SwampD

Yes. You are right. Tampa has not slashed a single Sabre player the entire game. Not once. Oh wait, the just didn’t see it.

Sabres have to play a perfect game in the eyes of the refs. Tampa can play a marginal one. Fact.

Yes, cuz other players always fight when Eichel gets hit.

... wow....

Yes!!!!

Good luck with that. Ticky tack slash.

Nice!!!!

Schenn started that. He knew they’ve been flat footed.

There’s more to that than you think. He was hitting everything his first shift.

I really just hope we score more goals than them tonight.

That’s much different than him saying he wants to be traded.

I know I’ve seen it this year out west. One of the California rivalries.

Again, I really hope that isn’t the plan. If that actually happens, I complain about it then.

It’s not like other teams don’t make moves like this as well.

Yes. Wish we had someone to do that to someone else’s star player.

Even if someone believes that Smith will have no effect on the outcome of the game, I don’t know how that person could look at that scene and at least think that Tampa might think so. My ideal scenario is that Smith does not go after Cernak, and somehow we go up 4-1, someone on Tampa tries to get chippy and that gets shut down.

Just not tonight.

Waste of their time, from what I’ve been told.

Look, if I can’t watch someone on my team score, I may as well watch someone on my team beat the snot out of someone. ... please be Kucherov, please be Kucherov....

I really hope Dahlin looks better than he did against Boston. Oof, was he bad. I know, I know. He’s 19 and going to have games like that, but,... oof.

I think it speaks more to the current dearth of toughness on the team than them simply appeasing us.

Aaaaaaand, we’re back.

So, we’re starting by adding one guy. I’m confused. Do you want the entire team swapped in one day for toughness? Ya gotta start somewhere.

I really don’t care about payback. I care about making a statement that will help us win going forward. Take out one of our stars, we’ll take out one of yours.

Um, no ***** it’s window dressing. They’re not putting him on the 1st or 2nd line. In the past three games against Tampa, they have knocked out two of our players and tried to knock out our captain. If they know they might actually have to answer for it tonight, then a fourth line plug can absolutely make a difference. i guess we’ll find out tonight. Forget about Cernak. Go after one of their forward stars.