Good post

Eichel's attitude, celebrating by himself ect.

Bye bye


Gonna miss his talent for sure. Bad attitude....no
- Boss34

Don't get me wrong, I was super excited when the Sabres drafted him, but he always seemed to have a chip on his shoulders. Maybe because he was always under McDavid? Maybe cause he was a Bruins Fan and always hated the Sabres as I hate the Bruins? I don't know, but he never seemed genuine. Maybe I see things differently now?

If we don’t mess these deals up better days could be here sooner rather than later
- realsabresfan11

Seems like another 3 years minimum unfortunately

If it's #3, Comtois, another prospect (not Zegras) and a cap dump, is it a fail?
- Powerslave

of course it is

That 70% xGF% team is built and coached way differently than that other 70% xGF% team, and a different brand of hockey is played, and all the sudden a regular season weakness may turn into a playoff strength. At this stage I don't see that as quantifiable.

I like analytics but I don't appreciate the tunnel vision nerds being bent out of shape because "the better xGF% team lost"
- TheSabresTaco

i'm glad you said this...


DUCK!!!!

analytics are never an indicator of short term success anyways

its like roulette. the house has an advantage. you might win betting on red 4 of 7 times, but if we start looking at a drawn out sample size, the house will be better.

and who would you rather be? the team that has an advantage, no matter how minimal the impact on a single game is? or would you rather be the guy betting on red, and saying i told you so to the house when you win this time?
- robz228

vegas beat the statistical juggernaut that was the colorado avalanche...in fact so did the dallas stars the year before and the san jose sharks the year before that...

kyle "king of analytics" dubas' toronto maple leafs have not made it out of the first round the last five seasons...

talent is great, except with the sabres who've totalled over ten first round picks playing for them at times yet still haven't gotten out of the basement other than a few steps up the stairs...

analytics can be a useful tool, but it's not the holy grail in hockey

vegas beat the statistical juggernaut that was the colorado avalanche...in fact so did the dallas stars the year before and the san jose sharks the year before that...

kyle "king of analytics" dubas' toronto maple leafs have not made it out of the first round the last five seasons...

talent is great, except with the sabres who've totalled over ten first round picks playing for them at times yet still haven't gotten out of the basement other than a few steps up the stairs...

analytics can be a useful tool, but it's not the holy grail in hockey
- Michael Pachla

It can help you avoid Cody Eakin if you listen to it

It can help you avoid Cody Eakin if you listen to it
- Hank Balling

it has it's place...i get that...and i'm not against teams using them...too many people in the cottage industry of bubble graphs and spreadsheets act like it's some holy grail and get people to blindly believe what all those charts and stats tell them

Elliot Friedman confirms Ducks and Sabres talking about Eichel via The Instigators

Elliot Friedman confirms Ducks and Sabres talking about Eichel via The Instigators
- realsabresfan11

👀👀👀👀👀👀

Don't get me wrong, I was super excited when the Sabres drafted him, but he always seemed to have a chip on his shoulders. Maybe because he was always under McDavid? Maybe cause he was a Bruins Fan and always hated the Sabres as I hate the Bruins? I don't know, but he never seemed genuine. Maybe I see things differently now?
- c1067

Maybe eichel's a crybaby boston kid that is very self centered?

I have an eichel Jersey, I've supported him for the past 6 seasons.

As a season ticket holder, he instantly provides on ice excitement. I'd rather see something different at this point.

Maybe a more team oriented approach?

Get (3) type 2C guys.

Cozensons
Mitts
Byfield/ hughes/ petterson

Hope 1 of these guys can play top minutes- 1B center?

vegas beat the statistical juggernaut that was the colorado avalanche...in fact so did the dallas stars the year before and the san jose sharks the year before that...

kyle "king of analytics" dubas' toronto maple leafs have not made it out of the first round the last five seasons...

talent is great, except with the sabres who've totalled over ten first round picks playing for them at times yet still haven't gotten out of the basement other than a few steps up the stairs...

analytics can be a useful tool, but it's not the holy grail in hockey
- Michael Pachla

yeah, and its a non story when the analytical favorite wins like they usually do, because they're usually the general favorite too

are you really going to say going in to next season you'd rather be montreal than toronto or colorado because they won more in the playoffs this season? of course not.

