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Weird. Hope RJ is okay.

Sheary is supposed to be one of the guys doing the finishing.

Pluses so far: the D is solid. TT and Mitts look okay. If they can figure out how to make their individual games work, then yay. Minuses: KO and Sheary. Neither belong on this roster.

Good period. Let's see how the third goes, though.

Stuff my stocking, Sabres.

Thanks! Like olde tymes!

Can't agree with this. I think we've seen worse from him in prior games. I think the short-handed chance caught everyone on the ice off guard - but Hutton was way too deep in the crease. He could have come out, or poke-checked, or something. Hutton looked like he was caught watching the game. On the second, I think he wasn't able to process what was going on fast enough, having learned to trust Hutton with the puck. He'll never let a play like that get the best of him again, but that one, in particular, was Dahlin's lack of experience working against him. He simply was unable to predict what he should be doing.

Agreed. Now that the shock and awe campaign is over, they need to get back to work and build us a legit Cup contender. No one is safe.

I'll one-up you and say I didn't really like Skinner's game, either. He and Samson weren't doing Jack any favors. Anyone notice Mitts' mom? She looked like she was in her early 30's.

I saw a few cute plays that made me yell at the TV. Not sure who it was, but I did notice TT taking some shots. I don't know if I liked his game, though, generally. He's still weak on the puck. He is good for a few shots and creating turn-overs...I'll give him that.

I think JBots really needs to fix the secondary scoring issue maybe sooner than later or we might be fighting for a wildcard spot.

Hutton has stole us games, today he lost us one. The Sabres aren't Cup contenders this year, not with the roster as it is. If we had another line that could score, it might have been tied right now. I didn't think that game was boring at all. It was two good teams playing a good game against one another - lots of tension. The team with the experience won once again.

An acceptable first period against the Caps.

Because I'm really good.

I'm a professional mime.

I don't think it goes above $8 mil per. Skinner can score goals with the right players around him, but without the right players he's not going to do what he's doing here points-wise. And he's not a 2-way force by a long shot. Dude's making $5,725,000 now. I think $7,725,000 x 8 gets it done, or round it up to $62 mil over 8. That contract would put him in the $100 millionaire club. That kind of money plus the opportunity at his name being on the Cup and on "best of" sheets for decades ought to be worth it to him.

That math doesn't account for Skinner's current salary. There's more to play with than that.

If this is true, this is not the end of it, for Berglund, at least. There's at least one lawsuit there.

Not that it shattered my world, but the ending of that game was upsetting. Through 2 periods, they had that game in the bag. Unfortunately, I was doing some work during the third so while I listened, I didn't watch it intently. Therefore I can't say what I think happened, but, regardless, whatever did happen to lead to the loss is really inexcusable.

Bogo has been impressive this season.

KO and Sheary don't have their heads screwed on straight.

BRAIN FARTS!

I think you may be correct. Very dominate. Like a dog sitting on top of another dog.

This start...