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More like no reason to have Clifton playing over little Johnson. Big Johnson has been steady. Clifton is a friggin train wreck at times.

That’s not an unfair assessment of Granato as a bench coach. Nothing about his in-game management strikes me as anything but less than mediocre, including how he manages the bench.

Nah. He just made a couple major league saves to keep at 2 zip.

Oopie has to stop that.

Seeing that Cooley still sucks as Amerks now down 3 zip in Utica.

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but most of the bad things that happen in our own end seem to happen when clueless Clifton is on the ice.

There it is. I was beginning to worry about you, Bnill. I look for Vinnie to play like his hair is on fire. The boys better be ready to match his intensity tonight.

Wouldn’t touch this loser with a ten foot hockey stick.

Feel better?

When Donnie Meatballs said the goalies will alternate, I don’t think Comrie was factored into the equation as he was week to week on IR at the time. It’s a two man rotation between Levi and Oopie. Edit: It seems Comrie will be returning soon, so he may very well enter into the equation at some point and the three headed goalie monster will rear it’s ugly head.

Donnie G has said that the goalies will alternate so I’d be surprised if he goes with Levi two nights in a row, especially on a back to back.

Haven’t seen your usual prediction for the game. Do see the Sabres keeping it close and only losing by a 6-2 score, or do you think the ‘Guins will give us a proper drubbing?

Clifton does not play with poise. He too often panics and makes unnecessary plays as a result, especially on clearing attempts. If he ever learns to take a beat and actually see the better play that’s available, he might turn into something.

Please let it be Conner Clifton. Please.

Glad we won so I won’t bother with the things that suggest we still have a long way to go. Except to say the only time I’m not concerned when Clifton is on the ice is when he’s heading towards the bench.

I’d prefer to see Clifton sit because he makes several un-poised, unnecessary plays per game and leads the team in “own goals”, but yeah, Joker is a defensive adventure in his own right half the time.

Isn’t this what we’ve been saying all along?

Yeah, and we got the patches to prove it.

That’s all well and good, but I still don’t put any stock in it. Good (read playoff) teams usually identify themselves early on in the season anyway, so it’s no surprise when they end up making the playoffs. Ironically, I can recall a time in the not so distant past when the Sabres went on a 10 game unbeaten heater, were sitting in a playoff spot on Thanksgiving, and then proceeded to screw the pooch as usual.

I put ZERO stock in the Thanksgiving stat. The Blues were in last place in the league in January the year they won the cup.

As the saying goes, everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. I’ll believe it when I see it.