Eleven

In at least one sense of the word.

More seriously...it's just some local kid. It's Kids Take Over day or something like that, so there's a kid announcing Sabres goals, a kid sitting w/ Rob Ray between the benches, etc. and I think there was a kid out there fighting Jeannot too.

Corey Stillman's other kid.

I'm not leaving until this game is over. If I'm late, I'm late; if I miss it, I miss it.

OK that was a laser from Skinner.

Not much from Stillman there.

And it's too late.

Finally the refs realize that they have to call penalties on BOTH teams if they want the game to settle down.

Always has been.

Gotta take some of these shots rather than be cute...

I haven't started my little trip yet so I've been watching on and off--these refs really are something today. Just inexcusable.

Yeah I have something similar going on.

Yeah that's what I suspected, because that's what happens on Audacy for Bills games, too. Ok, so I'll have to have MSG on in the car. I'll just try not to look at the screen!

I'm going to be on the road for much of it...does anyone know whether the Audacy app for WGR blacks out the games?

Like a presentation tool? Dammit I can't get The Office gif to load.

Okposo won't be back (do you remember the heat I took for saying that just two months ago?!) and Hinostroza won't be, either, at least not with the big club. I question your third and fourth lines. I don't understand the purpose of putting Oloffson on a checking line, and I don't understand the purpose of putting Greenway on a less-skilled line that is supposed to maybe score or do a pullup.

Let's keep it clean, yeah?

This is an excellent example of an opinion that I don't necessarily agree with, but which is well-written and well-reasoned. have

Piggy-backing on this: In 2014, the Sabres had 3 2d round picks, as they did for 2023 before today. The picks? Compher, Hurley, Bailey. One is an NHL regular who benefits from being on a stacked team, one is a sometime-callup to the NHL, and one, to my knowledge, is Norway. To trade a chance at one of those three for a known regular player is a smart move every time.

Nah that was autocorrect and I took care of it immediately--before you hit "submit reply," even.

Mine is a C. They had the opportunity to make a mid-term (i.e., not a rental, but not 3 years or more) improvement on the blueline and balked. I like the addition of Greenway, and I'm a little more than ok with the Stillman deal. I do not think there was a legit deal for a goalie; I think Nashville's asking price for Saros likely was high (if that's the goalie that the Preds were trading to begin with). They also passed up the opportunity to take on salary for picks. The Sabres pass, and do so with an average grade.

Agree w the Brisson thing, but players notice when a guy gets moved because he needs an opportunity. I think they know who Asplund is--he's a plugger, and the players know the pluggers on their own teams as well as on other teams.

And this, and the Bjork move, have value; players notice this stuff and consider it when discerning possible destinations. It’s like the opposite of the Hall trade (other teams notice weakness).

I said it and the team still has the same problem on the blueline as it did when I said it. But I think Greenway is going to be a good pickup anyway.

It's not a bad trade at all.