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I’ve played cribbage since I was 8/9 yrs old. I realize 8 or 9 is a ripe old age, but at 55 I guess I’m a fossil now 😊 by the way, 15 for 2, 15 for 4 and a double run for 8 = 12 points for the hand. Watch’ya got? 😂

Quinn was held, hog tied, and tossed to the ice in the final minute, blatant interference or holding, no call. The Edmonton announcer thought it was funny. They must to used to getting the benefit of the doubt. Prior to that, Dahlin gets two minutes for tripping when he checked the guy with the puck behind his own net.

That was awesome. Thanks for sharing @Demoted. The thought that went into the design and attention to detail required for a project of that magnitude is incredible. Can't wait for the home opener in '26. It will be electric. Wish I could be there. The 'Big Colander' is nearing completion.

McLeod gave the guy a cross check while he was still lying on the ice. Soooo, no, not really.

Did no one see a Sabre pushing the Oiler into Lyon? Come on now. The officiating has sucked, does suck and always will suck bc it's still a garage league and bc hockey is a tough sport to officiate. But, please, no one has it out for the Sabres. Every fan base in the league feels the same way. The Sabres can lose on their own. Don't give them the excuse.

Yes, Lyon did leave the crease on his own (at least his 1 leg was out of the crease, though the rest of him was in the crease). BUT players are NOT allowed to initiate contact with goalies regardless of where they are are the ice. Soooooo ... that one pretty much stays a "judgement" call for the league and they judged the Eulers losing in regulation was less desireable than a bottom feeder like the Sabres finally winning one in regulation.

The icing was on the 1st Euler's goal.

Plenty. I have a PS5 and normally purchase Play Stations. Imo, more games are geared toward solo and adventure play. My son (10) has a fishing game and he enjoys it. Way of the Hunter Call of the Wild Hunting Simulator ______________ Call of the Wild Angler Ultimate Fishing Simulator Fishing Planet The Catch: Carp and Coarse Bassmaster All of the above are available on PS4 or PS5. PS4 games can be played on PS5 but not vice versa. You could probably get a PS4 relatively cheap. Also I buy games used. Games are expensive nowadays. Look into used at GameStop or on Ebay. Much cheaper. Hunting and fishing games also have a tendency to be cheaper anyhow. Good luck. Glad to hear he's coming home.

Last year a guy kicked one in on us and they determined he didn’t do it intentionally. The NHL is not a serious league.

Just bumping this up. I think we've seen over the last few games exactly what I referred to above, consistent production from Doan. His net-front presence on PP1 appears to be a strong attribute. The difference between his skill there compared to Tuch for instance, it's major. It's the hockey IQ he possesses, which leads to him knowing how to position himself for a tip in, being open for a quick pass down low and quickly taking it to the net, etc. He also has extremely good hands as we saw on display last night. I think his ceiling is quite a bit higher than we all thought. He truly might be a 1st line level talent or at minimum a top 6'er/top PP guy on a good team. At this point, it's simply not a fluke with the consistency of his production game to game and the way he's doing it. He's elite along the boards, net front, passing ability and hockey sense. I'm over the moon for this guy.

I suppose we didn’t respond, did we?

So we hook this talometer up to each player butt and measure talent, then add it up, then divide by 23, is that right? Who gives a $hit about talent? What about size, strength, speed, skating, shot, skills, grit, mental toughness, intelligence, and durability? Talent is a concept compared to these attributes.

1st Goal was Icing 3rd Goal was at minimum likely Goalie Interference based on the ticky tack calls against us this year. Thompson's "1st goal" should of counted based on the goal from the Calgary game where the puck hit a player's glove inadvertently

I think you see relatively "soft" defensemen around the league who improve a lot is where my thoughts on power are. His shot seems to be coming along, i dont think he's ever going to bang the boards and crunch people, but just... move people. Quinn's a weird player. He has a good shot, but he never seems to score good shot goals. He makes good plays sometimes, but they never go in for one reason or another (probably more just this teams ability to finish in general). And then there's like games where he is actively hurting the team on the ice. I don't know that he's "fixed" by a better coach, i just thought that line with him Östlund and rosen was playing well before they broke it up. After typing all this i left the room, and came back and youre right. Quinn can go.

The Calgary redirection of the puck in the net was way more of an intentional play than Tuch’s spinning around while freeing his stick move.

They called a penalty on the play that took out Ellis. They didn't miss that one.

Lindy would have lost the challenge and you know it. Why get worked up? they won. Go argue about the missed icing on the first Edmonton goal if you want a winnable argument. And yes, the rules are different when a goalie is outside the paint with less protection than if he is in the blue paint. Contact is allowed outside the paint unless it is ruled to be intentional, avoidable, or overly forceful - all judgement calls. Just touching a goalie who is in the blue paint is often called interference.

Oiler crashed the crease.

Any news on Ellis?

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I think the process as we know it was: Granato fired. After an extensive interview/search, Adams was set to promote Appert to HC. Terry managed to convince Ruff to join as HC. Ruff had to keep the staff because they were under contract and Adams ensured Appert was added to the staff. This would allow Appert to apprentice with one of the winningest coaches in NHL history. The Sabrespace conjecture is that if Adams still has any decision-making power at the end of this season, he'll again do a very thorough set of interviews and then hire Appert as HC. Only a GM with some authority will be able to execute a real search.

In or out of the crease is entirely a judgement call. Lyon still had a leg in the crease. When are you in or out? Remember the goal overturned against Winnipeg (I think) when Benson brushed the goalie? Was that guy fully in the crease at the time? Are you allowed to plow a goalie making a save if he's not in the blue paint? Especially when they called redirecting a puck with the hand a good goal for Calgary.

The Edmonton goal to start the third was icing. That goal should have come off the board. Edmonton shot it into the Sabres end but never got to the red line. It was obvious to all except the linesmen, even the Edmonton announcer saw it. I guess you can’t challenge icing? They also blew an icing call on the Sabres at the end of the 2nd, two Sabres were beating the Edmonton player back and the linesmen blew an early whistle. Toronto blew the hand pass. The puck hits the back of Tuch’s glove while his hand is on the stick - that cannot be a hand pass.

Until we start winning regularly, we won’t get any respect from the Referees. Ruff knows that. He’s just acting out. It has no effect.

There was a two minute minor called on the play. In hindsight, it felt light.