LTS

Failure is only failure if you don't learn from it. That's how you build on it. Perhaps they did not do enough to achieve a victory but that only means there are things to be learned. No one wins at everything they do all the time. And for the record, every single playoff game is not a must win. You can lose 3 of them in any series of 7. You may not want to lose them, but it is possible to do so and still be successful. That's just the plain truth.

I have no ability to support what I am going to say... But this makes me happy. There is something about Craig Anderson that resonates with me.

So far, I am in this boat with him. He's enjoyable to watch and I don't say it about a ton of players. He's where he needs to be ALMOST all of the time. Now, give it another 20 games and some of the new car smell might wear off. It only matters for timing of contracts and payouts. The downside is that potential that he starts strong and bottoms out in the first season or that his sophomore season isn't as good for some reason. There's an whole host of potential negatives that could come into play. But, as long as he can play as a 3rd line player or better.. there is no downside.

Curious.. although I think I'd like Greenway in there around the net given his size and the way he's been going. That's a power play with a few too many passers and not enough shooters. In fact, I think JJP is the only shooter there. Benson probably would shoot, but he's not in the right spot to be a shooter. At least VO is oot.

The tape? C'mon man.. I'm older than you and I wouldn't use that word. 🙂 As for being fine, why do you think so? How is what that offense did last night fine? Sure, Allen's shoulder is injured, but that does not excuse shotgun at the 1 yard line.

I'd try Savoie... but I don't think he's the answer. Anything that gets VO off this team works for me.

Seems to me that the Bills were insistent on running the ball tonight. Almost as thought Allen's shoulder wasn't feeling 100%. Meh. No way that game should be close. Also, you have the ball on the 1 yard line and you line up in the shotgun? Fire the OC. He's a tool.

Hell no. One of my least favorite QBs to ever play the game. I am fine with his acting career though. 13 would not be available for me in that case because owning a Dolphins jersey would not be possible for me.

If he can play 3rd line minutes and make that line productive he has to stay. The top line needs to figure it out and as others have said... 71 needs to go. At this point I am a huge fan of a 71, 10, 1 package that brings back a defender. Put Krebs with 77 and 24 and let Jost take 4th line. It's clear Olofsson cannot play the Sabres game. Jokiharju is just too clueless out there... and UPL.. well.. anything to get a better player back is fine by me. 3 goalies cannot be the game all season.

They might be.. but that's the trouble with judging teams on a small sample size. Even if we are seeing similar traits defensively from the Sabres we are not seeing their offense like we know it can play. So, without the scoring it might be tough to judge the defense as they do have an impact on each other. The Sabres are not controlling the puck well now and that takes pressure of the D. We'll see where the season goes. But the Sabres are digging a bigger hole every game they lose.

Guess the Devils forgot when the season started. They're a bust.. clearly. One year fluke. Oh, what's worse, losing to the Coyotes or the Rangers? 😉

I get it. But that doesn't change the nature of the links and the apps. Good that you have not had issues, as far as you know. 🙂 As for the job market, I completely understand that. Hate to say my company keeps cutting and I just keep hoping that I'm not gonna get tagged.

Other than Kodi, which is just the platform I do believe everything you posted here is a link to illegal content and a great way to open backdoors onto your network. Also $40/year is more expensive than $3/month... that's a very interesting marketing tactic. 🙂

13 is my number, always has been, always will be... as long as its available for me to wear. Not an ounce of superstition.. but it's fun sometimes to play the game. The song is always a great listen. 🙂

This is a hockey forum and you posted on it. So, it has everything to do with hockey. I don't know you, but you posted on here with absolutely no background information during a period of time where the vast majority of posters fall into the category the GIF insinuates. I apologize for insulting you and your father's memory. Finally, I hope the the last great memory of your father is not the only great memory of your father and if the Sabres are tarnishing those memories then perhaps it would be helpful to eliminate them from your life so you can focus on the the other great memories.

I thought he was referring to the 1-3-1. 🙂

They aren't.. but there are people everywhere on the Internet who will be like that. This place is no exception. This is how people cope, they just come in here and go full on chicken little. Apparently they'll be okay... they apparently aren't suffering medical issues from their apparent stress. There's just one thing you have to remember.... You can't tell them to relax, even if they should. They get mad. Then they take it personal and respond with "I know you are but what am I?" or "Your Mom" type responses. That's when you get a good understanding of who they are, what they are about, and that unless you want to get drawn into it, you just need to learn to filter it out. Not that this comment is wrong.. but some people love to fret and worry over things. You can't suggest they don't because that also gets them upset. Bottom line? Some people just like to be upset. I don't understand it either, but if it works for them, so be it. The game was crap. I could hypothesize about the pressure of RJ, the pressure of making the playoffs, the desire to want to do so well that you aren't relaxed enough to play the game you are supposed to play. It doesn't change that the game was crap. The Rangers were playing Game 1 like Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Lots of room to improve, but if they don't figure out the 1-3-1 and they don't figure out how to not always try to setup one-timers on the power play they will suffer immensely. The Rangers just gave the league a blueprint on how to slow the Sabres down... now it's up to the Sabres to figure out how to beat it. I'd say on to tomorrow, but it is tomorrow. So just sitting here after my late hockey game, having a little Elijah Craig to slow the system before crashing for the night. My team also lost, I told them they all sucked and their families will hate them. They are a joke and they get paid too much to play the game if they are going to play like that. I also feel shame.. somewhere someone is going to watch the LiveBarn feed and light my ass up on some niche forum that rags on beer league players. 🙂

Let's go.

Oh yeah. Great song.. and 2 Cellos are great as well. Overall.. the list is the list. Skinner teased "Firework" by Katy Perry on Tuch's Instagram.. that would have been amazing. His choice is not right for me.. my 19 year old thinks it's hilarious.. ooookay. Some good ones.. some I wouldn't like. Oh well. It keeps it interesting.

Skinner had teased "Firework" by Katy Perry. I would have preferred that. But.. we're good. I'll pour a nice Macallan 12 year Sherry Oak for the start of the game. The bottle would take a serious hit if not for me having to go skate at 10:10pm tonight. On the bright side, my game is late enough to allow me to enjoy the one I want to see.

I don't worry about it.. but from an analytical perspective, it's accurate.

The patch: - Simple, effective, and yet still amazing - just like RJ - Worn on the "heart" just where it should be. I like it.

Interesting point.. it fits with Granato. He wants an up tempo high pressure team that makes other teams react and want to prevent the Sabres offense through a defensive scheme. However, once a team establishes the zone on the Sabres all hell breaks loose. So he needs to coach that. In football, this would similar to not building up your defense because your offense is to potent only to run into troubles when your opponent's offense keeps your offense off the field.