DarthEbriate

Home team third period?

All the bounces for goals for everyone.

Unfortunate... that we know the truth... of the Sabres taking back the... dang it. I’m not done making a reference yet.

Good reach to deflect the Jack shot. And now the slowest cross-ice feed and bouncing ever for Skinner.

Now I have to scroll back and change my post again

That looks even or below the crossbar.

The Mitts Strike Back the Mitts unstrike.... a special edition re-release of the Mitts Strike Back!!!!

We’re waiting just a hundredth of a second too long to shoot.

That line is better than bad. (but tonight it hasn’t quite been good)

Hmmm. We’re controlling the puck, forcing them to grab and flail and... we take the penalty. Blergh.

Goodness, just tap that in next time please.

We need to be better along the boards. But they can’t pass. So it’s partially moot. To the power play. I’m going down to San Jose to pick up some power play converters.

Alright... 2nd power play unit. Time to show your stuff. ... or not

This makes me happy. My friends all rag on me for my Wisconsin roots-appreciation of the High Life. But the commercials were gold. And the color is gold. And the taste is... well... if you eat a pretzel, then crack open a can of High Life and that little splash of beer that forms on the lip of the can when you pop the top.... eat a pretzel, then sip just that splash. And it does taste like champagne. For a moment. But the High Life and Coors (Banquet, not Lite), those are fine little chugging, moving furniture, hot sunlight, Packers game beers. Here in Seattle, they're frowned upon. But all the fresh hopped IPAs are out right now, and they're pretty sweet in their own right. Bottoms up. (And time to catch up to y'all from the beginning of the game.)

I’m seeing the D switch as an indicator that Montour is getting close. Scandella-Miller was a 3rd pairing in preseason/practice and Dahlin-Montour should be an ideal 2A to balance the 2B of McCabe-Risto. And I make that distinction because at this point in his career Dahlin clis not yet able to anchor a 1. But he will be. He will be. Where does this leave Joker? In a great spot to play top minutes in the A or as the 5/6 if we move anyone for a forward. Isn’t defensive depth (and youthful depth at that), a nice thing to have?

They said it was daft to build a Death Star, but I built it all the same... just to show 'em. The Rebels blew it up. So I built a second Death Star. And the Rebels blew it up. So I built a third one. That absorbed a sun, cracked apart, and the Rebels blew it up. But the fourth one is still here.... (apparently resting on the seabed, partially exposed to the air, and ready to Rise up.) And that's what we're gonna do. We're going to have so many two-goal leads that we'll always be in the lead.

I say just keep building two-goal leads until we learn how to close them out neatly. Last night was a heavy, desperate team at home -- on our second of a back-to-back, 3rd in 4 days, with cross-country travel -- and our goalie stole and fourth line stole it for us. We'll need that every so often.

Time for bed... .here on the West Coast. All y'all back east are mad'Spacers. Cheerio!

These shots on goal, too accurate for Sand People Native Tatooiners.... Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise. Trade Enroth! He's gonna thwart all our plans!

Nervous fun, and a win.

Joki out on the PP for Skinner. Nice to have 2 D out when you're up 3 late.

Kovalchuk has a had a rough night.

Double shift the Mitts line after the TV break, please.

Hutton's just working on his GAA stats.

That, and a Mittsie Hattie