DarthEbriate

Was away for a bit... Muel-PO! Firing away!

woohoo!

Blast.

Their transition game isn't missing JJP. Kulich, Byram, with Benson... going to the net and stopping. TNT just setting up for the shot. Nice.

He earned a look last season. But... the RHD depth really should be a cheap JBD. And either Johnson (or Bryson -- because Adams) on the left side. Those should be your 7-8. Having to call up Metsa shows a limited vision, especially since they also signed another #8 LHD in Jones.

Byram and Doan would've banked one in.

It hasn't worked since the 2022 half of the 22-23 season.

Every shot was obvious and slow. I think Thompson and Dahlin switched positions once, but otherwise it was a stationary bunch of Historical Appert.

Uffda. Metsa's limited reach and AHL release was an easy block and breakaway.

5 on 3, and everything is from the point or trying to set up Tage on the one-timer. That's an Appert PP right there. Nothing below the net. Nothing side-to-side.

He's feeling it. Got the goal and thinks he can dangle like R2-D6.

Stop Nylander, win the game. Malenstyn's shot almost gave Benson the rebound.

Steve Levy on the call. Sabres in black. NHL 2Night tunes... it's a full '90s experience.

Kulich! Levy got the call right this time

Muel-PO! I never knew I had it in me. And... yeah... blergh. All wings report in!

Time to look at the T-birds schedule....

Matthews has played in 181 more games than Thompson has --- and more importantly, Toronto has won 137 more games in Auston's career than the Blues/Sabres have in TNT's career. His team wins more, he's a prolific goal scorer, Matthews should have a bunch more GWG.

Speed up the harvest or teleport us off this rock out of the basement. Play doubleheaders.

Two wins today and tomorrow and the Leafs are on the brink of "make-a-big-trade"/"is-the-coach-to-blame" mode. They're down. Start raking them. Upend the entire Atlantic.

I was bummed when the Habs scored three in a row to take the lead and then didn't check the score again. It's a surprise but a welcome one. Take advantage of the season's opportunity, Sabres. Make your own luck.

Some US- or abroad-based Leafs board certainly has. Extended. So... 4 games in a row? It's fascinating. He's played in 4 games as a Sabre and managed to finish 2 of them.

....And here we are complaining about Tuch is always missing the net when he shoots the puck.

Stingers aren't fun. Usually in football you'll see it where the player gets hit on the side of the helmet or has their head down making a tackle and the whole pile is moving into them. Then, they get up, go to the sideline and you'll see the trainers pushing down/in/out on their extended arm to test the feeling/muscle control coming back. A good one -- miss a few plays. A bad one -- miss the rest of the game. Sterling Sharpe's career ended because his stingers kept getting progressively worse (in his final seasons, you can see him wearing two straps buckled to the back of his helmet to keep his head up through tackle contact). The real issue were his vertebrae and the worsening stingers were the symptom.

Is the tie clip with the vest going too far? Or not enough?

Nah. Ellis is a 3rd round pick who was slated to be St. Louis' AHL started/Levi equivalent this season. Houser is a career ECHLer who made it to Buffalo via goalie attrition when Adams' "750k" plan was in full effect. Outplaying Dell. Anderson, Luukkonen, Subban all injured. Tokarski out with COVID. etc. And yes, Houser has the best numbers with the Sabres of any of them.