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We gave most of the drills names. (Easier for the kids to recall what to do during them.) Obviously, those were called "Herbies."

Clarkson grad?

No data. MSG didn't carry his post game comments on the Post Game Show.

True. And one corollary to that is, it is possible that one (or more) of the players that people here consider untouchable ends up in a couple of years, not just touchable, but actually moved because the return for them (especially when looking at the full cap ramifications) either makes the team significantly better now or extends the window out significantly, or both. And somebody that people want to see moved might not be (at least not in the next year or 2) because they come in at a low cap hit, fill a role that management wants them to continue to fill, or they wouldn't bring back in return anything that makes the team better nor extends the window; perhaps all 3.

It's true.

Anything less than 4 points on this road trip will be extremely disappointing. (Basically add 4 to whatever they get in LA to figure out what they SHOULD get.)

Interesting. Those lines could work.

Nope.

Really? After being a Sabres fan through the Rolston, Nolan, Housley, & Krueger years, wouldn't expect not hearing a goal horn would be that strange. 😉

But they might get a McCabe, which IMHO is a bigger need than a Chychrun.

TIL, Dahlin has ~50 more NHL games under his belt than Lyubushkin has. Did not realize that Buush's career high for a season is 51 games. 🍻

Not necessarily. He could realize that he has flaws in his game but like aspects of it & believe that his coaches & development staff could make him worth the contract. There also is the possibility that he realized that Bryson is a tweener (but again, has potential to grow) & figured with his cap floor challenging team that giving Bryson the deal he did would also kill 2 birds w/ 1 stone - it would help them stay above the floor & it would make it unlikely any other team would put a waiver claim in on him should he become the 24th healthy player. Definitely want them to make the playoffs, nut not positive Adams & Granato see that as critically important. That Canes team he was a 4th liner on back in '06 didn't have a playoffs the year before their run (the lockout saw to that, but they wouldn't definitely have made them in '05 as the 2 previous years they'd been dead last overall & then followed that up w/ a ~5th from the bottom finish; that team that didn't play because of the lockout had a lot ofparallels to this year's Dabres team) but still won the Stanley Cup even though a fair number of key pieces like Staal & Ward hadn't been in the NHL post season. So, if he can make a move cheaply to help this year or one that makes sense both this season & LT, yeah, he'll bring in reinforcements; but he isn't going to be buying just to buy. MHO.

Probably because Clague has looked good playing w/ Power particularly or Dahlin but not when playing on the 3rd pairing. And if he's in for Bryson, he's 3rd pairing. Bryson isn't a tire fire on the PK. Expect that isn't the case for Clague. Both are 7's. Based on Jokiharju's being glued to Power's hip, don't expect Clague to get to play w/ the guy he's been comfortable with. So, Bryson gets to play. Hopefully Adams can find a McCabe that isn't going to cost a 1st nor a key prospect. Otherwise, we'll continue to get servings of Bryson.

Originally was disappointed when it turned out somebody bought today's tix. (Had thought they'd been pulled off the ticket exchange. Oops.) In hindsight, am OK with it.

Guess not. Tuch is on the ice now.

Is Tuch injured? Okposo's been out in his spot the last 2 shifts.

And this 2nd period might've been their worst of the entire year. At least if the ice is tilted, it's in the right direction as the Sabres shoot twice this way.

Granato did. But getting Jost was the tool that let Granato do that. Since being moved to wing, Mittelstadt picked up his game. Regardless of which skaters he's been put with. Both Don & Mitts expected him to play wing this year. But until Jost arrived, the Sabres didn't have 4 effective C's. So Mitts sucked it up & played C and for most his his time there as the 2C. He was put in a role he wasn't ready for for whatever reason. Since getting put into 1 he is equipped for, he's played well. Thing is, since he got his confidence back, on the couple of occasions he's been pressed into playing C, he's been fine.

That 1st 20 might've been the best 3 shot period this kid had ever witnessed. They were outshot by 8, but really only gave up 2 dangerous chances, 1 off the PP on the weak call on Okposo. And, if they hit the net a bit more could've easily been up 4 or 5 to zip.

Since last week? 😉

And 1 wasn't a fulltime D-man.

Well, Chiarot is the cautionary tale for why McCabe MAY net a 1st. But also why the Filly 2nd should be enough to land him.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if nobody makes a better offer for him than the Phlyers 2nd. (CAN see somebody giving up a high 1st, but wouldn't have any money on it.) Considering that the Hawks are in full on rebuild mode, that Filly 2nd could get the deal done.

It WAS the wrong thing to do. But it's good that sometimes there are people like the big guy that do the wrong thing because maybe the next rocket surgeon that's going to act like an entitled weenie will think twice before acting like an entitled weenie. Society as a whole is better when people remember that when in public they should ask themselves SHOULD this be done not CAN this be done. But, to your 1st sentence, 2 things: 1 - per our resident Texan, that punch likely wasn't illegal. & 2 - just because something is illegal, it isn't necessarily wrong. There are all sorts of unjust laws on the books in various places.

Expecting you'll be disappointed. No way Granato doesn't roll with Ukka Pukka Duukka today.