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And, again, teams (within the last 50 years) have missed w/ 96. Since the very unusual '70 season where literally every good team was in the Eastern Conference, nobody at or above NHL 0.600 has missed the playoffs. That should be the goal (6 points every 5 games, or if that's too many increments then 12 points every 10). Ensuring they're in, not hoping they're in.

Expect Bjork would've been waived. The more interesting question is would Pilut have been waived over Bjork had Okposo been 100% and the team not heading for a long road trip after their 2nd game in 3 days to start the season. Still believe it makes more sense to carry 8 D, but they aren't going to do that if it means possibly only carrying 12 healthy F's on a long road trip.

Loafs with the best team through 82 & winning 3 series? If Dom had them w/ the best record through 40 & winning 0 series, that would seem more plausible.

Krebs current lack of an NHL shot is why Quinn will likely get his spot. With Krebs penchant for still forcing passes, his passing isn't significantly better than Quinn's but Quinn's shot is light years further than Krebs' at this point. Agree that Okposo's PP status would seem tenuous, but it is clear they want a big body down low & unless Murray gets a callup, he's next behind Tuch from that metric. ( @lgr4gm likely going insane as both units appear to be set for the puck movement to start from the blue line.)

Could actually see the 2PP being as, if not more, effective than PP1. Not a fan of having Skinner in the middle of 1PP, but there are playmakers all around him so it shouldn't be crippling. Really like Cozens in Skinner's spot on 2PP & w/ Power behind him & teams having to stay honest with Olofsson out there he could absolutely thrive. Also wouldn't be surprised if Quinn takes Krebs spot on unit 2 by (US) Thanksgiving.

But Josh McDaniel is a horrible coach, so even if the analytics suggested it was the right move, it wasn't because McDaniel made the decision. 😉

The only reason Fitzpatrick got a hand on it is Davis brought the ball to Minkah as he caught it 1 handed. If Davis gets both hands on that ball initially, it's a completely clean catch & Gabe doesn't have to rip it away from him. Had that turned into an INT or a drop that was totally on Gabe (& a great effort by Fitzpatrick).

2 goal scorers already on PP1 (Skinner & Thompson). This way there's a goal scorer on 2PP & possibly 2 if Cozens can continue his tournament play. Both units are very balanced but mirror images w/ a power forward, a set up man, 2 goal scorers (1 of which is also good at setting up) and a QB to keep everything moving. Power absolutely should be the 2PP QB. Glad to see Granato moved on from the Jokiharju experiment.

Like that Asplund is the C on his line. Girgensons can play C, but he's so much better at W, he should never be C unless neither of his linemates can handle it.

Or someone inevitably breaks.

98 is the lowest full season point total over the NHL 0.600 which has pretty much always guaranteed a playoff spot. ('70 Habs are the only exception that immediately springs to mind.) Angled slope seems fine. Personally prefer it. Regardless of flat or angled, on/above the line is on a playoff pace, below they need to do better.

And then Joe Buck reopens his pie hole & proves once again that Aikman isn't the biggest tool in that booth.

Yes, he will. But if Okposo was fully healthy, Larry would be a Sabre now and Bjork would be an Amerk rather than that being the other way round.

Looks really sharp. Good work. 🍺

There are already 2 injured F's (though 1 might've been Ra-cha-cha bound) so it probably won't be too often that Granato needs to choose between the 2.

Have more Floyd than they realize they released. 😉 Was really glad to have gone. He played more stuff than expected & played pretty much everything expected. (Though thought he might play a song or 2 from his solo stuff and was pleasantly surprised he didn't. His solo material was the weakest of the 5 IMHO (though his was better than the worst of Syd's but not as good as the near handful of good tracks Syd put out solo. Also thought he might've played Cyballine rather than The Nile Song. Had hoped for Wots ... Uh, the Deal but with him already playing 4 tracks off Obscurred By Clouds it wasn't in the cards. Would've been 1/2 that album. 3 tracks off Meddle, 3 off A Saucerful of Secrets, 3 off Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and a couple from Atom, Heart, Mother. LOTS of good early stuff.) And was telling my son about how Floyd opened with Echoes the very 1st time I saw them & it was incredible, so was pumped that he could (almost) experience it. The other musicians were very good, but Gilmour & Wright are on a separate plane & are pretty much impossible to duplicate. Was also impressed with how much Nick talked to the crowd. He really seemed to be having fun. And it was really cool to focus on him throughout the show. His economy of movement is amazing. Which explains how a 78 year old drummer can play for more than 2 hours over 2-1/2 hours. Had ALMOST the same seats from having seen Gilmour in Shea's back in '84 & had awesome seats back then. Was about 2 seats closer to center stage this time. We had some early 20's near us who got fully into the spirit of the show. They looked like extras out of Sargeant Pepper's. Had forgotten just how good Atom Heart Mother is though it was very strange hearing it without the orchestral backup on it. Great show. Too bad there were so many empty seats. A lot more people could've heard a great show.

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Probably depends on opponent, but would expect either Hinostroza or Peterka.

Which will get him most everything, but not any of the TNT games and will likely only have any ESPN or ESPN2 games on delay.

Because the Sabres are so far from the cap ceiling it's been a very long time since looking closely at how the emergency recall cap exceedences the league put in to keep teams out of the Kings' situation from a few years ago when they were forced to run with a short bench because of their cap being hosed are structured, but the Loafs will face repercussions if they do exceed the cap on an emergency basis. So, they may be able to fly someone in, but they will have to make additional moves or lose cap the next year (again, haven't looked it it in a long time) to do so. Hopefully their (cap) stupidity hurts. It should.

Much to Bjork's delight. They aren't hitting the road next week with only 13 F's if a dinged up Okposo is one of them. Pilut just never seems able to catch a break.

Have been saying 91-92 all summer & haven't seen anything to change that as the mean for what they might be. Thing is, if the goaltending is similar to last season's, Lyubushkin has the typical learning curve of a new system that a lot of D-men seem to have w/ a new team, neither Cozens nor Mittelstadt step up, &/or injuries could put them around 84 points. But, if Comrie can be Marty Biron-esque, Buusch or Jokiharju can take control of the 4D slot, Cozens & Mitts both step up, they stay relatively healthy, & Power and Quinn (&/or Peterka) are all in the all-rookie team conversation 99 points & playoffs are possible.

Was planning on going there but came across a lot on Main St ~ 1-1/2 blocks from Shea's that was $5. Real easy out and after the show 1 turn later we were back on the Kensington. Great show. He played for over 2 hours with a 20 minute intermission & a 3 song encode. Played at least 1 song off all the albums pre-Dark Side of the Moon (except Umma Gumma) & at least 5 4 early singles that didn't end up on any studio albums. Opened with One of These Days. Closed the 2nd set with Echoes. And the final encore song was Bike.

Why don't you show us a team w/ a 4th liner as the captain before we show you a 2nd one? PS - your idea of having rotating A's would never have flown.

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