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washedup20
Location: the little apple
Joined: 08.19.2014

Mar 30 @ 10:16 AM ET
Which team will you all be cheering for in the playoffs:
- Bruins
- Rangers
- Bolts

- RichardRoma



Rangers
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 30 @ 10:18 AM ET
Like I said. It's both.

But like I also said, there are goalies facing similar hardships and vastly outperforming those two. They suck and so does our defense/structure as a whole.

- TheSabresTaco

you say it's both once in a while

and put it all on 6k 90 percent of the time

again

see ror posts over the years, and girgens and risto


the goalies are blah
3 or 4 starting d men are blah
the coach is blah for d and pk
the forwards are blah for playing d


ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 30 @ 10:19 AM ET
Which team will you all be cheering for in the playoffs:
- Bruins
- Rangers
- Bolts

- RichardRoma

Grizzlies or the Bucks.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 30 @ 10:19 AM ET
Rangers
- washedup20

maybe you should buy a kane jersey

Lunaion
Joined: 05.23.2016

Mar 30 @ 10:21 AM ET
For me, the Ben Bishop trade and the timing of it set the expectations for this season.
- kingcong39


Bishop + Anderson to kick off the off-season.

A backup who could play so infrequently was a bad recipe from the start.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 30 @ 10:24 AM ET
Bishop + Anderson to kick off the off-season.

A backup who could play so infrequently was a bad recipe from the start.

- Lunaion

top 5 GM
so I have been told
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Mar 30 @ 10:25 AM ET
Grizzlies or the Bucks.
- ImThatGuy

Are Stutzle and Vic Fangio fans of those teams?
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Mar 30 @ 10:31 AM ET
I'm the freak? How long each day do you spend raging about who's got what set of parts in their pants?

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

- Wetbandit1


Serious question WET1

Do people in the gay/ lesbian community agree with the inclusion of transgender?

Do they agree with formerly men , competing against women in sports?

Do they agree with pre 18 year old surgeries to convert?

Thank you in advance
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Mar 30 @ 10:32 AM ET
Notice some posts are missing...

TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:32 AM ET
Which team will you all be cheering for in the playoffs:
- Bruins
- Rangers
- Bolts

- RichardRoma


I will agonize between rooting for Kucherov or Matthews if they need to play each other. I have my kooch shirsey and Matthews undies
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:36 AM ET
Interesting question. When you sign your starter as a UFA for 1.8m, doesn't that 1.8 reflect the expectations? On a similar note, they told us UPL needed another year in Roch, then he got forced into duty.

The expectations should have been low, maybe they still let them down.

- Lunaion


Interesting response. While expectations are allowed to be tempered for a rookie and a gamble, they still vastly underperformed vs their peers. They'd look better with a more competent defense, but as mentioned there are better performing goaltenders in worse situations.
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 30 @ 10:37 AM ET
Are Stutzle and Vic Fangio fans of those teams?
- RichardRoma


Some people think that Ebenezer Scrooge is
Well he's not, but guess who is
All three Stooges
Tom Cruise isn't, but I heard his agent is
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:37 AM ET
For me, the Ben Bishop trade and the timing of it set the expectations for this season.
- kingcong39


I know this is the clowns favorite goaltender and move so I don't want to harp on it too much. I think you can think the above and simultaneously realize how they want to build out their team via cap hits. Both can be true
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 30 @ 10:38 AM ET
I will agonize between rooting for Kucherov or Matthews if they need to play each other. I have my kooch shirsey and Matthews undies
- TheSabresTaco

huge if true
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Mar 30 @ 10:38 AM ET
I will agonize between rooting for Kucherov or Matthews if they need to play each other. I have my kooch shirsey and Matthews undies
- TheSabresTaco


Easy decision:

TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:38 AM ET
you say it's both once in a while

and put it all on 6k 90 percent of the time

again

see ror posts over the years, and girgens and risto


the goalies are blah
3 or 4 starting d men are blah
the coach is blah for d and pk
the forwards are blah for playing d

- homiedclown


You're right, I put the goalies on blast, because they (frank)ing suck.

And my official stance is, so does the defense, secondary to the goalies.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:39 AM ET
Easy decision:


- kingcong39


I'd be stuck in an endless orgasm
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:41 AM ET
Some people think that Ebenezer Scrooge is
Well he's not, but guess who is
All three Stooges
Tom Cruise isn't, but I heard his agent is

- ImThatGuy


This is well crafted
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 30 @ 10:41 AM ET
I know this is the clowns favorite goaltender and move so I don't want to harp on it too much. I think you can think the above and simultaneously realize how they want to build out their team via cap hits. Both can be true
- TheSabresTaco

when you have tage, skinner, dahlin, and cozens playing lights out

tuch, power, quinn on value contracts


I think you should be trying to move ahead more than a snails pace


just getting a decent d man, goalie and middle 6 player on a short term deal would have done wonders for this team


instead we got comrie, bishop and brought back vinny
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:44 AM ET
when you have tage, skinner, dahlin, and cozens playing lights out

tuch, power, quinn on value contracts


I think you should be trying to move ahead more than a snails pace


just getting a decent d man, goalie and middle 6 player on a short term deal would have done wonders for this team


instead we got comrie, bishop and brought back vinny

- homiedclown


I don't really like it, like you, but I understand what he did and why he did it. Again, totally fair not to like it.

But what I would say for this off-season, if he continues to walk instead of jog, I too will become extremely irritated.
RichardRoma
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 01.18.2017

Mar 30 @ 10:44 AM ET
Easy decision:


- kingcong39

That's not a Coyotes uniform
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Mar 30 @ 10:46 AM ET
That's not a Coyotes uniform
- RichardRoma


Your powers of observation are unparalleled.
TheSabresTaco
Buffalo Sabres
Location: For me. jack Eichel is bobby ryan….that's it. - Octavarium, NY
Joined: 05.05.2011

Mar 30 @ 10:46 AM ET
If Meghan Chayka can see how poop the defense/structure is, I'm sure Sam Ventura does too
ImThatGuy
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I AM MY OWN DAMN SOURCE!, NY
Joined: 11.04.2010

Mar 30 @ 10:48 AM ET
If Meghan Chayka can see how poop the defense/structure is, I'm sure Sam Ventura does too
- TheSabresTaco


Someone at the end of your press conference needs to ask the question of “Analytically you guys say you are very involved and have built this amazing department, and yet the team analytically had some of the worst defense and worst goaltending in the entire league. Why wasn’t this addressed and How do you plan on addressing that?

Also

Jordan greenway was an analytics nightmare as was Stillman when acquired. Discuss
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Mar 30 @ 10:50 AM ET
Someone at the end of your press conference needs to ask the question of “Analytically you guys say you are very involved and have built this amazing department, and yet the team analytically had some of the worst defense and worst goaltending in the entire league. Why wasn’t this addressed and How do you plan on addressing that?

Also

Jordan greenway was an analytics nightmare as was Stillman when acquired. Discuss

- ImThatGuy

4 words



they lied to us
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