Eleven

But you LIKE the winter. You bury your beard in the snow and stuff. Weirdo.

And HUMID Omigosh it feels like I put on 1000 pounds when I step outside..

Yeah we know. You like it at the extremes. Nuuk in January? The center of the Sahara? Sign you right up. I'm writing for normal people though.

This is just too much, today.

Taro was talking about Trotz--specifically his decision not to coach the Jets.

Now I looked it up. Trotz is from the Winnipeg area.

He's from there, isn't he?

Did you see the highlight? MacTavish from Hamilton basically sat on Nadeau for a good four seconds--no call--and then was pretty despondent when Nadeau ended up with the goal anyway.

I'm ok with 6M / yr now if he agrees to 7 years. Otherwise I think a couple/few years at 5M (I don't see him agreeing to 5 x 5). Remember, this team is going to need a lot of cap room in the not-too-distant future.

Stamkos knew where it was, which is why he tried to sweep it out of there well after the whistle. Didn't work.

Nice try, Stamkos...

Look out. Colorado found their stones again.

The "Vasy Says Nyet" sign that some TB fan was waving gave me serious late 80s vibes. Kind of like the scoreboard animations in Major League.

The next time I see the Sabres get the benefit of a hooking call like that will be the first.

Don't be so certain. Every crap could be your last. Just ask Lincoln or Kennedy.

Omigosh are we still talking about Inky's pee life?

Let's work with this. There is NO reason not to throw money for one year at MAF. All the folks who want to send prospects to Chicago for Kane for one year would do well to re-think; the Sabres can have MAF for zero assets except for money, which they have in spades.

So he's the head Coachella.

My point is that Kane doesn't help the team have an appreciably better record next season, but surely you knew that.

Well, if you spend assets trading for Kane, you no longer have those assets to trade for a goalie, right? Just wait a year and get him for nothing.

It's the third link that's the problem. Ticket sales do not lead to a better record; they result from it.

WHY? Where does this get the team next year? Not into the playoffs, not with this goaltending. RW is not the issue right now and will not be the issue in two years. Any sacrifice of assets must be to improve the team in the back end and/or long-term, not to provide us with a misguided panacea for Sabre fandom this coming October.

Well, you've named two so far, and I don't know what a wheel of dice is.

Shut up Bogosian, you know you're not gonna go...

He usually does. If Colorado loses this series, he's why. He's a younger Mike Smith. In other news, I don't see Colorado scoring 4 more on Vasilevskiy at home, and I'm really in need of an early night, so...