DarthEbriate

They're ... well-coached and also executing the scheme... you say? Edit: and also outworking their opposition.

Huh... I guess I didn't miss much.

Alright --- leaving this system for a bit. Go Sabres!

Now that's a line that has some chemistry. Edit: And Okposo just plain outskated and not aware of the movement.

The Montourpers are distracted by two guys dancing with glow-sticks. +Come on, Borgen, we're going! -Now's our chance... Go!

The odds of this Sabres squad successfully winning 15 games in a row is approximately one million four hundred sixteen thousand six hundred sixty... to one. (That's significantly worse odds than successfully attacking a star destroyer in a converted Corellian YT-1300 freighter.) To which... all we have to do is define "success". Let's keep a little optimism here.

No great coach/scheme wins with consistency without great players, but the best coaches adapt to their players and get more out of them. Ruff won with all sorts of kinds of teams and some great players in different capacities. Now! We could easily argue that our players aren't great, but we're certainly not seeing any of them at their best this season or even since November of... not last year, but 2019.

If the scheme is for E.Kane to drive to the far side of the net and Eichel to pass for the easy tap-in goal --- and it's there --- and Kane misses the net, that's on the players. (I use this example because Kane could have had 5+ more goals that one season from missed redirections.) But if it's Kane following the plan to stop at the face off circle for a one-timer instead of relying on his great speed, and Eichel unable to make the pass because now the defense isn't stretched and there's no passing lane, and the coaches aren't making adjustments --- now it's on the coaches. I rely on you and other members of this Space (all of whom are more qualified in hockey than me) to identify whether it's currently more on the roster or the staff.

-- Hold your ire. There goes another [game]. [The team] must have short-circuited. ++ That's funny. The damage doesn't look as bad from out here. Are you sure this team is safe? I'm going to miss the first hour... but that means I can either watch on delay if its tied/close, or just steer clear if the Isles are already up 3-0 and outshooting us 22-7.

-- I missed the game. How are we doing? + Same as always. -- That bad, huh?

Our regular starters will soon be back... and in greater numbers.

Hope we're ready for some hockey, because it's going to be what... 46 games in about 83-ish days? Look at the size of that thing schedule!

He an older goalie sir, but it checks out. I was about to clear them (he's our Tokarski-equivalent).

Attack of the Clones While Empire is superior in nearly every way (cinematography, budget, dialogue, music, etc.) as well as being my favorite, I argue the perfection level belongs to Star Wars proper on the self-contained story. Others of the era: The Princess Bride; Who Framed Roger Rabbit; Back to the Future; Goodfellas And of course Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Godfather I and II -- the giants are considered giants for a reason.

Not bad for being down 2-0 after one.

The camera didn't even bother to follow Dea's ENG

Good strength by Samuelsson in the corner to tak 10 seconds off the clock Edit: followed by a penalty while shorthanded

Ogelvie's got a nice shot

Dea. Wow... rush goal on the PP and use a D as a screen and... nice.

The feed got really choppy for a bit there. Then it was 4-3 Monsters and then 4-3 Amerks and no clear feed of what happened except that we're in the lead.

Bah -- I step out for a beverage and it's 2 Amerks goals... So... bah hum good!

Hey, everyone else -- follow Murray's lead and finish that play on the goal crease.

Ha-hey! Nice tap-in to start the 2nd.

Luukkonen saves the game there. Looks like the Monsters have been practicing quite a bit in their extended offseason.

Dalpe! Hey... he's darn good in the AHL