DarthEbriate

We need a faceoff win, Kane flip high to Eichel here for a buzzer beater.... Except Eichel's just finished his shift. and a timeout

Perfect. Take a penalty for OT.

He's had a quietly good game.

I drink for all my teams. Hmm... 5 pm now... Martini or beer tonight... Decisions.

They're definitely outworking us as a whole. Can't take any nights off against the best team in your division, Ovie out or not.

Dahlin struggled to start last season, too, apart from the power play. I'm fully confident he'll come around. Someone needs to tell him his bridge contract is losing value though to snap him out of it.

That was a tenacious shift by him to close out the period.

Eakin offsides again...? That's two where the puck-carrier didn't have to make much of a shuffle at the blue line, he's simply jumping the gun. Washington is definitely skating hard to make up for the players out of the lineup.

Nice. Olofsson picks big Chara's pocket. That Chara's too tall for stickhandling. Go for the legs! Use your sticks and tow cables.

We must move quickly. They're missing players; if they are not beaten this weekend, we'll lose the season series. First, I want you to go to the rink. We will catch them off balance. Do what must be done, Eichwalker. Do not hesitate. Show no mercy. Only then will you be strong enough with the puck to save our playoff chase.

Beautiful save, Carter the Hutt!

This makes no sense. If the pretty shot isn't there, you take the rebound opportunity.

And Konecny takes a cross check shot at Hall... they're so busy trying to send messages that we need to bury a few and then a few PP just to even these cheap shots out.

When Skinner gets one, I have a sneaky feeling that 3rd line (Skinner/Lazar/Sheahen) is going to look really, really good for about 4-5 games in a row.

Ski.... no. SKIN.... nope.

Eichel, Hall, Reino, Goalofsson... 🍺 Tonight: Muenster.

That pp was summed up simply as, "Hold your fire... there's no life forms. The penalty must have short-circuited."

Ooof. For as lazy as that interference penalty was, our power play was... lackadaisical? Indifferent? Nonchalant? C'mon! That was a chance to mess with this team's head again immediately.

Now that there is a lazy penalty. Make 'em pay. Credits... will do fine.

And I'm also OK with Asplund in for Thompson. He's 6'7" and has been really quiet in these games. Plus, it'll be good to keep Asplund sharp until either the AHL or Okposo arises.

And I'll form the head! Which Rasmus is the head? If Asplund is coming in for Cozens, I'm agreeable to it. Cozens is looking better, but still a step behind and moment late, particularly in clearing his own zone. He's got the instincts and when the game slows down for him, he'll be good.

Check this out: Dalton Smith is still on the Sabres roster on ESPN.com (which I looked up Aube-Kubel's height/weight on). https://www.espn.com/nhl/team/roster/_/name/buf/buffalo-sabres That's who should do it, Dalton Smith! I like Staal for any direct retribution/fight tonight. He's tremendously well-respected around the league and is the vet on a new team. He knows his game isn't quite up to snuff yet, so it's another way to help the team. He's not a fighter, but he's a leader who can toss Aube-Kubel around if need be and show him how to be respectful of the game and not throw a cheap-shot stick-punch to someone's nose when you're the one who has the puck and you're down by 4 goals with under 2 minutes to play. The others on the team who might are of course McCabe, but Sheahen, Miller, and Lazar as alternates. And as well, Dahlin, Risto, McCabe, and also Miller will cross-check and hit him at every opportunity. Dahlin shouldn't be taking himself out of the game for 5 minutes.

RK's not a system; he's a man.

Now there are two of them!

Always two there are.