Small steps: I don't care if they lose this game, because I'm happy to see the Sabres handle that situation perfectly. We haven't seen a big player back down from a Sabre in a while.
Yup. But that's okay. That just tells us the Sabres have pieces in place already, but not enough to go undefeated the rest of the season. This will be the roller coaster ride for the rest of the season: tank, anti-tank, up, down, here, there.
It is a TEAM you're discussing, after all. I think what we're seeing is the intangible parameter "chemistry" at work here and the six players plus Nolan are the main ingredients. The assistant coaches are catalysts, you might say.
I don't know about Armia, but, as you may be aware, I've been all about Grigorenko for a while, now. I don't even want to dig up my old posts and gloat. We have to wait until the trade deadline to see what this team is and where it's going.
I think there is more than one line going. The top two are doing pretty ###### okay.
Thanks!
This is very hard to resist. They have to make it through December before officially earning The. Hardest. Working. Team. v II moniker.