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jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jan 26 @ 9:46 PM ET
Idk who that is?
U guys & your nicknames....

- jdfitz77


Tage

turbo044
Joined: 02.18.2009

Jan 26 @ 9:50 PM ET
The difference is AMC will bounce back from the pandemic. Nothing beats seeing movies on the big screen unless you're rich and have a $30K TV and a $100K+ sound system.
- Wetbandit1


If you want a cheap stock that could double/triple easily look at HDSN. We’ve owned it for a long time, has been garbage but sum of parts are definitely worth a lot more than it’s current price of $1.34. Moved up today and raged a bit after hours but it’s the type of momentum stock that could take off
Buffalo--Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
Location: 2 15/16, NY
Joined: 07.07.2010

Jan 26 @ 9:50 PM ET
Okposo is toast
- Pegullaville


I had low expectations for him in these first few games coming back. Overall I still have low expectations of him so maybe that’s why I’m not as hard on him. He executed his Role last year very well. But of course he’s overpaid. The people responsible for that are long long so I don’t know how worthwhile it is to expend energy on that.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jan 26 @ 9:52 PM ET
I had low expectations for him in these first few games coming back. Overall I still have low expectations of him so maybe that’s why I’m not as hard on him. He executed his Role last year very well. But of course he’s overpaid. The people responsible for that are long long so I don’t know how worthwhile it is to expend energy on that.
- Buffalo--Sabres


Until Tage can outweigh his tallman brainfarts with actual offense, you play boring Okposo who is a net-zero player
jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 26 @ 9:54 PM ET
Tage


- jcragcrumple


Gotcha
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jan 26 @ 10:20 PM ET
Hello Linus please make up your mind if you are awful or good thank you
- robz228


He's solid. I think that Miller goal went off of Hall; at the very least Hall screened him.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 26 @ 10:55 PM ET
Don’t worry, they’re good enough....
or so i was told

- jdfitz77

sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jan 26 @ 10:57 PM ET
He's solid. I think that Miller goal went off of Hall; at the very least Hall screened him.
- Wetbandit1

I think Ullmark could potentially carve out a Bernier type career where he’s a decent 1B 30-35 game goalie but there’s just no way I wanna go into a year with him expected to carry a tandem
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 26 @ 10:59 PM ET
I think Ullmark could potentially carve out a Bernier type career where he’s a decent 1B 30-35 game goalie but there’s just no way I wanna go into a year with him expected to carry a tandem
- sbroads24

he's fine in a true tandem situation where goalies are split, which is rare


hutton is the unknown

Da_Cashman
Buffalo Sabres
Location: London, ON
Joined: 04.18.2011

Jan 26 @ 11:05 PM ET
Jack scores and Reider does too and no one is here female doging?

Anyways Pegullaville I sent you a PM about $HITI making like a rocket ship. Bought at 0.17 and now up to .70 CAD.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 26 @ 11:06 PM ET
Jack scores and Reider does too and no one is here female doging?

Anyways Pegullaville I sent you a PM about $HITI making like a rocket ship. Bought at 0.17 and now up to .70 CAD.

- Da_Cashman

jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 26 @ 11:08 PM ET
he's fine in a true tandem situation where goalies are split, which is rare


hutton is the unknown

- homiedclown


He’s not “unknown”
We know exactly what Hutton is
And it’s NOT good
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jan 26 @ 11:08 PM ET
Jack scores and Reider does too and no one is here female doging?

Anyways Pegullaville I sent you a PM about $HITI making like a rocket ship. Bought at 0.17 and now up to .70 CAD.

- Da_Cashman


I took a look at it when you sent me the ticker. It was a very nice looking chart.

Congrats sir that’s awesome !
Pegullaville
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Toronto
Joined: 03.16.2011

Jan 26 @ 11:10 PM ET
he's fine in a true tandem situation where goalies are split, which is rare


hutton is the unknown

- homiedclown


My hope is they remain in the hunt and Adams makes a move around game 25.

Been a lot of smoke around Arizona.

Maybe we can pry one of Kuemper/Raanta along with a forward like Dvorak or Schmaltz.

