DarthEbriate

You're all clear kid, now let's shoot the puck and go home.

Good quick kill. Missed a minute of it during aforementioned invasion.

NHL.com tv... a communication disruption can mean only one thing.

Ooof. Bouncing through the deflector shields on the goal against, and now an immediate clumsy random high stick leads to an uncivilized 2 minutes.

Good shot, Red 2!

Switch on targeting computer! Eichel!

It's a specist statement on my part, but Ron just made about as much sense as a Wookiee without subtitles or a Han/Rey to translate. It was like watching the first ten minutes of the SW Holiday Special. By the way, Happy Life Day tomorrow to all Sabrespacers!

It's like billiards and deflecting laser blasts with your sabre.

Ah ha -- Montour to Dahlin to.... a just a bare step offside Olofsson. Nice look. That's the stretch pass that's been absent for... mumble, mumble... seasons. Sorta came back early this year with Joki and Dahlin. Keep it going, D-kids.

You were right... you were right about me. (and the Sabres)

Your overconfidence is your weakness.

I guess what I was hoping to see (last year and this) was a young team that lost because they couldn't play defense, but they runned it and gunned it to no end. Entertainment and all. Dare I say it... like the Leafs of 3 years ago. Then, as those young guys grew up and learned how to defend at an NHL level, suddenly the team gets a significantly better. Now... the beginning of this season our PP was killing it, and that's exciting, but it's also not something that you can rely on night-in and night-out all season (you may only get one power play, and the PP and PK go through spells here and there). Alas...

It's been a little too real this decade. Hey! I'm a second liner? When did this happen? Someone must've told them about my little maneuver on the ice back in Pierce in '85.

Likewise. But he's a baby defenseman in the NHL and he's not being protected. He's getting the full Ekblad treatment. Karlsson was also garbage in his own zone for awhile. But hopefully, (and there's always hope in sport), it'll click in a couple seasons and he'll fill out, and be Hedman or Karlsson... but slicker. And rasmussier.

Hey, did Luke give up...? well... yes, he did. But then Yoda lifted that X-wing out of the swamp and Luke was all... "I can do this! I can save my friends." .... and then he had his hand lobbed off.

Or do it until your players individually establish your reputation. You'll still give up penalties to the Crosbys of the world, but everyone will. If all your players are known to play hard to (and just after the whistle), they'll let it go within a couple seasons. It's like... Boston. They were garbage for years. But Chara and Leddy and Boynton? they all hacked away and took some penalties were suddenly the big bad bruins again (and yes, they also started to ice a very good roster). But you bring in those types of players instead of the Jokiharjus and Piluts and Montours (all good and up-and-coming players) and you get a different roster and a different approach from the refs. (and no, you don't just go get Chara, but Leddy and Boynton and Hjalmarsson, etc. -- there's a guy like that up for FA every offseason.

Well, it's one of those things... if we did it consistently it wouldn't get called as a one-off over-aggressive play, it'd just be natural that we always protect the crease. Like in the NFL, the Seahawks D used to hold and mug and grab on defense every play. The refs called it a couple times, but eventually it wore off and they just let them play. Refs can be normalized just like everyone else. (And like how the superstars always draw the fouls/penalties)

Oooof. That is a rough stretch in the third. Not quite able to bounce back when things don't go their way. Nor should it. I'd prefer that's what we do anytime someone is standing on top of our crease awaiting a rebound.

Not shouldn't at all, but if the indefinite the makes more sense to local populace than the possessive, I'm not too concerned about it.

I'm not so concerned about a minor flub with an extra r. She sang the instead of our, which makes perfect sense. I'd hesitate to have an American singer attempt the Swedish anthem and call out an outlier. Our anthem singers go silent for a verse so the crowd can sing, or encourage the crowd to yell "Stars!", or whatnot. Or they embellish to no end. We woke up on time today. Nice shot-pass to Mitts for the tap to Johansson. Good save.

She started the SSB nice and low, which is the key. I also liked her arrangement of it -- nice and slow with a couple different approaches than we typically hear on this side of the pond.

Making a cheesecake, digging the Tampa game crew's suits, and ready to lock S-foils in attack position.

Spoilers! Search your feelings...

The last two times we've had a no-show on the first night of a back-to-back, we've played very strong the second night. I'm seeing a strong bounce back effort. A victory? Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.

PJ didn't mail it in, but the original Guillermo del Toro script and PJ/Boyen's original script were both two-part films. Along the way it was decided upon a third film (I suspect studio saying "we want our money" and PJ being a good guy and accepting responsibility going along with it). But he and Boyens did a very good job of editing LOTR into three films --- ending Two Towers with Helm's Deep on the one plotline (as opposed to Saruman, in the book) and with a contrived but consistent-toned "battle" at Osgiliath and then Gollum's deception, rather than just Sam trapped outside... but with the Ring. That narrative structure wasn't in Hobbit.... the climax to 2 made no sense (Smaug... chases...?) and then Smaug dies before the opening title card of Hobbit 3. And then the added Necromancer plotline also resolves in the first act of the Hobbit 3. It became a very disjointed story by going from two to three films. (I'm more machine now than man)