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How long does it take for Phil to bust up the second line? Over/under second period of the Stars game.

Sheary! Second line continues their strong game.

Either way, he’s been losing his job to Ullmark since late November.

Bad period. Would like to see the second line get some more time out there, they’ve been real strong on the forecheck and entries. Though I’m not sure you want them out there too much in the D-zone. Most the team looks invisible tonight.

He’s got the best front-of-the-net presence on the team and has for two years now. Not sure how that can be considered to be a not dirty area.

He’s the most underrated player on sabrespace for no real reason other than “he’s slow”

Tage! Whatashot!

Heck of a save though

It’s completely unacceptable if Pilut isn’t in the lineup.

Skinner and Okposo have very little in common once you consider their situations on the teams they played for prior to buffalo and their style of play. Okposo produced on the island playing with one of the best centers in the NHL, and then came to Buffalo where he was expected to produce in a similar manner without the benefit of John Tavares (who is also responsible for Matt Moulson and his contract). Skinner was the guy in Carolina and drove the play every single night and produced. This is his first season playing with a competent center and is continuing to bring his play from Carolina and then some. Skinner has always been a stud, Okposo was a stud with JT. There are plenty of examples in the NHL of chemistry with between certain centers and wingers (think Crosby), that winter getting too large of a contract because of that production, and then never living up to his contract. That’s not the case with Skinner. The only real concern there should be head issues.

The blue ones look much better than the white ones, and I’m usually a white jersey guy.

If anyone’s interested in this, Noble prize winning economist Richard Thaler shows in his book Misbehaving that it makes far more sense from an assist acquisition stand point. The book is worth reading for anything interested in behavioral economics or psychology.

I don’t remember so many people caring about losing a top 5 face-off man when we traded Ott.

That's why we need to trade ROR for Matthew

If the baseball season ended today, the following teams would make the playoffs (payroll rank in parentheses) Yankees (7) Astros (12) Indians (16) Red Sox (1) Mariners (11) Brewers (26) Braves (21) Diamondbacks (17) Cubs (5) Nationals (3) Six of the ten highest payrolls did not make the ten team field (60%) Now here's how the NHL playoffs looked: Lightening (1) Bruins (5) Capitals (2) Leafs (20) Penguins (12) Flyers (7) Blue Jackets (8) Devils (3) Predators (17) Jets (10) Golden Knights (6) Wild (4) Ducks (11) Sharks (13) Kings (14) Avalanche (25) Four of the sixteen highest payrolls did not make the sixteen team field (25%) Payroll seems to have a much greater effect in hockey than it does in baseball. Which makes complete sense once you think about length of team control and contract structures of the MLB compared to that of the NHL.

Is there anything stopping Botts from telling Bergevin to draft X player at three and then once July 1 hits and the Sabres pay ROR his bonus they make a deal? I know in baseball you can't trade draftees during the first year or so.

Each time I won an all-expenses paid trip to Afghanistan I played a ton of Call of Duty and I've gotta say, I agree with you that CoD players need some perspective. These days I stick to Battlefield games, as I'm much more into the realism and tactics. Shotguns are also for lame-os...

I live about two hours east of Asheville. We have had, and I kid you not, 16 straight days of measurable rain. Most days its been pouring non-stop. Thankfully the forecast is calling for it to stop once it hits 21 days.

Who has thought Olofsson was going to choose free agency? I never once saw that reported anywhere or talked about on here. He wasn't able to sign until this season and he signed at literally almost the first opportunity.

Skinner is one big hit away from never playing again

Most favorite: Hasek and Sanderson Most hated: Ray and Gilmore

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I made a gif of this and the other dancing third jersey, but they didn't turn out great and I've gotta study. I'll make them again when I can.

Who play in California for those wondering

You can't have 400% of nothing...