a pullup showdown and we get to keep whoever does more
- robz228

nice

12/31, Sabres should bring back John Scott. Let him Loui somebody out there.

Tired of getting run without so much as a powerplay to come of it.

Thanks for the 2 games DOPS. Sounds like we'll be paying the penalties from those altercations for far longer. Joke.
- RhinoFan

The Sabres are not a good enough team to be protected by the DoPS. Anyway, Sabre players didn’t seem too bothered by it.

Mike, if the Sabres had a 1 minute 2-man advantage it means THEY would have only been scored on ONCE !

This team may even be worse than last season.
Once again I am back to not even caring if I happen to catch the game.
It's way past old.

This team's fans deserve better.

Lots of jokesters to report...

1) The refs are a joke for missing the intentional elbow to Dahlin's head
2) The league itself is a joke for only giving 2 games for an intentional elbow to the head by Cernak
3) The Sabres are a joke for not responding in any kind of way
4) Krueger is a joke for putting Skinner with Larsson for this game
5) Botts is a joke for having an abundance of defencemen and no quality forwards beyond Jack, Skinner and Reinhart.

Other than that, all is fine.

At least Mojo is back

if you're winking about a trade between the two teams, I hope you're right.
- Michael Pachla

Let's add some WWE flair. Dont announce the trade. Risto, Reinhart and Mittelstadt come out in Flames jerseys for the anthems. Bennett and Gaudreau come out in sabres jerseys

The arena goes wild

Those numbers are 5 on 5 only.

But hey, someday when we actually have our #1 D playing as our #1 D and you see that all these excuses were never valid, you'll probably pretend you didn't really like Ristolainen that much.

As soon as Skinner starts scoring a bunch i'm sure you will forget you compared him to Drew Stafford
- sbroads24

That's interesting, because hockey-reference's EV numbers are much different. Risto at 3.2, McCabe 2.8, Dahlin 2.6. Is there that much more 4 on 4 and OT time? And does Dahlin suck at them given the huge jump from 5 on 5?

Let's add some WWE flair. Dont announce the trade. Risto, Reinhart and Mittelstadt come out in Flames jerseys for the anthems. Bennett and Gaudreau come out in sabres jerseys

The arena goes wild
- jcragcrumple

If only anyone involved with the NHL had an entertainment bone in their body.

Skinner with Larsson.

Please shoot this coaching staff to the moon.

That's interesting, because hockey-reference's EV numbers are much different. Risto at 3.2, McCabe 2.8, Dahlin 2.6. Is there that much more 4 on 4 and OT time? And does Dahlin suck at them given the huge jump from 5 on 5?
- Wetbandit1

i never see hockey reference cited by anyone of importance, i would question their reliability

Definitely not a "sober" bandit post.

The islanders play a defensive system. Why wouldnt they resign him?
- Boss34

Um, you're the drunk one, he plays for the Blackhawks and has a better SV% .938 vs .930 and his GAA is marginally worse 2.38 vs 2.13. And he currently leads the league at goals saved above average, and goals allowed adjusted. But go on about the Islanders, please. Also, Cookies, read the damn discord, you'll get all the answers you need.

Edit: He leads the league in SV% and is 7th in GAA.

If only anyone involved with the NHL had an entertainment bone in their body.
- Wetbandit1

Gary Bettman drops the ceremonial puck wearing a lycra onesie with an NHL logo on the chest

The Sabres are not a good enough team to be protected by the DoPS. Anyway, Sabre players didn’t seem too bothered by it.
- PrinceChill

If the wussy players don’t defend their own, why should DOPS?

Buncha pansies!

i never see hockey reference cited by anyone of importance, i would question their reliability
- robz228

How can you (frank) up a simple calculation?

Mike, if the Sabres had a 1 minute 2-man advantage it means THEY would have only been scored on ONCE !
- Pairo11

Point taken.

Let's add some WWE flair. Dont announce the trade. Risto, Reinhart and Mittelstadt come out in Flames jerseys for the anthems. Bennett and Gaudreau come out in sabres jerseys

The arena goes wild
- jcragcrumple

That would be awesome

How can you (frank) up a simple calculation?
- Wetbandit1

its not like theres a csv feed of events, they are being scraped from pretty oddly structured html files and can easily be done wrong

Sorry to go off topic, but has the Flames coach been proven to be discriminatory towards minorities over the course of his career? I know little about him or any new details beyond the incident and the phrase African American music.
It seems he didn't like the locker room music, and said to the player in charge words to the effect of; "This music is no good crap, it's African American this, and African American that, African American f another African American... I'm tired of this African American music." Then later on, he hadn't yet thought better of it and used his genre title again while insisting the player change what was played in the room. I never saw where the player alleged that he directed the slur towards the player, or any other person. Has any pattern of discrimination been shown outside of this incident? Almost seems like he just used a forbidden word ten years ago.

Edit; Holy guacamole, Eklund The N word is censored into THAT?? Maybe you should just go with "n word"