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Hope everyone enjoyed seeing Moulson score PP goals to befuddle people into thinking he's useful, cuz that's coming to a crashing halt. JAAAAAAAAAACCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

Still muddling, still not through.

On Gorges, from Travis Yost: Some of this decline is surely due to going from the Habs to the Sabres, but I don't think that accounts for the whole shebang. Methinks there's been some very real decline in his on-ice capabilities. Oh, and he's an anchor to Ristolainen (not that I blame Gorges for Bylsma's player usage). Obligatory small sample warning (they've been together for 258 ES minutes, Risto apart from Gorges for 91, and Gorges apart from Risto for 51): CF% CF60 CA60 GF% GF60 GA60 Together 40.5 43.6 64.1 35.7 1.16 2.09 Risto w/o Gorges 53.5 59.6 51.8 66.7 1.31 0.66 Gorges w/o Risto 34.7 38.9 73.0 33.3 1.18 2.36 Last season when I pulled up these numbers, Risto was better offensively without Gorges but suffered defensively. So far this year (and I stress so far), Risto has been worse with Gorges across the board. If the pairing remains together once Kulikov or Bogo is back, I may just lose my mind. I don't care if it's McCabe-Risto and Gorges-Bogosian or Kulikov-Risto and McCabe-Bogo (assuming one of our missing D returns before the other), GET GORGES AWAY FROM RISTO DAMMIT!

You want to make the team even less watchable?

Food for thought: Stephen Burtch ‏@SteveBurtch 23m23 minutes agoToronto, Ontario Last year Jaromir Jagr shot 19.8% at 5v5. Barkov shot 13.93% and Smith shot 13.60%. This year they are at 5.41%, 4.55% and 6.25%. Sean Tierney ‏@ChartingHockey 19m19 minutes ago PDO is just one piece of the puzzle but last year FLA finished the year at 102.1, 2nd in the NHL. So far this year, their PDO is 99.3 (18th) Seems to me Gallant hit the perfect storm of being lucky last year, artificially inflating his value, only to follow it up with some bad luck making him look worse than he is. I'm certainly not especially familiar with the particulars of his coaching, but I think it's likely he's one of many coaches in the mushy middle of the coaching hierarchy. As to why he'd be fired...record aside, he was given an extension by a management team that was forced upstairs in favor of the replacements that just fired him. I'd imagine there's an old school vs. new school clash going on, and given the general lack of success this season, I don't find it too shocking.

OH! AND! Falcons score 38 and Julio barely shows a pulse. This is my fantasy season (in all leagues) in a microcosm. Good. I need you to help save me from the avatar.

Assuming it'd for Kane and there's no other pieces involved, that's a "get this guy away from my team" kind of trade.

At least under this scenario I don't lose the avatar bet to DeLuca. If they manage 9-7 I get to pick his avatar. C'mon man, you gotta root for that. I'll let you collaborate on the choice!

Care to explain to me how the Saints score 49 points and Cooks doesn't even catch a single pass? :censored:

You're a terrible human being and deserve a two month illness.

When the post mortem on this season is written, I suspect that loss to Miami is gonna loom large. Argh.

These refs are incompetent. I am, however, happy they're incompetent in an unbiased way.

I don't think there's a single decision in all of sports I hate more than trying to draw a team offsides. And then to use the time out...this game is the full Rex Ryan experience directly injected into your veins.

Facing Andy Dalton (sans AJ Green to boot) and Blake Bortles helps :lol: We should go for 2. Good call Rex.

Hey, at least I included Neo with you. Separately, I think we're due for a Bortles INT. Corey White trying his damndest to convince Bills fans that Gilmore actually isn't bad.

Pretty much. That's not enough justification for me personally to want to keep him at the price tag of his extension, but I don't think it's totally insane. I love Sammy. Really hope the injuries were just a run of bad luck.

Because, contrary to increasingly popular belief, it really can be quite a bit worse.

Yea. That doesn't happen with Aaron Williams out there.

I have him in both of my money leagues, so I'm not too upset. Plus I'm reasonably certain Ink or Neo is getting the avatar.

Shady! Shame that might help WildCard beat me in fantasy.

Have one, actually. I laugh at her nearly every Sunday of every season. Yes, I throw stones from a glass house.

At least we didn't draft a QB #3 overall only for him to be a giant bust like the Jags. Yea, that's all I have right now.

I dub this half The Full Buffalo.

Sigh. Rex gon' Rex. Trying to draw them offside incoming.

Someone has forgotten what EJ Manuel looked like.