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Watching Arizona hold on at the end of regulation was the most intense 5 minutes of hockey I have watched all season. I jumped up when they scored the winner in OT. What a crazy season. That Arizona win reduces the Sabres Magic Number to 7 losses to guarantee last place!! Edit: BTW we all need to thank Jimmy Howard for that atrocious performance in net.

We can keep the discussion in the other thread if you prefer. This thread has merit as a quick reference to easily find the current "state of the tank" over these last 2 weeks.

Last Updated Fri 4/10 9:26 PM THE TANK IS COMPLETE! THE LOTTERY IS APRIL 18th Sabres Magic Number (Losses): 0 Chance to finish last (Sports Club Stats): 100% Current Standings (Pts) Buffalo: 54 Arizona: 56 Games Remaining Buffalo: (1) vs. Pittsburgh Arizona: (1) vs. Anaheim Tiebreaker Procedure Arizona is guaranteed the tiebreaker (i.e. if BUF and ARI are tied, BUF finishes in last place)

We're not doomed without a QB. We're just not going to win without one. All I heard last season was how crazy Sammy would be if he had a QB like ODB.

Arizona has a chance to win two more games on it's schedule -- the two games against us. If we don't lose both those games, we are probably done. The 'yotes are truly All-Star Tankers.

Probably makes the most sense since Pettine has already done the show with NY. Plus the QB situation of course.

Arizona has dropped 17 of their last 18 games.

That was a huge home loss. Two more road games played in three days could make for a great weekend.

.857 save % last night. Looks like Arizona's secret weapon for when they play us

This is actually a pretty accurate breakdown. There are a few avenues to lower the hit next year he didn't explore (i.e. signing Gilmore long term), but it does illustrate some of the issues we'll face in the near future. More importantly, it illustrates these issues are, in fact, real -- and they won't go away by pretending Pegula has some mythical accounting powers that the other 30 billionaire owners in the league don't possess. The most glaring problem to me is that while we will be fighting to stay under the cap in the upcoming years, these figures don't allocate any future spending for anything more than a stopgap QB.

Holy crap Lindback was a beast tonight. Wowwww.

Yeah, the Isles were certainly not expected to make the playoffs this year.

Stunning

How can anyone judge a QB after 14 starts though? He was always a project coming into the NFL. QB's can get better, right? His first coach was clearly an idiot that ruined him.

Harvin fits a ground and pound offense? By that rationale, what type of offense wouldn't he fit in?

That's not true at all. They can negotiate with him until July 15th. At that time he plays out the year under the transition tag (unless another team makes an offer they refuse to match).

6 mil? Oof. I hope that's loaded with incentives.

No such animal in this era.

I hope we didn't just do something stupid out of desperation (like pay him Top 3 TE money).

I'm actually more excited that we kept him away from the Pats than I am to see him on our team.

(I would have went with George R.R. Martin)

I did not know that. Obviously, we are saving that tactic for the Arizona games.

If the Dolphins don't remove his transition tender (which they probably won't), are you guys going to bump this thread for the next 5 days? That will probably set a TBD record for "most excitement over a marginal player" since...since....ever?

Way too much hand-wringing for a guy that barely cracks the list of Top 10 TE's.

so much misinformation...