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One of these things has a happy ending

My memory may be playing tricks on me but wasn't Ruff actually interviewed or at least had a discussion with Buffalo before the official hiring of Meatballs?

Clifton’s old man was pining for dirty goals. His demand was 3!

I’m kind of here. Would I love a Tkachuck in concept? 10,000%. But with the reported “maturity issues” we have nobody in regards to veteran leadership to rein that in at this point. And I don’t hold much hope for that to be resolved anytime soon.

He broke Derek's nose

Just watched his post skate presser and the kid is just off the charts even keeled and genuinely embracing it as an opportunity to round out his game. Also thinks that the road should be bumpy and not easy. He's got such a consummate professional attitude. It's like whatever is the complete opposite of entitled, that's Devon Levi.

I have 645 reservations about watching, but I'll probably watch anyway.

White goat heads at home would be the ultimate. I’ve never liked home darks.

The recent officiating, lazy reader. Already addressed earlier. The team came out tonight and played hard and tightened up defensively. I watched a complete effort tonight with a few missed chances and a tough deflection that I saw happen to Zhitnik 800 times in the 90’s. As someone else pointed out, I’ll gladly watch this game, loss and all with that effort vs. the Dallas game. I’ll also take this effort over the Islander game which was decided by a debatable call. I was there. They were indeed outplayed in that game. But there they were, in the final minute still trailing by that goal. And don’t tell me you’ve never seen a team win a game they don’t deserve to. Overall, I’m optimistic on the outlook of this team but there are some holes to fill and lessons to learn. I was hoping one of the lessons learned would be the grind of playoff hockey. I suppose the first lesson is to avoid committing ticky-tak penalties and fighting through defenders blatantly laying on top of two of your forwards,.. with the ref literally looking directly at it. When you get this far after this long, it’s tough to watch it kind of fall apart this way. Maybe I’m the fool.

To be clear, this game was absolutely entertaining and a solid performance by the team. I though it was pretty clear that I was responding to a comment referring to the officiating.

It’s getting to be damn near unwatchable at this point. I usually take the viewpoint that it all evens out in the end but the last 2+ weeks have been egregiously lopsided.

That’s amazing! Is it as difficult as I think it would be to identify player numbers/names from that vantage point?

Eric Bathroom Staal Twice

I'll be doing the exact same thing tonight as well but coming from the opposite direction. I bring a great W-L record with me when I see the Sabres play. Even during the tank years.. SO glad that era is over and we have an exciting team to watch again. For sure the biggest game since '11

It's not on the normal out of market ESPN link you may use. You have to literally go to ESPN+ .com and log in and they have the ceremony as it's own thing it seems.

He did have to catch the ball as well, to be fair..

Absolutely infuriating.. ESPN and the NHL are clueless. Total Mickey Mouse operation

The puck going 100% over the line has always bothered me. If the puck were a uniform object (like baseballs and tennis balls are spheres), then it would be much more clear to see that it crosses the line completely. But its a disc which can flip flop/stand on end/etc enough where it could possibly be the difference between a goal and not. Or conclusive or not. I feel like the NHL would be better off adopting the football rule where any part of the oblong object penetrates the back of the goal line would count as a goal. Hell, it would increase scoring too and it would not change the game itself one bit,.. that I could conceive.

Fantastic video to start it off! Got me pumped, a little bleary eyed, a little angry, then pumped again. Awesome

Tim Murray walks to the podium. Puts both hands upon it, leans into the mic, and looks up. Silence. After an icy stare into the crowd, TM just starts nodding his head yes. The camera cuts to Eichel, with a clearly weirded out and confused look on his face, eyes darting back and forth, slowly rises up out of his seat at the urging of the surrounding people in his camp. Jack shrugs, removes his suit jacket, and confidently walks to the stage to accept his jersey.

Hey, we know he can take Kassian

Ive had that feeling for the last 2 days. Ive missed it and almost forgot what it felt like.

Visible welts make me cringe more than blood

Great job PA and everyone involved! Im familiar with writing music, and know that its not easy to embody an era or situation in just a few words. Well chosen lyrics. As I listened, it conjured up a video reel in my mind. Felt like I was re-living all of it.

Granted, most of this could be 20/20 hindsight but one could reasonably think at least 2. When he was hired he had a team, built by someone else, that was high on hustle and had the best goaltender in the world. It was just a bit short on scoring. Going forward, add a few pieces (a sniper or two) and dont screw anything up (avoid contract squabbles, particularly with your captain) and theres a great shot at cup #1. By the time most of that cast moved on after 01, a reasonable timespan of turnover, you are still left with an additional 12 years. Which would suggest the ability to build another successful cast within another 6 to 8 years. And for the most part, like it or not, he did. A team high on talent and scoring, good goaltending. All that was missing was some D depth and later, a little more jam. Going forward, he could add a few pieces and not screw anything up and you have a great shot at cup #2. And here we are.... Rinse, repeat.