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Malenstyn? This is a great post. It's exactly how I saw the game.

No.

You really are holding on to this, yeah? WHY? What is the purpose of it?

I'd rather see the oldest daughter, Laura, involved. She has some business acumen.

With a BIG smile on his face, too!

He's just keeping himself in shape until he returns to Frolunda.

Detriot?

Great point. Forever ago, I ran into Teppo and Maxim at Hutch's. I nodded to them and said "good game last night." They smiled and nodded back. I doubt that happens in Utah because I doubt that the public knows who the players are ... yet. We know hockey in Buffalo. They are learning it in Salt Lake City.

Yep, we're likely more critical than fans in Utah.

He liked playing in a market new to hockey where everything was positive and also respects the fact that Buffalo has educated and more demanding fans. There's no reason to read anything negative into it unless you want to. If you're going to do this, and I have long thought it's a decent idea, the percentage is 100% and goes all the way to the mailroom. Everyone. No survivors.

That's EXACTLY what he's saying. There's no other reason to refer to Buffalo as a "hockey market."

It's 10pm so I'm happy the Sabres are up but it is time for bed. Apparently I haven't had enough RYSE ENERGY DRINK. (Has anyone ever actually seen that for sale in a retail shop?)

You aren't wrong. But I am talking about posters who think it is an excuse. I haven't yet seen a post interpreting the situation as a reason.

There seems to be a divergence of thought regarding Dahlin. There is a group that thinks he is using his fiancee's illness as an excuse to leave Buffalo. This group need not converse with me on this topic anymore. There is another group that this his play has suffered, and to that group, I say that Dahlin still is as good or better than the average NHL defenseman, even with his fiancee's health on his mind. Just clarifying my positions.

He was fine earlier this year. He was stellar in other years. My benchmark isn't Dahlin himself; it is the average NHL D-man.