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McD skates by players, Eichel can skate within a small area and keep the puck away with his stickhandling, and can make more precise passes.

McD has Dreisadel to work with, Eichel has to generate most of his goals on his own. McD does it with his speed, but Jack has better hands.

Skinner looked like he was struggling to skate right from the face off, and then the hit finished him off.

Some reports say he actually had the flu. I suspect he saw Hutton was starting and figured why waste his energy.

Lost to Bingo 2-1. No points, -1, 2 shots.

My first memory of the Aud is from the ‘60s when my dad took me to see wrestling. My favorite match was the midget tag teams. And back then people could smoke inside, so there was this cloud of smoke hanging in the air since there was no AC.

I don’t think the comparison with the Bills doing things right is valid. The Bills aren’t as good as their record and have benefited from a schedule of bad teams. I never liked the emphasis of drafting all the high defensive picks at the expense of the offense, and passing on drafting Mahones or Watson when QB was a clear priority. And the fact football players don’t have guaranteed contracts but hockey players do makes a difference in cutting players. Having said that, the breaking point for me with Botts was when he recently said they need all those defensemen for depth. At this point depth on D does no good when the forwards can’t score.

The Radio.com app that WGR switched to is terrible. I don’t blame the on-air people for a management/ owner decision. Often the app will just keep playing commercials, and I have to close and reopen it a couple of times to correct it. You can tell it’s stuck when no matter when you start it, it’s at the start of a commercial, and when you don’t hear local Buffalo commercials. Also sometimes the podcasts don’t get posted, like the full Sabres postgame. You just get a couple of player interviews.

The Sabres recalled winger Tage Thompson from Rochester on Sunday morning, indicating they will likely be without Kyle Okposo against the Blackhawks.

They’re affiliated with Cincinnati in the ECHL, which is where Rochester calls players up from.

Eichel was shown on the bench giving him a pep talk during the game. It’s time to give him a game off and play Miller.

UPL got a shutout for Cincinnati tonight, he’s now 3-1. Both Rochester and Cincy are first in their divisions.

Rodriguez, Mitts took Sobotka’s spot.

Just DVR the game and watch it when you get home. Stay off the Internet until then.

UPL played in goal for Cincinnati tonight. They lost 4-1.

I’ve always thought the one half is a goalie mask, not a skull.

I can’t watch anymore. Without the top players it’s boring. Now I know how Pens fans felt last night.

Pegulas promoting one of their kids graphic arts skills?

I don’t get having Skinner take the face offs.

3-1 Sabres, shots 31-8.

Sabres haven’t had an agitator like Pekar since Kaleta.

It was working, cut out, and is working again. But they’re not displaying the scoreboard in the corner like last night.

Saw Herman’s Hermits at the NYS State Fair Monday. Free concert at Chevy Court. Peter Noone still has his voice at 71, and the band is tight.

Finished season 3 (the final season) of Jessica Jones on Netflix. No super villain this time, but a formidable non-powered opponent. And significant changes for many of the characters. The ending was a bit sad. Also watched the final episodes of Legion. It was interesting seeing their universe’s version of David’s father Charles Xavier. But way too much psychedelic visuals that often left me thinking WTF is happening. The ending was a bit anti-climatic.

It could be a step in the process of freeing up a winger to be traded as part of a deal for a center.