Doohickie

Edited your statement a bit. A few years ago, when Mitts was looking lost like Krebs, and he has come around. Not saying that Krebs will follow the same trajectory, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did.

I wouldn't. EJ has been worse than I hoped but I think Clifton is okay as a bottom 4 guy. And I recognize bringing EJ in was probably more about the off-ice mentoring of our younger defensemen (Muel, Lil J, Power). I don't have any problem with bringing EJ in. Clifton is and will continue to be a serviceable defenseman. He's not the best but he's okay in a bottom 4 role.

Montreal wavers.

If I had to pick one thing that Kevyn did wrong this offseason it would be the goalie situation. But #2 would be bringing back Okie and Girgs.

I think he's the 7th longest tenured coach and hasn't made the playoffs? That's an easy "prediction" to make.

Sabres fandom boiled down to four words.

No, you don't get off that easy. You and @Thorny have dragged me into the depths of negativity. You can't just apologize and make me feel better about things. 😉

Except for Darryl Sutter interviews: Pure gold.

Oopie allowed 4 goals on 15 shots, including a coupla dribblers he should have saved cleanly, but even if he didn't his D should have. Instead they ended up in the goal.

They scored enough against him to win but yikes the Sabres allowed some awful goals on not that many shots.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

I notice the youngsters are learning how to boo at an early age.

(i.e., they are not a good pairing)

I blame EJ.

I think he's got a nagging LBI that has taken away his jump.

So frustrating.

Let him walk right out in front. HIT HIM.

Krebs worked his ass off to keep/regain control of the puck on the shift leading up to that goal. No assist but he made that play.

Come on guys. Wake up.

He's gotta get more help from EJ there.

Don't sell yourself short. You're plenty obtuse.

I wouldn't say I'm anti-anthem, but I don't really see it as necessary. But if you're going to do it, do it right. Sing the notes on the paper, not your personal jazzed up version. I'm also not a fan of the field-sized flags they use at football games, as they go against US Flag Code prohibition of displaying the flag horizontally. I'm kind of pedantic in that if you're going to do patriotism, do it right.