Eleven

We have threads about how much it's going to cost to satisfy Dahlin, Cozens, etc. and Okposo is going to be a casualty of that. Sorry to say.

They don't have the cap room for Okposo next year unless he takes league minimum, and maybe not even then. They also need to turn over the C to someone younger.

I said "Briere!" when he pulled it, but it easily could have been Perreault or--don't hate me--Roy.

I still see him as a PP specialist; maybe I need to open up more to him.

A wonderful win. Two doubles for guys that need to break out. The team covered for mistakes by nos. 1 (yes he made them) and 10 (yes he did, too). And again they were as physical as their opponents, or moreso.

Ducks, not manatees. Geez.

Can confirm it is.

@dudacek @rickshaw care to weigh in on the Boudreau situation? What's the thought of the person-on-the-street in Vancouver?

Yeah, that's why my fourth word was "might."

Yes, but Adams might have to find a way to keep him in Buffalo for a little while to burn an ELC year as a pot-sweetener.

It took me a while...it's the duck, isn't it? I think we'd be happy with either. And wow, he DOES look like Spicoli!

So did McDavid's at the lottery.

When it's time. I don't think there's a refusal to report right now, just a mutual "let's hold off for the weekend."

Termination needs to make sense for both, and termination might not make sense for the player.

Isn't Cassidy somewhat well-known for using the media to "motivate" his players? Or trying to?

Now I know that @Thorny not only thinks I was trying to mute him (wasn't) but also that he likes cats. Just weird, man. The only good cats in history are Aslan and @LGR4GM

Did you see the look on Sorokin's face after Cozens scored? That's the look of a man who gave absolutely everything he had to win, and still lost. Pure disbelief. He was great. And the Sabres still won. The Sabres were terrific, Sorokin was *almost* better. There is no "do better" tonight, my man. Cats suck.

I won't.

Correct. Not funny but correct. Also correct. I'm very happy that everyone did well on their quizzes tonight.

He's already named after him...it's ok.

This is the beginning of a small winning streak. Not just that they scored, but WHO and HOW it was scored, in front of a sellout home crowd. This is the stuff that builds confidence.

It's ok. That stuff works itself out eventually. (Prolly not this season though.)

This is every hockey team ever. Dammit Skinner! That was IN!