Doohickie

Well *****.

Boy Donny's got the top three lines all mixed up.

Sabres due for a shortie.

And they're -1 so far...

Nice back check by Olofsson.

Well ***** Luke, you can't be checking opposing forwards and expect to get to the other post.

My alternate for Jack- you should appreciate it.

He's got top shelf talent and he's not afraid to use it. He just needs to learn how to do it consistently at the NHL level.

Every goal he scores is amazing.

Yeah, and before the Comets, the Devils AHL club was the Binghamton Devils and before that Albany Devils. So that "leatherstocking" region probably has more allegiance to the Devils than the Sabres. I think the Hudson Valley defaults to NYC sports teams; the further north you go, the more Boston influence there is (based on my experience going to college near Albany).

Yeah, I'm on the chronic injury train with respect to Jack. I honestly don't think he'll ever be That Guy, the difference maker, on his team. I think what work ethic he has is focused on physical rehab rather than skill development. I expect he'll be banged up every year until he decides to hang up the skates. I just don't see it. Too injury prone.

He put you on Double Reverse Ignore. Seriously, hope he's okay.

From the Sabres website:

I'll smoke some meat for you pal.

Thanks for calling me on my BS.

I think it's head-to-head, then Regulation/OT wins (shootout wins are considered lesser).

The Hockey Guy's preview (cued up to the Buffalo-Minn preview):

The team might have been more successful but the locker room still would not have been good.

fify

I've also seen an overlap in Krebs with the kid wingers. They played as a unit in Rochester; I wonder if Donny is trying to give Krebs some time (albeit brief) with them to try to increasing the scoring out of all three.

I still have his sluggo jersey. I can talk about him if I want.

Certainly not from Drew Bonus points if you recognized Ottawa goalie Craig Anderson 😉

And given the choice I think he stays with the Sabres. He made that choice last season; don't expect anything different now. Same, by the way, with Okposo. If he had a chance to go to a SC favorite I think he'd rather play in a more modest playoff run with the Sabres with the C on his shoulder.

I think he's been given a change of scenery within the Sabres org. He's been given a new role with little pressure to score (but if it comes that's great), isn't expected to drive play (but he does at times), is no longer considered a 1/2C (he went into last season expecting to be 1C until he was injured and Tage emerged). The pressure's off and he's just playing and really playing pretty well. I'm not worried about the goals; I think his value is more predicated on simply tilting the ice away from the Sabres goal and he is part of a line that does that pretty well.