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Not really. It was a little longer of a break in play as the whole team came out to celebrate, but there wasn’t a ceremony.

There was a statistic given in The Athletic this morning that 28% of the games played so far this season have gone to overtime. That was a surprisingly high figure to me. Also helps explain the bunched up standings.

And 5-1-4 is a Presidents’ Trophy pace. Of course that’s not going fall off a bit.

Yeah, thanks for teaching me all about it

Boom’pt

Which return? This one or the fourth one in April?

Was a time table ever given on Norris’ return?

Even 1-0-4 is 0.600, which is playoff pace. In the old 82-game season, that's a 98-point pace.

Sylvester sure thinks so...

we have 13 forwards not counting Kozak, 7 defenders and 3 goalies. That's 23. They need to make a spot if Kozak plays.

At some point, you are going to have to let this go. Some of us got caught up on the moment as the Sabres finally resembled an NHL with camaraderie, toughness and sticking up for one another. It was difficult to figure out why as they only added a few new players so Geertsen was attributed as having an impact. Clearly, it’s something else. Hard to say if it was the addition of Doan and Kesselring (who hadn’t played when this revelation occurred) or something we as fans aren’t privy to. This years team is drastically different. Maybe removing guys who went above and beyond to avoid team toughness exercises, like Peterka. Hard to say exactly what did it but things are different now. That being said, a week from now they’ll probably get bullied by another team and we all tuck our tails between our legs.

I dunno - the lineup said "Projected Lineup" not "practice lines".

Funny how Quinn is the only nightmare you singled out ... Tuch, Thompson, and Dahlin are all on that list twice. But you also say Quinn was on the ice for two and list him three times. (shrug)

Dunne’s foot speed is an issue. He’s was caught on two breakaways before he hit center ice while on the Amerks. It’s going to cost the Sabre defensively at some point.

Guys can practice while on IR. Just because they lined up that way in practice doesn't mean he's on the roster. He was put on IR. They had to put Zucker on IR before Tuesdays game just to call up Östlund. So they either need to send someone back down or (I hope) waive Geersten.

That would be a Granato move.

Making a determination on UPL’s status with the team is a more important consideration than determining what Ellis’s role is, of course if it is believed that both goalies give you the same chance to succeed in tonight’s game. If Ellis ends on waivers and picked up, then so be it. It shouldn’t be forgotten that Levi is still in the system and can be moved up when the need arises.

The butterfly kisses @LGR4GM quoted above have him in the lineup and Brawndo has not posted about a roster move ...

They really need to give Ellis another start, this seemed like the perfect spot. But I think UPL played well enough on Sat to earn the start tonight.

I know UPL said he's starting. I would have bet money Ellis would get the start tonight.

Ruff felt he needed a goon around. But players like Dunne and Greenway, even Krebs are showing the same willingness to throw down.

Ironic how much better the culture seems to be without JJP around. Gee.

Well according to google we also tied the league record... it did not mention that we were already tied for the league record... So good to know.

My personal opinion is neither one is an aberration but neither one is who they are. They are a combination of both. They are a team that is just outside of the playoffs. They are a combination of three games that they were at the start of the season with the better team that they've been since. Now when they get some injured players back, let's see if they can improve on that.

Am I the only one who has absolutely no clue what someone is saying when they try to spell out how something is pronounced?