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IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 5 @ 1:18 PM ET
What you looking to spend?

Best tablet is always an iPad.

You just want it for the sake of it just get a cheap Samsung. If you use a tablet like a computer, go ipad.

- BeadyEyedDouche


Thanks Beady.
I am a Droid user for sure. Don't like the Apple products compared to the Droids and the bullshyte Apple User/Password app where the Password can't be retrieved/reset by Customer Support is fvcking crazy.
I've tried an Apple PC, the iPad and now am forced to use their friggin phone for work...the hate runs deep, lol.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 5 @ 1:19 PM ET
No arguing Girgs solid possession metrics, but all it does is waste 11:00-14:00 minutes a night. He sucks on the PK as well. $2.2m is about $1.5m too much. All your trolling aside, you know this.

Is UPL your starting Goalie for the next 3 years?
He plays much better in the NHL than AHL I’ll give him that. Let’s see how the rest of the year plays out…IMO he needs to drive his Sv% up to around .910 by the end of the season through having played ~35 gms.

- IonSabres


Girgensons (all trolling aside) gets some top line matchups. Especially to start the game. That's gotta count for something.
As much as girgensons brings down okposo and the flavor of the month center, how much are they bringing him down?
Guy shows up to work and doesnt need to be baby sat or really coached up. He is was he is.
Longtime nhl veteran with vibes and likes buffalo.

As for goaltending. I've seen enough out of upl to ride him to the playoffs this season. Gotta take legit look at him , in the nhl , under pressure.

This isnt a throw away season by any stretch, it's still a growth and evaluate season.

All kidding aside, I appreciate the banter and I think you bring some great points to the board








Very occasionally 😀
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Feb 5 @ 1:22 PM ET
2 years, going on nearly 4 years.

What's the difference...?

- kingcong39

A 3rd is basically a 1st haven’t you been paying attention
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 5 @ 1:25 PM ET
We really need 285 posts about a failed 1st round draft pick hanging around as a not physical 4th liner who doesnt score either. It's a win/win for content. Less blogs and more Girgs takes in every one of them.
- lacaprup


Solid post paulacap.

I try and stay out of the girgensons talk.
It just seems like everyone is always posting about him?

I'm not sure if this is the proper term, but girgensons is a polarizing figure.

I'm gonna try and stop bye and say hi vs. Calgary
No girgensons talk please.
BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Feb 5 @ 1:27 PM ET
You speak as if there is only one model
- Slump Buster

You speak as if all ipads are 1000 dollars.

A currently last-gen 64gb ipad for 320 dollars is more than enough for a casual user, and you have the added security of an apple product.

The new model is only like a hundred dollars more.

I actually am torn right now between the 64gb ipad and the new mac-mini, but leaning toward the new M2 mac mini only because I prefer a desktop to a tablet. It’s twice as much, but for 600 bucks it’s a phenomenal machine and incredibly fast.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 5 @ 1:29 PM ET










Very occasionally 😀

- Boss34



Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 5 @ 1:29 PM ET
"If we don't make the playoffs it's because we can't stop the puck. "

we scored 7 goals in those 5 losses for 6k



6k is 12-4-1 in his last 17 starts

and you literally give him no credit


blaming the goalie is the lazy way out

- homiedclown



Making the big save at the big times of a game , can't really be measured statistically.

Sabres play for upl. He makes big saves, thus the impressive winning numbers.

Very craig Anderson like. Guys a winner.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 5 @ 1:31 PM ET


I try and stay out of the girgensons talk.
.

- Boss34





BeadyEyedDouche
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rustmine Ramsum most exciting Sabres klugdragger since Taro Tsujimoto
Joined: 07.01.2016

Feb 5 @ 1:31 PM ET
Thanks Beady.
I am a Droid user for sure. Don't like the Apple products compared to the Droids and the bullshyte Apple User/Password app where the Password can't be retrieved/reset by Customer Support is fvcking crazy.
I've tried an Apple PC, the iPad and now am forced to use their friggin phone for work...the hate runs deep, lol.

- IonSabres

It took me a solid 2 years to appreciate apple over android.

Android is more user-friendly for sure.

Apple will always put out a more nuanced but higher quality machine than android.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 5 @ 1:32 PM ET
Making the big save at the big times of a game , can't really be measured statistically.

Sabres play for upl. He makes big saves, thus the impressive winning numbers.

Very craig Anderson like. Guys a winner.

- Boss34

your best post this week


aside from the obvious jokes
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 5 @ 1:32 PM ET
None of that means UPL is going to all the sudden start posting a .930% to drag his .889 up to .910 by the end of the year. Maybe he gets to .900% by the end of the year, and if he does it means he played around .910 - .915 for the rest of the season. I'd be impressed. And that's where I've been all year for Sabres goalies. Stop 9 out of 10.
- lacaprup


You shoot from the hip too much.
His Sv% is .899 not .889
It isn't impossible to move to ~.910. Needs a run rate from here on out of ~.922.
Btw, that "~" means I'd settle for .907 as well.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 5 @ 1:33 PM ET
You shoot from the hip too much.
His Sv% is .899 not .889
It isn't impossible to move to ~.910. Needs a run rate from here on out of ~.922.
Btw, that "~" means I'd settle for .907 as well.

