DarthEbriate

Yup. He tried to lift his skate and get it away from himself and... damn. Rex Harrison style: damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.

If it just stays in his skates it's fine, but he flicks it right into the danger zone. Damn.

8-2. Damn. That just bounced so perfectly for the Flames. Hockey puck luck.

Flames: There's... too many of them!

Jeezy petes are we skating 6 on 4?

Thompson again with a grade TNT chance. He's going to break through in Vancouver and Seattle.

Muel. Not really a sniper. 😇

Highlights on TSN. Tage could easily have a hat trick already tonight, too.

I want Asplund to shoot that one low far side pad. JJP was going for the tap-in.

Hey power play! They're trying to score shorthanded. Don't overcommit. Get back fast

HCDG a little too much blue? Blue on blue on blue on blue?

Flames trying plan B.

Belated quote: Negative. It didn't go in. Just impacted on the surface. Yup. It's going to start working soon. Each game it looks a touch more in sync.

Gotta go get that one back.

Once the Flames slide to Mitts' side, the puck came back to Dahlin and this one goes there, that one goes there, right? Dang. Whoops.

You may fire at will, commander!

Oohhhhh so close. (And Comrie!!!)

Now let's get the Asplund-Mitts-VO line going 5 on 5.

The casual Muel deflection to the screen.

Woohoo! Tuch 'em in to bed. Great shot kid, that was one in a million!

Concussions. And possibly in Joker's case a broken nose or (thank you google:) maxilla bone.

I won't hijack the GDT for it, but here goes. The Packers are the most predictable team you'll face all season. The Shanahan offense is all about running and play-action, but Rodgers has slowly gotten his fingerprints on the offense the last 2 seasons and now is basically always out of the shotgun so the play-action is useless. If Marcedes Lewis (who everyone loves) is on the field it's 90% run. There's no jet motion because of injuries to receiver. Rodgers doesn't trust rookies even though Doubs is the only receiver who can get any separation. His only downfield pass is a rainbow down the sideline. The RPO is only a run or pass, there is no Option because the QB has lost all his wheels. To completely shut them down: all you have to do is show a safety low, Rodgers will ALWAYS audible to pass because he ALWAYS has to make the correct pre-snap read, then you back the safety up into the cover 2 shell and wait for your pass rush to get home. Rodgers once was able to scramble, buy time, and then make any throw, or run for the first down. No more. He has no legs now. OH! And the offensive line. Bakhtiari is finally looking like his old self, but Jenkins (a great guard) is coming off major knee surgery and is playing RT for the first time without full lateral movement. He's got to get moved back to guard but they haven't done it. And the 2nd year RG was a nice story last season as a rookie forced to play because of injuries --- but he's regressed from backup to laughable. But they're sticking with him. (He really could be out of the lineup by the time they play Buffalo.) And every postgame presser they say they need to feed Aaron Jones and then he only gets 12 touches the next game, too. The defense is just as predictable. More zone than man despite having very good corners. No blitzes. It's Kenny Clark and Rashan Gary and Jaire and otherwise a soft, easy-to-run-on team. They'll stay in 2 DL nickel all game and then wonder why they give up 5 yards per carry. It's a defense designed to play with a lead paired with a slow/methodical offense that's been putting up 10 points per game. So... The Bills should win about 45-16 (with Love playing the 4th quarter and accounting for a TD and failed 2-point conversion).

Dang, if Hino could've just buried that for closure on the period....

Who says Casey is slow???? "He shows you his tremendous speed!" That's from the TSN announcer. Mitts has been killing penalties and winning faceoffs. And now scoring shorties.

Good dive, but Tuch just has to keep skating there. Once he starts gliding, he's going to draw the penalty. Kadri wasn't going to get away from him.