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Couple days off, reading their clippings, knocking back a few and thinking all they gotta do is just show up. Like I’ve said before, when we move our feet and skate we are a difficult team to play. But when we decide to just stand around and mail it in, we suck. And tonight we suck.

What is it about Seattle? Wake the F up boys!

Well deserved.

I said at the beginning of the season that I’d never count Rodgers out regardless of his receivers. He’s been making receivers since he came into the league. But when I watch him this year, it looks like more than a problem with his receivers; it looks like Rodgers is having issues as well. He just doesn’t look right.

Have we seen the hot starts to a season on the heels of a hot finish over the last 30 games from the previous season? Good teams have to prove it every night, regardless. So of course, the Sabres have to continue to do so. I think everyone agrees on that. But I can’t dismiss the sample size from last season, either.

To me, the most egregious indictment of Krueger was when DG took over after 13 consecutive losses (iirc) and said it would still be a couple weeks before we see some kind of improvement because the guys weren’t in shape to play hockey and conditioning was the most important thing to focus on. Weren’t. In. Shape. I’m embarrassed to say I ever bought into one second of RK’s bs.

I agree, but we aren’t talking about last season having an impact on this season. It’s about where the team has trended over the course of a decent sample size of games. You said you needed to see a 20 game trend. I submit we’ve seen that and then some since last February. There’s no denying the improvement.

If win percentage carried over from one season into the next doesn’t count, how about other stats like consecutive games scoring a goal scoring or point streaks?

With all these five man rotations the last three games, it seems like everyone is playing with everyone, anyway.

Don’t look now, but that’s five straight games with high quality NHL goaltending. The old man was stellar between the pipes tonight.

Great minds, Thorny. Great minds. What can I say?

That desperation can often work against you.

Canucks improving though as they didn’t surrender any two goal leads tonight. Progress Beaudreau, progress.

Dahlin with a sick play to set up VO!

Girgs! Empty netter.

I was able to do the same thing after my morning coffee yesterday.

Everyone on this team needs to practice Dahlin’s pop fly D zone clear after being hemmed in. Decision making still not where it should be tonight.

Ollie! Pretty sure that one counts.

Hiney! That was huge! Never mind.

I recall DG saying that players need to learn to pace themselves during a game to conserve competitive energy. I’m hoping that was one of those periods. But we stopped moving our feet and our decision making sucked in that period so I’m hoping it isn’t a matter of fatigue setting in. This is the third game in a row where they’ve had to play with 5 D for the majority of the game. I wonder if that takes a physical toll after a while.

That sucked.

I’m don’t know who offered up a five month recovery, I only only know you offered up a worst case, doom and gloom diagnosis when nobody knows squat about Mule’s injury. Do you play a doctor on TV or stay at a Holiday Inn Express recently?

Tre will be back against the Packers next Sunday.

No need to go there.

It is for Beaudreau.