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I'll always watch the Habs, and I especially like it when they Winnipeg the Jets like yesterday.

^ He needs to re-transform himself from pencil gnome to hockey player.

That's great. What's their record again?

I think it was a wise move to put Casey Mittlestadt in to lose faceoffs and to put in whomever it is who wears 88, some Davidson or something, to secure the loss.

Who is Brandon Davidson?

Never forget this. We're not on a Sabres message board because we're normal...

I do, actually. I also think Jack should have more than two in his last twenty. Yet here we are, and what's the commonality?

Eichel plays with scorers! Skinner does not. He plays with plugs.

It isn't working out because he has VERY rarely been deployed in that role since Kruger was hired. That's why it isn't working out. I hope the gob stops smacking you.

I get it, boys.

Good point. What are you doing next week? Do you happen to have a grappling hook?

It's intra-division games only, this year, so teams that aren't so good don't always beat the Sabs (just often, not always), while teams that are good almost always do.

Skinner is not used correctly and the results show it. Sorry to the "Skinner should drive a line" or "Skinner doesn't play D well" crowds. Not his job. His job is to snipe.

Any team takes its foot of the gas at 5-2 late in the third and plays defense. That's why the Sabres made sure they scored 9 by the early third against Philly in 2006.

Umm, the Isles are leading the division.

I'm serious, @Thorny; he's the worst coach since Housley.

They are wasting losses. 5-2 is an embarrassment, but not enough of one to get Krueger fired. I want a better effort tomorrow.

GIVEN YOUR DESCRIPTION.

I'm not agreeing with you at all. I have no idea of the extent of his authority and neither do you.

I'm currently listening to my nephew's little league game, and I doubt I'm stopping when the Sabres game starts.

Correct. As usual, there is nothing to suggest that the Pegulas wield any more influence over the team than the average NHL owner.

Nothing in LTS's hypothetical and nothing that Adams said yesterday implies veto power.

I want nothing short of a complete and utter disaster. 8-0. This is Krueger's "Ken Hitchcock moment."

The Bulldog situation isn't this. And you're right, plenty of people call him "Chris."

How bad is it? For the first time since the Sabres were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention in the tank year, I am rooting for the team to lose games so that Krueger is fired and/or defenestrated. I wasn't on board with the tank. I'm on board with rooting for the Isles on Saturday.