- IonSabres

I am waiting for the post b!tching about josh alen paying pebble beach instead of flag football
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Feb 5 @ 1:38 PM ET
Making the big save at the big times of a game , can't really be measured statistically.

Sabres play for upl. He makes big saves, thus the impressive winning numbers.

Very craig Anderson like. Guys a winner.

- Boss34


Grant Fuhr was the poster child for this idea
Slump Buster
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I root for draft picks but not the team, apparently, NY
Joined: 10.24.2006

Feb 5 @ 1:39 PM ET
I am waiting for the post b!tching about josh alen paying pebble beach instead of flag football
- homiedclown


There were kids on his lawn. A man has to have priorities.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 5 @ 1:39 PM ET
your best post this week


aside from the obvious jokes

- homiedclown


Sometimes you could put the numbers aside and find a winning formula.

I really like upl. I'd let him run with this team , give him a true chance to take the reigns.

Something like 6 first time goalies at the allstar game?
Thought I heard something like that?
Sure , its fan vote ect.

But, maybe it's a tough position and tough to be consistent? The great ones are... but how many great ones are available?
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 5 @ 1:40 PM ET
Girgensons (all trolling aside) gets some top line matchups. Especially to start the game. That's gotta count for something.
As much as girgensons brings down okposo and the flavor of the month center, how much are they bringing him down?
Guy shows up to work and doesnt need to be baby sat or really coached up. He is was he is.
Longtime nhl veteran with vibes and likes buffalo.

As for goaltending. I've seen enough out of upl to ride him to the playoffs this season. Gotta take legit look at him , in the nhl , under pressure.

This isnt a throw away season by any stretch, it's still a growth and evaluate season.

All kidding aside, I appreciate the banter and I think you bring some great points to the board








Very occasionally 😀

- Boss34



Lol
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 5 @ 1:41 PM ET
Grant Fuhr was the poster child for this idea
- Slump Buster


Fuhr definitely came to mind.

He was fat and terrible when he was a sabre.


Very similar to the Edmonton heyday, high scoring. little defense. Make key saves. Win the game by outscoring the other team.
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 5 @ 1:42 PM ET
Making the big save at the big times of a game , can't really be measured statistically.

Sabres play for upl. He makes big saves, thus the impressive winning numbers.

Very craig Anderson like. Guys a winner.

- Boss34


It is called High Danger SV%
IonSabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I said that months ago, keep up!, FL
Joined: 03.10.2013

Feb 5 @ 1:45 PM ET
It took me a solid 2 years to appreciate apple over android.

Android is more user-friendly for sure.

Apple will always put out a more nuanced but higher quality machine than android.

- BeadyEyedDouche


They are more reliable functionally and better for security.
I'm not very worried about security as I don't visit dangerous sites and don't open emails I dont recognize...so the risk is lower.
I appreciate the input though.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Feb 5 @ 1:54 PM ET
Fuhr definitely came to mind.

He was fat and terrible when he was a sabre.


Very similar to the Edmonton heyday, high scoring. little defense. Make key saves. Win the game by outscoring the other team.

- Boss34

he probably let more goals in from center ice than all the other sabre goalies combined

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

Feb 5 @ 1:56 PM ET
Sometimes you could put the numbers aside and find a winning formula.

I really like upl. I'd let him run with this team , give him a true chance to take the reigns.

Something like 6 first time goalies at the allstar game?
Thought I heard something like that?
Sure , its fan vote ect.

But, maybe it's a tough position and tough to be consistent? The great ones are... but how many great ones are available?

- Boss34

4 or 5 great goalies

and a really good system goalie that we let walk (ullmark)

Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 2:04 PM ET
Thanks.
It did have a nuce case ..just hit wrong at the corner on a tile floor.
The S6 Lite comes with 128G in storage, my old one at 32 was tapped out and couldn't add any more Apps...I mean, how can one survive with only 50 porn apps

- IonSabres

My Wife has the Samsung S6 Lite. Does everything she needs. Plays a sh!t ton of games on it That's for sure.
Boss34
Buffalo Sabres
Location: BUFFALO , NY
Joined: 12.03.2015

Feb 5 @ 2:05 PM ET
4 or 5 great goalies

and a really good system goalie that we let walk (ullmark)

- homiedclown


I think they tried to keep ullmark. Even if we offered an additional buffatax.

He chose 1st place over dead last place when he left.

Also , ullmark was definitely injured frequently and wasnt as good last year....

He was likeable. But mostly for his helmet
Buff36
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 10.13.2019

Feb 5 @ 2:07 PM ET
I think they tried to keep ullmark. Even if we offered an additional buffatax.

He chose 1st place over dead last place when he left.

Also , ullmark was definitely injured frequently and wasnt as good last year....

He was likeable. But mostly for his helmet

- Boss34

If they wouldn't have pulled his chain for 2yrs they could have gotten him for Cheaper
kingcong39
Buffalo Sabres
Location: albany, NY
Joined: 02.21.2007

Feb 5 @ 2:09 PM ET
I think they tried to keep ullmark. Even if we offered an additional buffatax.

He chose 1st place over dead last place when he left.

Also , ullmark was definitely injured frequently and wasnt as good last year....

He was likeable. But mostly for his helmet

- Boss34


How happy would Sabres fans be to have a goaltender play 41 games and have a 917 save percentage?
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