Cripple Creek Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Upward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 7 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: For those still paying attention, Ottawa beats Sharks in OT. Awesome result for the Sabres. Sabres have a great shot to be bottom 3 still! bonus is they will pay a cap penalty next year! That is GMing 4d chess style, and was all in the plan y’all! It is like the Baltimore Orioles paying a luxury tax. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Eichel will ask to be traded. I wouldn’t blame him. 4 hours ago, Cripple Creek said: Upward? Dan disco is laughing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Helpmenow said: Eichel will ask to be traded. I wouldn’t blame him. Dan disco is laughing You think Eichel is having remourse for helping push Dan out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 https://www.nhl.com/standings/2019/league New Jersey just passed the Sabres in he standings. Buffalo is now 6th last. Anaheim is 2 points behind. San Jose is 3 points behind and have won 3 of 4. Ottawa 4 points behind and picking up points regularly. LA is 6 points behind and have won 5 straight. And Buffalo has a tough schedule coming up. 3 games against WSH. 2 more against PHI. 2 against CAR. 1 against Boston. Plus, these teams behind buffalo in the standings just don’t have the tanking experience buffalo does. They’re all rookies compared to the Sabres. Nobody finishes off a tank job like the Sabres do... ? A bottom 2-3 finish seems like a realistic possibility. I still can’t bring myself to root for losses. I want them to win. But the top of this draft does look pretty good. Ugh. So depressing to be looking toward the draft once again. Every season I think they are done tanking, and ever6 season I am wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spun Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Reaching for a positive, Dylan Cozens is 6th in WHL scoring while everyone ahead of him has played more games than him. He will head to the pros next year which I hope includes a start with the Amerks. https://whl.ca/stats/players/270/1/points I miss the olden days when the Sabres made the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, BillsFan4 said: https://www.nhl.com/standings/2019/league New Jersey just passed the Sabres in he standings. Buffalo is now 6th last. Anaheim is 2 points behind. San Jose is 3 points behind and have won 3 of 4. Ottawa 4 points behind and picking up points regularly. LA is 6 points behind and have won 5 straight. And Buffalo has a tough schedule coming up. 3 games against WSH. 2 more against PHI. 2 against CAR. 1 against Boston. Plus, these teams behind buffalo in the standings just don’t have the tanking experience buffalo does. They’re all rookies compared to the Sabres. Nobody finishes off a tank job like the Sabres do... ? A bottom 2-3 finish seems like a realistic possibility. I still can’t bring myself to root for losses. I want them to win. But the top of this draft does look pretty good. Ugh. So depressing to be looking toward the draft once again. Every season I think they are done tanking, and ever6 season I am wrong. So they were just passed by the team that traded them Simmonds, the veteran who was going to provide them the veteran presence to help get them into meaningful games in March and make the playoffs..... Edited March 9, 2020 by apuszczalowski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) this is for @ExiledInIllinois and EII only LETS GO CAPS To the rest of you Good luck tonight Edited March 9, 2020 by SlimShady'sGhost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 On 3/8/2020 at 8:09 AM, May Day 10 said: Botterill is going over to niagara awards in the falls to get little trophies made to give them for the effort If the team doesn’t start to win, Botterill will soon be going over Niagara Falls, put there by the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Every part of it is amazing to me. The fact that they are very likely to again finish behind either of the Tim Murray/Bylsma seasons, after 3 years of this 3D chess 'cap wizard'. Ottawa, the team who was a laughing stock with all sorts of toxic player issues, and giving up a lottery pick for nothing (people would excuse the Sabres of poor performance for 10 years if they did this), is now only 4 points behind the Sabres and actually look better. Ottawa has 3 first rounders, very possibly all lottery picks.... and 2 of them are likely to be top-5. They have 4 second rounders, 2 thirds, fourth, fifth, and sixth. In 2021, they have a first, 3 seconds, and a 4th through 7th. Sabres? 