LikeIGiveADarn Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Toronto is melting down now. How long before Babs is gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Doc said: Can Murray be blamed for Lehner being drinking himself silly while in Buffalo? Lehner had extreme issues all the way back to his Binghamton days in the AHL where Murray was the GM of the team. 8 hours ago, Nextmanup said: Just finished watching Ralph's postgame presser, focusing the entire time on only one thing: his nose. It's really quite magnificent. Still can't decide if our new "10 game win streak" is for real or not. Time will tell. Until then, enjoy the ride! It feels a lot better than the 10 game streak. The Sabres are actually outplaying their opponents unlike last year when they were getting extremely lucky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Big C said: You guys seeing Sully and Jeremy White going at it on Twitter? Lol. Love watching the Sabres this year. Feels very different from the hot start last year. Side note, I enjoy Biron's analysis. Jerry's got blue balls right now because both teams are doing well. He can't write one of his usual hit pieces (he's now with AP believe it or not) without looking like a chump. Remember him railing against Beane for signing the multiple-time concussed Mitch Morse "out of desperation?" That take aged well. Edited October 23, 2019 by PromoTheRobot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) The attached link is WGR's Paul Hamilton writing a quick summary of the game. What the crowd is telling Jack is to shoot the freaking puck! https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/sabres-eichel-takes-over-game-win-over-san-jose This link is a WGR post game comments by Krueger. It is a little longer than 4 minutes. https://wgr550.radio.com/media/audio-channel/10-22-ralph-krueger-post-game Edited October 23, 2019 by JohnC addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: Jerry's got blue balls right now because both teams are doing well. He can't write one of his usual hit pieces (he's now with AP believe it not) without looking like a chump. Remember him railing against Beane for signing the multiple-time concussed Mitch Morse "out of desperation?" That take aged well. You just know he’s got all his hit pieces written and sitting in a drawer waiting to be unleashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, K-9 said: You just know he’s got all his hit pieces written and sitting in a drawer waiting to be unleashed. Read the entire thread. The flack he's getting for that 1st period take is hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 The below NHL.com link shows the team standings. The most impressive stat in the standings is that Buffalo leads the league with a +14. That indicates that our record is not a fluke. I'm not going to get carried away and say that the Sabres are an elite team because of their early record because I don't believe that assessment. However, I do believe that they are a demonstrating that they are not only a good team but an emerging team that because of its youthfulness will get better. https://www.nhl.com/standings/2019/wildcard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Anyone who wants to know how much coaching matters only needs to watch the OT. This is the first time since the 3-on-3 format was adopted that the Sabres looked like they had a clue of what they were doing. TOTAL domination in the extra session. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Alaska Darin said: Anyone who wants to know how much coaching matters only needs to watch the OT. This is the first time since the 3-on-3 format was adopted that the Sabres looked like they had a clue of what they were doing. TOTAL domination in the extra session. I listened to about 3 minutes of GR this morning, and even they said something to the effect" dont want to throw dirt on the grave" when discussing Housley, its just hard to not see the difference coaching has made here. I had no clue if Krueger would be any good or not, but at least he is not throwing 17 and 6 out there to start every overtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 11 hours ago, Boca BIlls said: Are you being drinking? It was being poor editing. And I’ll remember the one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: I listened to about 3 minutes of GR this morning, and even they said something to the effect" dont want to throw dirt on the grave" when discussing Housley, its just hard to not see the difference coaching has made here. I had no clue if Krueger would be any good or not, but at least he is not throwing 17 and 6 out there to start every overtime. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 19 minutes ago, JohnC said: The below NHL.com link shows the team standings. The most impressive stat in the standings is that Buffalo leads the league with a +14. That indicates that our record is not a fluke. I'm not going to get carried away and say that the Sabres are an elite team because of their early record because I don't believe that assessment. However, I do believe that they are a demonstrating that they are not only a good team but an emerging team that because of its youthfulness will get better. https://www.nhl.com/standings/2019/wildcard It's an incredibly minor thing, but I'll point out that the +14 does include the fake goal awarded for winning that one shootout. It doesn't change your point one bit, but I really wish the NHL wouldn't include those in their official stats. Anyway, I wanted to say that the number of OT wins gives me a little doubt, but looking over the schedule, there's actually been less of those than I thought. I guess that's the problem when they play 3 west coast games that I