4merper4mer Posted April 25, 2022 Posted April 25, 2022 50 minutes ago, Dr. Who said: They need a rule change. NHL is the one league I almost never trust to get it right (MLB is a close second, but I don't much care about baseball.) My proposed rule change is if the goalie skates out and punches one of these losers in the face then the goalie’s team automatically wins. 2
T&C Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: 😂 If you don't know you don't know lol.
4merper4mer Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 Tonight I am a fan of the Dallas Stars. LFG 2 1
T&C Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said: Tonight I am a fan of the Dallas Stars. LFG Yep... and the game starts fairly early too so I'll have it on. I'm going to switch to the away feed right at the end if goes as we all wish ⭐
T&C Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, eball said: Pretty exciting game; 5 min to go tied at 2. Playoff hockey... 2 to go.
4merper4mer Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 6 hours ago, T&C said: Playoff hockey... 2 to go. Didn’t stay up but looked at the result this morning and it is almost better than a regulation loss. Nashville, who is playing crappy hockey, shows clinched so must own a tiebreaker. One loss by Vegas or one point anywhere by Dallas does it. Lol. A little extended torture. The only thing better would be if the pick wasn’t top 10 protected. Check that. A complete meltdown season by Vegas starting in September would be better and is easy to envision. 2
BillsPride12 Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 I was on Pins and Needles watching that OT and Shoot Out last night. Definitely felt like the playoffs....I can't wait for the Blue and Gold to make their return...Hopefully next season🤞 2
eball Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) Dallas really tried to lose that game…some of the dumbest play I’ve seen in their own end the last few minutes of regulation and OT. Goalie saved ‘em. Eichel played “ok” but was on the ice more than any other forward and only notched one assist on the PP. He was -1 for the game and 3/13 on face offs. Just like you expect a superstar to play in a life and death game. Buffalo SO won that trade. Edit: and with Vegas probably winding up as the 15th or 16th “seed” for the draft lottery the odds of them getting the 1st or 2nd pick are minuscule. So it’s almost certain the Sabres will get their 1st rounder next year and we can really put the Eichel “error” behind us. Edited April 27, 2022 by eball 1 2 1
Doc Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 Can someone explain the draft pick the Sabres got for Jacky-boy, i.e. top-15 protected. Thanks in advance.
eball Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Doc said: Can someone explain the draft pick the Sabres got for Jacky-boy, i.e. top-15 protected. Thanks in advance. Top 10 protected. If Vegas' pick is top 10 then it defers to next year's pick. Lottery is only for the top two picks. After that, teams are slotted by record. So if Vegas doesn't get the 1st or 2nd pick (with the worst odds) then it will be pick 15 or 16 and the Sabres get it this year. 1
4merper4mer Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 36 minutes ago, eball said: Top 10 protected. If Vegas' pick is top 10 then it defers to next year's pick. Lottery is only for the top two picks. After that, teams are slotted by record. So if Vegas doesn't get the 1st or 2nd pick (with the worst odds) then it will be pick 15 or 16 and the Sabres get it this year. Is that an automatic thing? I rarely see these trades where the pick isn’t top 10 protected. If I’m Adams I tell Vegas how great they are and do we really have to bother with all the extra paperwork and if/then crap involved in top 10 protection? No way are you guys missing the playoffs with Eichel!!!!!!
