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Ugh, so everything is wet and *then* it's getting frozen? That's nasty. Good luck, Buffalo peeps. Here in Texas it's just the cold... and the fact that our infrastructure isn't built for it. Frozen pipes are the biggest concern. I go through last night okay, the coldest night of the front. This, however, is just frightening, and it's only just starting. Stay safe, Buffalo peeps!

We got down to 11 overnight in Fort worth. I'm glad we didn't get any snow. There was a hard frost though and while streets are okay, our rear deck is a bit slippery. I expect that even without temps going above freezing the sun will take care of that.

"The holidays" includes New Years Day.

My preferred stat is goals scored. All the rest is statistical *****.

He was wearing Tuch's jersey on the fourth line.

I'm sure the second Tuch is Krebs. They have a week off; better to just to give Owen a few days off with no stress. I expect he'll be back practicing before the next game.

I think he has. I'm guess Granadams still has Bryson on the third pair when healthy. The fact that they put him on PP2 may indicate otherwise though... we'll see.

I'm in between on him. Disclaimer: I have a Reino jersey from those heady days when we thought Eichel was the answer. My recollection is that he was one of the players that immediately looked better once Krueger was gone, and if I recall he was playing center at that point and looked fine doing it. He led the Sabres in scoring his last year here. He didn't publicly complain; always a good soldier. I think Kevyn targeted Reino to move because he was too close to Eichel, and because he liked the return. Would he have been good on this Sabres team? I think so; but I'm not sure he brought the kind of energy Kevyn wanted.

Sez you.

EXACTLY. But it gave Ralph brain cramps.

It's a skating maneuver that Jeff is wont to use, where his toes point outwards, the lead foot pointing in the direction of travel, the trailing foot pointing in the opposite direction. You players like Sid the Kid use it but for some reason when Jeff uses it, it looks extreme. Here's an example of Skinner using it to get to the front of the net: https://www.nhl.com/video/skinner-nets-goal-for-lead/t-335696276/c-14154339

Skinner is Skinner and Ralph had no idea how to make that work in his awful terrible system. Yes. He was mean. And old. And if you're defending Ralph, why, you must be mean and old yourself!

I believe it's one more year after this year. If he doesn't sign after his college season is done, then yeah, entertain offers.

So what does MTL have that we want? Kaiden Guhle? Their young 1st pair RHD? Dahlin - Muel Power - Guhle Boosh - Joki Do it, Kevyn.

I dunno, Ullmark seemed pretty content here until he wasn't.

For the Sabres he only had 5 goals. He was playing on line 3/4 and killing penalties. He was a good glue guy for the Sabres but never scored double digit goals after leaving the Preds.

Overall he was one of the "adults in the room" on a young team, along with Brian Gionta and Josh Gorges.

He's like David Legwand in his final year in the league (with the Sabres). He played the exact role you describe for Girgs.

He probably did... in the UK. I'm sure he made good money off it.

I remember being thrilled when the Sabres got Skinner. He seemed like the guy who always scored the "dagger in the heart" goal against us. I'm he does that to other teams now. I don't begrudge him at all for the drop off in production. I think it's an interesting insight to his character that he wasn't one of the players targeted to be moved when Kevyn took over. Did we overpay? Yeah, probably. Is it hurting the team? No, not really.

I think he probably called him out on it.

I've heard worse. Not much worse, mind you...