After winning 10 in a row, the Sabres have now lost 5 in a row.
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Some kind of reversion to the mean. They weren't as good as 10 wins in a row would suggest, and not as bad as 5 losses in a row either.
It means that they have lost 5 in a row. This may surprise you but teams will have winning and losing streaks. This is not really a topic worthy of a thread.
This thread was inevitable.
Anyway, they weren't as good as a 10 game winning streak would suggest and aren’t as bad as a 5 game losing streak would suggest.
It would be nice though if they could score when Eichel isn't on the ice. He has their last 4 goals.
Anyway, they weren't as good as a 10 game winning streak would suggest and aren’t as bad as a 5 game losing streak would suggest.
It would be nice though if they could score when Eichel isn't on the ice. He has their last 4 goals.
CantLoseWithMatthews
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things were bound to even out after that super lucky win streak. they will most likely settle in to a playoff spot by the end of the year, but won't be close to leading the league
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The Sabres aren't one of the best teams in the league where the 10 game winning streak put them but they're probably a playoff team . ( well that 10 game win streak helps with that ) . Losing 5 in a row now puts them more to where they're likely supposed to be anyway.
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TheStroker
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Listen, the team is playing fine against quality opponents (look at Toronto recently). People overrated this young team when they were on that 10 game win streak and now it looks like the pendulum has swung and people are now underrating them. This is a still fairly young team that has taken a step forward this season from being a lottery team to a likely lower-seed playoff team, they aren't contenders yet, particularly with the powerhouses above them in the Atlantic, but neither are they the division doormats anymore.
So much for the worry that there wouldn’t be a thread for leafs fans to comment about the Sabres.
Critical13
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I am just going to say what no one else will: Dahlin's mistakes are pretty bad. 2nd team worst today with an HDCF% of 33.33 (team HDCF% of 55), there were times in that game that he looked completely lost. They need to shelter him more, if possible.
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For all those were saying most of their winning streak was lucky because of 1 goal wins, their 5 game losing streak:
1 goal loss to Tampa
1 goal loss to Nashville
OT loss to Toronto
OT loss to Florida
This game against Philly was an exception where they played 1 brutal period to end it.
I see close losses againt 3 top teams, one bad (but OT) game, and one stinker.
Every logical Sabres fan knows they aren't a top team. But they aren't awful either. Average...which hopefully leads to a playoff spot.
1 goal loss to Tampa
1 goal loss to Nashville
OT loss to Toronto
OT loss to Florida
This game against Philly was an exception where they played 1 brutal period to end it.
I see close losses againt 3 top teams, one bad (but OT) game, and one stinker.
Every logical Sabres fan knows they aren't a top team. But they aren't awful either. Average...which hopefully leads to a playoff spot.
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Critical13
Fear is the mind-killer.
Judging by the stats, I am guessing he played with Bogo or Tennyson? Yikes. Into the fire.
I can't see them missing, too much talent. If Bergeron is out all year, that opens up a non-wildcard spot as well.
i think they're trending in right direction and like the moves they've made...i just think like with many streaks, lots of luck is involved--vs habs for instance they got a late cookie / dive of a PP to win vs niemi with a min left and two garbage OT goals on 31# in the other 2 games
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Before the 10 game winning streak they also lost 3 in a row....streaking up and down is kind of normal.
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Not happy with the GM or coach. There are injuries to a defense corps that had played pretty well and the GM called up Matt Tennyson to play with Nathan Beaulieu as a 3rd pair - Tennyson is terrible, there are 2 young dman on Rochester who are better. I watch all the Amerks games thanks to AHL Live and Guhle and Borgen are better than Tennyson despite some nonsense being spread that Guhle is struggling - he isn't, he's an offensive defenseman who makes some bonehead decisions in his own zone but the good outweighs the bad, not so in Tennyson's case. The coach sat out Girgensons for no apparent reason. There are too many forwards on the team who are incapable of producing and the past 2 games have been the worst we've seen from Mittelstadt. There are guys down in the AHL who've earned a look after a third of the season.
Reinhart was a complete mess today, Skinner not much better. It was a total ****show.
Reinhart was a complete mess today, Skinner not much better. It was a total ****show.
Back to reality.
They are not a playoff team and that certainly won't change moving forward with a 33 year old goalie in net.
They are not a playoff team and that certainly won't change moving forward with a 33 year old goalie in net.
Talk about overreacting in here. First bad game in over a month.
They’ve lost only five times in the last 22 games in regulation.
They’ve gone 0-3-2 since winning ten in a row and to the best teams in the league for three of them, four games all by one goal.
Today was a melt down with our backup in and our starter hurt and even then had a 2-0 lead until Ullmark had bad luck and the flyers who have been known to pepper even Tampa with four goals in the third did that here.
I’m glad this thread was created tbh, could be fun to look back on.
Not saying the sabres are going to go back to winning ten and the 14-2-2 run they were on but this team is 0-3-2 and like I said have lost 7 times in the last 22 games, just five in regulation, and in some of those outshot the opposition two to one.
Because that’s so ancient for a goalie?
He wasn’t even apart of the last two losses and has done nothing but post among the best save percentage in the nhl over the last two years and is a big reason we have the record we do.
We will see how this post works out for you, this is the first bad game we’ve had in like twenty games (over five weeks)
And It’s even way better then that too, we were 14-2-2 before this five game losing streak (0-3-2) where this was the first loss by more then or Goal.
So we are 14-5-4 in our last 23 games.
7 of those 9 losses were by one goal.
Not bad.
They’ve lost only five times in the last 22 games in regulation.
They’ve gone 0-3-2 since winning ten in a row and to the best teams in the league for three of them, four games all by one goal.
Today was a melt down with our backup in and our starter hurt and even then had a 2-0 lead until Ullmark had bad luck and the flyers who have been known to pepper even Tampa with four goals in the third did that here.
I’m glad this thread was created tbh, could be fun to look back on.
Not saying the sabres are going to go back to winning ten and the 14-2-2 run they were on but this team is 0-3-2 and like I said have lost 7 times in the last 22 games, just five in regulation, and in some of those outshot the opposition two to one.
Because that’s so ancient for a goalie?
He wasn’t even apart of the last two losses and has done nothing but post among the best save percentage in the nhl over the last two years and is a big reason we have the record we do.
We will see how this post works out for you, this is the first bad game we’ve had in like twenty games (over five weeks)
And It’s even way better then that too, we were 14-2-2 before this five game losing streak (0-3-2) where this was the first loss by more then or Goal.
So we are 14-5-4 in our last 23 games.
7 of those 9 losses were by one goal.
Not bad.
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MackAttack26
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Good thing they have a talented 25 year old too then. And a top goalie prospect.
*Incoming comment from someone who didn't watch today about how Ullmark gave up 6*
CP4
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Most of your posts are the pinnacle of over-reacting.
