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He exceeds expectations when he's sitting on the bench.

Good we can stop talking about Patty Scum. Moving on, hockey time!

Should be a good game, too bad I'm working. First game I've missed this season.

He literally is the modern day living example of the Hulk. He always seems like he's about the explode on an opponent. He's great for the sport! It's not terrible like the Colorado outdoor game. Boston's to me still seem the best, which is probably the one nice thing I can give them.

Rasmus and it isn't even close. I love Nichushkin, but he's still in the midst of finding his consistent scoring touch. I'd take him from Dallas in a heart beat though :D! Every time I think of an interesting somewhat young defensemen they're always RHD. Which is a little frustrating. I'd take a look at Matheson out of BC in Florida, or Mueller in SJ, but neither are likely available unless that team is overpaying.

Pretty self evident. Bogo where are you! I didn't get to watch the game, so I cannot comment on his shifts. But, I can imagine they were brutal. They had less give ways, more hits, more shots on net, but still lost because they got behind early. Did he look better in the FO circle? Did he look more poised away from the puck?

The shadow of last year has set on the sunrise of a new tomorrow. Or enter any sort of visual statement. Last year was about embracing the penultimate bottom falling out. Uncorking and letting Pandora's box annihilate everything in the past three seasons specifically. The box is closed and there are new figureheads in the front office, coaching staff, in the line up and generally a new message. "Faster pace, focusing on small things to open up huge possibilities." There are no more expectations about building a foundation, it is in place. Now it is about enriching the roster, and future. Losing will come as they continue to add and subtract to improve, but that's the same for every team. GO SABRES!

He has 5 assists. Doesn't Crosby have 5 points in 12 games? I don't see where this is relevant. There are forwards on every team that are under-performing. Take half of Columbus and put them on notice :D * He was quite solid last season.

http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2015/11/02/pht-morning-skate-letang-takes-shot-at-maple-leafs-for-not-paying-tribute-to-phil-kessel-on-saturday-night/ This gave me a good chuckle, to paraphrase Letang got upset and took a shot that Toronto didn't roll out the red carpets for Phil "the Schill" Kessel. I mean look the guy can score goals, but he doesn't show up to camp in shape and while he seems like a good guy, gets lost at times. Your teammates can only do so much on work ethic. :D

Disco Dan is excited about his team!

Marc Staal, is in the league and Jared Staal has no chance of ever sniffing a game IMO.

It doesn't surprise me that he's very well liked in the locker room. He has a sound work ethic and he always finishes his plays. I miss McNabb, but with how Fasching is being developed at Minnesota and Deslauriers has come up and impressed, this trade was nothing short of a win! He has strong skill to be a solid third liner. Anything else he's a fill in type player. Early on his career if I'm not mistaken wasn't Nick Foligno more of a third liner and he developed at that rate. Not saying it's going to happen, but weirder things have happened.

It was a bit of a snorer, especially after the whirling dervish type goal that snapped in from de Haan in the second. The team just kept chipping away. Great win for the team! That's good! It's such a sigh of relief outside of that hiccup last season in December this team is night and day from last season. The dregs of despair to just peering out into the light at the end of the tunnel. The Shire versus the Gates of Mordor. Leenus I'm not Linus Ullmark is nothing but a breathe of fresh air. Watch out Lehner someone's coming to getcha :P

Awesome that he's exuding that sort of confidence. The team was badly out played in the second before rebounding in the third. Reinhart getting the pass from Legwand of all players to bury home a win will do nothing but wonders for his confidence. It was a tight win, but we didn't have more than 3 wins when trailing last season in 42 match ups. Ristolainen is clearly the "Doughty" of our D-Core.

The sight lines for hockey are less than appealing, it is not meant to house a hockey crowd. It was built for the Nets, tbh and nothing else. It is really a disappointing situation. My girlfriend lives in Nassau County on LI, and I loved the Colosseum.

Schaller is a guy you use in emergency situations sparingly. He's a McCormick type of kid. I don't really think there's much more outside of that. McCabe has improved each and every game since his insertion into the top six under Bylsma. He's entering the rush and making clean passes. He's always had the physical upside that you need to make Mike Weber irrelevant, which is what you ultimately want. All their missing on the back 6 is a bona fide number one defensemen. Ryan Ellis would be a perfect fit from Nashville who has long term contracts on everyone but Seth Jones at this point. He's undersized, but his puck movement and speed are off the charts.

He's Poile's problem. I loved him coming out of Brampton, but man he's just fallen off the cliff. It starts and ends with his desire/compete. Followed up with terrible conditioning.

Well that's what it looks like to me from Roy/Sakic were going for.

For what it's worth Colorado really lost a lot of their depth when Stastny left. Trading O'Reilly is really similar to a classic baseball trade. You have your identified player "Zadorov" and lottery boom or bust type in "Grigorenko" and your stable up the middle talent "Compher" along with a draft pick. A mix bag of stuff to replace the best player involved in the deal. It was a win win move!

Sundowner's Place. Definitely a scintillating choice! Just north of the border.

Jesse Puljujarvi (Fin) would be a pretty stellar consolation prize if you miss out on the top 2. Based on early peeks he looks like a better prospect than Mikko Rantanen.

My roundabout thinking says Tyler Ennis. I just see him shooting his way into three goals. It could easily be Kane when he's back or Eichel/O'Reilly.

I like Chychrun but Matthews just looks special. He could easily push Moulson down and start in the top 6 immediately. I like Chychrun's game though. The Sabres may have better luck being a tweener at the draft lottery than as the worst team in the league. Opposites attract :P

Okay, I now think we can say ###### YEAH! This was the best played hockey game, albeit misses consistently on shots at the net on the PP that this team has played in almost 3 years. I drank so much! God, this team without Kane and Ennis and Bogosian was rocking last night. Ryan O'Reilly, you're worth every dime! Eichel with the stretch/glide into the sweet shot. I felt bad for Neuvy for a moment because he's a really underrated goalie, but man Leenus "Linus" Ullmark, you showed up! Crisp transition work, the pass off the wall from Foligno into ROR to a driving Deslauriers. Traditional top line, hell no! BUFFALO ROCKS! Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever....NEVER to see the Ice againe! I liked his Koopa mask last season better personally. The only thing that I hated was the Gorges hit on Read from behind in the third period. I was like....really that was pointless. Bad form Gorgeous Josh!

Armia doesn't look he has a chance anytime soon to make the Jets, unless there is a salary crunch. His numbers look very pedestrian in the AHL.