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 2 7ths. 2021, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th Indisputably, Ottawa has a better pool of prospects than Buffalo. They have been rebuilding for 1 year. Great asset management "Botts". Detroit will be next to pick themselves up in record time, while here, we argue whether a rebuild needs to take 5 or 10 years. Edited March 9, 2020 by May Day 10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, apuszczalowski said: So they were just passed by the team that traded them Simmonds, the veteran who was going to provide them the veteran presence to help get them into meaningful games in March and make the playoffs..... New Jersey also sold off their best player (Taylor Hall) and another one of their best forwards this season (Blake Coleman). But as I said, they just don’t have the tanking experience Buffalo does. They’re rookies at it. The Sabres on the other hand are like the New England Patriots of tanking. They are grizzled veterans. They know what it takes to close out a tank down the stretch... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 33 minutes ago, May Day 10 said: Detroit will be next to pick themselves up in record time, while here, we argue whether a rebuild needs to take 5 or 10 years. We could always go for the ‘Atlanta Option’. Let 2 franchises leave, hope for a third to be awarded to get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 So, what are the draft lottery rules this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, May Day 10 said: Every part of it is amazing to me. The fact that they are very likely to again finish behind either of the Tim Murray/Bylsma seasons, after 3 years of this 3D chess 'cap wizard'. Ottawa, the team who was a laughing stock with all sorts of toxic player issues, and giving up a lottery pick for nothing (people would excuse the Sabres of poor performance for 10 years if they did this), is now only 4 points behind the Sabres and actually look better. Ottawa has 3 first rounders, very possibly all lottery picks.... and 2 of them are likely to be top-5. They have 4 second rounders, 2 thirds, fourth, fifth, and sixth. In 2021, they have a first, 3 seconds, and a 4th through 7th. Sabres? 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 2 7ths. 2021, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th Indisputably, Ottawa has a better pool of prospects than Buffalo. They have been rebuilding for 1 year. Great asset management "Botts". Detroit will be next to pick themselves up in record time, while here, we argue whether a rebuild needs to take 5 or 10 years. Exacatickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 5 hours ago, bbb said: So, what are the draft lottery rules this year? This site is great for the draft lottery. It tells you the odds for each team/draft position. http://www.tankathon.com/nhl The odds are: last place team 18.5%, 2nd last 13.5%, then 11.5%, 9.5%, 8.5%, 7.5% (Sabres current odds), 6.5, 6, 5, 3.5, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, 1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, May Day 10 said: Every part of it is amazing to me. The fact that they are very likely to again finish behind either of the Tim Murray/Bylsma seasons, after 3 years of this 3D chess 'cap wizard'. Ottawa, the team who was a laughing stock with all sorts of toxic player issues, and giving up a lottery pick for nothing (people would excuse the Sabres of poor performance for 10 years if they did this), is now only 4 points behind the Sabres and actually look better. Ottawa has 3 first rounders, very possibly all lottery picks.... and 2 of them are likely to be top-5. They have 4 second rounders, 2 thirds, fourth, fifth, and sixth. In 2021, they have a first, 3 seconds, and a 4th through 7th. Sabres? 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 2 7ths. 2021, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th Indisputably, Ottawa has a better pool of prospects than Buffalo. They have been rebuilding for 1 year. Great asset management "Botts". Detroit will be next to pick themselves up in record time, while here, we argue whether a rebuild needs to take 5 or 10 years. Ten! Anyone who says otherwise simply has no clue about the cap and trajectories and talent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 As bad as they are as a team, Eichel and Dahlin working together on the PP is pretty terrific. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Welcome back, Linus. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Really nice to have Ullmark back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 The first star in this game belongs to Ullmark. Beyond his stops what made his performance outstanding is that he gave up few juicy rebounds. Ullmark was exceptional in the shootout. In this game he played as if he is a #1 goalie. Is he a #1 goalie? I'm not sure---that still needs to be determined. What is clearly evident is that for the remaining part of the season he is our primary goaltender and Hutton is the backup. I thought that our defensive corps played well in this game. The Kahun pickup is a good pickup. I thought the goalie interference call on Skinner although technically correct was a marginal and bad judgment call. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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