Doohicksie

Yep. Like I said,

Soft all around.

They're blowing icing before it even crosses the line....

Yikes.

le sigh

I have to wonder if NJ can skate that hard for three periods.

They said the Sabres have to go east and west to negate NJ pressure but really it seemed like the Sabres did best int he O zone moving low to high and back low.

How was that not offsides?

5-0 shots on goal already

Why do all our anthem singer start yodeling at the end of the Star Spangle Banner? She had the pipes to sing it straight up; what's the point of jazzing it up?

We had a very low key Thanksgiving. We had six of us: me, my wife, our two sons, our daughter-in-law and my son's best friend (whose family is Jehovah Witness and don't celebrate holidays... he's had a standing invitation from us for years). Basic turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, veggies, etc. Oddly, no pie this year, but three wonderful cheesecakes: chocolate marble, apple strudel and dragonfruit. My wife did virtually the cooking except for the gravy. I do the gravy every year. She was up early cooking. I'm up late cleaning. Just loaded the third and final load into the dishwasher and cleaned the countertops and now it's time for bed.

It is 8 pm per the ESPN+ app (showing 7 pm and I'm CT). There are a lot of games tomorrow; I think they are just spreading them out.

STOMP THEM!

Oh come on. Have some fun. I like both calls.

Maybe it's been too long since you've seen an exceptional goalie in Sabres colors.

That was pretty awesome. Thanks for posting.

If that was Tage it would have been a dribbler that got in but took it's sweet time. Quinn fired it in from a lousy angle with authority. He doesn't know how to take it easy. I keep thinking about that.

It's because Cozens has (by far) more NHL experience.

I think what the Sabres end up with is Line 1 and 1a.

I made my prediction (which I didn't really believe myself at the time) after the move to center. When we got him? Ugh.

Remember when we'd be yelling at him during games about trying to stickhandle and toe drag around opposing players? I guess we were wrong.

I say yes. Part of what allows them to skate with confidence is knowing the D is doing their job. With both Joki and Muel back it's no longer a concern. I will also point out that Muel *does* contribute in the offensive zone. I noticed him going in for deep pinches at least a half dozen times. He has a very good sense of when to go and when to fall back.

I think we're in alignment: See posts I made during the game: If for no other reason, this makes UPL our starter for sure. ....and from the Jack Quinn thread.... I think that whole line is just going to get better and better as the season wears on. You can point to the holes and the lack of depth, and yes those are concerns. But the growth of this line is really what will drive the prospects of this team. I think they were so into the game it didn't even occur to them to be tired.

I was going to mention: There was NO letdown in the third; very surprising for a team who played the night before.