Sabres & NHL 2017-18 - Entry Draft on June 22

[thebug]

1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said:

wow, Leafs fans getting all high and mighty about being in the tank... having won how many playoff series in the last 12 years???? Oh thats right...zero!!!!!

 

Two third-place finishes and you would think they have dominated the NHL for the last twelve years.

 

Least Pats fans have a reason to be arrogant 

2005–0	2005–06	Eastern	Northeast	82	41	33	—[w]	8	90	257	270	4th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2006–07	2006–07	Eastern	Northeast																Did not qualify
2007–08	2007–08	Eastern	Northeast	82	36	35	—	11	83	231	260	5th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2008–09	2008–09	Eastern	Northeast	82	34	35	—	13	81	250	293	5th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2009–10	2009–10	Eastern	Northeast	82	30	38	—	14	74	214	267	5th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2010–11	2010–11	Eastern	Northeast	82	37	34	—	11	85	218	251	4th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2011–12	2011–12	Eastern	Northeast	82	35	37	—	10	80	231	264	4th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2012–13[x]	2012–13	Eastern	Northeast	48	26	17	—	5	57	145	133	3rd	7	3	4	0	18	22	Lost Conference Quarterfinalsto Boston Bruins, 3–4[77]
2013–14	2013–14	Eastern	Atlantic[y]	82	38	36	—	8	84	231	256	6th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2014–15	2014–15	Eastern	Atlantic	82	30	44	—	8	68	211	262	7th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify
2015–16	2015–16	Eastern	Atlantic	82	29	42	—	11	69	198	246	8th	—	—	—	—	—	—	Did not qualify

Don’t hurt your neck looking up in the standings! Way up! 

[plenzmd1]

28 minutes ago, thebug said:

Don’t hurt your neck looking up in the standings! Way up! 

And how did you get there? By tanking and stinking since 2004, we only stink since 2011. 

 

BT W, since 2011 we have the exact same amount of playoff series wins Least the Sabres got one less major playoff gag on their record.hmmhmm Boston?

 

i ain’t givin ya much of a chance in the first round either. Certainly playoff format sucks for the Leafs, but dems da breaks. 

[thebug]

32 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

And how did you get there? By tanking and stinking since 2004, we only stink since 2011. 

 

BT W, since 2011 we have the exact same amount of playoff series wins Least the Sabres got one less major playoff gag on their record.hmmhmm Boston?

 

i ain’t givin ya much of a chance in the first round either. Certainly playoff format sucks for the Leafs, but dems da breaks. 

Those are some stellar talking points. Keep them handy! 

[plenzmd1]

3 minutes ago, thebug said:

Those are some stellar talking points. Keep them handy! 

Again, Pats fans have a reason to talk trash, Leafs fan? Cmon, that’s like Raptors fans get chesty cause they aright this year.  Win something for Christ’s sake  

 

leafs fan is “ I know I am short, but I am in a room of short guys so that makes me tall. 

 

Again, win something, anything, even one playoff series. 

Edited April 3, 2018 by plenzmd1

[thebug]

2 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

Again, Pats fans have a reason to talk trash, Leafs fan? Cmon, that’s like Raptors fans get chesty cause they aright this year.  Win something for Christ’s sake  

 

leafs fan is “ I know I am short, but I am in a room of short guys so that makes me tall. 

 

Again, win something, anything, even one playoff series. 

Leafs have accomplished plenty this year. 

[plenzmd1]

5 minutes ago, thebug said:

Leafs have accomplished plenty this year. 

They have...do explain? 3rd place in the division is accomplishing something?

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[shrader]

2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

Again, Pats fans have a reason to talk trash, Leafs fan? Cmon, that’s like Raptors fans get chesty cause they aright this year.  Win something for Christ’s sake  

 

leafs fan is “ I know I am short, but I am in a room of short guys so that makes me tall. 

 

Again, win something, anything, even one playoff series. 

