Doohickie

Moved to wear? Elma?

It's been like that a lot this season. I think for a lot of games it's been Lindy as "executive" coach and Appert as "operations" coach.

But if Tuch is good to go, the Sabres are probably better off shipping Kuntar back. I think he may have an NHL future, but nothing more than a bottom 6 guy.

Right. And people who don't do a lot of driving still have to change there oil per the calendar cycle. Otherwise, why specify it?

I watched The Hockey Guy's (members only) video where he comments on the trade. He lives in Canucks territory and they're his #1 rooting interest. He basically sounds like Sabrespace in the aftermath of the Eichel trade. He even called the Canucks the worst run team in the history of the NHL. He's pretty despondent. We all know how he feels.

After the dealership I took my dog to the vet because she has a lump on her leg. The vet took a needle biopsy and had bad news, said it's likely an aggressive cancer. They sent the samples to a lab for confirmation. He said if they can get the entire tumor removed from her leg and don't miss any, she may have a full recovery, but it sounded like a pretty big IF to me.

Interesting

From Tim Graham and Matthew Fairburn in the Athletic I would love it if they fired him while he was on a road trip and left him stranded, a la the Panthers and Gallant. I want to see the pics of Kevyn loading his bags into a waiting Uber.

Shades of LaFontaine and XGMTM. Not exactly the same by any means but I could see TPegs looking for someone to be the fall guy in this mess.

Don't forget the coach firings. I think a couple years ago they were all the rage.

It's understood that you have to meet the terms of both, not just one. "Whichever comes first" is implied. Good luck if you have a warranty claim.

To maintain my warranty I have to change the oil every six months or six thousand miles, whichever comes first. I'm not up to six thousand miles yet but I've had the car six months. And like I said the appointment was already set up.

The Canucks have one talent: Hustle. Beyond that, they're not very good. In the first period they threw everything they could at the Sabres and the Canucks were fortunate to get out of the period tied. As the second period wore on, the Sabres seemed to adjust the constant pressure and learned to counter it, scoring two goals to go ahead. In the third they stopped trying to score which was a mistake. My frustration wasn't focused so much on how much play was in the Sabres end; it was more that the Sabres weren't playing in Vancouver's end. They were content to get it out of the zone and regroup instead of counterstriking. They were also lazy at times even clearing it out of their own end. I thought it was a big mistake but in the end, they got away with it. That kind of prevent defense/Alamo mode of play is just playing with fire. You just know the other team will score eventually. But the Canucks aren't the Oilers; they just don't have the same level of scoring talent.

Timmins does a lot of good things; plays a good, physical game. But the gaffs cancel out all the good he does.