DarthEbriate

The other thing about Hits as a stat are the subjectivity of it. There are some venues who call anything a hit. The Canucks were credited with 40 hits last night. Sure, they had a line that went out and made some contact. But 40 hits? They credited Joshua and Burroughs hits just for jumping over the boards.

Speaking of padding the career +/- ... thanks to this franchise, Dahlin is a career -72. He's on pace to be even before the end of the year.

Compete against the good/great teams (Florida was better, EDM controlled the 3rd but Comrie broke them) and crush the lesser teams. That's how playoffs get made.

But if they score... then does Boudreau challenge it and waste everyone's time for 2 minutes?

Sabres, please do the same when I get to watch in person on Tuesday. I want the Seattle fans doing the wave and booing. It'll be fun!

Whoa. A bit offside there on the last rush.

Buffer that plus/minus!!!!!

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

It is the future you see.

Yup Pretty soon they'll learn. We are not who they think we are. (Nevermind that the Sabres swept the Canucks last season.)

They're bored. Doing the wave. Well done, Sabres defense!

He's also become fairly solid defensively. Good positioning overall and steady. He just isn't a puck carrier so he sometimes disappears --- until you find him for that beautiful beautiful laser. But --- go back to that comeback vs. Chicago last season --- VO to Tuch for the game-tying goal late was a beautiful pass. He can do the playmaking too. I love keepaway PK.

Rasmus the Younger so calm catching the pass in his own crease.

Huh. They don't like Tage?

Take him out of the lineup now? No sir. He's a veteran scorer. Goalofsson!

Negative. It didn't go in. It just impacted on the surface. (Vinnie's goal)

Oh my goodness. Like everyone, I'm behind @Brawndo for reporting things... but I was still seeing the announcers pre-period when Vinnie was yelled. I'm like a 3:30 delay. VINNIE!

Thank goodness Boushh is back for tonight.

Third period: remember the Alamo Death Star! Keep on the attack and get the insurance, then the empty netter.

Maybe Mitts will be a bit of a meanish grinder and not so much a Connolly only?

Yeah, it happened near Vancouver's goal... the ice-mics took over the broadcast.

Let's kill this off, Muel or no Muel. Then... wake up a bit.

You don't see the entire ice surface, just what's on screen. No spotter assistance. And everything's on the delay of the feed. That's no way to run a broadcast. (Again, I don't think he's good at home, either, but you are at an incredible disadvantage when you're not there.)

Girgensons playing D perfectly with Power up-ice. Z breaks up the rush at the blue line.

But Dunleavy is watching a broadcast remotely, isn't he? That's not a fair gig. (Though granted, he's not fantastic at home games either.)