DarthEbriate

So, even though I said this, and Bjork just scored... I stand by this. Bjork has a role, but Thompson could become really solid if he pans out. (I still hope Seattle is coerced into a Miller, the Champagne of third-pairing defensemen.) Bjork thought he could organize goals... how Scandinavian Wisconsinite of him.

Do-ge-dushka doo. Do-de-de-do dedede doo Bjork! Bjork! Bjork!

We've just got to hope that A) GM Sheevyn does the right thing and protects Thompson over Bjork because of the potential, and then B) Thompson pulls an Ent and wakes up one day and realizes that he is strong.

So... should we be happy or upset that Skinner is once again on the 4th line with Eakin? Granato has reached the same conclusion RaKru did?

We have them right where we want them.

That, too. Maybe in a couple years, but right now... if all things stand as is... after a goal: Girgs - Cozens - Okposo + Samuelsson - Ristolainen. Just win the next 50 seconds.

In addition to all the other things we need next season, we need a line that goes out after we score a goal and wins the next shift.

Cute. And production! Followed by Beauvillier.

I always thought the little girl from Caravan of Courage/Battle for Endor grew up, made clothes, lived like an Ewok princess for years and... after they fattened her up ate her... WOOOOOO!!!! Eakin! ... they had her clothes leftover.

Not sure if that was intentional, but Risto/Miller followed by Bryson/Joker are not my preferred D-pairings. Hope it was temporary and no one is mending anything off the ice.

Ray's right -- Trotz said shoot, and the Isles are shooting everything.

Cute. And production!

So, we're all in agreement now, we just go with Houser and Tokarski as our goalies next season?

Nice shift! And yes, some cute passes, too.

Stop setting your passes for stun and start making your passes full power. Get out of the zone before you get cute.

Maybe Seattle will offer this year's 1st for us we expose him. Also, Execute Order 38 and May the Fourth be with us.

Throw him to the floor, sir? Oh, yes! Thwow him to the floow.

It's a fair objection. And perhaps an easier way to state it when they lose a step and their speed isn't what it was after age 31... But Skinner had earned his way down to the 3rd line in Carolina, and RaKru dropped him down to the 2nd (and then obscenely to the 4th here), and even Granato dropped him off Reinhart's line to ignite last night's rally --- it wasn't Olofsson who got booted. Hall was our best forward in the first two games of the year. But as injuries and COVID came about, he disappeared. And when the team started gel under Granato, Hall was nowhere near our best forward. He lost his beloved coach and checked out on this team. He'll do it to the next one, too.

That's just it. Skinner - never to the playoffs. Hall - most famous for being on teams that win the lottery. They've each had a great season, and they're both good complementary offensive players. But to get them here they wanted big money (which they got) and stability so they can switch it off in their 30s. If Reinhart wants that, fine. Sign him up for what Hall wanted, $8Mx8. But if I'm Reinhart I've seen this clown show for long enough. I want what Adams gave Hall. 1 year, $8M, NMC so I have a choice in which playoff team I go to next year. I'll be motivated so that playoff teams want me and I can get a big paycheck with term the following offseason (or have to do 1 more 1-year deal until the cap goes up) and then I'll play in Seattle or Vancouver (or even Calgary/Edmonton) if being close to home is important to me like it was to Hall and Skinner.

Can you imagine Hall $8M/8, Skinner &9M/8, and coach RaKru here through 2026? With defensive defenseman Dahlin and extending Eakin to be a PKer with veteran leadership?

Absolutely. It's simple, based on the last 10 years of Sabres hockey. The owners, GMs, the coaches, the poor fan and alumni experience, the constant directionless spin adrift in the seas of garbage -- if you have any competitive fire and want to win hockey games -- would you sign here for any longer than one season? (Unless you can get the Skinner deal, in which case, yeah, go for it.)

We must repeat what we have learned in the third period of last night's game.

And there was much rejoicing. 😇 For as aggressive as they've been 5 on 5, the Isles were super passive on that PK.

Engage the TagerLasers!

Cozens gotta work on that. Our entire team does -- that's was Boston's offense, too.