NHL Playoffs 2022-2023 Season

[PromoTheRobot]

On 5/20/2023 at 5:25 PM, Prospector said:

So Eichel is like Stephon Gilmore who was pissed that he had to play on a sub-par team for a few years until he could go to a team that actually wanted to win it all, and had the pieces in place to do so. 
 

I hope the Sabres make changes like the Bills did, but right now, they seem like they are about two thirds into the Bills re-imaging process that took them 20 years and drafting Josh Allen. But now the Sabres are just good enough to not get the next Josh Allen. 
 

Eichel has been a beast for us this post season, and after his medical issues, he is only getting better. I hate losing Tuch and Kreb, but Eichel has been bringing it these games in the post season. The hate on Eichel is understandable, like the hate on Gilmore, but he wants to win now, and doesn’t want to wait on a perennial loser to try and figure things out to do so

 

I have to ask, do you pay more than passing attention to the Sabres? Because to say we don't have our "Josh Allen" when we have Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch and Rasmus Dahlin, and "Stefon Diggs" players like Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn, and now goalie Devon Levi, is just bizarre.

[Gregg]

1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

I have to ask, do you pay more than passing attention to the Sabres? Because to say we don't have our "Josh Allen" when we have Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch and Rasmus Dahlin, and "Stefon Diggs" players like Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn, and now goalie Devon Levi, is just bizarre.

 

This latest rebuild has worked. 91 points last season. They have a core group of players 25 or younger who are very good. They still need to improve the defense and there is no reason to think they won't in FA/draft. I mentioned this before, but I think the Sabres in this upcoming season will have the same type of breakout season that the Devils had last year. 

[Dr. Who]

2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

I have to ask, do you pay more than passing attention to the Sabres? Because to say we don't have our "Josh Allen" when we have Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch and Rasmus Dahlin, and "Stefon Diggs" players like Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn, and now goalie Devon Levi, is just bizarre.

Agenda driven trash talk. Dude didn't even know the Cigarette Man from X-files is a character on a show and got bent folks were wishing the character dead because of the Buffalo Bills curse. Now he's gloating that Eichel is having a good playoff; basically he's flubbing the Miss Congeniality tryout. And yes, he's fully ignorant of how stacked the Sabres are, but that's true of a lot of folks who checked out over the last decade.

[PromoTheRobot]

22 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

This latest rebuild has worked. 91 points last season. They have a core group of players 25 or younger who are very good. They still need to improve the defense and there is no reason to think they won't in FA/draft. I mentioned this before, but I think the Sabres in this upcoming season will have the same type of breakout season that the Devils had last year. 

 

Plus you have Jiri Kulich tearing up the AHL playoffs at 19. Good vibes all around in just two years.

[muppy]

Florida is outskating and outplaying the Canes in that series. Showing they are clearly a better TEAM right now.

 

I call that peaking at the right time. YEP

 

As far as the Sabres are concerned I am thrilled to have come aboard when I did.  To borrow a line from the movie Dumbo "Things are looking up Up UP 

 

 

[Gregg]

Just now, muppy said:

Florida is outskating and outplaying the Canes in that series. Showing they are clearly a better TEAM right now.

 

I call that peaking at the right time. YEP

 

As far as the Sabres are concerned I am thrilled to have come aboard when I did.  To borrow a line from the movie Dumbo "Things are looking up Up UP 

 

 

 

I don't know if they are really outplaying them. All three games were one goal games with two of them going into OT. Also, BOB is a big reason why the Cats are up 3-0. 

[muppy]

7 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I don't know if they are really outplaying them. All three games were one goal games with two of them going into OT. Also, BOB is a big reason why the Cats are up 3-0. 

I say that because In Crunch do or die time the Canes have not delivered. In that regard they have clearly come up short . Power plays have been well defended by Florida and the goalie is playing very well too

 

the overtime record game oh my VERY tough game to have lost

Edited May 23, 2023 by muppy

[Gregg]

David Pagnotta on Twitter: "I’m told the NHL is going to host 2 Stadium Series games next season in February 2024 at MetLife Stadium on back-to-back days involving 4 teams: Devils/Flyers and Isles/Rangers" / Twitter

[Jauronimo]

On 5/20/2023 at 4:25 PM, Prospector said:

So Eichel is like Stephon Gilmore who was pissed that he had to play on a sub-par team for a few years until he could go to a team that actually wanted to win it all, and had the pieces in place to do so. 
 

