ExiledInIllinois Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Stick with the law, man. You know, where you'll actually find people to agree with your particular brand of retardia. 819991[/snapback] You do have a way with word... Smooth as a burlap bag... Yet, you do have a way with words...
daquixers_is_back Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Stick with the law, man. You know, where you'll actually find people to agree with your particular brand of retardia. 819991[/snapback] What exactly do you disagree with?
Kevbeau Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 What exactly do you disagree with? 820029[/snapback] Probably the "throw a cold goalie into the shootout" thing. The only goalie I've ever seen come in cold an manage a shootout is Patrick Roy and please don't compare Marty to Roy. Sabres are first place..Atlanta is a few points behind in 2nd. You don't start the "B" goalie.
Buftex Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 If the Sabres were indeed "tight" because of the chance to break the record, that's a reasonable excuse. I guess we'll see now that the pressure's off. 819549[/snapback] I am sure the Sabres wouldn't look at it as an excuse, but did anyone else get that sense in the first period? It seemed as though some of the passes in the Atlanta end were just a tad too crisp...it certainly looked like nerves to me. Lehtinen was very solid. Atlanta played a very smart game against the Sabres. The Sabres could not really connnect on a lot of long passes, and Atlanta played their lanes very well for spells, during the game. Still, the Sabres created ample quality scoring chances for themselves. The fact that they got a point out of it was very satisfying...I can't believe there are those doubting how good they really are, right now.
daquixers_is_back Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Probably the "throw a cold goalie into the shootout" thing. The only goalie I've ever seen come in cold an manage a shootout is Patrick Roy and please don't compare Marty to Roy. Sabres are first place..Atlanta is a few points behind in 2nd. You don't start the "B" goalie. 820067[/snapback] Yeah I suppose that was an ignorant comment. Whether or not you believe they should have started Biron from the beginning or not, one thing still remains. 1. Miller gave up 5 goals. A few of which were pretty silly and on his "on" nights he could have probably easily stopped. 2. Miller *could* have been tired ... we may never know.
Taro T Posted October 30, 2006 Posted October 30, 2006 Yeah I suppose that was an ignorant comment. Whether or not you believe they should have started Biron from the beginning or not, one thing still remains. 1. Miller gave up 5 goals. A few of which were pretty silly and on his "on" nights he could have probably easily stopped. 2. Miller *could* have been tired ... we may never know. 820074[/snapback] The Sabres should NEVER start Marty Biron against Atlanta if they have a reasonable alternative. The Thrashers are Marty's personal horror show. Even when Atlanta was a truly bad team, they did bad things to him. Bad things, man.
daquixers_is_back Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 The Sabres should NEVER start Marty Biron against Atlanta if they have a reasonable alternative. The Thrashers are Marty's personal horror show. Even when Atlanta was a truly bad team, they did bad things to him. Bad things, man. 820588[/snapback] You mean like making him lose? I guess Miller and Biron are even now.
Taro T Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 You mean like making him lose? I guess Miller and Biron are even now. 820681[/snapback] Not even close. Even with what you seem to be describing as a horrible game by Ryan, he's 2-1-1 lifetime against Kovalchuk and company with a 2.47 GAA and a 0.924 SV%. Marty is 4-9, with a 3.51 GAA and a 0.856 SV%. A large part of Marty's former reputation for giving up the soft goal at the most inopportune of times was earned playing against the Thrashers. That 3.51 GAA is even worse when you consider that Marty has been playing against these guys since they were an expansion team. In a year that they only won 19 games all season, Marty pitched a 16 save shutout in an 8-0 victory and LOST the other 3 TIMES to them. The next year, he blew a 3-0 lead, giving up 4 goals on 12 shots en route to a 6-4 loss at home. As I stated before, I would NEVER start Marty against Atlanta unless there was no other option available. Ryan coming off a full day's rest and only playing 2 other games that week was not tired. Not after only playing 8 games prior to this one in the entire month, especially in October.
daquixers_is_back Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 Not even close. Even with what you seem to be describing as a horrible game by Ryan, he's 2-1-1 lifetime against Kovalchuk and company with a 2.47 GAA and a 0.924 SV%. Marty is 4-9, with a 3.51 GAA and a 0.856 SV%. A large part of Marty's former reputation for giving up the soft goal at the most inopportune of times was earned playing against the Thrashers. That 3.51 GAA is even worse when you consider that Marty has been playing against these guys since they were an expansion team. In a year that they only won 19 games all season, Marty pitched a 16 save shutout in an 8-0 victory and LOST the other 3 TIMES to them. The next year, he blew a 3-0 lead, giving up 4 goals on 12 shots en route to a 6-4 loss at home. As I stated before, I would NEVER start Marty against Atlanta unless there was no other option available. Ryan coming off a full day's rest and only playing 2 other games that week was not tired. Not after only playing 8 games prior to this one in the entire month, especially in October. 820791[/snapback] And yet we still lost ...
meazza Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 And yet we still lost ... 820803[/snapback] FFS... they play 82 games. It's going to happen more than once.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 And yet we still lost ... 820803[/snapback] Not technically in the "L" column... Buffalo is still posting a goose egg there... They are 10-0-1... The other team gets (Atlanta) gets toput in their win column. So... Technically, is that still undefeated???
BoondckCL Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 FFS... they play 82 games. It's going to happen more than once. 820804[/snapback] How can you be sure!
daquixers_is_back Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 Not technically in the "L" column... Buffalo is still posting a goose egg there... They are 10-0-1... The other team gets (Atlanta) gets toput in their win column. So... Technically, is that still undefeated??? 820807[/snapback] Explain this please.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 FFS... they play 82 games. It's going to happen more than once. 820804[/snapback] It better not be ONE game over 7... What was the best the NHL ever had (80 games)? Canadiens lost a min of 8 once, right (1976)?
meazza Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 How can you be sure! 820808[/snapback] Well if they don't, i'll !@#$ing bow down and say the Sabres are the best team to ever lace up their skates. But regardless, picking apart an overtime loss against a good team when you're 10-0 is !@#$ing stupid.
meazza Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 Explain this please. 820817[/snapback] Still got a point.
BoondckCL Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 Well if they don't, i'll !@#$ing bow down and say the Sabres are the best team to ever lace up their skates. But regardless, picking apart an overtime loss against a good team when you're 10-0 is !@#$ing stupid. 820819[/snapback] Agreed. When they become 10-2 then we'll tar and feather the !@#$ers.
meazza Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 It better not be ONE game over 7... What was the best the NHL ever had (80 games)? Canadiens lost a min of 8 once, right (1976)? 820818[/snapback] I don't remember. You could easily find it on google. Detroit had more wins but the Habs finished with more points. Technically though, I wasn't even born when this happened.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 Explain this please. 820817[/snapback] The Sabres do not have a loss in the official (historical) loss column... Right now they are 10-0-1... Before shootouts... That one would have been a tie... Now stands as an OT/SO loss... Which really isn't a regulation loss or a true loss. ...Ahhh who cares, I am just trying to split hairs...
BoondckCL Posted October 31, 2006 Posted October 31, 2006 The Sabres do not have a loss in the official (historical) loss column... Right now they are 10-0-1... Before shootouts... That one would have been a tie... Now stands as an OT/SO loss... Which really isn't a regulation loss or a true loss. ...Ahhh who cares, I am just trying to split hairs... 820823[/snapback] Split them, then we can say we hold a record in the city of Buffalo.
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