nfreeman

I would trade KO plus a decent sweetener for Jeff Carter in a heartbeat. But they have to take KO. And I would trade quite a bit for Tarasenko, but there is NFW that STL trades him.

FWIW, I've been a frequent critic of Reino's over the years and I think he's playing the best hockey of his career. I still think he has limitations, he's not as good as Draisaitl, he's not as good as what most would probably want from a #2 overall pick and he hasn't shown yet that he can be a consistent 5-on-5 player -- but IMHO he's still a good player on a good contract who has played very well on a high-end #1 line this season.

My game notes: - Dahlin is becoming a force of nature. - The Sabres could easily have lost that game, and could easily fall out of the playoff picture. They need 2ndary scoring and they need to get the PP going to avoid that outcome. - Peterson looked pretty good. He could certainly end up being better than Ullmark -- although Linus looked pretty good too. - Bogo's Carrubba Collision was great. You don't often see huge hip checks behind the net like that. - Reino made a great pass in the 1st period to Jack across the ice on a 3-on-2 for a 1-timer that almost cashed. - Risto is also coming into his own. He's more confident and more physically assertive in pretty much all situations. I really liked him standing up for Pilut when Phaneuf cheap-shotted him (and I also liked Pilut's retaliatory shove on Phaneuf). - I'm very close to concluding that Pilut is better than Beaulieu and Nelson and therefore can't be sent down. - The Sabres are getting absolutely zero from Mitts, KO, Sobotka, Pommer and TT. The entire middle 6, other than Sheary IMHO, is a vast wasteland of suckitude. - Gotta give Dunleavy credit for "Jeff Skinner, overtime winner!"

As for the question of who goes down: I think it will mostly depend on how Hunwick looks. If he looks like a solid top-6 NHL defenseman, then Pilut will probably go down. If he looks worse than that, I think they will send Hunwick down and be perfectly fine if someone takes him and his contract in waivers.

Once he's healthy, Hunwick has to be ahead of Tennyson in the rotation, innit?

I've said this before, but I'd trade KO, Guhle and Nylander for Kane in a heartbeat, and I'd probably throw in a late 1st if needed. But there is no deal if they don't take back KO.

My 2 cents: - I greatly prefer using a headset for phone calls, as I like having my hands free and I dislike having to hold a phone up to my head. I also prefer the headset to the speakerphone, as I think most people prefer not to have calls with someone who has them on speaker. - I wear something similar to the one in Pi's photo at work. - If I'm outside walking around by myself, I'm usually listening to something on earbuds. If I have to take or make a phone call, I will usually do so via the earbuds. This means that when this happens, I'm one of those weirdos walking around apparently talking to themselves but actually having a phone call. Now, I will usually try to stay away from other people during the call, but certainly sometimes I will pass by other people. - I think walking around in public and having a speakerphone call is insane.

This is pretty obnoxious.

I really like "Elf."

Good stuff here sir.

Have you done this for Sabres jerseys? If so, can you tell the difference between the "real" colors, lettering, font, etc. and the namechanger.com ones? Thanks.

I thought Allen was pretty good again. The turnovers were poor plays by him, but he made plenty of good plays. I think he converted more 3rd downs today than Tyrod did all season last year (and I was a Tyrod supporter), with both his arm and his legs. This game was a lot like last week vs Miami. They frequently moved the ball well, but had plenty of mis-plays on offense and fell apart down the stretch on both sides of the ball to lose to a lousy team at the end -- so it's reasonable to question the coaching. They also undeniably looked like they need quite a bit of new talent on offense. And McCoy is probably done.

Humiliating setback.

Yes, but also different playing styles, strengths and weaknesses and body types.

I agree with everything in Bourne's tweet except the comparison to Ryan Smyth. Totally different players IMHO.

Sorry no — traveling today. Gonna watch game later.

Good to see ya!

Looks like Pilut is staying for a while.

Good stuff Ogre. Thanks.

I think this is kinda overblown. There is stubhub in Toronto too. For Thursday's game vs divisional and geographic rival Detroit, there are seats in the upper deck for $100 and in the lower level for $200. Not cheap but not insane either.

Well, I'm not sure about this. Anyone looking to turn a profit on Sabres STs has, I'm guessing, been sorely disappointed by a huge financial bath for the last 6 years or so. It's probably more accurate to say that there are many STH's who like the idea of recouping some of their (substantial) costs by selling off the Leafs games at 2x or 3x of their cost.

I can't argue with any of the above posts about AO. At his peak he was a force of nature. But I think when all is said and done, Matthews will have established himself as the better goalscorer.

IMHO, as the Sabres continue to improve, the # of tickets sold by STHs will drop -- but not down to a level where Leafs fans won't be numerous and noisy.

Beat me to it. Not one of QT's better ones, IMHO. OTOH, I really liked Django.

Gretzky was of another species IMHO, but Bossy is worthy of being in the conversation with him.