Maybe eichel's a crybaby boston kid that is very self centered?

I have an eichel Jersey, I've supported him for the past 6 seasons.

As a season ticket holder, he instantly provides on ice excitement. I'd rather see something different at this point.

Maybe a more team oriented approach?

Get (3) type 2C guys.

Cozensons
Mitts
Byfield/ hughes/ petterson

Hope 1 of these guys can play top minutes- 1B center?
- Boss34

1C Girgensons
2C Cozensons
3C Ruotsalainensons
4C Eakinsons

Did someone not have his coffee yet!!🤭🤭
- Buff36

No, actually, just took my first sip. God damn zoom.

yeah, and its a non story when the analytical favorite wins like they usually do, because they're usually the general favorite too

are you really going to say going in to next season you'd rather be montreal than toronto or colorado because they won more in the playoffs this season? of course not.
- robz228

do you really need graphs, charts and spreadsheets to see just how good and talented the lanche and leafs are?

vegas beat the statistical juggernaut that was the colorado avalanche...in fact so did the dallas stars the year before and the san jose sharks the year before that...

kyle "king of analytics" dubas' toronto maple leafs have not made it out of the first round the last five seasons...

talent is great, except with the sabres who've totalled over ten first round picks playing for them at times yet still haven't gotten out of the basement other than a few steps up the stairs...

analytics can be a useful tool, but it's not the holy grail in hockey
- Michael Pachla

Vegas is a statistical juggernaut too

1C Girgensons
2C Cozensons
3C Ruotsalainensons
4C Eakinsons
- Hank Balling

Lot of sons

Lot of sons
- Buff36

Sons are the new larries

Sons are the new larries
- Hank Balling

Don't be saying that!!

No more Larry's!!!

vegas beat the statistical juggernaut that was the colorado avalanche...in fact so did the dallas stars the year before and the san jose sharks the year before that...

kyle "king of analytics" dubas' toronto maple leafs have not made it out of the first round the last five seasons...

talent is great, except with the sabres who've totalled over ten first round picks playing for them at times yet still haven't gotten out of the basement other than a few steps up the stairs...

analytics can be a useful tool, but it's not the holy grail in hockey
- Michael Pachla

Colorado was a better team this year than in years past. Devon Toews wasn’t there and Makar took another step. Kadri’s suspension didn’t help things either.

Toronto signed all truculence and traded for Foligno. They went against the analytics grain and when you build a top heavy team and lose an $11M Center, that doesn’t help.

do you really need graphs, charts and spreadsheets to see just how good and talented the lanche and leafs are?
- Michael Pachla

no of course not, but it could help a team like toronto not overreact and sign wayne simmonds or jimmy vesey to try to fix their supposed problems

it could help a team like vegas not re-sign cody eakin despite having a great traditional statistic season and playoffs for them

- Michael Pachla

You know, it really stinks down here. How often do some of your people take a bath?

1C Girgensons
2C Cozensons
3C Ruotsalainensons
4C Eakinsons
- Hank Balling

1. C. Bjustead….

1C Girgensons
2C Cozensons
3C Ruotsalainensons
4C Eakinsons
- Hank Balling

🙂

For the record : not an eakins fan ☝️

Cozensons
Byfieldsons
Mittelstarsons
Girgensons

I still think LA ends up " paying the price" of byfieldsons
Just posturing now.

1. C. Bjustead….
- Gr8daygo

You're right. Absolutely right.

Bjusons cannot be denied

I'm in the construction industry. Tore down an old school and hydroseeded the lot. It was either buy the tripod sprinklers or water a football field 4x a day by hand. No thank you
- Hank Balling

I know you guys do big stuff, but how about a bathroom