DarthEbriate

They learned some things on their southern road trip.

Return of the Muel.

Foligno is still in Komisarek's head to this day.

Skinner shouldn't dive there.... just stay in between the Leaf and the puck. He had support coming.

Timeout play to draw up... mush up the faceoff... then dribble it out of a scrum for a hot pass to Hino out of the box for the breakaway goal.

*****, Muel! Say it ain't so!

Gah. Gotta stay out of the box against these guys.

Skinner has the hands to make up for the surprise Thompson pass. Tuch... not the same wrists.

Bjork Bjork Bjork skoren die goalen needed to happen more often. It's beautiful when it happens.

Only get a 2-goal lead if they immediately make it a 3-goal lead. It's too dangerous.

Nifty... for a giraffe.

Huh. Sometimes the bounces all bounce the wrong way for a spell.

He's a flannel-wearing hipster with a PBR tallboy, digging this new electronica playlist at the open kitchen bistro-style restaurant. The Leafs just don't attack like Carolina, Florida, or Tampa. The Sabres' youth matches up well against this Leaf team.

Yikes... all the turnovers in the last 2 minutes.

Hey! Ray is reading my posts...

Their scouting report on Kallgren must be glove-side high.

Technically, yes. It was a rush/spin up the right boards.

If Dahlin buries that or it gets deflected in... nice, it would be. Good entry.

Okposo!

4-on-4 with Dahlin and Power together.

Did Bryson simply pull a Hasek and throw his stick away so he could use both hands on the tackle?

You have to outwork the opposition even when you're on the PP....

++This defense is now the ultimate Power in the universe. I suggest we use it! --Don't be too proud of this highly-drafted Top 4 you've constructed. The ability to defend the zone is insignificant next to the skills of the Goalie.

Fitz has to go help Rochester in the next couple days. Bryson wouldn't clear waivers. Some cap-strapped playoff team would take him for 7/8 depth and have him next year as an RFA. Butcher could be waived outright with purpose to reassign to ROC. I can't imagine many teams would pick him up -- even with NJ retaining salary.

They pretty much have to win both home games against Laval (tomorrow) and Belleville (Fri). If not, then they're basically down to winning out and getting a bunch of help from Toronto and Belleville losing all their games in hand. The extended injuries to their best forwards (Quinn, Malone, MacInnis) + Jankowski joining the Sabres for much of the season were a problem. But they have depth at forward. However, Samuelsson's takeover of the Sabres blueline has crushed Rochester (along with Fitzgerald's injury-related callup). There's no one else good enough to replace the loss of their top D-pair.