Doohickie

As soon as Lundqvist opens his mouth I need to mute the TV. I just can't listen to that dude talk.

I didn't know you swung that way.

A lot of game left. Don't panic.

Granato with more instructional video.

How Grošek.

We change this weekend.

I think it was an okay first period with two glaring errors, one of which ended up in the back of their net. Still like our prospects for a win. I never heard of the Jagr salute. Was that a thing?

Yeah... not a fan. The Sabres need to keep their pressure on and maybe just be a bit more defensively aware. They will wear the Pens out.

Play the whole game in the Pitt zone, the Pens score first.

I get the impression Clague may have been a mature prospect in a system with no clear path to the NHL.

What's that now? Wut wut? Their respective parents still live on the same street, yeah.

Oh, I see that. It's just that Pitt @ Buff is not one of the options when I click on that. The first Buffalo game is Carolina on Friday. Do you have basic Hulu ($7.99/mo) or Hulu + Live TV ($69.99)? It looks like the TNT options under the basic plan which I have does not include TNT live programming, just streaming of past programs. Maybe the Live TV package includes TNT live programming (which would give you the game).

Nope. Not me.

I just checked.... no Hulu. If you have a Hulu account that has a local TV package and/or a "basic cable" package that included TNT, maybe Hulu shows it. I just have basic Hulu.

I just checked: The next Sabres game on Hulu is against Carolina.

By the way, tonight's game (11/2) against the Penguins is one of those games you need TNT to watch.

On your butt, right above the tattoo

I think Joki is actually close. And it depends on the injury and how it fits with the helmet but I'm pretty sure he'll be wearing a full mask when he first gets back so I expect that he'll pretty quickly be back at 100% effectiveness.

Bold prediction: The genie is out of the bottle and the Pens can't get it back in. Sabres 9 - Pens 3. Hattie for Skinner; two each for Cozens and Mitts, Tuch and Dahls round out the scoring.

And the Sabres already have "pedestrian replacements" that they signed in the offseason for the AHL.

It only worked out for the Sabres because Granato moved Tage back to center. If he was still on the wing he would still suck. Also a happy coincidence (for Tage at least) that Mitts got injured as the season started which thrusted Tage to the top line.