Jan 15, 2023
The Buffalo Sabres continue to improve and have entered the conversation for the 2023 playoffs. Will they make it? Voting has started for the All Star game. A 14 year old from Slovakia has dominated the U18 Women's World Championships.
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Banter
Title Player Darren Turcotte
Turcotte - 88-89 Rangers Dean Kennedy -> 89-90 Sabres Rob Ray
Turcotte - 93-94 Whalers Adam Burt -> 00-01 Thrashers Dobson
Turcotte -> 95-96 Jets Craig Mills -> 97-98 Indianapolis Ice Eric Manlwo
Turcotte -> 97-98 Blues Harry York -> 99-00 Canucks Matt Cooke
Feedback Kathy Fencott - Vegas hanging with Darnell Nurse
News
Nela Lopusanova from Slovakia - 14yr old scoring highlight reel goals at U18 Women’s -
All Star game Feb 4 - get your votes in
Tanner Pearson injury - weird situation
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhlpa-steps-in-to-help-resolve-pearson-situation-with-canucks/
PK Honoured before Habs game
Lehner files for bankruptcy -
The tank is well and truly on in Chicago - Kane is out with injury and they send Lukas Reichel down after lighting it up https://theathletic.com/4091686/2023/01/14/blackhawks-kraken-lukas-reichel-demotion/
Ovechkin ties Mike Gartner for most 30 goal seasons - 17
Oilers - 3 in a row after loss to LAK
Klim Kostin - the hero the Oilers need
Jack Campbell wins back to back - is he for real?
Leafs - tough loss to Bruins - given uniforms Leafs should have won
Matthews goal - nasty
Guess the 5th
Team of the Week
Buffalo -
4th in Atlantic 44 PTS
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Fancy Stats - 5v5
CF% 51.89 (9) SF% 49.48 (19) GF% 50.81 (16) xGF% 49.58 (21)
SH% 9.42 (4) SV% 91.07 (21)
PP 27.63 (3) PK 72.73 (29)
Have played 3 goalies equally
Summary - need to improve PK
Definitely a playoff contender but have a lot of competition - WSH, NYI, PIT, FLA, DET all very tight in race
Goaltending will be a big concern as Anderson is 41 and he’s their best
Will be interesting to see what they do as trade deadline approaches - lots of cap space ($18MM)
Impending UFAs
Okposo, Girgensons, Hinostroza, Anderson
Hot / Not
Metro - PHI 7-3-0 / PIT 2-6-2
Atlantic - BOS 7-1-2 / MTL 2-8-0
Central - WPG 7-3-0 / ARI 2-8-0
Pacific - SEA 8-2-0 / VAN 3-7-0
Crazy Stat
DOPeS - Sergachaev and Keller get parking tickets
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