BillsFan4 Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, eball said: Dallas really tried to lose that game…some of the dumbest play I’ve seen in their own end the last few minutes of regulation and OT. Goalie saved ‘em. Eichel played “ok” but was on the ice more than any other forward and only notched one assist on the PP. He was -1 for the game and 3/13 on face offs. Just like you expect a superstar to play in a life and death game. Buffalo SO won that trade. Edit: and with Vegas probably winding up as the 15th or 16th “seed” for the draft lottery the odds of them getting the 1st or 2nd pick are minuscule. So it’s almost certain the Sabres will get their 1st rounder next year and we can really put the Eichel “error” behind us. Eichel has completely disappeared the last 6 games when his team needed him most. Last game he didn’t even have a single shot on net during regulation. https://deadspin.com/maybe-jack-eichel-just-isn-t-that-guy-1848837660 Quote And it should be noted that their prize claim of this season, Eichel, has been dog **** lately. While the numbers overall look ok for him (21 points in 31 games), this last week or so when the Knights have been playing for their lives, he’s been nowhere. Last night, and it can’t be stressed enough that this was against the Sharks on the second of a back-to-back, Eichel had an expected goals percentage of eight. That’s EIGHT. His Corsi-rating for the night was 40 percent. And who were these titans of industry that swirlied Eichel for the evening? Rudolfs Balcers, Noah Gregor, and Thomas Bordeleau. No, they are not the guys comprising the band opening for Kraftwerk on their reunion tour (yes I know Florian Schneider is dead but just go with me here). Eichel had two shots on goal, and if you watch Timo Meier’s tying goal with 0.9 seconds left you’ll notice Eichel drifting over to the opposite corner to chase a puck he never had any hope of getting to and vacating the exact spot that Meier would score from. In his last five games, Eichel has one goal. That’s it. He’s also been getting his balls gnawed off by whoever he’s out there against. His Corsi-percentage in the last five games: 37.2, 63.7, 39.5, 44.9, and last night’s 40.1 beer fart. Even in that one dominant game, against Edmonton, the Knights lost 4-0. His expected goal percentage in those five: 42.9, 60.3, 53.1, 12.8 (!), and last night’s incomprehensible 8. Same thing happened back in 2019/20 when the Sabres were in the playoff race coming out of the trade deadline. The Sabres went on a 6 game losing streak coming off the trade deadline and Eichel was totally invisible. No goals. No assists. Sabres missed the play-in round (the year Covid ended the season) by like a single point or something like that. 42 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said: Is that an automatic thing? I rarely see these trades where the pick isn’t top 10 protected. If I’m Adams I tell Vegas how great they are and do we really have to bother with all the extra paperwork and if/then crap involved in top 10 protection? No way are you guys missing the playoffs with Eichel!!!!!! No, not automatic. Adams had to agree to it. Definitely pretty standard these days but I agree I thought it should’ve been unprotected. 1 hour ago, eball said: Top 10 protected. If Vegas' pick is top 10 then it defers to next year's pick. Lottery is only for the top two picks. After that, teams are slotted by record. So if Vegas doesn't get the 1st or 2nd pick (with the worst odds) then it will be pick 15 or 16 and the Sabres get it this year. Vegas can only move up 10 spots if they win. But either way we wouldn’t get their pick if they win one of the draft lottery spots. Dallas still needs 1 point, or another VGK loss to lock in their playoff birth. Vegas would need to win out and Dallas would have to lose out for Vegas to make the playoffs. Dallas plays Anaheim and Arizona. Vegas plays Chicago and STL. I’m feeling pretty good about it but Im not celebrating yet. You know, Being a Buffalo fan and all… Murphy’s law. lol Edited April 27, 2022 by BillsFan4
eball Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 28 minutes ago, BillsFan4 said: Vegas can only move up 10 spots if they win. Right, forgot about that. Good catch. 1
Doc Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 38 minutes ago, eball said: Right, forgot about that. Good catch. That's pretty much what you said/what I understood. 1
Warcodered Posted April 27, 2022 Posted April 27, 2022 Looks like McDermott if he wasn't allowed to work out for 6 months.
T&C Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 Las Vegas @ Chicago in 20 minutes... Blackhawks are playing for nothing other than to be a spoiler.
4merper4mer Posted April 28, 2022 Posted April 28, 2022 48 minutes ago, T&C said: Las Vegas @ Chicago in 20 minutes... Blackhawks are playing for nothing other than to be a spoiler. I think Vegas wins tonight but it would be funny if Chi knocked them out then lost 8-2 against us at RJ’s finale.
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