DarthEbriate

Yap all you want, Sabres. Show me. Deeds not words.

Yes. And if you're a... let's say a Bjork... who is a 4th liner on any other team and really playing for an NHL future as opposed to fading into the AHL, then you need to do something. Do something so you can increase your trade value or UFA value.

Asplund has fallen off a cliff this month. I'm not done with him because he has shown himself a good forechecker and has better hands than Larsson ever did... but he needs a reset. I'd definitely bench him for a game or three once there aren't 5 guys in COVID protocols. Or even while they are.

But you also do have to fight for players to fill out the lineup who will compete and will check and will score. And you can't overpay all of them to bring them here.

Oh c'mon RJ... why wouldn't Tampa push the Sabres more? There's no response. There's no pulse in this team.

Cozens... if you're going to interfere, then interfere with Vasilevskiy

Someone go dust Marroon. It doesn't matter about the PP. Go hit him!

Or when they beat Tampa 5-1.

Tampa seems to be on a 5-on-5 power play for the last 5 minutes or so. The Sabres took a major penalty for disinterest. And there's the goal.

Murray! Go hit Sergachev there. You can't leave him in possession of the puck that easily. You're a giant. Finish him for lollygagging there!

Did Perry retaliate on Hayden because of Skinner?

It's because they're a classy act... Right?

All too easy.

Oh what the hell? UPL is hurt now, too?

Is RJ on the mic tonight? I'm watching the TB feed because it's fun to scope out opposition production values.

Great save.... that shouldn't have ever have needed to take place because Asplund couldn't handle the puck and weakly tapped the puck back into his own zone! C'mon Rasmus the Middle! You're the Elder now... but that doesn't mean you have to pass like Rasmus the Eldest/Former.

Tampa is just so calm. Calmly bouncing the puck off the boards to a teammate. Calmly bouncing it off the boards to clear a zone. Calm into our zone. Calmly taking it away from Sabres' skaters when the Sabres are trying to advance the puck. It's effortless.

When Olofsson is Golofsson, he isn't shooting for a rebound off the pads.

How we doing? Same as always. That bad, huh?

He's scheduled to be terminated? Oh no! We've got to do something.

So you're saying that Levi is going to have seasons of .957 and .950 and win two Stanley Cups with the Sabres? Sign me up. That's... what's the word... wizard!

Yup. Those tenths all add up. Now, I don't expect Levi to roll a .958 in the NHL. But, it puts in perspective how much goaltending means. A solid NHL goalie at a .915 is 20 goals better than a .905 (backup), and that's 20 more goals than a .895 (Hutton-level). Then, go the other direction .925. And then there's Hasek at .935. Over the course of an entire season, a Hasek is 80 goals better than a Hutton, all things else being equal.

All San Jose had to do was wait for him to mess up and be able to terminate the contract and free up the cap space. Kane complied. It's too bad he can't get out of his own way, because he's a darn good middle six winger with oodles of upside. Poor shot selection perhaps, but capable of 30 goals in the right situations.

Asplund was terrible tonight. Opening missed shot chance, then a bad giveaway, and then this. And he doesn't have to go in and blow the player up. Just stand them up, stay in position, and force a battle for the puck. It can always pop loose and become an instant pass for a scoring opportunity (see SJ's 1st goal where the Shark battled Thompson, made a pass, and then the rebound became a goal).

Correct. In Lucas' original story Luke was a Starkiller and his father was another character entirely. For Empire, the original script by Leigh Brackett still had no familial relations. So it wasn't until during production that script tweaks/revisions with Kasdan's script brought in the father/son connection for drama's sake. (Perhaps this is why Disney thought they could just let things develop organically? Who knows. But that's a bold move for a corporation with a franchise and not a solo author working on a single script.)