DarthEbriate

Malenstyn trying to cover defensively, not so much. Good response from the Jackets. And look, it's the guy who cheap-shotted your LW1.

LINDY! They just targeted your top-line scorer that you bought out Skinner for so he'd get the minutes and the goals. And there was no response (McLeod goal notwithstanding). Wake your damn team up. Even Stafford would've jumped in for that.

Are we afraid of Olivier? Greenway, just go pick him up and chuck him into the stanchion. Then, feel free to drop the gloves. Responding to a cheap shot is more important to this team than winning this game.

The CBJ broadcast won't even show the replay. McLeod has no hands, but he can deflect them. I saw a goal in the McLeods!

Olivier. Go fight him. Then target Johnson and Fantili. Ruff, this is your time. Get on the bench and start screaming over the glass. JJP is your only guy who can score. Destroy them. Now is your chance to shine, Lindy.

Go kill whoever hit JJP

Would they get to keep their Sabres salary?

The Sabres are going to score on this powerplay. Simply because it's about time. And Columbus has 9. This is one sluggish game.

Columbus is going to vie for a top-5 pick, but Werenski knows how to run a powerplay and they don't wait for the pass to open up, they just make the pass.

Tuch, Krebs, Greenway, and Östlund. The issue is that supposed center depth (TNT, Mitts, Cozens) has turned into a red herring.

But Darth Pegulas would only make GM Sheevyn the POHO. Outside help isn't coming.

I hope you return. And in the meantime, I hope you enjoy the break -- as long as it lasts -- to the utmost. You're an excellent 'Spacer member and poster, going someplace I can't follow...

Well, sure. But he's both a 20-goal scoring D who's also their most physical defenseman in their own end. If he can't reliably take a hit, throw a check, or take a shot over 80 mph... and Power/Byram are what they are... that's not good. But there is more than enough blame to go around whether Dahlin is injured or not.

I have a horrible sneaking suspicion that we're going to learn that preseason upper body injury was really an offseason injury that turns into a hernia surgery. Now, Briere had that in the '05-'06 season, but that team was really, really good. This team is not that, exactly.

Hmmm. Have I made questionable life choices?

We already have, haven't we?

I'd still split all the newbies before moving someone. The outside blood all got coagulated in the bottom 6 instead of just adding their play across lines. Put a grinder with JJP and TNT. Put Lafferty between Benson and Quinn. Try a little shuffling to wake people up.

So... you can take shots while you're on the powerplay?

Check it out; a PP that wins a puck battle and makes a quick pass to get a shot. Check it out check it out: another Sabres penalty. Stay on target, stay on target!

The Jackets have the same season team intro music as the Sabres. They're just standing in a line instead of a circle. I wonder if they're using the same wind we are using. (A and C have matching arms in slings... combine them and you can make them into a Voltron.)

But they want to be here, so it's alright.

Back-to-back? Good. I hate long waits.

Alas, the power of soup is insignificant next to the power of the Sabres to lose.

Dang it. Hang on. I'm gonna eat more soup!

Was able to sit down to dinner with the game in the background and... the Sabres were trailing. Huh. But then, one goal for each bowl of soup. Now, finish them!