ninersdd Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Not even halfway in Hurricanes have put 6 by Chicago. How bad can this season get for the Hawks? Quote BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 Eh, let it rot. 2 Quote Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I don't even want to know what kind of meme magic they'll have in store for us next. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGuyJordan Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 22 hours ago, Sport said: Every season there's a few teams who jump out to surprising starts, but teams aren't close to their final form right now. October and November are kind of the ramp up period and teams are gelling and figuring themselves out. The hockey season doesn't really start until December so I'd pump the brakes on Sabres excitement for now. Obviously you'd rather start hot than not, but a few years ago the Sabres were 17-6-2 and in first place in the entire NHL at the end of November. That team only won 16 games the rest of the season and missed the playoffs by 22 points. Are Oct and Nov a guarantee of success by and in April through June? No, but most years, at the end of November, the media makes a big stinkabout how something like 80% of teams in a playoff spot at American Thanksgiving make the playoffs in the NHL. This is a small sample size, sure, and the wheels could fall off, absolutely. Your overall take is still a bad one. Quote Thunder Bay Lynx - International Hockey Association (2 seasons, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2018 Xtreme Cup Champions) | Houston Armadillos - Major League Hockey (2 seasons, 2016-18) | Minnesota Muskies - North American Basketball Association (1 season, 2017-2018) | Louisville Thoroughbreds - United League of Baseball (1 season, 2017, 2017 United Cup Champions) | Las Vegas Thunderbirds - International Basketball League (1 season, 2016-17, 2017 Champions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 39 minutes ago, BeerGuyJordan said: Are Oct and Nov a guarantee of success by and in April through June? No, but most years, at the end of November, the media makes a big stinkabout how something like 80% of teams in a playoff spot at American Thanksgiving make the playoffs in the NHL. This is a small sample size, sure, and the wheels could fall off, absolutely. Your overall take is still a bad one. That 80% is because good teams tend to be good at any given point in a given season and it's obviously better to be in a playoff spot at any point in the season, but 80% isn't 100%. Teams with playoff/cup expectations do some load management/pacing early on so they're not dead by the spring. But sometimes there's teams like the Sabres who jump out to hot starts on motivated effort alone, but they tend to fade once the better teams round out and once they run out of steam because that level of play is hard to sustain. I'm not saying anything untrue here. My overall take is pump the brakes on Sabres excitement until they're still doing this in mid December. Not sure why that's a "bad take". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGuyJordan Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 23 hours ago, Sport said: ...teams aren't close to their final form right now. October and November are kind of the ramp up period and teams are gelling and figuring themselves out. The hockey season doesn't really start until December... If we can tell what the broad strokes of the playoff picture will look like by late November then no, the season doesn't "really start until December." I acknowledged that the wheels could fall off. I never said you didn't make some salient points in that take. Say it's a long season, say there's plenty of time for them to run out of gas, or even that you don't think their play is sustainable. Saying that nothing in Oct or Nov matters much is a bad take. Quote Thunder Bay Lynx - International Hockey Association (2 seasons, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2018 Xtreme Cup Champions) | Houston Armadillos - Major League Hockey (2 seasons, 2016-18) | Minnesota Muskies - North American Basketball Association (1 season, 2017-2018) | Louisville Thoroughbreds - United League of Baseball (1 season, 2017, 2017 United Cup Champions) | Las Vegas Thunderbirds - International Basketball League (1 season, 2016-17, 2017 Champions) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 29 minutes ago, BeerGuyJordan said: If we can tell what the broad strokes of the playoff picture will look like by late November then no, the season doesn't "really start until December." I don't know what to tell you, but things don't really get going until then. That doesn't mean the first two months don't matter, but a lot of teams aren't going 100% the first two months. I don't know why that's controversial. 29 minutes ago, BeerGuyJordan said: I acknowledged that the wheels could fall off. I never said you didn't make some salient points in that take. Say it's a long season, say there's plenty of time for them to run out of gas, or even that you don't think their play is sustainable. I said all of that. My apologies for not using the exact precise wording you would've preferred. 29 minutes ago, BeerGuyJordan said: Saying that nothing in Oct or Nov matters much is a bad take. Good thing I didn't say that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 The Sharks skeleton crew somehow takes down Winnipeg tonight. Quote BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Too bad this year isn't the Connor McDavid draft year. Habs can barely win a single game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Getzy? Quote I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 hour ago, DEAD! said: Getzy? Nobody said hockey players were clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Ryan "Funny Joke" Getzlaf Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 2 hours ago, DEAD! said: Getzy? The Great Getzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sparkychewbarky Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Eichel to Vegas for Tuch?! Quote *The Battle of Seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Alright, so we reset the clock on the Sabres to ten years ago... a team with a couple decent players, but nothing remarkable about them. If this washes off the stink of trying to lose every night for so long, then so be it. Build back up from a bunch of random guys going into the corners hard. At least they didn't succeed in giving their best player of the last 20 years a degenerative neck condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 2 hours ago, sparkychewbarky said: Eichel to Vegas for Tuch?! Tuch, Krebs, a 1st (top 10 protected), and a 2nd. All things considered, this is a pretty solid return. Tuch is locked in for 4 more years after this season, and Krebs gives them another potential future 1C to go with Cozens. If there are any Sabres fans not happy with the trade, take it from someone who was incredibly underwhelmed by the Erik Karlsson return, wait and see how this plays out over the next few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Isn’t there a cap in the NHL? How does Vegas plan to field a full team long term? Volunteer shifts? Some real San Jose Sharks vibes with this one. Quote On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, FiddySicks said: Isn’t there a cap in the NHL? How does Vegas plan to field a full team long term? Volunteer shifts? Some real San Jose Sharks vibes with this one. They’re coached by an old Sharks guy. That’s like getting Dusty Baker to manage you te… Quote MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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