I hope the Sabres make changes like the Bills did, but right now, they seem like they are about two thirds into the Bills re-imaging process that took them 20 years and drafting Josh Allen. But now the Sabres are just good enough to not get the next Josh Allen. 
 

Eichel has been a beast for us this post season, and after his medical issues, he is only getting better. I hate losing Tuch and Kreb, but Eichel has been bringing it these games in the post season. The hate on Eichel is understandable, like the hate on Gilmore, but he wants to win now, and doesn’t want to wait on a perennial loser to try and figure things out to do so

What does that even mean in the NHL? The Sabres and Oilers had a combined 16 years of having a "Josh Allen" player and they have not much to show for it.

[PromoTheRobot]

FYI: If you have MSG+, the Amerks @ Hershey game tonight and Thursday will be on. No word yet if the rest of the games will be. But you can see Games 1 and 2.

[jayg]

8 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

FYI: If you have MSG+, the Amerks @ Hershey game tonight and Thursday will be on. No word yet if the rest of the games will be. But you can see Games 1 and 2.

Thanks!

[Prospector]

5 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

What does that even mean in the NHL? The Sabres and Oilers had a combined 16 years of having a "Josh Allen" player and they have not much to show for it.

But they have not had a Josh Allen team… the oilers do now. They should probably have won it all this year.

 

and I said Sabres, not Oilers… Oilers are building something to win right now

Edited May 23, 2023 by Prospector

[Prospector]

10 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

I have to ask, do you pay more than passing attention to the Sabres? Because to say we don't have our "Josh Allen" when we have Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch and Rasmus Dahlin, and "Stefon Diggs" players like Dylan Cozens and Jack Quinn, and now goalie Devon Levi, is just bizarre.

I don’t. I’m a football/Bills fan 1st and foremost. My hockey knowledge started when I heard we were getting a team 10 years ago, so I started following the Sabres to help me get up to speed with the game. I got really excited when I knew they would draft either McDavid or Eichel… the players you listed though, is like listing Kyle Williams, Mario Williams, Scott Chandler, Fred Jackson, and Eric Wood…. Yes great players, but still spinning tires 

[PromoTheRobot]

8 minutes ago, Prospector said:

I don’t. I’m a football/Bills fan 1st and foremost. My hockey knowledge started when I heard we were getting a team 10 years ago, so I started following the Sabres to help me get up to speed with the game. I got really excited when I knew they would draft either McDavid or Eichel… the players you listed though, is like listing Kyle Williams, Mario Williams, Scott Chandler, Fred Jackson, and Eric Wood…. Yes great players, but still spinning tires 

 

Just say you don't know ****.

[Prospector]

2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Just say you don't know ****.

I literally started my reply with that. I really don’t. I have to keep asking what icing is, and when it counts

Edited May 23, 2023 by Prospector
Clarification

[PromoTheRobot]

Just now, Prospector said:

I really don’t. I have to keep asking what icing is 

 

Just understand that the NHL isn't like the NFL. Rookies almost never play. They start in the minors and take 2-3 years to get to the big club. Trades and free agents are part of the process but you have to build your team through the draft first. That's why it takes longer. The Sabres are on the cusp.

[Prospector]

2 minutes ago, Prospector said:

I literally started my reply with that. I really don’t. I have to keep asking what icing is, and when it counts

 

2 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Just understand that the NHL isn't like the NFL. Rookies almost never play. They start in the minors and take 2-3 years to get to the big club. Trades and free agents are part of the process but you have to build your team through the draft first. That's why it takes longer. The Sabres are on the cusp.

Heck yeah!!! Maybe they can lose to Knights next year in the Finals!!! I would love that series!

[T&C]

Has to be the Canes or the Stars to win the cup this season... help needed lol.

[Prospector]

I know a lot of you hate the VGK, their uniforms, Expansion rules, continued success, Eichel, pregame show, warm weather and hot chicks, Vegas in general (one guy even said Vegas was a dying town, lol, what?! In another thread), but when all is said and done, Bills are number 1!!!! Go Bills! No matter what! You may hate me for being a clueless hockey VGK homer, but I love our Bills, and that’s why I’m here. 

[Prospector]

31 minutes ago, T&C said:

Has to be the Canes or the Stars to win the cup this season... help needed lol.

These type of replies are why I like to keep responding. Pure bitterness, and for a team not in the same division, conference, side of the map, or rivalry 

 

ComradKayAdams, thanks for all the barf emojis and no replies, that’s almost less than what I bring to these forums

Edited May 23, 2023 by Prospector