carpandean

Shootouts.

So, will we see Matthews but not Eichel, then Eichel but not Matthews? Save that rivalry for the actual season!

I just take a map of the northeast and add a circle centered on NYC with a radius just inside of Rochester. Most people are surprised to see that the following are closer (as the crow flies) to NYC: All of NJ, RI, CT, MA and DE, plus D.C. Nearly all of MD (just that weird piece including Garrett and Allegany counties is not) Much (technically, majority) of PA, VT and NH Parts of ME, WV and VA

I didn't think that Dany had a very maternal response to seeing that happen to one of her "children". It looked more like, "well, that's unfortunate."

The Sabres are the only WC home team to have worn whites. All other home teams have worn darks (plus Toronto as the road team in the dual-dark, red and blue game with the Red Wings.)

Sadly, an extra goal for us probably wouldn't have helped win most of theirs. Lehner was "oh for" in many of them, as were most of our forwards.

Shootouts: https://youtu.be/McOio6O_QxU https://youtu.be/izT7rSHFcTg https://youtu.be/JWBSspqpr5k https://youtu.be/zsdbGy1rW2E "Ouchtown, population you, bro" courtesy of Jake McCabe: https://youtu.be/uYoYbAOwTWA And, of course, the most important question: if he makes the team, what number will he wear? Obviously 16 is out. He wore 40 when he was younger, but Lehner's got that. Then, he were 10 in Albany, which would be my guess. That, or maybe Max's old number.

4yr, $26.6M ($6.65M AAV). Didn't give much of a discount on $'s, but definitely did on term.

This ain't the NFL.

Will Pommer be the first Sabres player to wear #92 (since McCabe has #29)?

Austin is out, anyway, as he wasn't qualified today.

:flirt: (My picture. I don't shoot a puck that well.)

Wishing him lots of this ... (My shot from 2013 development camp.)

Agreed. Every time I hear his name, I think of The Princess Bride ... https://youtu.be/X90qKQAMh8A?t=2m9s Hamonic ... Hamonic ... Hamonic, Hamonic, Hamonic, Hamonic!

Yes, I know ... :P

Just noticed that the Wild jersey got the Pathers' "wanna be Montreal" treatment: The Habs must be pissed. They've had that design exclusively since the Blackhawks dropped it in the late 1930's (except for their WC/3rd homage to the same.) Edit: don't get me wrong; it's a sharp looking jersey.

Did you buy a game-worn WC jersey? They never sold the actual WC jerseys: What they sold as the WC jersey was just a throwback white. No laces on the collar. Not as dark blue. Those should be our home jerseys now.

Yup. I've been seriously thinking about buying a new jersey (I always buy the authentic "on ice" ones), but I can't see buying either. The whites are definitely out, but the blues are still not quite good enough (better, but not there yet.)

On further review, I think those may actually be the same shiny white that's under the NHL crest on the collar. Yes, they actually put white stripes on a white jersey just to thin out the only contrasting color. :doh:

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Oilers switched to orange, but also changed accent color from royal to navy: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5007b2ea84aef6ab9cd08134/t/5944a9812cba5e0fcda5400a/1497672078467/?format=500w Someone at Adidas not like royal?

https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/nhl-adidas-unveil-new-uniforms/c-290017052 Appears to be white half stripes.

So, despite removing all of the other silver, the outer two stripes are still split (can't tell if they're silver/gold or white/gold.) If they left the striping on the aways the same (i.e., splitting the outside blue stripes, such that there's almost no contrast with the white), I'll be pissed. If they swapped the waist stripes, like the original home whites, then split the outside gold stripes instead, I won't be as mad.