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More to the point, if Daboll called more screens and runs, he might find that his current running backs are adequate or better.

Well, you all are either considerably more pessimistic than I am regarding Dahlin's development, or more optimistic regarding what he will command as a salary.

This is not good for the Sabres.

That may be, but that's not really uncommon in life, in my experience. I can direct you to thousands of volumes of bad interpretations of statutes and regulations. If that's how the league is interpreting it at present, well, that's that. Other blown calls on the ice don't mean that this one was bad. And I'm not even sure that it's a bad interpretation; it's been this way for a long time, and there's a good reason for it. It's more a case of the rulebook not keeping up with current practices. I can agree that the ref at the net should have primary responsibility for policing that area, though.

Yes, that is what the rulebook states. And, as I wrote, the rule is subject to interpretation, as all rules are. According to a current NHL analyst who actually played the game, the current interpretation is what I wrote above. I'm going to go ahead and trust his opinion. Best of luck to you. I'm afraid I didn't see what you had written on the topic.

You know, I'm trying to not swear as much, but ***** Brad Park.

Response to freeman's observations: --Hutton is not the long-term answer, and I cannot see the Sabres winning more than one series with him, if even one. --Agreed on Jokiharju. He's so calm. He's like a faster, defenseman version of Hecht. More "game maturity" than I would expect at his age. --One can dance to Led Zeppelin? That's actually possible? It's gotta be like dancing to Phish or the Dead, right? --Reino has been great this season, but tonight, yeah, not so much. --Principal Skinner will play where Super Nintendo Kruger tells him to play, and he'll still score.

@Derrico, what are the tie-breaking procedures to determine standings? I couldn't find them in settings.

Also, can we please all settle down? The team is in first place in the league--SN has mentioned that at least three times during the Canucks broadcast, so people have taken notice. There are five tough games coming up, two of which are in Europe; let's not go crazy if they come out of them 2-2-1. Yes, I am familiar with the 2018-19 season. No need to remind me; it's already in the back of my mind.

@R_Dudley rarely is wrong about this type of stuff, and Marty Biron, probably even more rarely. Marty explained that the current interpretation of the rule is that "puck first" contact does not exempt a player from being penalized. He was clear as day about it.

Vancouver is up 4-1 on Florida, only ten minutes into the game.

I can't even begin to read the print on those charts, but I know what I saw, discussed, and heard. That crowd wasn't going nuts because Arizona was taking it to the Sabres.

They dominated that period. And that shift seemed to last for most of it.

What? They had an offensive shift in the second period that lasted almost a week. See above. The Sabres completely outplayed Arizona in the second period.

I probably overstated the cases against Luce and Foligno, but Michael Peca was the best two-way forward in team history.

The guy in the HHOF is significantly trailing the two role players who are not.

You just hang in there and keep getting better.

Are you ok?

I am a very, VERY casual ND fan. Same goes for OU. (In fact, I'll root for Nebraska against OU all day long, but Nebraska killed its program when it switched conferences.) If I had grown up in a place with serious college football program, I might have cared more. But, luckily, I grew up in NYS, where the public schools seem to* emphasize education over football. *2015, UB had to subsidize football with $15M plus. And that doesn't account for the sports that lose even more money.

OU, ND, and the Nats. All in the same day. And I go to Mass daily. Kids, next time you see a wide receiver try to credit God with a touchdown, please remember that it’s BS. God does not micromanage touchdowns.

Absolutely. You're only supposed to microwave one at a time anyway, unless you're really high or something, so the cellophane keeps the rest of them fresh.

Right? There is plenty of speculation in the GDT that Gilmour will play.

Just got back. The Rags hung SIX? I want blood when they come to Buffalo.

*****. Gotta run. Have fun everybody.