7 of our final 11 games are at home
2 more games head to head with Toronto
Most of our remaining games are against teams currently outside of the playoff seeding
11 of 12 points in last 6 games. Guys are battling/executing when needed. Love to see it.Great road trip. Just need to hold steady now and we are in.
We didn't even "lock down" we were just better top to bottom until we had to pay guys. We had a kid scoring 20 playing fourth line minutes. We had the puck because we took it. When we took it, we didn't often give it back. At the end of this though I think Days and I are actually on the same page, believe it or not, I think just how we got to our conclusions is a bit different. They wish they had the kind of structure to lock down games like people seem to think they do but what I really see is a mix of forwards and D that still struggle making breakouts/have young kids on D who let themselves get "funneled" into some of these plays, Lilleberg was an example of it last night. They pressed him from the front and had a followup from the side for force him to go up the wall, and he did every time, so the Ducks could try to box the forward just into neutral ice.We tended to get a lead and then lock it down all game long.
Do we really want the third seed though? (Runs for door)
If Boston is second, yeah. If Florida, no.Do we really want the third seed though? (Runs for door)
It all dates back to Summer 2007: Buffalo is coming off of two straight Conference Final appearances that ended in heartbreak. Chris Drury and Daniel Briere are UFAs, Buffalo prioritized Drury, which pissed off Briere, who was already fairly likely to go elsewhere, and he signed with the Flyers. Drury, a Trumbull Connecticut (closer to NYC) native, was then offered the same deal the Sabres offered by his childhood team, the New York Rangers, he signs with them, and then the Sabres are left with egg on their face. Sabres struggle the next year, trade pending UFA Brian Campbell to the Sharks for a 1st (became Tyler Ennis) and Steve Bernier at the deadline. Mediocre 2008 and 2009 campaigns lead to playoff misses, 2010 and 2011 playoff appearances are reached on the backs of Ryan Miller, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, and Thomas Vanek. Terrible Leino and Ehrhoff overpay contracts are then made in 2011. They barely miss in 2012, are slightly below average in the lockout shortened 2013 season, trade Pominville to the Wild at the 2013 deadline, Roy signs with St Louis in summer 2013, team falls off a cliff & blows it up in 2014, trading Vanek to the Islanders, Miller to the Blues, officially starting the rebuild.Half the league (and for a large chunk of that time period *more* than half the league) makes the playoffs every year.
How bad has it gone if you've missed 13 straight coin flips?
dont forget the 2020 bubble!Half the league (and for a large chunk of that time period *more* than half the league) makes the playoffs every year.
How bad has it gone if you've missed 13 straight coin flips?
Half the league (and for a large chunk of that time period *more* than half the league) makes the playoffs every year.
How bad has it gone if you've missed 13 straight coin flips?
I would laugh at buffalo, but than I remind myself that i'm also a New York Jets fan
I'm convinced Coop will never ever ever ever split Cirelli from Stamkos again. EVAAARRRRR
he'd missSheary is going to run over someone with his car on the way to the game to get back in the lineup.