Official tank thread and tanking GDT #12 (Sabres @ Stars)

[Zman5778]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 1m1 minute ago
More Nolan on @WGR550: Seems everyone's focused on a draft choice, but our focus is trying to get these guys to compete & win. #BUFvsDAL


We pay your salary

Teddy, you can focus them somewhere else.

Like a lovely golf course in Arizona. Please, please....focus them somewhere else.

They've had a hard season.....

 

[Ralonzo]

Nolan on @WGR550: Seems everyone's focused on a draft choice, but our focus is trying to get these guys to compete & win.

Have fun competing in Ulan Bator next year.

 

[jacobhockey13]

Who is the Yotes best offensive player right now? I would take Ennis, Moulson, Larsson, Girgensons, Gionta over any forward on the Yotes.

Only non-scrub forward is Tobias Reider. He's so dangerous. I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack every time he steps on the ice.

 

[DazedandConfused]

meh, who cares what Nolan says to the media.

we all know his schtick.

compete. compete. COMPETE

 

[EichHart]

Last three games OEL has three goals

He is a defenseman but I agree. Its OEL and no one else.

 

[Gabrielor]

This dallas loss was big.

 

[Snippit]

Imagine if we go through all of this and get Eichel, and Marner or Strome ends up being better

 

[mattcc97]

Did anyone else see Nolans stupid smile after the third sabres goal? I almost threw up.

 

[Dahlin 2 Eichel]

This dallas loss was big.

Agree totally. I honestly had to turn off the game when Buffalo took the lead. Was sooo pleased when I saw the final score. Don't know what I'm going to do on Thursday

 

[Gabrielor]

Thursday's game may be the most important game to lose in Sabres history. That's an odd, bold statement.

 

[BornBuffaloFan]

Imagine if we go through all of this and get Eichel, and Marner or Strome ends up being better

i'll roll the dice

 

[schpaff]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 1m1 minute ago
More Nolan on @WGR550: Seems everyone's focused on a draft choice, but our focus is trying to get these guys to compete & win. #BUFvsDAL


We pay your salary

Go and "compete", your team just faced 101 shot attempts on goal...if that's competing I don't know what to tell you Teddy.

 

[BakedBuffalo]

Imagine if we go through all of this and get Eichel, and Marner or Strome ends up being better

Lol we think the Buffalo curse has ended but in reality has become more cruel

 

[Snippit]

Go and "compete", your team just faced 101 shot attempts on goal...if that's competing I don't know what to tell you Teddy.

To be fair, Dallas barely outplayed us. Shot quanity =/= quality chances.

 

[Zip15]

I'm hoping for Hackett on Thursday. Arizona isn't good enough to get Lindback moving laterally, and I think he'd eat them up.

 

[Moskau]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 1m1 minute ago
More Nolan on @WGR550: Seems everyone's focused on a draft choice, but our focus is trying to get these guys to compete & win. #BUFvsDAL

And their European clubs next year will thank Teddy.

 

[Husko]

To be fair, Dallas barely outplayed us. Shot quanity =/= quality chances.

It is a strong indicator of how often you possess the puck though. And it very accurately portrays the fact that we never had the puck

 

[Husko]

I'm hoping for Hackett on Thursday. Arizona isn't good enough to get Lindback moving laterally, and I think he'd eat them up.

Nolan seemed to indicate that earlier. The one trump for Nolan is "riding the hot goalie" but I can't envision a way Nolan could portray what Lindy did tonight as "hot"

 

[Zip15]

To be fair, Dallas barely outplayed us. Shot quanity =/= quality chances.

Dallas easily could've had six or seven tonight when you consider Hemsky's wide open miss and the pad save by Lindback just prior to Buffalo's third goal. There was plenty of quality there for the Stars.

 

[schpaff]

To be fair, Dallas barely outplayed us. Shot quanity =/= quality chances.

Not the point...it's still 101 attempts. They could of blocked 99 of them for I cared.

 

[Gabrielor]

Buffalo Sabres ‏@BuffaloSabres 1m1 minute ago
More Nolan on @WGR550: Seems everyone's focused on a draft choice, but our focus is trying to get these guys to compete & win. #BUFvsDAL


We pay your salary

Not in the next 4 you don't!!

 

[sand1138man]

Who is the Yotes best offensive player right now? I would take Ennis, Moulson, Larsson, Girgensons, Gionta over any forward on the Yotes.

I would rather have Eckman-larson IMO

 

[Gabrielor]

I'm hoping for Hackett on Thursday. Arizona isn't good enough to get Lindback moving laterally, and I think he'd eat them up.

I wonder if Hackett's sore knee would open the door to a callup

 

[Husko]

For all the *****ing about all our points lately, we're now 1-7-2 in March/since the trade deadline.

Honestly, if we could've been told on March 1 that we could go 1-7-2 through the first 10 games in March, would ANYONE have not taken that?

 

[Zman5778]

As as aside:

When the HOLY ****ING HELL is our puck luck going to stop?!?!?!?!?!?!?

How many good bounce goals have we scored since the break? How many good, clean, goals have we scored?????

Our luck HAS to stop soon, right?