Marvin

Mittlestadt looks better on the wing, too. He seems to be better attuned to what is going on around him.

It looks like McCabe has played well this year, but the only way that I can imagine a 2023 1st+ actually being paid for him would be a GM who feels like his job is on the line unless his team does well in the playoffs. Does anyone qualify?

Let's go, Buffalo! Begin the playoff push!

I remember this poster. I wish that I could remember where I saw it.

I think your auto-correct changed Alex Tuch's last name in the OP.

Thanks for clarifying.

Keep 'em coming! Anything helps!

It is sooooooooo refreshing to look at the standings and try to figure out playoff scenarios instead of draft scenarios.

I worry about the world's ability to put aside divisions to help the victims.

Woke me up. The dog and the cats were nonplussed.

A study done many years ago noted that a team that goes up wins game 5 wins a best-of-seven series that is tied 2-2 wins the series something like 80% of the time. And it is well over 90% for a 3-1 leads and all but 2 series for 3-0 leads. The reason the NHL went way from best-of-3 for finals was the failure of the 1929-30 Bruins. The reason for best of 7 was the success of the 1937-8 Chicago Black Hawks. Now, both teams want the guaranteed 2 home games.

Everyone else is on the team, so why not?

19070 is the year of the team's founding with an extra zero in the middle. And you are 100% correct about the chatting during play.

Whoever said that this game might show the difference between playoff contenders and Cup contenders hit the nail on the head.

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That is really tough. Good luck to him.

For the record, the Sabres' record for the greatest home loss was 9-2 against Montreal in 1977.

I labour under the pretence that the difference in spelling should be the centre of you demonstrating you encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject.

The league could always, *gasp*, choose a _defenceman_ for the division's team.

Drat it. I sm typing up some documentation on Microsoft Azure Tags and I keep typing "Tages."

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After the Ryan O'Reilly debacle, I can not see Pegula going for this.

I am assuming the big deals are for Cozens, Power, and Dahlin while Quinn and Peterka get bridges. If he can keep those costs down and settle the goalkeeping situation, then it will really set-up the Sabres to be a long-term powerhouse because they can roll in good players on decent contracts as reinforcements for years.

Because I remember Gerry Desjardins collapsing mentally in Game 5 of the 1975 Stanley Cup Finals and never having confidence in the playoffs again. I am not against getting him. I am just wary of the price and the possibility that his problem may not be fixable; it could be a combination of injury, confidence, technique, and shell shock from backstopping Vancouver's horrendous defence. Thus, before we consider acquiring him, I need to know that Bales is confident that he can fix whatever Demko's problems are this season.

This is where I am. It might come down to price and whether or not Mike Bales thinks that Demko's problems can be fixed.