Marvin

Good luck, man.

I might do it. My entire family is thinking of going to that game.

The Marseillaise would work, but calling it bloody would be an understatement.

I think his point is that without complications, that took until November. This could run a LOT longer. As an aside, PHWA members should have their skills well-honed on how to write "all's quiet on the western front" interestingly for months on end once the Eichel saga is over.

I thought it just reflected our musical tastes.

Before or after what we called "the Manilow modulation"?

The orchestral version, but yes.

Sergei Prokofiev, March from "The Love for Three Oranges", Opus 33, the fortissimo pickups to bar 35 to the end (about 1:15-1:35 in a normal performance). It has a vibe like the Imperial March from "The Empire Strikes Back" but more dissonant and less tonal.

Given how "well" his rumours go, I expect him to follow up 1. e4 with 2. Ke2.

For those who insist that GMKA should have won an Eichel trade in the summer, please put forth a scenario like this.

I hope so.

Skinner should have picked Weird Al's parody, "Party in the CIA."

He only had 1 coach whose system resembled the one we saw tonight. And those teams had at least 1 line and 1 defence pairing of dead weight. This time might have a lot of marginal NHLers, but at least they are NHLers.

If there are more than 81 like that this year, I will camp out for playoff tickets.

I could handle 81 more games with that effort. That type of game is worth spending money on.

Forgot to tell you: thanks for this.

We are getting a pretty good sample of them tonight. Dare we hope to hear all of them before the month is out? Dare we hope to know who scored without looking before the month is out?

He was 35 in Star Trek, so, yeah...wow.

Is it just me or is there just a better vibe from the players now than in most of the last decade?

Welcome. Sadly, true.

In combination with the comment from @PASabreFan about players giving up their hometown teams, I wonder if they give up other biases as well. For instance, my sister says that WEEI basically trains Bostonians to have contempt for all things Buffalo. I wonder if Eichel's sometimes tone-deaf behaviour comes from that. Aside: from what coworkers say, Eichel is still the consummate Sabre to their kids.

You say you want a revolution, well, you know, we all want to change the world. ... All Right!

Fantasy hockey: our Olympians (re)discover their potential, come back to Buffalo, and excel.

My wife and I have in our wills that our ashes are to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel while a playing a recording of Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."

Speed Racer would be the raciest with Tom Slick and Whacky Races. No. That's Pepe LePew.