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They call Dahlin often for his reverse check when he's got the puck. It'd be just like that.

As an FYI, the Bandits will be raising the banner tonight at 7:30PM also. Expecting that'll be on ESPN+.

True. BUT you are supposed to be in control of yourself and your equipment. Meier decided to go into that engagement backwards which is why his elbow was up at Samuelsson's head level. There was nothing malicious there, but you can't elbow guys in the head intentionally or unintentionally. And he didn't just catch his head, he was coming in with a full head of steam and Muel was unable to return. It should've at least been a 2 minute penalty and because of the exploding nose and the potential concussion issues, personally expect it should've been a major.

Right after hydro, nuclear is what SHOULD be the go to source for power. MHO.

It certainly seems that he's already found his next GM. Just need to pull the cord.

Yeah, it sure seems that Kekalainen is the GM in waiting. Would really like them to just tear off the band-aid now, so he can start putting his imprint on this team now rather than waiting until July 1. Not the ideal GM but on paper should be significantly better than what they've had post-Regier. And, would really like to see them give Leone and his crew a shot at running the Sabres on an interim basis too. Bump the Sabres coaches, minus Ruff, down to Ra-cha-cha and see if they can keep what Leone has been doing going. And if Appert and crew don't want to move 60 minutes down the Thruway, so be it. Just expect it'd be hard to find an entire AHL coaching staff if they can everyone in Buffalo and don't really want to torpedo that team. IF Appert and the rest are as good as Adams believes they are, they should be able to continue the success there, right? Know none of that'll happen, but we're into the Christmas season (just ask anyone working retail 😉 ) so why not let Sabres fans get an early Christmas present.

But, that's the issue. Neither ref called anything on the play.

Don't worry @PASabreFan, we've got your back.

Which is why Gates no longer considers anthropologically induced global climate change to be the most pressing issue facing the world. He needs more power to run the AI he (and others) are trying to build and windmills and solar farms ain't gonna "git 'er dun." It's ALWAYS about the Benjamins.

$27; no STH discount. They seem to hold 24 oz. The line about 5 minutes into the 1st period still stretched to the main concourse (nearly 1/4 of the rink long). So at least 200 people still in the line, maybe even 3-400.

Tone and Volume.

Passes the eye test. There are times that Byram and Timmons play well together, and it's even a significant portion of the time they're out there; but when they go bad they're Messy-Balls bad and unfortunately those times are significant portions of time too. For the most part, am ok (not good, but ok) with those 2 together when they're at home and they can more or less control which lines they're deployed against. But really don't like them on the road. Still would rather they had a more defensive defenseman up as an option, especially on the road, so they could break up Timmins and Byram, keep from putting Byram and Power together (who are even worse overall than Byram-Timmins via the eye test) and still give Byram somebody defensively responsible to help him out when they can't control matchups.

Ironically, the same reasons that the PK is working well - guys that are outnumbered getting into passing lanes and using active sticks to intercept or at least deflect passes rather than manning up on someone and trying to take the body are likely the same reasons that overall they seem to be giving up more goals 5v5 to date. When you're outmanned, taking the body on someone gives the other team an even more substantial edge. 5v4 becomes 4v3 or 3v2 when guys play an individual man. Getting in the passing lanes, especially when you have really big bodies (most of the PKers) or reeally high hockey IQ guys (like Benson), tends to limit scoring chances when you're down a man or 2. Throw in better goaltending than you've gotten in the past, and the PK ends up fairly effective. But at 5v5, taking space away from a guy or actually manhandling him will be more disruptive than simply trying to take away a passing lane. Still would prefer Wilford gone, but if they could limit his duties to ONLY running the PK, might not hate him sticking around. And, that he doesn't seem to understand, or at minimum he can't convince his troops (aka coaching them), that different situations require different tactics to be successful is a fairly damning reason to get rid of him. And personally expect having Wilford as a coach limits how much physical play Power will add to his game. He plays the way Wilford seems to want him to play. Tough to learn to add other tools to your toolbox when those aren't taught/emphasized.

Saw an article that said that's always been his middle name. Expect that in Namibia it's about as big a deal as having a last name of Satan in the republics making up the former Czechoslovakia.

Bowman didn't care unless it was the night before a game and they were out past curfew. That's a big part of why McKegney became a Nordique.