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Ryan McLeod only played 3 minutes at 5v5
Had 1 shift in the third since the Sabres ran 3 lines, and 1st 2 periods was mainly special teams. Curious how he’s used as this series finishes
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Konsta Helenius playoff debut (5v5)
- 12:25 TOI (2nd among F)
- 1.97 xGF (1st)
- 12 SCF (1st)
- 15 CF (1st)
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I’m not a blame the announcer guy but if this guy accuses us of embellishment one more time
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sabres vs habs game 4, drawn during second intermission
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@CMDeDominicis I'd consider swapping Krebs and McLeod to change something up with the top line....
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Credit to Lindy on the UPL and Helenius call. Also keeping Timmins in.
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@ntrider825 He's clearly bleeding since when does an old cut make it into rulebook
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@CMDeDominicis They refuse to give bolduc two for hitting Krebs and let it become offsetting then they call that
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@ESPNInsights They've had a knack for ending streaks this season though
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The Sabres trail the Canadiens 2-1 in the second round.
They have a 0-and-14 series record when trailing 2-1 in best-of-7 series, the most series losses without a series win of any franchise in that scenario.
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@wyshynski his jersey was being held by the Habs player so i think thats also a big difference vs a clearly defenseless player with Greig
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I'd encourage people to take a look at the Greig suspension video. What Norris did had echoes of what Greig did, but he absolutely did not check on the refs before delivering an upper cut to a defenseless opponent.
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HFTV@HFTVSports
Norris’ punch was nearly identical to Greig’s that got him a suspension. Xhekaj could have been suspended too in all fairness. Just another example of no consistency from the NHL’s Player Safety Department, not that we’ve ever expected to get any.
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@MattKopnak Doesnt matter but really curious how a Tampa series would have looked
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Let’s get one thing straight. They aren’t losing these games because they don’t care or they aren’t trying enough.
When your team loses fan immediately look inward. Truth is the other team is playing very good hockey and may in fact be better than you (gasp)
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Considering when the ref points, there's no way that penalty was supposed to be on Dahlin. Had to be Benson's last punch.
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@CMDeDominicis @ntrider825 @NHL_Nolan I have no idea how the Habs only had 1 expected goal that period. Clean it up...tie game
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@ntrider825 @NHL_Nolan What’s that massive leap at the end? Can’t recall what sequence that’s from.
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They’ve been pretty heavily outplayed for 4 periods now. Not great.
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Buffalo 0-3 at home in these playoffs when Sabretooth does not repel from the rafters. #analytics
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@CMDeDominicis Tage started that game going out of his way to hit guys and then....
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Someone should tell the Sabres when they try to just run everyone through the wall or try highlight reel hits all over the ice they play like shit
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@23sabres Hate it too but I almost wonder if a slightly less boisterous home game would take some pressure off the sabres given how the the first series went
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The only reason id prefer TB over MTL is because I’d have concerns over MTL taking over some of the building
But how likely is that when tickets are basically the same price now and they don’t have months in advance to plan for it
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@NotTheJoeMarino I hate the chant completely unless you score a few but Vas-eh-lesky works perfectly fine
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Now if Tampa wins tomorrow
We all know this goalie chant isn’t going to die. What are they going to chant for Vasilevskiy?
Vasilevskiy doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue in a mocking way
And if you can’t Vasy I think that’s just cringe
Idk bury this with the Bruins series
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But nothing for the slewfoot?
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NHL Player Safety@NHLPlayerSafety
Boston’s Charlie McAvoy has been offered an in-person hearing for slashing Buffalo’s Zach Benson. Date and time TBD.
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Without telling me his full name - his number, his nickname, or the team he's played for, try to describe me who you're all-time favourite baseball player is.
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@BizNasty2point0 @spittinchiclets If it was offside Buffalo would’ve challenged…
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For those asking. Onside by a hair. Electric finish in Buffalo. Pasta prevails.
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@JesseGranger_ I'm so confused...hasn't the bar always been conclusive/indisputable evidence is needed to overturn a call on the ice? I actually like that they could use common sense but this seems to not have been the policy for years...
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I have scoured the rule book to see this part of the review process laid out, but can’t find anything specific to the evidence needed to rule a good goal or not.
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This was former NHL ref and current ESPN rules analyst @ESPNRefNHL’s explanation on April 18, talking about the goal review in the CAR-OTT game.
According to Dave, the initial call on the ice is irrelevant to the review ruling.
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