Jacob582
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Post-Game Talk (GBU): Ta-Tank-a means Buffalo
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Paxon
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The obvious flaw in your judgement is that no one supposes that the team would lose on purpose.
Paxon
202* Stanley Cup Champions
Kaleta: Eats Small Ones
Zemgus: Father Nature
Myers: Soars Like Condor
Konopka: Pony Has One Trick
Ott: Upright Coyote
Miller: Hit By Many Arrows
Enroth: River Flows Underneath
Moulson: Stands Before Teepee
Nolan: are you trying to get me in trouble here, guys?
DolanPlsGoSabres
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Like this Tank?
Jokes (?) aside, this team isn't giving an effort so they lose. Effort level is better than the Rolston days, but let's face it. This team just doesn't have enough talent to win games on a consistent basis, and the best place to gain talent is through the draft.
Paxon
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It's about managerial decisions that don't put the team in the position to succeed in the short term (trading away guys like Vanek as opposed to trading for them). No one would expect the team itself or the coaches to not try hard to win.
misterchainsaw
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Exactly. Honestly, if it ever came out that coaches and/or players were intentionally tanking during games the Sabres would not only cease to be my favorite team, but I would instantly root against them for at least as long as the offending parties were employed...
Paxon
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misterchainsaw
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Naive? First of all, how is it in the players interest to tank? Poor performance means smaller future contracts (or even a trip to the AHL) and as for coaches, well, we saw first hand that the fact that the Sabres are rebuilding didn't insulate Rolston from his poor performance.
Also, if the Sabres got caught tanking during games, do you really think the NHL would let them keep their ill-gotten draft pick?
Blue Chips. its not tanking, its shaving. watch the last 60s of the game again from last night ; )
face it. its pro sports. the people running these teams are as competitive as it gets. there's a deft race for last place / 1st,2nd,3rd overall right now.
misterchainsaw
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No player or coach wants to be the worst. Yeah, these players are competitive as it gets. They HATE losing. Half this team will be gone by the time the franchise sees the benefit of a #1 pick.
Wisent42
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Good start. Last game was en exception, but based on this season, and the last, I want Drew Stafford to be "Can't Connect" or "Fans On It".
Zemgus Girgensons: "Hell On Wheels"
Ron Rolston: "The Walking Dead"
Hey, I'm just coming up with series titles here. That wasn't the game, was it?
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Jacob582
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Ron Rolston: "The Walking Dead"
Hey, I'm just coming up with series titles here. That wasn't the game, was it?
"Dead Man Walking"
vcv
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Yes, thank you. Typed that up on very very little sleep
I'm actually looking at graphing that out for the very. Sabres against Edmonton and Calgary. I just need to find some good data sources (schedule for each team) that I can parse out easily with code.
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Yes, thank you. Typed that up on very very little sleep
I'm actually looking at graphing that out for the very. Sabres against Edmonton and Calgary. I just need to find some good data sources (schedule for each team) that I can parse out easily with code.
Or you can find a site that gives daily standings where you can pull out the GP column.
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