Send Miller, Hutton, and a 2021 first to get it done.
sbroads24
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We are in 30th place. It's 2017 , NY
Joined: 02.12.2012

Jan 26 @ 11:12 PM ET
Cal Petersen saves 32 of 33 and is first star

Remember when he was in the system with all the others we thought were great in 2012-2014?


jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 26 @ 11:14 PM ET
Cal Petersen saves 32 of 33 and is first star

Remember when he was in the system with all the others we thought were great in 2012-2014?

- sbroads24


Sucked losing him
Ugh
Wetbandit1
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Unpopular opinion (i think): The best Die Hard movie is the 4th one- Live free or Die Hard -jdfitz7, NY
Joined: 10.07.2010

Jan 26 @ 11:20 PM ET
I think Ullmark could potentially carve out a Bernier type career where he’s a decent 1B 30-35 game goalie but there’s just no way I wanna go into a year with him expected to carry a tandem
- sbroads24


Same, but he's young for a goalie still, so let's see. The org is packed with (young)goalie prospects, let's hope one turns into a true #1.
Sabretooth9
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.24.2019

Jan 27 @ 12:09 AM ET
That was a horse sh?t call
- Camel


Nope it was a good call


Good win. Keep it going
ieetbred
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 06.30.2011

Jan 27 @ 1:44 AM ET
huttons numbers before the sabres got him

16-17 .913 save % 2.39 gaa
17-18 .931 save % 2.09 gaa

hardly average numbers

- homiedclown


The third sentence in my post addressed this.

.918 (.003 above league average that year)
.913 (league average that year)

Then he had .931 in his contract year before signing with the sabres. He has been below average every single other year of his career. If you take out his great contract year his career save% is .905

Below average
ieetbred
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 06.30.2011

Jan 27 @ 1:55 AM ET
To clarify, I do have some regard for ullmark and believed he was taking the next step before he got hurt last year. I am rooting for him to still be the guy here.

It doesnt matter whether i think they need to upgrade hutton or not. If he gets healthy stays healthy and continues to be below average on a team that suppresses chances like we do then just add it to the list of blunders the last 10 years

jdfitz77
Buffalo Sabres
Location: buffalo, NY
Joined: 05.21.2007

Jan 27 @ 4:13 AM ET
The third sentence in my post addressed this.

.918 (.003 above league average that year)
.913 (league average that year)

Then he had .931 in his contract year before signing with the sabres. He has been below average every single other year of his career. If you take out his great contract year his career save% is .905

Below average

- ieetbred


👏👏👏
Camel
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Sudbury, ON
Joined: 04.25.2009

Jan 27 @ 6:52 AM ET
The third sentence in my post addressed this.

.918 (.003 above league average that year)
.913 (league average that year)

Then he had .931 in his contract year before signing with the sabres. He has been below average every single other year of his career. If you take out his great contract year his career save% is .905

Below average

- ieetbred


That’s how you can use stats to pretty well tell any story you please. I believe stats have many flaws and above is an example of how to use them to make a case.
I watch the games and can tell you with my own eyes both goalies are looking pretty good. I can take a good year of goal scoring away from Skinner and make an argument that he’s below avg goal scorer but that is deceiving. Too many variables. Again I watch the game’s and he’s a very talented hockey player and he is a good goal scorer.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 27 @ 7:59 AM ET
He’s not “unknown”
We know exactly what Hutton is
And it’s NOT good

- jdfitz77

STFU

he was fine in 2 of his 3 starts
and our D blew the last 2 years


Kuemper is not coming here
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 27 @ 8:00 AM ET
Sucked losing him
Ugh

- jdfitz77

he didn't want to sign

losing franchises does that
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Jan 27 @ 8:01 AM ET
That’s how you can use stats to pretty well tell any story you please. I believe stats have many flaws and above is an example of how to use them to make a case.
I watch the games and can tell you with my own eyes both goalies are looking pretty good. I can take a good year of goal scoring away from Skinner and make an argument that he’s below avg goal scorer but that is deceiving. Too many variables. Again I watch the game’s and he’s a very talented hockey player and he is a good goal scorer.

- Camel

but he sucked when we had nelson, beaulieu, hunwick, bogo in the lineup
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