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And the measures will probably take time to be fully effective.

I suffered a similar hit under different circumstances and although I didn't go to the hospital (decades ago you just shook it off) I'm pretty sure I was concussed. I saw stars like in the cartoons and everything.

Casey's stat line tonight against WPG was 1 SOG, 1 TKA. That's it. He had a couple of Grade A scoring opportunities though, and helped stymie the Jets all night. The stats don't show it but he played a very good game.

Anyone who says we have a problem with three quality goalies on the roster has already forgotten the goalie carousel of the last two seasons.

Basically until the very end, we rag-dolled a team with 10 more points than we had going in.

During the Lion King: Me, my wife, my son, daughter-in-law and her friend

Sabres are 9-1-1 in their last 11 road games.

Just finished watching the game. I just couldn't help but notice Krebs all game long. He was pumped, made a lot of good plays, skated like a maniac and instigated physical play. None of that shows up on the score sheet but yikes, he's become a very good player.

For EICHEL, no less! 😄

Lion King about to start

He would qualify for one year and then take it from there, I think. I've heard speculation that for longer term security, Meier may go for a lower cap hit.

I will miss this one. My son and d-i-l got us tix to Lion King tonight so I will go and enjoy that and wonder how the Sabres are doing.

I've seen no indication of contract envy, or oven the hint of it, from Tage. At the time he signed he was thrilled by the Sabres' faith in him. Now that he's exceeding his contract I think he's still grateful for the investment the team made in him.

Speculating? Or?

Right, but how does that reflect on Mitts? To me it's a case of use him where you can. He's not what we wanted him to be but, like Jost, he can fill a role the Sabres need. Mitts is a board digger, a decent passer, and given the right opportunity will put a few in the net. He is fast enough but also brings a bit of a physical edge. In the end he may be a fourth liner and that's okay, as long as he's not breaking the bank.

Within the rule, though, it was a violation.

You know, he used to be all Mohawks and pirouettes as he tried to dance through defenses. He's a much more straightforward skater now. It suits him. He still occasionally dances around a crowd but it's not as common as it used to be. I guess he finally started listening to Krueger 😉 If he does, good on 'im. It's good to have players that get under the other team's skin and gets them off their game. Skinner does that. Dahlin does it in a more physical manner. Maybe JJ just as a potty mouth, eh?

No but the Sabres team of January will not be the same team in April. The younger guys have been developing all along and will continue to develop. Donny will continue to tailor his system to the talent at hand. There could even be a trade deadline surprise... the Sabres do, after all, have a lot of cap space. Because someone was tying up the opponent's stick then reaching down and pushing the puck.

Isles lose to Ottawa in regulation.

It's an animated gif. I can see it fine.

One thing that happens fairly routinely now is that the Sabres will control the puck in the offensive zone continuously long enough that they will do a line change while they're still controlling the puck. So it's not just continuity within a unit but a hand-off from one unit to another. If done right it wears out the defense and can lead to a good scoring chance. Other teams used to do that to us all the time but we rarely did it to other teams before Granato.