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On paper you see a good team. On ice it translates to 38 SOG and getting shut out once a week

Keep in mind that everyone in the 1970s just looked OLD. Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'Connor were 47 when they filmed the first season of All in the Family. They looked 20 years older than I look today.

The back of her front was nice. Her fleshy part. Her tush.

Hot Lips Houlihan ain’t too shabby but my recollection of her far exceeds reality. Funny how the brain works.

So, 3 pretty balanced lines you can just roll out there one after the other.... And then a real traditional 4th line.

Metsa back to the Amerks per AHL Transactions page

I'd be good with Kozak on that 4th line taking the spot of Greenway. Kozak, Krebs, Malenstyn would be a good 4th line to me. I don't care who plays center or Wing. Krebs or Kozak, whatever. I'm surprised they are starting him on that top line. I would think being his first game back with live action, you give him 3rd line minutes +PP time. Once he gets used to the conditioning/speed of the actual game...after a game or two, move him up to the first line with the additional minutes then.

Nice.. thanks!

It's fair... Well, I don't know why they weren't throwing to their 6'7 311lb receiver/TE more. I thought Pittsburgh's offense lacked imagination and allowed Buffalo to actually step up to stop the run. There were mistakes by the Steelers offense as well, no doubt. I just wasn't impressed.. and yeah Rodgers has the cast but it doesn't hurt his throwing. Not complaining, just that the Bills have managed to puke all over themselves a few times this season. Beating the Steelers who are clearly much worse than I thought they were (I didn't think they were all that great) just doesn't get me all jazzed up. Sure they won, but they've got a long way to go.

Huh? The dude would punt from the other teams 35 if he had the chance. He coached not to lose rather than to win most games.

I think it's basically a wash between the two, so Lindy gave preference to seniority.

This is actually a very good call out. I suppose I could have likened it to a prep school honors class instead? No harm... 🙂

Who thinks Norris makes it through the game tonight?

Good call. He isn't listed on the roster on the Sabres website, while both Dunne and Kozak are still there.

I dont care about Baltimore and game within the division. The Bengals have a horrible defense.

.... and the proper abbreviation would, appropriately as you say, be SH1T, not SHITT, am I right Inky? 😉

Well they beat Carolina already this year doing the same thing. Brady forces teams to stop a play before he stops calling it. If they don't stop it, he just keeps calling it.

It sounds like no one was waived today So maybe Metsa was sent down?

That's good news from a pipeline front. Ziemer seemed like a bargain on draft day. Nice to see him doing well.

I can see it both ways. I have a stronger feeling about start times on Saturdays though. I love Saturday afternoon games...yet at the same time I wouldn't want to give up Saturday night games. In a perfect world, I'd love the Sabres to play a ton of home games on Saturdays....alternating between 1pm afternoon starts where the building is usually pretty full with kids and families...and then in between have the 7:00 or 7:30 Saturday night game.

Agreed. It does not matter to me where the chances and goals come from. I want the overall number of them low.

A turnover that results in an uncontested shot from the front of the net that becomes a goal is counted the same as a non-turnover but bad positioning that eventually results in an uncontested shot from the front of the net that becomes a goal. If the Xga number is good, but there are a lot of turnovers that result in good scoring chances, that means that there is probably really, really good overall play to make up for those turnovers that result in that good xga number. I want that xga number low. If someone said I could reduce the number of turnovers by the D-men by 5 per week, but in return I have to add from other places 10 shots from the slot due to bad positioning, therefore raising that xga number....I'll take the turnovers with the overall lower xga.

i was unaware of this. i have so few memories of him. maybe essentially none? i picked up on this trope (truism) from mcdermott. dude says it all the time, and has been saying it for years.