can't watch, all I remember is the three consecutive OT games just prior to that trip. So far, they're different than last year. I don't see that quit that I was so worried about, particularly in a game like last night after falling behind 2-0 early. Speaking of OT, that one last night was great. They lost control of the puck just once during the entire 3 minutes. Granted that one loss of control lead to a rush the other way, but they completely controlled the entire OT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: I listened to about 3 minutes of GR this morning, and even they said something to the effect" dont want to throw dirt on the grave" when discussing Housley, its just hard to not see the difference coaching has made here. I had no clue if Krueger would be any good or not, but at least he is not throwing 17 and 6 out there to start every overtime. In retrospect, the only remotely, slightly, possible silver lining to keeping Housley for the entire '18 season was the off-chance that the interim coach would be decent enough to prevent a full on coaching search that landed Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, shrader said: Speaking of OT, that one last night was great. They lost control of the puck just once during the entire 3 minutes. Granted that one loss of control lead to a rush the other way, but they completely controlled the entire OT. But man the hustle on Casey to backcheck and get in the passing lane and steal the puck was just awesome to watch. If you have the game on DVR, go back and watch that play and focus on 37...just awesome 1 minute ago, GG said: In retrospect, the only remotely, slightly, possible silver lining to keeping Housley for the entire '18 season was the off-chance that the interim coach would be decent enough to prevent a full on coaching search that landed Ralph. true dat...but Ralph got a long way to go before we crown his ass? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: Read the entire thread. The flack he's getting for that 1st period take is hilarious. That was a great read. Jerry getting roasted never gets old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said: But man the hustle on Casey to backcheck and get in the passing lane and steal the puck was just awesome to watch. If you have the game on DVR, go back and watch that play and focus on 37...just awesome true dat...but Ralph got a long way to go before we crown his ass? Holy crap! I just had a chance to rewatch that play and wow! That’s as major league as it gets. Just great desire and then the situational awareness to make the play. I love offense and skill and talent and great playmaking as much as the next guy, but I RESPECT defensive effort in sports more than anything. Defense is ALL heart and desire and guts and it doesn’t get the accolades that a great offensive skill play gets, but it’s just so integral to success. Casey was gassed after that sprint and exhaustion often brings out the worst in players immediately afterward, but he still had the poise and awareness to control the puck and wait for a better play to develop. I say that’s the best play he’s made since he’s been here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 3 hours ago, shrader said: It's an incredibly minor thing, but I'll point out that the +14 does include the fake goal awarded for winning that one shootout. It doesn't change your point one bit, but I really wish the NHL wouldn't include those in their official stats. Anyway, I wanted to say that the number of OT wins gives me a little doubt, but looking over the schedule, there's actually been less of those than I thought. I guess that's the problem when they play 3 west coast games that I can't watch, all I remember is the three consecutive OT games just prior to that trip. So far, they're different than last year. I don't see that quit that I was so worried about, particularly in a game like last night after falling behind 2-0 early. Speaking of OT, that one last night was great. They lost control of the puck just once during the entire 3 minutes. Granted that one loss of control lead to a rush the other way, but they completely controlled the entire OT. You are punctilious. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 The below link is a WGR interview with Ralph Krueger. He made some positive comments about Mitts and how he is working hard and coming along. This is a 13 min segment. The coach is so illuminating. How many coaches would use the term "harmonizing on and off performances"? https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/krueger-have-system-where-we-let-players-genius-execute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 16 hours ago, K-9 said: All the underlying analytics tell us it’s real. Yes and no. For example, Hutton has played in 6 of our game and has an outstanding .943 save percentage. That's not typical of his performance and that will almost certainl drop of, just as it did last year. One of the biggest reasons for our "tale of 2 teams" last year was the goaltending leading up to the new year, and after. After January 1st, we had one of the worst goaltending duos in the league. Ullmark's % after 4 games is much more realistic at .913. If things cool off, I think we'll see that both goaltender's save percentages have dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) “Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) Tweeted: "The way our bench erupted when Casey backchecked...it was crazy." Coach Krueger reacts to the in-game bench vibe: https://t.co/QYTDK1xdec https://t.co/j46TtoDI49 The play John + k9 are talking about ^ Edited October 23, 2019 by BillsFan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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