Broken Ankles

Disclaimer - Not here to pi$$ in everyone’s Cheerios. (That’s somebody else’s job). Happy with a win, and the effort. But I need to see wins against opponents not playing their backup goaltender. Five of six wins have some at the hands of a backup.

Anyone know how Philly is doing tonight?

Comrie is week to week, so what is your guess on games played going forward with UPL? We have 10 games including the Thanksgiving weekend before Comrie is an option. This includes two sets of back to back. How many games does he see? The Pens on 11/11, Chicago on 11/19 and Pens again on 24th? Levi has the next two (assuming he gets both), both tough games against Toronto and Carolina. Possible UPL gets Minnesota. When does he get another real “shot”, and not just his turn in the rotation as a back up? A legit chance at taking 7 of 10 games. Is it another Levi injury? Last week I was convinced KA was genius for keeping a three man rotation, tonight I’m MF’ing him for not trading this summer. The gummies have helped subside the pain. An oft injured Comrie, inconsistent UPL and an unknown quantity in Levi. Ethos, Pathos and Logos.

They were heard, and even acknowledged by Dan. Didn’t invest the time and energy like those who did go to the game, but watching, I was disappointed the same.

Not how I anticipated starting my weekend.

Swayman was great too. That tandem will be tough all season. Unfortunately.

https://www.nhl.com/news/boston-bruins-charlie-mcavoy-suspended

Sending positive vibes from the West.

Punch - Did Dodo put an extra shot of espresso in your Americana this morning? You are on 🔥!

Not taking anything away from UPL, but 78 will be back in the press box soon enough. He was entrusted with 8 minutes tonight. That’s what the coaches think of his play. Clifton was playing 15:30 and will contribute as this team improves this fall. This team finally gets two wins in a row. Two is a coincidence. Beat the same team on home ice Friday. Three is a trend.

Let’s see how many games McAvoy gets. Marty says 5. Hopefully six, so he misses his appointment with the Sabres on 11/14.

But, but Rob said, “ no need to shoot at the net just keep it out of your own end” after they pulled their goalie with 3:32. Living in 1980. Bring Marty down to replace him for color please.

Should have gone. Something definitely started tonight.

That what you HOPE she says.

Last year, obviously Muel had the most TOI on the PK, but followed by Lybuskin, Joki, Gus, Cozens, Dahlin and Tuch. The new look has EJ, Greenway, Muel, Tage, Power, Clifton and Kyle. These are wholesale personnel changes, and it’s showing early returns. The fact Ras doesn’t have to play the PK is going to help spreading those minutes 5v5 without exhausting him.

Time change your name. Maybe SabresBillsFan.

The results of this game, and the emotional swings, took away all the positive vibes built up this weekend with the Sabres victory last night. This team had a chance to sound a death knell to Bill’s coaching career. I could accept a Bills loss, where the comeback to take a lead had never occurred, but to allow an inept QB to lead this team to a game winning TD drive only confirms my feeling that without the dawgs like Milano, White, D. Jones and Oliver this team cannot compete for a Championship. The inability to hold this team to at most a field goal is nothing less than unacceptable.

Tuch didn’t score but he deserves to be acknowledged for the momentum swing. JJP got an additional shift or two and 7th in TOI for forwards. He needs more minutes tonight.

Muel. Strong Pk

So true. Corollary Mid town Buffalo -> Coles -> Elmwood Taco and Subs. Mighty was definitely frequented after Gabels. I didn’t know what Mexican food was until I moved to SoCal after college.

Any line with VO will play protected minutes, and rightfully so. You can’t expect this newly constructed “third line” to see many 5 v 5 minutes. I wouldn’t be surprised if the “fourth line” sees more minutes than the third. Unless he sees shifts with the top two lines, then JJP has been defacto demoted. He’s averaged almost 14 minutes per game TOI. Let’s see how many gets tonight.