Doohickie

It's a boy! 5 lb 4 oz.

Update: Thursday, her water broke... or started to leak anyway. They went to the hospital. Her blood pressure was high so they took care of that. She was dilated 1 cm. They decided to keep her in the hospital. In the afternoon/evening she started having contractions and got to 3 cm and they tried to slow them down; as long as baby and mama are not in distress, it's better to let the baby develop as long as possible in utero. They're giving her steroids (to accelerate baby's lung development), antibiotics (for both mom and baby) and a lot of IV fluids (to allow her to replace the amniotic fluid that's been lost). They're closely monitoring blood pressure looking for any signs of infection. My son texted this evening that the contractions were picking up again this evening, but later texted that they were Braxton Hicks (false) contractions. They estimate the baby is already over 5 pounds, so that's a positive. The doctor said if they can get even a few more days before baby is born, it would greatly improve the baby's health at birth. So yeah. Wait. And hope and pray for the best.

And what makes you think that? /sarcasm

Hearing Joki referred to in the past tense is just bizarre. I keep forgetting he's no longer a Sabre. Maybe it's because we got a draft pick, not a player, for him.

I said in another post I think he has the potential to be the 4D that rounds out Dahls, Power and Byram (or whoever stays around). Maybe he is to Ottawa what Cozens was to Buffalo: Early success leading to unrealistic expectations.

Did anyone else think Josh Dunne > Brett Murray? Dunne just plays with more energy, and more psychosis. That song, especially the autotuned lead vocals, hurts my ears.

Nice play by Kozak with no stick. Must be a soccer dude.

Kozak - Dunne - Malenstyn is a pretty rugged forward line, eh?

That was probably the best line of the whole series.

"No. Why do you have a goal song?"

/sneaking in the back door

Just got a text from my son. His wife is "in the labor room. She was leaking this morning. Dr's office told us to go" If the baby is born now, it's six weeks early. Please keep them in your thoughts.

Opening Day in Major League Baseball!

Is that Tage in a wig?

I think if the GM rolls over, Lindy might be kept on but all the other coaches will be let go.

I don't think I've heard a more apt description.

It comes from living just a bit in the future. And nothing wrong with that. Let's see if we get anything out of the players that came back in the deal. So far I see more I like from Bernard-Docker than from Norris.

I agree and this far in the rearview mirror it makes sense, but at that point in time I think Casey's camp could have easily demanded another 7x7 deal; he was showing himself at that time to be slightly better than Cozens so why wouldn't he? I got the impression that Adams didn't want to sew discontent by offering him substantially less although I seem to remember Casey saying he would have preferred re-signing so maybe he would have been amenable to a hometown discount. Heck, COL signed him for 5.75 x 3. I loved the role he played on the Sabres roster: a better than average 3C but could move up to any top 6 position should the need arise. The Sabres center spine took a hit when they shipped him out and still hasn't recovered. And I, too, wonder why they wanted Byram so much, unless that was the best Kevyn could garner for him. Now that Byram's here, fine, I've been pretty happy with his play. But I was extremely puzzled at the time why that trade was made.

By this, I think you mean they complement each other. Their skill sets are certainly not the same. If so, I agree, they work together on a line because Benson does what Thompson doesn't and vice versa.