DarthEbriate

Almost a second for the 20s line.

Get happy, Larry!

Good save, Marco.

Good use of the deflector shields, Rodrigues. We'll get one soon enough. Bob is about to crack.

A playoff power play? ? Nice stop, Ullmark!

I amend my previous comment (in a Roger Rabbit voice: This isn't it!)

Game on! ERod, accelerate to attack speed. This PP is it, boys!

But that was with the gift of hindsight. At the time we were eager to feel our anger and use it. Looking ahead, as a Seattle-area person I'm excited to get a local team and to pillage other rosters. I'm also excited that JBott is going to have a protected young core and then likely a bunch of folks on one-year deals. If we swing a trade to keep a certain someone, that's good too.

The Panthers have been known to make mistakes. From time to time. Dear, oh dear. I'm one of those. I wanted to expose Ennis over Carrier. Still glad we protected Ullmark.

Hey, the old game day thread is locked. @sodbuster, consider yourself chili guaroed! This hotel has a swim-up sushi bar. I am at peace with life. Thank the Maker! This hot spring is going to feel soooo good. Alas, another evening hot spring “tour” means I’ll miss the game. Keep on winning, I’ll stay in Costa Rica. In this case, superstition is ok in my book.

Greetings 'Spacers from the Costa Rica system! There's now a Mrs. D'Ebriate. I won't be watching or listening or commenting for the first few games of the season on account of this (that's not a) honeymoon, it's a honeystation.... But before heading out into this tropical downpour to get silly on chili guaros and pina coladas before inhaling some flippin' fantastic grub... Meesa maxibig the Sabres! Let's go Buffalo! (as always, you provide the handclaps in your mind).

Doe, a deer, a pickled baby deer...

Reino's passes will find his stick, and we shall cry Goalofsson many times. 12 goals on primary assists from Reinhart alone. That's right -- VO and Reino will rule the galaxy as father winger and winger. I think Olofsson nets anywhere from 24-40 this year depending on health and Skinner's productivity. If Skinner-MoJo-whomever can be an effective line, then VO-Eichel-Reinhart will be excellent. Jack creates the space, Victor finds the seams, and Samson threads the needles. If we need Skinner-Eichel together to keep Skinner at a 30-ish pace, then VO goes down to the lower end of the spectrum, but Reino will find him anyway (PP or Reino also to the 2nd to balance the attack). Reino wants his assists, not excuses.

We all like Okposo. Well, most people like Okposo. By all counts he's a good player and a good person. He battles endlessly and defends his teammates (it still scares me whenever he grapples because of the concussion history). He's what you want. But professional sports are games of replacement and when you lose your step, you have to be very crafty to keep going. And when you lose multiple steps... craftiness won't hide you. If he's not game speed, he's got to move on (or be moved on from). It'll happen to us all... except those of us in survival suits who have lots of fake limbs and a Brand that won't let us stay at rest from a previous trilogy.

Same as always (this last year).

I'm the pilot. I'm the pilot.

Eichel-Reinhart-Miller to start. I can dig that in OT., But Skinner-MoJo-Dahlin is also nice.

Casey Nelson on the radio... He's not near Yooper level, but he's definitely from Wisconsin.

I care.

I promise you you won't die in childbirth! It wasn't a fever dream. But it also wasn't a planned fever dream either. This is an actual 12/5/2016 defense pairing lineup: McCabe - Risto / Guhle - Franson / Falk - Burgdoerfer. However, the following Sabres were out: Bogosian, Kulikov, Gorges, Fedun. So, it's not like the Burg was slotted top 6 to start the year.

I do like GOloffson and Reino together. And Skinner seems to need Eichel more than being able to drive his own line (thus not Olofsson-Eichel-Reinhart / Skinner-Johansson-Vesey). to append to that: Girgensons - Larsson - Lazar as the 4th? But we currently skating the Olofsson-Asplund-Johansson line in the pre-season games. Has anyone ever seen a little known Star Wars Danny Kaye film... "Wonderful! Wondeful! Spec-u-lation!"

What do you have against droids? What are you... some kind of Tatooine barkeeper who doesn't serve their kind?

So ... who's wearing the custom Dishes 13 jersey to the 'Spacer meetup?

I haven't seen a Dea game/highlight yet. How has he looked? Lazar as a 4 makes sense given last game. But with Olofsson making it on a wing, does that leave Thompson as the top winger in the AHL this year? Because I don't see Thompson as a 4.

Arttu? Where are you? (A series of beeps reveals Ruotsalainen to be in an Ilves sweater)