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Vegas slides the rest of the year, they select in the top 10 and our pick is deferred until 2023. Which is fine because the Eichel curse continues for them, they finish last in the league next year (a standing Eichel knows how to lead a team to), they win the lottery, we get their pick, and select the most explosive prospect since McDavid in Michkov.

Boy, Eichel sure seems to find himself on teams that can string together some losses. I know, I know; it’s just a coincidence.

Enjoyed Granato’s post practice presser today. I’m on record as saying he may not be the coach that gets us to the cup, but that he is the right coach right now for this team and he gave another great indication of that in answering a question about how the team has has really bonded and come together as a tight group that cares for each other, etc. and how as a coach that’s really out of his control. His answer was interesting in that he agreed a coach can’t do anything to foster that, but a coach can do a helluva lot to ruin it. Just great awareness by Granato who seems to understand the psychology involved pin getting the most out of his players.

Guilty as charged. But my beef with Harrington isn’t Sabres related.

It’s open for interpretation, but it’s like porn; you know it when you see it. The net being dislodged had ZERO impact on the goalie’s ability to make the save or not. The puck would have crossed the line in the center of the crease whether the net was there or not. The goalie should have made the save, but couldn’t, and I imagine the refs got together to discuss just that and the video review confirmed what they discussed.

Agree entirely. Had Vegas won that game, the VGN PR people would have trotted Eichel out front and center to trumpet his triumphant return to Buffalo. But the Sabres spoiled the entire narrative and their whiny crybaby star just couldn’t handle the moment. Something that requires class. Something Eichel seems to lack entirely.

Seems like a pretty simple explanation and it’s exactly what happened on the play, imo. The refs did well to gather, discuss, and enforce the proper ruling.

I was surprised by the revelation that Jack was getting chirped all night by his ex-teammates last Thursday and surprised by the idea that the Eakin neck roll in the face off circle wasn’t a coincidence, but a deliberate attempt to bust Eichel’s balls.

He should get a game just for the level of Smolinski smugness he showed after he scored. That in itself was an affront to the hockey gods. Game wasn’t over, A hole.

Good point. I’ve noticed the same thing about Eichel since he first got here. When I watch the dominant Cs in this league like McD and MacKinnon for example, they seem to do everything fast; just attacking the game in every facet with speed in both their feet and hands. It’s really noticeable to me.

Well, only fools rush in.

It wasn’t just the feed they took from Toronto. They took the franks and the beans!

Yep. And it helped to have one of his idols (Hedman) tell him he belongs.

Never gets old beating those arrogant fother muckers. Never. Gets. Old.

This atrocious announcing crew has me actually longing for Dunleavy.

Is it too late to delete it?

One assist and a -1 in the two games vs Sabres this season. So far, so good. But that dude can go off at any time.

Propaganda just is. It’s up to us to provide its context. So there’s “good” propaganda and “bad” propaganda, depending on the the nature of it and our own political assignments to it. I appreciate your attempt to just see it for what it is.

Foresight is a bitch. Especially in hindsight. Murray had the right plan, wrong people.

Great point. I guess Mitts’s house has become the hangout for the guys, including Tuch. At least that’s what I’ve heard. Bonding off the ice is so important.

I have every confidence that Adams, Karmanos, et al, know exactly what kind of players to surround a young core with. They have two already in Tuch and Okposo. The question is, will they be able to lure more of those types to Buffalo?

No Quinn again I see.