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I have primarily St. Augustine but it's been slow to start up this year and I fear I may have lost some of it during the cold snaps of the last few winters. It's starting to come in now (I hope) and with any luck it will push out some of the weeds.

I think "all those little plays" are things that are fairly new to his game. Earlier in his career he didn't make them. Looking at the first Tuch goal on Saturday, the Old Casey would have tried to carry the puck up the ice and never made it into the Philly zone. Instead he touched it up the boards a few times, getting past one Flyer at a time, until he could finally dish to Tuch for the open shot. Two years ago, Mitts doesn't make that play. And I will say, he doesn't always "make the play." He will go after 50-50 pucks and a lot of the time he doesn't get it, but in the challenge for the puck it slows the other team up and allows the Sabres to get into better position and possibly wait for help to arrive to gain possession. If you look at the teams that the Sabres struggle with, they do the same thing really- never allowing the Sabres to make the clean play and forcing them into mistakes. That's Casey's game, and I think that will play well in the playoffs (whether this year or next). He doesn't play a beautiful game like Tage or Skinner, he plays a tough, persistent game. I think Casey might be that replacement for KO.

I think both of these areas are where he's shown the most improvement. He's steadily gotten more confident playing a physical game. And he's also gotten better at advancing the puck, by passing or dumping (as opposed to trying to stickhandle all the time). Once established in the zone he's gotten better at finding the open man.

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Hard to make out but the lines for the sink are drawn in preparation for cutting the hole in the countertop. I wanted to get the countertops done this weekend but didn't get there. I had to work on some other stuff (mow the lawn... it was getting pretty overgrown, and start my taxes).

Didn't get too much done this weekend. At this point I'm working on the countertops and they are definitely two-man lift (at least for this man). I built a jig to hold the sink (cast iron- 100+ pounds!) and did a trial fit with my sink good enough to locate the hole and cut it in the countertop. Before I can install the sink though I need to get the countertops joined and mounted to the cabinets. The countertops might have to wait until next weekend. Trial fit of the drain with the old drain parts. Kind of convoluted but it should work.

This is Texas... you can use the grill year round.

Fair. Okay, so stone Reino as time expires in a one-goal game.

Then again, Levi came from Florida's system. I wouldn't put it past Donny to show them what they could have had. 😈 The ultimate would be Levi stoning Reinhart to secure a shootout win.

I could see a fourth line of Greenway, Krebs and Mitts when the Sabres are Cup contenders.

Augmented that for you. 😄

He doesn't dominate like Tage but he was very effective tonight; seems like he's synching up with Tuch and Skins (and they with him).

I'm tellin' ya, there's a fire in Mitts. He's discovering his rugged side and the team could certainly use that.

Is Quinn elite? Because I think Quinn is elite.

No proof needed: It's self-evident.

The Cozens line wants in on this scorefest.

You. Wish.

That's what Greenway does.

Meanwhile, their goalie has only a .800 Sv%. SHOOT THE PUCK GUYS!