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NHL 20 is already out.. so it'll have to be NHL 21. ?

I sincerely hope she finds a good lawyer. After going through all of that, she should be entitled to living comfortably for a quite some time. Unfortunately it happens.

Not necessarily. In reality only OLED displays will benefit from this. Other LED screens need to use the LED to generate the "black" so they are still on and therefore still using battery. Not that I don't like night modes.. I happen to. But the battery savings aspect isn't always there.

I'll be curious how minutes might get distributed when Montour is back. I think with the other pairings have young D on them it's leaning towards a bit of sheltering. I have missed a few games.. but I'll say this. they are competing and winning so I'm happy at the moment.

Yes, but I think we have to accept that he's not the player who signed for $6M for a few reasons. He's not going anywhere, so we have to be happy with this level of output otherwise he's a player making $6M who doesn't belong on the team and that's even worse.

And a turdburger ‘in the central time zone for this one... could make it tough to see with dinner requirements... I mean, I might stream it on the phone a bit..:)

Kid had his own puck drop at 6:45pm tonight. The arena WiFi let me down a bit but I managed to stream a good portion of the game by propping the phone up in the scorer's box (I run the clock). Thankfully our game went quickly (team won, 6-1, and my son was moved up from D to center and netted 2 goals and had an assist, not bad). Shot home and was able to watch most of the 2nd and 3rd on TV. Dayumn. I mean, I'm holding reservation until they play within their own division, but if they play hockey like this and lose, I can live with it. It's clear, at least for now, you are going to have to outwork the Sabres and they aren't going to make it easy. But hell yeah to the atmosphere in the arena... regardless of where things go, people should hang onto that feeling. That's what can be.... and hopefully what "is".

It;s not summer anymore. ?

I'm up... my kid has a game during the Sabres game.. sigh. But I will see what I can... if I can. Hope it's more of the same from the first game.

No truth to the rumor that the hockey gods declared that the Leafs shall not win in the next 5 years in response....

You're new here... so let me just post this link and then you can lock the thread yourself. http://www.startribune.com/casey-mittelstadt-lifting-gophers-with-strong-start-to-college-career/454779223/ Have a great day.

I didn't watch every minute of pre-season, but I recall Dahlin turning the puck over quite a bit. This might be one reason to lower his minutes. Also, by lowering his minutes you reduce the workload as it stretches across the season. That said, the trend could reverse itself in other games too. If you believe your D pairings are somewhat equal, then perhaps you are rotating who is eating up minutes each night. It would be a different concept, but when I look at the Sabres D, I don't see a clear 1D pairing. McCabe looked good, but Risto is still Risto and if he drags that pair down on a night perhaps the Miller-Dahlin pairing is expected to step up. We shall see. Dahlin will need to prove himself and I think we should be confident that it will happen.

Now the euphoria has worn off. I'm still working through the first cup of coffee. They were good. Now they need to prove they can be consistently good. They will still struggle against top teams, but they have to believe that changes they've made to their game play can lead to success. It's just game 1...

I forgot to add that next weekend I will be in Pittsburgh for my son's hockey tournament. Gonna need that new 50th sweater to wear around town ?

I had a meeting that run through most of the second and third period (yeah really). I had the game on the 2nd screen. The team executed many of the things they started in the pre-season. It'd take me awhile to write up the nuances but in short, they are much more up tempo. They are contesting pucks at a higher rate. They have increased their puck support on the ice. They also are using that open space to drive play. It's okay to chip it to space if you are committed to winning the battle to that space. And.. confidence. I need to get back to my bourbon.

Yes! Mitts with an A... great start

HOLY... Welcome back!

People posting in seemingly every thread about ROR incessantly? People turning so many threads into a whine about Sobotka? People coming here to claim how much they hate this team but are still going to watch it? Trying to understand TRpm? ? Having more than 1 favorite team based on geography? ? Coming here every day despite all the negativity? Okay... enough. I'm far too busy with work stuff, but I stopped in. The division this team plays in will make it tough for them to succeed. It's the best division in hockey, without a doubt. They are young and despite years of losing, things are going to be tough again. I don't care. I love hockey. I'm a Sabres fan. Win or lose, I will be a fan. I hate losing, I love winning. I have no control over the outcome of this team. Life is slightly better when they win and it's only worse when they lose because it would be better if they won. I am only in control of me. I choose to root for the team. Win or lose. I might be louder when they win, but I am there when they lose. Enjoy the night, whatever it may bring. Be happy that you are here to even watch the game in the first place. Not everyone will have that opportunity. Go Sabres. I SAID... GO SABRES!!

Undefeated.

Maybe. After all RK doesn't know, no reason we should know. I mean, they fired Housley, so perhaps he was telling them to make bad passes. Albeit, perhaps not directly. ?

Yeah... I just resolved a bit of the problem. but didn't drop a RW... gotta figure out which one to drop. No way Kadri was staynig on my roster though.. F that guy.

Good lord.. the system drafted 5 RWs and 1 LW... well that's a problem

Did I still have a team? I was traveling yesterday so I guess no way I could have participated. Guess I do have a team... my lineup sucks. Should be awesome. Who knows how much time I can even devote to this...

The Sabres play real hockey tomorrow. That's all I care about. REAL. HOCKEY. So does the rest of the league, so that's a bonus.