 

It reminds of of how much I used to laugh at Boston games back around 2009 when 20-something year old Bruin fans would attempt to taunt me by asking how many Stanley Cups I’ve won. First of all, since I never played pro hockey, clearly I’ve never won any. Second, I’ve never really understood being able to claim something that happened almost 20 years before you were born as a bragging right. 

[4merper4mer]

11 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

They have...do explain? 3rd place in the division is accomplishing something?

To be fair, they never hired Tim Murray.  That is something the Sabres will sadly never claim.

[ALF]

3 games to go and either the Sabres 62 or Senators 65 will have the worse overall record. 

[plenzmd1]

must see TV tonight..not quite as big as the Arizona and Columbus games from the tank year, but still pretty important game.

[thebug]

12 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

They have...do explain? 3rd place in the division is accomplishing something?

 

Let's see. There are 2 games remaining and they have already matched the franchise record for most points in a season. 

Last year they went from worst team in the NHL to making the play-offs with 95 points and they have not only improved on those point totals, (possibly by 12 points with 2 more wins) they have improved as a team. 

They improved on goals for and goals against. They were much better at holding a lead this year. They were much better in OT/Shoot-out games. On and on. 

For a young team like this, these are accomplishments for sure.

Teams do not just go from worst in the league to Stanley Cup winners. There are generally some steps (accomplishments) along to way to reach that goal.

Yes the division standing is the same, but the team is not. 

The Leafs could lose again in the first round this year as well, but that does not mean that this team has not had a successful season in regards to heading in the right direction.

I'm pretty sure that if the Sabres went from 69 points to 95 and then to 103-107 points, you would consider them to have accomplished something. 

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[plenzmd1]

all good points bug, put until they win a playoff series, all of it is moot.

 

Like I said, to get all chesty on their accomplishments is just a bit premature. PLayoffs is all that matters. Having said that, in a real league I think they win a first-round series this year, but this assinine playoff system I think they are cooked.

 

And let's not forget they tanked just as hard as the Sabres, and their record over the last 12 years is  no better and arguably worse, much worse,  then the Sabres

 

[shrader]

15 minutes ago, thebug said:

 

Let's see. There are 2 games remaining and they have already matched the franchise record for most points in a season.

 

It has nothing to do with the rest of the post, but it drives me crazy when I hear any team making a claim like this one today.  The point and win totals are inflated now thanks to the bonus point handed out to shootout winners.  They can't be compared to anything prior to 2005-2006.

 

Now that I've vented on my hatred of the shootout, carry on.

[thebug]

1 minute ago, plenzmd1 said:

all good points bug, put until they win a playoff series, all of it is moot.

 

Like I said, to get all chesty on their accomplishments is just a bit premature. PLayoffs is all that matters. Having said that, in a real league I think they win a first-round series this year, but this assinine playoff system I think they are cooked.

 

And let's not forget they tanked just as hard as the Sabres, and their record over the last 12 years is  no better and arguably worse, much worse,  then the Sabres

 

Yeah the play-off system sucks, but that's why you play the games.....

I was called every name in the book around here for suggesting that the Leafs had a brighter future with better talent than the Sabres 2 years ago. Leafs are in the playoffs for the 2nd straight year and the Sabres are about to finish last. It's not premature at all.  

[4merper4mer]

Translation re Housley comments on Nylander:  Good kid.  Not NHL caliber but tries hard.  Deserves to play a meaningless NHL game like a 37 year old career AAA baseball player.  Thanks again Tim.

[thebug]

4 minutes ago, shrader said:

 

It has nothing to do with the rest of the post, but it drives me crazy when I hear any team making a claim like this one today.  The point and win totals are inflated now thanks to the bonus point handed out to shootout winners.  They can't be compared to anything prior to 2005-2006.

 

Now that I've vented on my hatred of the shootout, carry on.

That's true, but they were unable to accomplish this in the previous 12 years, so it's still a positive. 

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[plenzmd1]

Karlson out today eh? Hmm..can we sit Samson  and Eichel for Nylander and Porter?