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REALLY hoping they don't decide to showcase UPL again in that one. The D won't likely be as solid as they were tonight because Ruff won't get the matchups he wants. Would much rather see either Lyon or Ellis between the pipes. But, guess it'll be whatever it'll be. Would be cool if they got a 3 game winning streak working with each goalie getting one of the W's.

The part about limiting and controlling rebounds was going above and beyond what he's typically done this season. (Realized after rereading it, that may not have been stated as clearly as it should've been.) And, yes, the team played very well in front of him. But will give the devil his due when it's earned. He came very close to playing a complete game tonight. (And hopefully some opposing GM saw the effort tonight and believes his coaches can wash the Sabre stink off of him.)

PLAYOFFS?!?!?!?!?! Umm, PLAYOFFS?!?!?!?!?!?!?

UPL was, once again, kinda lost early. But, as is usually the case when the team limits chances against him early, he got into a bit of a groove as the game went on and actually started limiting rebounds and doing a better job of directing the ones he couldn't control towards teammates (and not only teammates in the slot surrounded by 2 Jets, either 😉 ). Would like him to have kept his stick on the ice for the point shot from Morrisey; had he done so, he gets a SO. But, it's tough to blame a goalie on a shot that's tipped just outside the crease.

And Norris didn't even hurt himself throwing the hat over the glass to the kid after the game. Woo Hoo!!!!!!

His best game of the season by far.

That works.

Or, yeah, what HE said. 😉

What, SOG isn't good enough for Mr. ...? Well, aren't we haughty taughty. 😉

You kidding? Those dumb drop passes might've just dropped the retention on UPL from 50% down to 25%. Adams is going to ask Pegula if he can give Appert a raise.

Wow. Benson actually getting a call. It truly IS a magical night.

Just glad Ruff overruled himself and instead of going with Thompson as the 1C and Norris as the 2C, decided to put them together like they were in the preseason and gave them Benson too. That line could do some damage this season if it can stay together.

Wouldn't that be something if UPL ended up blocking Comrie again? We can hope.

Has to be to try to get his teammates skating. Can't blame Comrie on any of the 3 (MAYBE the 1st one, but that was back door to a guy all by himself and he NEARLY got the puck). But the 2nd one he had no chance on and the 3rd one, his D-man wouldn't let him get across the crease and the puck bounced in off his leg.

Yes, though Bryson has be filling in well (at least when they aren't playing "heavy" teams), though it would be nice to be able to break up Byram-Timmins on the road when they're not clicking and with Bryson as the 6th D, that's not really an option. Now, there's a name I've not heard in a long time. But actually, the other guy that's out injured, and who knows if he'll ever be back this season, is Kulich.

They originally were 8PM (well, 8:05PM) unless they were the rare afternoon start, but sometime in the 80's they did move primarily to 7:30PM (well, 7:35PM). They've been primarily 7PM starts for a long time.

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

Technically, they both might've been on the ice. They don't have to officially waive anyone until noon. Right now, no info on the Sabres website nor PuckPedia as to who was sent down, as technically Norris is still officially listed as "day to day."

Wonder if those will be the actual lines tonight? Seems Ruff likes to run guys coming back from injury on a line they aren't going to actually play on fairly often. Would expect those are the lines he'll run with, but it seems he likes to juggle things up to mess with the other team's game planning. And again, good on Östlund to make it through this round of injured guy coming back. He's earned it.

Suprised they didn't send Östlund down. He's earned staying up, but with him not having to clear waivers expected Adams to do the easy thing. Expecting it's Dunne that went down, because can't see Kozak clearing waivers. Tough part of having the 3 headed goalie monster, none of those 3 deserve to get sent down. (Then again, Rosen didn't deserve it either, but even with only 2 goalies, he'd be down now.) A bit of a spoiler. None of the actors knew how that episode would end until they got the script and only Gary Burghoff was given the final version of the script.

It went to a different tiebreaker advantage. Prior to losing to Joe Rodent Home's Bungles, they had the better division record than the Stillers which was the 1st applicable tie breaker for them as they haven't played each other yet. They now are both 2-1 in division. They must have a better common opponent record than Pittsburgh, because Pittsburgh has the better conference record.

Said it before the game, and do believe it was part of what got them this win. Both OTs being out rather than playing while shells of themselves forced Brady and Kromer to actually come up with a plan to neutralize the Stillers pass rush. They'd've still left the OTs on islands and run their normal pass/run mix and wouldn't have been nearly as effective as they were. The massive beasts they have on the O-line are custom built for road grading - even the backups. Once the Bills stopped turning the ball over, that game became fun. Cincy will give them a better test, but they're beatable even with Joe Rodent Home back.

Nope. When the Crows won last week and the Stealers lost, they flipped spots in their division. The Crows were 2-0 in division and the Stealers were 2-1. Crows must have a better common opponent record as they're only 4-4 in conference but the Stealers are 5-3 in conference. Their 2 h-t-h games will likely be the deciding factor as they still haven't played one another yet.

In fairness, they came into the weekend in 1st place in that division too.

No. At least not from a technical standpoint. They could send a lot more water to the turbines on both sides of the river, but it'd lower the flow over both escarpments to seem like a trickle. So, effectively, yeah, it's maxed out. At night and in the winter, they increase the flow of water through the turbines, but tourists want to see the "7th wonder of the world."