Tondas

Double shifting the Eichel line. If this keeps up, Jack will be gassed by the all star break.

Rasmus seems so much more engaged, aggressive, and passionate when on the offense.

Nice!

And a heart transplant.

Oh FFS

And here I thought IKEA provided the best racks in Sweden.

Sabres should have played there because I hear something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

This is where us old timers wax poetic about the Danny Gares and Mike Folignos of days past. Dying (dead?) breed.

I think we're agreeing here but what would it have done for the morale of the team if Mitts dove at Kutcherov and wrestled for a while. I'm not saying, throw off the helmets, skate to center ice and throw down. I'm saying do SOMETHING besides writing a scathing letter to Kutcherov's agent after that game expressing your displeasure with his client.

Sitting McCabe? Then we go from soft as butter to melted butter.

It may not be a mark against their manhood in Toronto, but it remains to be that way in Buffalo (thankfully).

You know, the longer I think about it, I'm getting more and more pissed that there was NO response from anyone to the Kucherov hit on Sobotka. Jump in, get your ass kicked (or not), but jump in IMMEDIATELY. At this point, I think RFK needs to set up a drill with a mannequin in a Sabres jersey that gets drilled, and have every single player dive in to take a shot at it. You play like you practice, no????

I was a STH when Housley was drafted. He was electric but sucked at defence (hit him with your purse, Phil was a popular refrain). He even played a bit at forward that season. In fact, I think Rasmus today is better at defence than Housley ever was. I'm not suggesting they play Rasmus at forward, but I think getting him to focus too much on defending may be taking away his creativity. There is a school of thought that you should spend more time improving your strengths than improving your weaknesses. I just think that the Sabres are reversing that equation. He is WAY overthinking his game.

My fear is that the Sabres are coaching the "Dahlin" out of Rasmus, just like the Bills are coaching the "Allen" out of Josh.

JBOT needs to do something before this turns into last year. He needs to reinforce that message. No one should be comfortable.

When they started the season, the D was pinching more and smothering the other team. That's not happening now. Getting much too passive.

Great. Another continent we can't win in.

McCabe.

I'm so Vesey, my head is spinning, Like a whirlpool, it never ends

Pretty obvious call. Refs saw it differently on the ice. They do suck.

HOO RAY

Yep. Time to bring up Olofsson from Rochester. Oh wait..... Time to bring Tage Thompson up from Rochester.

Pierre with his "Roooostalinen" is aggravating.

I know they made the rink to NHL standards, but it sure looks a lot less crowded out there.

McCabe and Joker. 1a and 1b.