2022-2023 Sabres Thread

[YardRat]

Re: 2022-2023 Sabres Thread

It’s the ****ty manufactured point in the OT games that screwed us. It’s a horrible system that I’ve hated since it’s inception.

I don't understand this point.

Buffalo had 12 OT wins, one of the best totals in the league. Florida and the Islanders 6 each, which means the new system allowed the Sabres to pick up six additional points on the other two teams that the old system wouldn't have given them. Under the old rules Buffalo would have finished farther out of the race. (If you take away the manufactured point and just let the outcomes stand as 1pt each ties, NYI=87 points, FLA=86 points, BUFF=79).

Unless you are saying the rule change should have eliminated ties completely, but even then all three teams would have ended up with 42 total wins and 84 points, and the first tiebreaker (regular wins) would have had the Sabres behind the other two still (36-36-30).

If anything the manufactured point helped Buffalo stay in the race longer.

[swiper]

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[Night Train]

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The Sabres were literally 1 game short of the playoffs. A last week flip of that Florida game or that terrible NYI loss would have meant they would have needed only 1 point against Columbus (who just fired their coach) to make the playoffs. Ugh...

They tie the team record for road wins and fail badly at home. An utterly bizarre stat. Improvement was obvious but lots more work to do. See you next fall.

[Skooby]

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Thanks for the season, it’s all over. /

[swiper]

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Best hockey in quite some time.

[JATMtheJATM]

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It sure sounds like Okposo is done. What a class act.

[swiper]

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So are the Sabres part of the draft lottery or not?

[swiper]

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl...ng/ar-AA19UAPt

The Sabres will be among the 16 teams participating in the NHL draft lottery on May 8.

They have a 2% chance of winning the lottery, but "winning" means something a bit different after the March 2021 change in rules.

The Sabres are currently slotted at No. 13. They can select no higher than No. 3, no matter the lottery results.

A team can “move up” no more than 10 spots if it wins one of the draws, under the revised rules.

https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/buffalo-sabres-and-nhl-draft-lottery-what-you-need-to-know/article_72338388-db8d-11ed-904c-afd09d74b06f.html

[Clumpy]

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[JATMtheJATM]

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl...ng/ar-AA19UAPt



https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabre...09d74b06f.html

They are talking about michkov slipping to the mid first because of his contract in Russia. Make no mistake. If the Sabres have to wait 3 years for someone like him, do it

[ParanoidAndroid]

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The Sabres were literally 1 game short of the playoffs. A last week flip of that Florida game or that terrible NYI loss would have meant they would have needed only 1 point against Columbus (who just fired their coach) to make the playoffs. Ugh...

They tie the team record for road wins and fail badly at home. An utterly bizarre stat. Improvement was obvious but lots more work to do. See you next fall.

That really ought to spark some changes at First Arena.

[swiper]

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A lot of lively talk out there about how the Sabres will upgrade their defense. Reading a lot of giving up #13 pick, Olofsson or Joker or some combination thereof for Matt Roy. Apparently a first-pairing right shot RD is hard to come by.

[JATMtheJATM]

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A lot of lively talk out there about how the Sabres will upgrade their defense. Reading a lot of giving up #13 pick, Olofsson or Joker or some combination thereof for Matt Roy. Apparently a first-pairing right shot RD is hard to come by.

I think it's possible that happens. But I'd wait till after the lottery (because if you win and jump to 3..….) And this is an exceptionally deep draft. Possibly even deeper than 03. And hall of famers were being taken late in that first round.

I dunno, I feel like id hang on to it.

[Skooby]

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Thank you to all who participated, I rightly started a playoff team game day thread for 23-24. Go Sabres !!!

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/showthread.php/262969-2023-2024-Buffalo-Sabres-gameday-thread-!!