Broken Ankles

“Because I’m a horrible player” he replied.

King fans and Sabre fans living in SoCal will not be so lucky. It’s about 48 and probably will be low 50’s at puck drop. Early start, so breakfast burritos 🌯 on the menu. Enjoy the Magnificent Weather.

Me either. Just went down the rabbit hole and not only was he an extra, but he was asked to teach Newman how to shoot a slap shop and his apartment was used as Reggie’s apartment for the film because it was the messiest according his teammates.

He couldn’t even dump it from the red line. Useless.

Give me your tired, your poor, Your defensively responsible yearning to skate free.

Stand by this statement I made after his last game and was assigned to the Taxi Squad.

Smith with a hat trick. The only time this year I can be happy about that. Vegas has dropped 6 of their last 8, only beating SJ twice in this stretch. My schaden is freuding.

More stats on Eakin and his line…. He was 2 for 10 on face -offs, their Corsi was 20.8%, he had 2 give aways, zero take aways and yet….his line saw 5 more minutes than Asplund, 3 more than Krebs and Olofsson and more 5v5 TOI than that line. How? Why? WTF?

Meatballs plays his God awful 4th line with Hagg and Pysyk when a.) they give up goals to this team in the last minute like nobody’s business b.) they give up goals to all teams after scoring themselves.

And Bjork doesn’t come away with the puck. Shocking.

Hands of stone.

Years 25,26 and 27 were Johan’s best in Buffalo, no? That’s the next three for Asplund. I expect a similar improvement from him next year.

Let’s not forget Cathy Rigby. The summer Olympics, Peter Pan, Stayfree….things Cathy Rigby is known for.

Inaccurate. The Bills had a 46 share of the local market this year. That’s 260k televisions/homes. The Sabres peaked at 28 share a dozen years ago, but now are in the 10% or lower range. That’s roughly a fifth of the viewership and that does not include any national/ international numbers. Way more ‘Bills only’ fans than both. Agree that Buffalo is perceived a good hockey town and they will try to keep the Sabres there, we hope.

From Marty Biron on the Instigators today: UFA Targets 1. Anton Forsberg – Ottawa, 29 years old, 2. Francouz – Colorado, 32 years old, not a ton of miles. 3. Spencer Martin – Vancouver, 27 years old; Could be in AHL with Levi or Portillo. Trade targets 1. Husso, 27 (StL) 2. SEMYON VARLAMOV, NYI (32) 3. Raanta (32) injury issues. 4. Talbot (option from Duffer) Stay away from Georgiev & Samsonov

Exactly what should happen to the face our Defense this summer. Joki and Dahlin as a pair makes no sense. Imagine how much better Joki will be as a 3rd pairing (not facing top lines) and with a bigger stay at home defender as his partner. And how much better Dahlin will be with a Numminen type. I wouldn't be surprised if Mitts is traded to obtain this #2 defender in the off-season.

I agree with bottom 3. He has great Corsi/possession numbers and could be a Larsson addition (LW) with Kyle and Zemgus on the 4th line. He's shown flashes of brilliance (thinking of his goal in Anaheim in October) but mostly just responsible play with low goal scoring ability which translates into a lower AAV, which is what you want on the 4th anyway.

Jankowski/Biro are available now. Waive Bjork and Eakin and call up Murray. It’s highly unlikely either are picked up, so they could be assigned to Roch. Now the Merks aren’t imploding.

Harrington, Lance or Howard/Jeremy needs to ask Donny why he continues with this futile 4th line. Just no reason for it.

Myopic Wraith An homage to our very own Ghost in attendance this afternoon.

All four goalies played. Nedeljkovic started and finished the game. Matthews line had 14 points, Marner with 4 goals. Detroit scored 4 in the first 5 minutes of the third to make it 7-6. With all the momentum they gave up a shorty to fall down 8-6. I fast forwarded the second period to watch the intermission but watched the entire third as it was so entertaining. The Leaves do not have an answer in net. Unless they can score 10 in multiple playoff games, I doubt they advance very far.

He needs to play well tonight so that meatballs reconsiders the joki-Dahlin pairing.

+1. Just abhorrent. I’ve been on the replace the 4th line for a few weeks, and last night set me over the edge. At what point does the coaching staff start getting the blame for the product on the ice, and the combinations that are not working?

Berube hasn’t played an NHL game in 4 years. Ya think the objective is to get shots on net. Or not.