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Asplund didn't have the puck & he was at his own blue line. They will NEVER award a goal in that situation. EVER.

Hattie!

Bad time for the icing. They weren't going to be able to get the goalie out for at least 15 more seconds.

No. Nowhere close to a clear scoring opportunity.

No idea how 4 can cry about that call.

Bryson is fine as a 6/7. But Pilut outplayed him in the preseason IMHO. Really expect Okposo being less than 100% heading into the season is why he was sent down. They weren't comfortable going on the road w/ only 1 spare F if Kyle might be out too. And they didn't want to risk losing Fitzgerald to waivers.

His goal was huge. Been a long time since he buried one.

FTFY. ;)

Another post for Casey. Would be really nice if he could join Tuch w/ a pair.

Great play in the neutral zone, perfect pass from Thompson, & then the beauty toe drag to get free for a shot. And then Comrie shuts out the counter punch.

Tuch!

Really need a PP tally here.

Really like Cozens & Peterka on offense. But defensively their line has had issues. 10 goals against this year & at least 4 were against their line.

If they can weather the 1st 2 minutes, expect you're right.

Wow. That was truly awful positioning by that ref. Sabres can't worry about it. Just keep playing like they did the 1st 39:55.

They never put an asterisk on any of Housley's stats. That said, cool for Dahlin. But go get one in Van-city and shut up any doubters.

Really nice piece of history that could stand a seriously long time. Would be nice to see him get another in Vancouver to make it really tough to top.

Would expect that. The q becomes does Jokiharju go to IR or do they send Quinn or Sheahan down?

Did you not watch the last game? 2 day old news. ;)

Don't disagree w/ that at all. But, just saying, until something tragic does happen or the league steps in, the best a visiting team will get away w/ is what the Vikes did last week. Still think the simple solution is either make them play at 9AM like it's a London game or at 4:30 (or later) when it's anticipated the temperature will be over 85°F. The better solution is entend out the cover over the roof on the visitor's side of the stadium another 40'-50' so the visitors get shade as well. And the best solution would be for the league to punatively let the visitors choose which side of the field they want to stand on in that horrendously designed retrofitted stadium. The Fishies will fix the problem PDQ should that happen.

IIRC, back in the early 70's when the NHL was on national TV in the US (back w/ Peter Puck in the intermissions) they also had a Showdown style segment, except again IIRC it was breakaways & not just rapid fire. Pretty much the same thing theyend tied OT with in the RS nowadays.

That one went right over. D'oh! 🍺

Small sample, but 3-0 suggests that the acclimation period isn't as rough as their fans might've feared. 😉

Doubt that. As it would be forcing Ullmark, Subban, or Houser into the mix for 1/2 the season; which would seem to be 1/4 - 3/8's more than is in the plan.

Thus the earlier post. 😉 They've had a lot of 2's through the years from Schoeny through Zhitnik and Tallinder. But they've NEVER had a true 1. Now, they might be on the verge of having 2 legit #1's and at a time when the also should have a legit 3 that MIGHT be a Ramsey 2/3. Add Johnson (hopefully) to the mix along w/ Jokiharju &/or a couple of the Russians or the kid their high on in junior & they really could have a Nashvilleesque dominant D shortly after the cap explodes. Talk about Rags to riches, from none in over 50 years to 2 just 3 years apart in age & both in their primes.