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Yeah I hope everything is ok, too. But I have seen him posting on other boards, so I’m assuming he is.

26cornerblitz usually updates things but he hasn’t been around in a while. I don’t see the Sabres catching the Isles, Bruins or Leafs. The Isles are now in 3rd in the Metro. They pushed the Pens back into the last wildcard spot, while Montreal is sitting in the 1st wildcard spot. https://www.nhl.com/standings/2018/wildcard Montreal now has a 5 point lead on the Sabres. Pittsburgh has a 4pt lead. And Carolina is nipping at our heels now, too (3pts back). We do have 2 games in hand on Montreal though. So they are not out of reach yet. Like you said though, none of this matters if buffalo doesn’t start winning.

I hadn’t heard that. When did he say that? Locker clean out day? Thanks.

https://www.stampedeblue.com/2019/1/15/18183989/5-coaches-the-colts-could-look-at-for-offensive-line-coach

Thats encouraging.

Yeah, as a fan it’s very tough to know how good of a job a position coach does. When they have some NFL history you can at least look up their results (in some cases, anyway) and maybe some blurbs on them from NFL players etc. But I meant more on this particular hire. I doubt there are many here that have even as much as a passing opinion on the guy (though I’m sure that won’t stop some from complaining about the hire...), since he’s never been more than an assistant o line coach at the NFL level. And I doubt that there are many people on here that know (or remember) how good Indiana’s offensive line was from 2005-09 (the only time he was the head o line coach that I am aware of). He is a fresh hire. We just have to wait and give him some time. Hopefully McDermott and Daboll got it right.

Not going to pretend I know anything about this guys ability to coach an o-line. I doubt a single person here has a clue.

lol Yes, Sully. It’s much better to be happy rooting for your own team’s misery....

Lol. That was some terrible acting. For some reason I get a kick out of watching these types of commercials (local commercials with terrible acting). Anyone ever see the “all holes filled” landscaping commercials on YouTube? https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=all+holes+filled+landscaping

Thanks. I was wondering if anyone would know what I was talking about... lol. Gavin’s buddy has been annoying the @#$& out of me every time I visit Saint Denis. I keep trying to talk to him again, but I guess you can only talk to him once. Have had no luck finding Gavin myself. I read that, supposedly, Gavin’s voice actor is not listed in the game credits. So it’s likely just RockStar messing with us. Kind of like the Mount Chiliad mystery from GTA5. Or BigFoot from GTA 4 & 5. speaking of which, I guess you can actually find (and speak with) BigFoot in RDR2. Haven’t tried it yet myself - https://www.gamesradar.com/players-have-already-found-rockstars-longest-running-easter-egg-in-red-dead-redemption-2/

Correct. He was only there for 2018 so no cross over with McDermott or Beane

Special teams coordinator was just hired and we never heard anything about an interview. Not every one gets announced or makes it to the press, and McBeane are pretty tight lipped about things. There have actually been numerous Bills coaching hires (since McD took over) where we didn’t hear anything about any interviews beforehand.

He sounds pretty impressive from that article. Thanks for sharing. I am optimistic about this hire.

Ok, now this is just getting embarrassing. Lucic has almost doubled his goal total for the ENTIRE YEAR tonight. He had 3 goals coming into the game tonight. He now has 5.

Yeah, I was excited about the Sabres start. That lasted all of a minute... lol. 2 fluky *** goals and a terrible play by Beaulieu and its 3-1. Edit -E Rod!! There we go.

Well, we finally get to see what Hackett is truly made of. I have heard a lot of excuses given over the years for the way his offenses have performed. There will be no excuses left with one of the best to play the game as your QB.

So... has anyone seen Gavin?

Feel bad for the guy. His post game interview from the end of last season was tough to watch. Gorges was literally in tears talking about how that could have been his last game ever in the NHL. I was hoping he could catch on somwehere as a #7/8 type, but knew that realistically he was probably done. I think that micro fracture knee surgery just slowed him down way too much to play in the current NHL. Still feel for thr guy, though. He was a warrior and always a heart&soul team first guy. Good luck in whatever comes next JG!

I don’t care how long it takes as long as they get it right.

Damn, I was hoping that they’d take a QB this year and pass on one in the 2020 class. It it looks like 2020 could be a pretty good QB class. But who knows, a lot can change between now and then. Good for the Dolphins though, if they finally do have some type of plan in place. They’ve been kind of just winging it for quite a while now. The AFC east could end up being a pretty tough division in a few years if the Jets, Dolphins and Bills all really do get their **** together.

McDermott tried to keep Kromer. He wasn’t under contract with the Bills for 2017 and chose to go to LA. I read/heard that Kromer eventually wants to be an offensive coordinator again and Sean McVay either told him that he would have a chance to earn that promotion in LA or that he would do what he could to help prepare him for that chance elsewhere (not sure which, I can’t remember for sure). I sure wish we could have kept him, though. He is definitely, IMO, among the best o-line coaches in the NFL.

https://nhl.nbcsports.com/2019/01/12/sabres-slip-out-of-playoff-position-behind-habs-isles/ Sabres now sit outside of a playoff position with the loss tonight. Montreal passed them in the standings and currently hold the last wildcard spot over the Sabres. It was only a matter of time. I think we could all see this coming with their slide in the standings since the 10 game win streak. They’ve still been playing some good hockey though. Really, this is about where I hoped they would be at the start of the season - trying to sneak into that last wildcard spot. I was hoping to see them be competitive in every game (which they have, for the most part) and figured they’d probably lose a lot of close ones this season. I hoped that they would push for a wildcard spot and be in the mix right till the end. I wanted the kids finally playing important games into February-march. All that is happening, so I keep trying to remind myself of that. That 10 game win streak caused us all to get our hopes up... but I think we all know that they were overachieving during that span. I obviously wanted (and still want) them to make the playoffs. But it’s not all that often a team goes from last place to the playoffs in consecutive years. Outside of the top line, this team just doesn’t have the talent to be all that much better than they are right now, IMO. Guys like Mittelstadt and Thompson are very talented, but they’re just not quite ready to be impact players in the NHL yet (not on any type of regular basis anyway). And the vets are basically a collection of 3rd and 4th liners. We have a 1st line and then a hodgepodge of bottom 6 players (not that Mitts and Thompson will always be bottom 6 players, they’re just not ready for full time top 6 roles yet). The Sabres are pretty much missing an entire 2nd line right now. How far can you go without a 2nd line to help carry the load? Look at Colorado right now. They have the best 1st line in the NHL (MacKinnon and Rantanen have 66 and 68 points, respectively) with comparable, but slightly better secondary scoring to the Sabres and they are in free fall right now too. They’ve lost 9 of their last 10. There is still a lot of work to be done on this team. But they have definitely taken a step forward in their rebuild this year. This is the first time I legitimately feel that way since the rebuild started. I feel like this team is finally headed in the right direction. Guys like Eichel and Reinhart are taking the next step in their development. We are seeing more and more flashes of Tage Thompson’s skill. The team as a whole is finally competitive on a consistent basis. They are playing like an actual NHL level team and doing the things good NHL teams do. Rochester is playing good hockey. They are firmly in a playoff spot. The prospects down there seem to be developing. Our other prospects outside of the AHL are coming along nicely. We have FOUR 1st round picks over the next 2 years (1 of which could potentially be a lottery pick next year). IMO things are finally looking up.

Thwre was a faceoff in buffalo’s end. Tampa won it, got a shot on net and Brayden Point buried the rebound.

Really?! 26 seconds. Not a good start. I hope its it’s not one of those games....