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Great start to the 2nd half of the season. Bogo -5

Pure cronyism. Goodbye New York Jets West.

I have never seen so many balls hit the turf at SJF before. It was brutal.

It's also ironic that Rex bringing in TT certainly saved Whaley's job. He was still looking for a coach to develop EJ back then. Can you imagine EJ starting the past 2 years?

The Patriot Way: Do You Want to Win a Super Bowl or Not? Belichick would never give a RB like Shady $40M, he'd find a guy that gets 75% of his production for 10% of that price. Trading up in the 1st for a WR? Never happen.

Apparently they aren't immediately available to the broadcast booth, but they are for the Toronto reviews. That angle does look inconclusive to me, though.

They already have crossbar cams. https://twitter.com/EverythingBuf/status/824837109626331136

Good job showing up for that 2nd period, guys.

I don't think you can compare it to basketball, or any other sport for that matter. 15% is simply too high - that's like 1 out of 6 and that's just for the ILB position. 6 out of 16 QB's went for the AFC. I think we can agree that 38% of the QBs is a bit ridiculous. The initial vote for the Pro Bowl should be the final word, the slew of alternates getting in is just a cheap attempt to generate fan interest ("Wow we have X Pro Bowlers on our team!")

The Sabres have led for 00:00 of this three game win streak.

It's a bit duplicitous to count the full 53 man roster. In the AFC there are 26 starting positions open for MLBs (not everyone runs a 3-4). The first 2 players selected represent the top 7.5%. When we bring the 2 alternates, it jumps to 15% and that's getting a little watered down. Of course, it's just a popularity contest and with the rise of IDP in fantasy football, fans just check the top boxes. Of course, the players love voting for the UFAs as well.

Agreed, he's demonstrated that over the years.

Maybe Sammy will get himself a QB in the near future? Luck to Watkins?

The loser point typically adds the illusion of parity, but there really isn't any team (or teams) in our conference that is a trainwreck this year (like Colorado, Arizona).

I just want to see them play one 60 minute game with the same sense of urgency they had for the last 10 minutes of the 3rd period.

A great recipe for accumulating tackles is a defense that can't get off the field. When the other team's running back is rushing 30+ times a game and trampling you for 200+ yards there's going to be plenty of tackles to go around. Rex can't be blamed for everything, the Brown brothers in the middle of the field are culpable for a large share of the defensive problems.

I bet he doesn't. I've seen 7x7 thrown around lately but I'm not buying it. I think he'll get a shade above Yandle's deal.

I think the front office would be thrilled to see Vegas take that contract off our hands (I would). His play so far isn't even close to the $5.7M AAV hit for the next 4 years. That's Shattenkirk money. I think a guy like Alzner makes more sense. His point production isn't the greatest, but he's very reliable in his own end. He's a lefty shot and fantastic on the PK (3rd in league). Justin Schultz is having a resurgence in Pitt this year, and while it may be hard to pry him out of that town, definitely should be on the radar.

The desperation to prop up Taylor is pretty amusing.

Two goals from the D, completely ruining my stat.

We're going to get a first hand look at young a Ristolainen completely burning out. The minutes he's playing are ridiculous (even aside from tonight's emergency shifts)

Club seats, food, drink, etc, yeah it's definitely low to mid five figures.

Here's a stat - our defensemen have collectively scored a grand total of 5 goals this season. There are currently 33 other defensemen in the league that have individually outscored our entire defense.

Classic TSW thread. 90% of the people have to Google "Rick Dennison" to figure out who he is. Read up on his wiki and 10 minutes later... "Great Hire!"

Nah, that excuse is gone. Eich missed a quarter of the season and we were only 1 point behind the Leafs when he got back. The Leafs are pulling away and the Sabres are stuck in neutral. In the week before X-mas we had a nice 5-game stretch against some of the worst teams in the league, and we got absolutely drubbed (while healthy). That was the "Oh %" moment.