DarthEbriate

Just look at the Devils depth. As @inkman pointed out, they've got a D-pairing of Tennyson and Kulikov. I don't think there's a single one of us who'd take that pairing over our worst potential D-pairing. And yet... Coaching + hustle can cover the modest talent gaps. Ruff taught us that for years and years. If NJ can get a decent goalie over the next few years they'll be really decent. But for right now, it's still a team our team needs to beat. And after this opening series... Here we go again.

Good. Gooooood....

The Sabres gonna Sabres and Devils gonna Devil point is that every bad team's fans say that (after allowing a team they're absolutely dominating to tie it up). But --- one team today wasn't going to fold.

Haven't we all been angry for the last decade? Is there a Happy Sabres' Fan Bandwagon?

How dare you besmirch the good name of Ron Rolston! 🍺

Lots of dogs in the audience. And I find the lack of goat head jerseys disturbing.

Empty net? Bets on if Wood scores a goal?

If that's an actual quote from RK then he needs to go. You don't wait 20 games to start trying to win in regulation. You get buffers now. You force each game into OT that you can't win.

So then let's use the word elite. It's not just hockey lexicon. It's all of sports. Words have meanings and those can change, but generational is not elite. It transcends eliteness. In 20 years there will be only one generational quarterback in the NFL from 2000-2020: Brady. Rodgers and Brees and all the other statistical heavyweights will be shown as a product of the era. They're going to be just-a-guys in hindsight.

Nice mitts, Risto!

And I say we've got to stop listening to scouting reports who proclaim there are 2 or 3 players with generational skills each season while hunting for clicks. Generations (like in real world -- there's another thread that got off topic with this) are defined later after looking at the body of work. Dahlin is too young to determine yet. Eichel is no McDavid who's got the best chance at it.

Can we stop using the word generational in general? Like, there can be only one generational player in a generation (every 10 or so years). It's like the highlander, there can be only one. Everyone else is just a really good or great or average player.

Wow. Great effort by Wood.

Edit: We tied this moof-milker!

We could actually tie this moof-milkin' game.

Jersey gonna Jersey is what their fans are saying right now.

Yeeps, Olofsson.

Risto and Mitts and Lazar finally do something! (Edit: Lazar should've buried one earlier on that nice play by Mitts, but we still get a goal)

37 had too long to think about that one.

Someone do something. And not just say "we need to play better" after the game. Do something now, when it matters.

If they miraculously come back to win this game, that'll be interesting. But what's more interesting is the next game. What is the team's response to this? What is the coach's response?

The Devils have driven to the net all game. That's the 3rd or 4th time they've knocked the net off the moorings.

If Joker misses another game, I'm ready to see Borgen.

Miller has changed professions. He's a Smith now.

I like Duff's. Oh yeah!