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jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Dec 24 @ 12:29 PM ET
You need to change your avatar. I feel like when you made that your avatar, the Amerks started playing poorly. I'm horribly superstitious. Time to change it up!
- HonkFortheGoose

Agreed... I changed it because I was forced to and the Americans were playing better than the Sabres. Will change today.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:30 PM ET
Agreed... I changed it because I was forced to and the Americans were playing better than the Sabres. Will change today.
- jochfr


Just change it to a Sabres logo. Bring on the tank!
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:35 PM ET
put a fork in it
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:35 PM ET
Agreed... I changed it because I was forced to and the Americans were playing better than the Sabres. Will change today.
- jochfr

MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Dec 24 @ 12:37 PM ET
Nothing wrong with being him although I'd like to see him produce a tiny bit more than Krejci does year to year.
- kingcong39



Agreed
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:37 PM ET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z00EH0oGrQ
- homiedclown



no golf today?
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:38 PM ET
Rather than micromanage by assessing all the young players every second of every game, I am looking at things this way.

While the team is still getting caught in their own end for an extended period from time to time, it is not happening nearly as much as it did last year. Improvement.

The team overall seems to be able to hold on to the puck much more than they did last year. Improvement.

They are more aggressive in the offensive zone. The pressure they apply is greater from game to game and it is causing turnovers by the opponents. It is odd seeing them be able to actually get the puck back in the offensive zone this year as that was an impossibility last year. Improvement.

They are still getting outshot and their scoring chances are not great, but with the seeming improvement of the three items above, if they can improve the other 2 I mentioned while incorporating the prospects at the pro level, things will be moving in the right direction.

- kingcong39


Solid post kong.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:38 PM ET
no golf today?
- mhp

played at 730, only did 9 (38)

too much to do, plus house shopping for my dad down here
the last snow storm pushed him over the edge
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Dec 24 @ 12:39 PM ET
Changed Avatar... Lets go Rochester!
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Dec 24 @ 12:40 PM ET
Rather than micromanage by assessing all the young players every second of every game, I am looking at things this way.

While the team is still getting caught in their own end for an extended period from time to time, it is not happening nearly as much as it did last year. Improvement.

The team overall seems to be able to hold on to the puck much more than they did last year. Improvement.

They are more aggressive in the offensive zone. The pressure they apply is greater from game to game and it is causing turnovers by the opponents. It is odd seeing them be able to actually get the puck back in the offensive zone this year as that was an impossibility last year. Improvement.

They are still getting outshot and their scoring chances are not great, but with the seeming improvement of the three items above, if they can improve the other 2 I mentioned while incorporating the prospects at the pro level, things will be moving in the right direction.

- kingcong39


Agreed


homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:40 PM ET
Changed Avatar... Lets go Rochester!
- jochfr

zander, nice spin


jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Dec 24 @ 12:43 PM ET
zander, nice spin



- homiedclown


If only I could show my male chauvinistic side on the interwebs....
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:43 PM ET
If only I could show my male chauvinistic side on the interwebs....
- jochfr

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:45 PM ET


flip side
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:47 PM ET
played at 730, only did 9 (38)

too much to do, plus house shopping for my dad down here
the last snow storm pushed him over the edge

- homiedclown



that last one was bad, would push anybody out of here. I think we'll see more crazy lake effect snows like that in the future.
jochfr
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Nashville , TN
Joined: 07.11.2009

Dec 24 @ 12:47 PM ET


flip side

- homiedclown


Been there....
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:48 PM ET


flip side

- homiedclown


Is it sad that sometimes I like to watch just because I think it's hysterical?

It's really not that difficult to make sure you know who the father of your baby is, IMO.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:49 PM ET
Breaking news from Leisure Acres

HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:49 PM ET
that last one was bad, would push anybody out of here. I think we'll see more crazy lake effect snows like that in the future.
- mhp


I'm getting a remote starter installed on Saturday. I bet the rest of winter ends up unseasonably warm. It's how things work for me.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:50 PM ET
Is it sad that sometimes I like to watch just because I think it's hysterical?

It's really not that difficult to make sure you know who the father of your baby is, IMO.

- HonkFortheGoose

nope
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:51 PM ET
that last one was bad, would push anybody out of here. I think we'll see more crazy lake effect snows like that in the future.
- mhp

the plus side is I will get to be a member at a nicer golf course

the down side is my buffer zone went from 1046 miles to 6 miles
DannnnyBriere
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Buffalo, NY
Joined: 07.02.2010

Dec 24 @ 12:53 PM ET
Great blog man, always a solid read
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:53 PM ET
I'm getting a remote starter installed on Saturday. I bet the rest of winter ends up unseasonably warm. It's how things work for me.
- HonkFortheGoose



My wife has one for her car, good idea.
mhp
Buffalo Sabres
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD
Joined: 01.14.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:55 PM ET
the plus side is I will get to be a member at a nicer golf course

the down side is my buffer zone went from 1046 miles to 6 miles

- homiedclown


it's all about the golf.
HonkFortheGoose
Buffalo Sabres
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY
Joined: 07.26.2008

Dec 24 @ 12:56 PM ET
My wife has one for her car, good idea.
- mhp


I had one in my old car. Every winter we had after that wasn't bad. I barely used it most of the time. I traded that car in August 2013 and went all last winter without a remote start, and of course it was horribly cold and super snowy. I'm hoping the trend continues after I get this one installed and the weather ends up warm enough I barely need to use it again.

Now I have to figure out what to do for 2 hours while they install it.
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