DarthEbriate

Ooof. I guess that's why they signed Dell. The team has a decade-long reputation of not defending the goalie, so they signed a vicious goalie.

Errrrr.... win the third?

Since Chabot returned to the ice, I'm not sure the Sabres have had a legit scoring chance.

He started to backcheck, saw the pass and stopped skating, then was too late for the pass back. Gotta be better than that. He was the only one with a chance to get back in time.

All too easy.

Ottawa is 9-5-1 after scoring first. What about scoring three times before the opposition? Also, once RJ retires... Can we get Biron onto TSN and then get TSN to cover all Sabres games? You want Robson up next?

Bjork, Samuelsson with own goals. Skinner with a goal after a whistle, then with a useless slash penalty. Thompson heeled an empty net wide. Mitts looks a step slow but is creating every shift. Dell creating chaos and is in Ottawa's crosshairs (ugly surprise hit on Batherson and Batherson hurt). And... Ennis.

Barring injury, I don't see a scenario with that roster where Levi doesn't start and Power doesn't log the most minutes.

The Ottawa broadcast does research. They just showed the Dell-interefence-on-Nashville play along the boards. So they're already setting the stage that this is a thing Dell does. Dell has to be wary. And the Sabres need to be ready to respond if he gets run. This could be the start of something interesting for the bottom-four of the division.

Ah. Dell... that's... that's a penalty. I like Batherson as a player. Hope he didn't damage his knee badly.

Oh... I'm not so sure of that.

I'd post a gif of Wicket crushing himself with the bolos. But that requires finding a gif.

Two own goals.

Ottawa announcers say if you don't call the interference on Watson, you let the Skinner slash go, too. These announcers are OK.

Bryson pinched. The rest was just plain sexy. And ugly.

If Chabot is out, Ottawa needs to find another 25 minutes to spread across their D. Oh Tager.

Let the Rasmus flow through you. Ooooh. Chabot went for a Girgs hit, and got his arm extended against the stanchion.

Gambrell was down and in distress. Once the goalie made the save on the breakaway, the ref blew for the injury. Didn't need to, but they must've thought he was in a serious condition. They gave the breakaway, then treated the save like a hasty OTT possession.

Mitts pings.

He'll be fast enough for the old man. (Not saying anything about any of our ages.) Great pass. Whistle before Skinner shot. Great hit on Gambrell by Dahlin. Super clean. Super square.

Stay healthy, Girgs!

Mitts is going to need a week to get back to speed.

Chinese checkerboard is 6 points... So each opening preliminary round can become a single game. Divide Group C's teams across A and B, and voila! The 6 teams with the most goals at the end of the preliminary games advance to the Gold Medal game (6 teams). The three highest-scoring teams earn medals. You can complete the Olympics in a fraction of the time. Prelim Game 1: Canada, China, Germany, Finland, Latvia, USA Prelim Game 2: Czechia, Denmark, ROC, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland

Sadly, they don't need to move him so they can ask for the moon (a top cost-controlled prospect like a Krebs or a Quinn). They're in OK cap shape through the end of Cernak's current contract (end of next season). Then he, Sergachev, and Foote are all up for new deals. Until then, they're going to lose Palat, but they'll be able to patch with veterans who want a chance at a Cup. They got out of their true cap-hell this past offseason.

We'll have 4 picks in the top 40. Somewhere in there the BAP will be a RHD. Perhaps twice. A worthwhile veteran UFA RHD will be at least a 2-3 year deal. Then 4 more picks (currently) in the top 60 next season. We'll get them lined up in the draft and build around Dahlin/Power/Samuelsson (and the salaries they're going to demand for the next 10 years). Dahlin has the talent and Bryson has the wheels -- both are routinely playing the right boards on the PP. I assume Ryan Johnson could manage it as a skater. I seem to recall Power playing the right side recently at Michigan. They'll find someone who wants to play and is good enough on the right side to not be a liability.