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No, Koivu played in Game 3 in Moe-ray-all & took a high stick to the eye from Williams & didn't play again that series. And, if you listen to Rivet, he says Koivu didn't play in game 3. Not calling BS on his story, (well, maybe 😉) but things didn't happen exactly the way Rivet related the story. Koivu left game 3 in the 2nd period w/ blood dripping from his face after the high stick from Williams. (Which somehow the entire reffing crew managed to miss. But the ref did help him to the bench. So, there is that going for them.) Koivu played a Habs forward most 23+ minutes in the double OT game 2 they won in Carolina the night he'd supposedly taken 30+ stitches in the arse. He played 33 shifts & had the 2ndary assist on the game winner. (He must've recieved REAL good Advil that day to play that much & still matter in the outcome.) Now maybe he was able to get 30+ stitches & play 10 minutes more in game 2 than he had in game 1 only a few hours after getting his arse cut that bad before game 2 and his real reason for not playing again after going to the hospital in Moe-ray-all during game 3 was due to his arse still being sore 3+ days later, but this kid ain't buyin' that baloney. No, no, really NOBODY on the team except for Koivu, Rivet, & the trainer knew ANYTHING at all about this horrific injury that REALLY DID happen but somehow didn't affect his play. Doesn't Rivet like to fish? Seems he might have had a record haul w/ that trip. 😉

Slightly different subject. Have never been under Broad St, but have seen photos. Need to check that out sometime. Know several people who have proposed repurposing that space. Some cool ideas & some just plain wacked out.

Might as well be there. As long as he's out of the east, it's good. Do you really think he'd join on out there at the beginning of the rebuild? (Presuming that's the direction they're heading.) You think they might just retool on the run?

Sometimes. He also was hot garbage at times which is why Gerber also got a start in that playoff run. IMHO, injuries were a far bigger factor in the run. They were on their way to getting swept by Moe-ray-all until Williams high sticked Koivu in the eye. As soon as Koivu was gone, so were the Habs. Don't recall who, if anyone important Joisey lost, but the Sabres run of "win a game, lose a(nother) D-man" is well documented, as is the Eulers' goalie breaking in the Finals. Carolina didn't lose a player that mattered until Weight went down in Game 5 of the Finals & was promptly replaced by Eric Cole. They had 14 skaters dress for every game & Weight played all but 2 & Whitney missed 1. 16 of the 18 skaters had a sum total of 3 man games lost. Un-friggin-real.

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Bummer. It's good for rivals to have people that are bad at their jobs.

Needing to clear waivers or not has nothing to do w/ him having a 1 or 2 way contract, but rather his pro experience & age.

That and, those games that he doesn't bet on his team to win, well maybe he lets his best bullpen guys get a rest for tomorrow's game where there will be money on the line. Unless he's betting on his own team every game & with the same bet, he'll consciously or unconsciously affect the outcomes of both the games he does bet on & the ones he doesn't. Had he been exclusively betting on AL games, personally wouldn't have seen any issue w/ it as those games were as relevant to the NL prior to interleague play as the NFL was.

They've claimed they're trying to cut down on the hacks across guys arms/wrists. Which seems to be what they're doing. Which is consistent w/ letting them continue to try to amputate a leg w/ their twigs.

Don't the Loafs know that in order to blow a 3-1 series lead, they have to actually get that 3-1 series lead? How in the world are the Loafs expected to blow a 3-1 series lead when they're this bad in game 4? This playoff series will be COMPLETELY out of character for them. 😉

They've done that all season. They've had 5 or so different bands that have played. Most of them have actually been pretty decent. The best band name of the bunch is the Plagerists. (Which, IMHO, is a brilliant name for a band that plays all covers.)

Farrance should have been that pick. Will never understand why Botterill didn't take the local kid.

It could even be a 2 year deal w/ no true negative repercussions based on where their full team salary sits. Would still leave him as an RFA for 1 year after the deal ends. He could still be a useful trade chip as part of a package if he doesn't have a future in Buffalo. He has extremely good hand eye coordination and could score a reasonable amount in the NHL if he can get PP time w/ somebody.

Apparently they're broadcast on WWKB-AM 1520 & simulcast on WGWE-FM 105.9.

In rewatching the game I saw that me holding up my message to Rick & applauding him made it onto the MSG broadcast.

No reason for the Sabres to be interested in either.

The Great Dhane scored 14 seconds into the 3rd. Set the tone for a 10-5 win.

And to think, all it took was letting more than 16 teams into the playoffs, a minor miracle of a TO based team choking BEFORE the playoffs, and OT 2 games in a row. Having a little R2 Rou2 unit didn't hurt either. 😉

Each draw has 14 lottery balls numbered 1-14 and 4 balls are drawn. The order they come out is immaterial, so there are 1,001 combinations. Teams are randomly assigned enough combinations to meet their odds. (Sabres have 5% chance of winning, they get 50 lotto tickets. Moe-ray-all has 18.5% chance of winning; they get 185 combos. And so on & so forth.) The Sabres had 5% odds of winning the 1st draw w/ 1,001 combinations (one of which is a "do over" not assigned to any team). If Vegas w/ their 0.5% chance of winning wins the 1st draw, then in the next draw their 5 combinations join the other 1 out of 1,001 to become a do over. And now, the Sabres 50 winning combos out of 995 valid combos gives them a 5.03% chance of winning that 2nd draw. (Had thought Vegas had a 1% chance of winning, an article on NHL.com said it was actually 0.5%; thus the discrepancy in #'s between this post & the one you quoted.)

Will give you that it's petty. Not sure it's stupid. Kings management would be pretty ticked if the Eulers win game 3 off a weird bounce off the boards that those guys were ready for because of extra time on the rink learning nuances.

He's not officially available & might not actually be available. People are speculating that w/ getting rid of the old coaching staff & their leaders getting long in the tooth that the Jets might be looking for a full rebuild. If they go full rebuild, maybe Hellebucyk becomes available for the right steep price.

The Eulers were trying to get extra practice time in. The rink crew didn't give them any more time than they were officially alloted. Don't see a big issue w/ it & it isn't the 1st, nor the last, time this has / will happen.

Back when the Superbowl Era Bills team was being dismantled a few of the players took out full page letters in the BN to thank fans for their support through the years when they left town. Can't really think of a lot of other examples. So, yeah, it seems quite uncommon. But also remember that the Sabres PR group is MUCH better now than past incarnations & the new team was installed starting around last summer. It may have been Okposo's idea, but it also might have been suggested by others. Not saying it wasn't cool of Kyle to do so. It was.

Well, also in fairness to John, he & GoDD interacted fairly often on TBD. What you see as John stirring stuff up might have been merely a return salvo. (Or, it could've just been a post bar closing rant. On occasion we'd catch a two-fer. 😉 )

Except the odds of winning the 2nd lottery ARE better than 5% because if the team that won the 1st draw wins again, that result is voided and they draw again until a winner is chosen. In that 2nd draw, if Vegas won the 1st, the Sabres odds are now just about 5.05% and if the Habs won the 1st draw, the Sabres now have nearly a 6.1% chance in the 2nd draw. And by weighting that full distribution is how they get the 5.4% chance of winning the 2nd draw.