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DarthEbriate

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  1. I just completely misread this that you want Aaron Rodgers to lead the Jets to the playoffs this season. 😇
  2. #1 Extend Dahlin #2 Extend Power Play more with Legos, exercise more, do more writing.
  3. Unfortunately, they don't own any tiebreakers; they're mathematically eliminated. The Sabres have cleared the puck.
  4. He attempted to trade for Matt Murray (who rejected it), and was... fine... with an excellent Leafs defense, but missed lots of time with injury and is still 4.6M on the cap. Or he could've signed the #1 offseason goalie in Husso who was also quite bad for $4.7x3. Comrie's goals saved above expected was the best non-Shesterkin last season. Vanecek... Vanecek for a 3rd a couple years back? But Levi is a goalie who can keep those kinds of streaks from happening all his own.
  5. GM Sheevyn can see it as plainly as the rest of us. The question is, is he willing to expend the assets to fix it? And of course, with free agency, do any good veteran D-men have the vision to see what's being built here and say: "General, count me in." Because if you want to get in on the ground floor, now is the time. Partnering with Owen Power for 2 seasons? They need their Leddy/Boychuk (or two).
  6. And that first, second, planet-sized one, and more Death Stars all blew up.
  7. And Dahlin playing with something (back?) and missing time, and Tuch missing time ... and all about overlapping. As they regained some health they took right back off (plus an emphasis on team defense and some guy named Levi).
  8. In Levi's two losses the Sabres faced Lyon and Vanecek and managed 1 goal on 36 and 2 goals on 37 (and counting) shots, respectively. If it takes the opposition goalie standing on his head to beat them... they'll be alright.
  9. If ever there were a PP to shoot the puck on, this is the one.
  10. Girgs needs to drive and deke and force Palat to take him down and at least force Vanecek to make a lateral move.
  11. Cozens, Krebs, let's close it up. We're going in. We're going in full throttle. That oughta keep those Devils off our shoulder.
  12. The Devils are playing for home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs against every team not named the Bruins. They are not checked out, coasting, or unmotivated in any way.
  13. Never tell me the odds! Vanecek is playing a whale of a game, but the Sabres can make any goalie look silly if they can get one to go.
  14. The carom off Joki I don't blame him, he went down to take away the pass and simply couldn't corral it. That happens to top D, too. However, the weak dump-in that immediately turned into a rush cannot happen --- then he screened Levi to top it off. Bryson's weak play on the wall, then weak play in front of the net let Wood do one of his typical "oh! he's great!" games against Buffalo, but then he will disappear again for 10 games. The staff's faith in him as a 6/7 D misplaced may be. That veteran D (NJ's Graves if they sign Meier???) is yawning chasm for next season.
  15. Graves played Thompson perfectly: forget the puck and play the man. Dahlin played the puck on Hughes but the shifty skater pulls the puck away and gets the trip. Dahlin will learn. LEVI SAVES THE SEASON... again.
  16. ^ Lots of youngsters heavy into the passing around the Morgan Wallen mixtape at the back of the bus.
  17. I blame my parents the Red Sox and Yankees. Not only was every game nationally televised, they had to one-ups-manship each other for delaying each other's pitchers and then changing pitchers and the broadcasters (and advertisers) ate it up, and everyone saw it because it was the only game on. The drama wasn't because of the delays. The drama was because it was 2 good teams playing against each other. And I had my pre-AB routine same as anyone (gotta make sure you can cover the outside of the plate, afterall) but yes, once you're in... there's no reason to leave unless you need a quick swing because it's spring baseball and its 40F degrees and windy.
  18. Or that the Islanders rolled over for a Caps team sitting everyone and lots of minor injuries and only dressing 17 because they're against the cap and not putting anyone on LTIR because there's no point. Samuelsson isn't particularly nasty, but he does occasionally ride someone into the boards with authority, just to remind them that carrying the puck toward the net will result in their erasure. Power also needs to learn that. The Power of Power is knowing that he can do it and may just break out the punishment if need be. And the shot needs work... He certainly has the length to change the angle and get it through a forward. It's a matter of getting the shot from "creates a rebound" to "will occasionally go through everything". And taking it. That's the missing ingredient from PP2 the last few games. They've had the possession, but the threat of the point shot opens up the one-timers from the circles and vice-versa. (And he's got to work on getting his passes to the wheelhouse of Peterka/Quinn.
  19. That and if the Devils win they can still take their division and get a 1st round matchup of FLA/NYI/PIT/BUF and avoid Shesterkin or Carolina.
  20. I was saw part of a baseball game. I love the pitch clock and pitching change/mound visit modifications. The game moves along just like if you were playing it as a kid. The question I haven't seen answered yet is this: If a K forward is a swinging strikeout and the backward ꓘ is for the strikeout looking, what is the strikeout symbol for "didn't get into the batter's box in time"?
  21. We've still got 4 games in hand! Like when a player gets traded at the trade deadline and ends up skating in 84 games that season. I like it.
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