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So Miller was bad in Vegas because his points slipped in his last 27 games there, you compared him to Nate Beaulieu, and his defence sucked in Buffalo. Got it.

So he won’t be available for tonight’s game?

He had 29 points in 65 games in his last Knights season and was an analytics darling when we acquired him. The price of a 2nd and a 5th was generally considered fair. “Bad” does not describe Miller’s play on Vegas. “Bad” describes Carter Hutton’s play in Buffalo.

You didn’t respond when I asked earlier. In your mind is the current run of 5-3 against teams in playoff races the equivalent of the 4/28 record they put up the three previous Marches combined?

It is a significant birthday for my significant other. There will be no Sabres for me today.

Miller averaged nearly 40 points per 82 games in Vegas and was a contributor in a Stanley Cup final run. You have weird definitions of bad.

What the hell does Florida even have left in their asset pool? Im betting this is for a 4th.

Embarrassed the previous night, then moving on to one of the toughest arenas in the league. Should have been a lot more pressure in Calgary. Add the trade deadline as a pressure point for the UFAs equal to “make the team” as the preseason bubble players.

Flames lowest shot total of the season last night and before last night they had only lost 4 times at home. One of our most mistake-free efforts of the season.

The hands and the vision Quinn showed in tight on both his goal and his assist on Peterka’s second last night were top-drawer sickness. My god, to even see those plays were there, let alone to complete them…

Not going to make the NHL? What, are they crazy? How many AHL players have put up his numbers at his age and not made the NHL? I think it’s possible he doesn’t make the team next year out of camp, but that’s about numbers: his age, and the number of other raw players (Cozens, Quinn, Krebs, Samuelsson, Power, UPL) who will get featured roles. But he will be a regular by season’s end.

You’re not going to get it. Going rate seems to be a 4th.

You can be fast and not play fast. That, more than anything was the issue to me. Nobody was pushing the play.

Best lineup of the year in all likelihood.

I think it’s pretty much out there that the Sabres were talking to the Sharks about Reinhart before ending up flipping him for Levi. But Jeff Marek just dropped a nugget that another team in heavy for Sam was St. Louis, which didn’t happen when the Blues declined to include Ville Husso.

If Adams gets 1st for Miller it's because he has mind control powers.

Kinda. Certainly not Hasek-like in style. Tracking still being the optimum skill like the monsters. But quicker and more more reliant on making saves, instead of simply covering most of the net.

Von Miller shocks the hell out of me.

It’s been a slow steady slog away from athletes toward massive puck blockers in net. Would be nice if Levi is more edge of the wedge for a new wave of goaltending as opposed to a high-risk outlier.

I’m sure it must have something to do with Ralph Krueger.

That was the lineup (at least the forwards) in practice today.

Agreed. Not diminishing Tuch’s role and many others have played their part. But it started with Kevyn Adams and his declaration he was building with players who want to be here and earn the city’s respect.

Skinner Thompson Tuch Olofsson Mitts Asplund Krebs Cozens Hinostroza Girgensons Eakin Okposo Dahlin Joki Samuelsson Pysyk Bryson Miller Anderson Our probable starting lineup in Edmonton is as JAG-free as we've seen all year.

I agree the team has lacked scorers this year, but the injuries of Tuch and Mitts are a big part of that. Their health plus growth from Quinn, Krebs and Cozens should more than make up for the loss of 25 from VO, especially when this exercise also includes 15 from Comtois. How are you upping the snarl factor in the top 9 while also saving a spot for Victor?