DarthEbriate

Listen, refs... you're only making this comeback more improbable.

Poor timing to take him down. But coming out of the box... it'll be a TNT redemption score on the breakaway.

Hey! Rob said that wasn't going to be the Collision of the Game! Betrayed.

Point streak is on the line... let's go get two. One to start.

Not ready to quit yet. Last time, and earlier this year, this likely becomes the 6-1 or just ends 4-1. Not anymore.

WOOOOOOO! Nice pass, Skinner

Let's ... oh, Mitts...

And now it begins!

Looks like Chiarot put Mitts into the crease.

Florida gets the quick whistle.

That was Florida's first penalty of the day?

Well, shoot.

Florida had a wild comeback yesterday. Hope they burned it all up in the 2nd, and now we've got our own comeback in store, Chicago-style.

Diving at someone's legs would be a trip, right?

This was not the shift we were looking for. Gotta rebound in the intermission.

Need a strong shift from the top line.

Florida skating hard this period. Sabres waving a lot of sticks by comparison.

Topplin' Toker keeps it out.

Important kill for the flow of the game. The Panthers have been really strong this period.

We're going to hear a lot of buzz this summer. Ottawa played super-strong late last season and generated some buzz (Canada division or not). The Sabres will be in that spot this summer. The difference will be --- what do the Sabres do in goal? And are the upcoming kids the next injection while the current kids keep improving?

Top line starting to get warmed up. The Dahlin-dodge seemed to wake up the team.

Up 6-1 in the third... good response after losing to the last place team in the division last game (Monsters both games).

Judge TNT by his size do you? As well you should not.

Call up AGMJBott in Seattle. Puck mover and a bit undersized? Perfect! Get a pick if he’s not the future.

Extend him. Even a slight overpay won’t hurt in the next 2 seasons. We can bridge some folks and bring back Okposo on a lighter deal if the money is a concern. But VO will have value on a TDL market if we’re good but not good enough in a few seasons. What I don’t want to do is just give his spot to Quinn when Quinn has had issues staying healthy and Okposo could move or succumb to injuries. I view VO as a transitional Kotalik... specialist who’s going to be in the bottom 6 when we’re good. And that has immense value.