Thorny

Lol why don’t you call them out by name so they can defend themselves already. That was such a great game Also w / Comrie in net

It’s not just trying to keep him happy he’s actively really good still - they should certainly be trying to win. When they decide to retool it’ll be quick. Our frame of reference of eternal rebuild mode sorta slants it for us

Ya. Pointz. We all (myself included) try to dial it down to such an over simplification all the time but in reality there’s so much more. Eichel’s production certainly IS there, looking at overall game, both ways. Recently posted that yes, according to Ben Gotz and other Vegas reporters he’s central in their locker room. It doesn’t really matter how many 30 goal scorers you have if you give up 30 the other way. Vegas is 4th overall, a premiere team in this league and he’s, by all accounts, their best player this season. So if he’s good enough to be the best player on playoff bound team, it comes down to the team’s ability of lack there of to provide the support necessary. It was *always* about surrounding your best players with talent - it’s not the NBA people were MORE than happy to proclaim jack guilty by association when he arrived there last year and ended up missing the playoffs, regardless of how he played. “Coach killer”. “Sabres will make playoffs before Vegas. A cancer you can’t win with.” Gonna have to take their medicine on this one. Can’t play both sides of it.

Schrödinger's Tage

Jack seemed to respond really well to it to be honest. Maybe he needed it Usually depends on the individual, different people respond to different tacts

Checks notes: Islanders Sabres games definitively always excellent stand corrected

One thing about isles games is, they are always boring. Wonder if today represents an exception

Contract year. the precipitous drop in quality next season will be a sight to behold

Any time a rookie puts up 40+ (as Quinn may do exactly this year) I think they have some untapped numbers potential down the line

Nah, I wouldn’t say KA was wrong

So a big W today I’m thinking

Lol

One of the more crappy seemingly annual traditions of an 82 game grind once we are a playoff team we probably just care about these things much less

His differential in plus minus this season is insanely a net of minus 36. Was plus 33 last year, minus 3 this year. 44 points as a rookie last season. 28 right now. Lundell is going to be great, sophomore slump be dammed, but to your point there’s definitely something weird going on with Florida this year, aside from Tkachuk’s production apparently. Oh and Montour. They seemed to be putting it together a bit but you really have to wonder about the coaching change imo I blame Maurice Wasn’t very good here in winnipeg towards the end either

Often not who you play but when you play ‘em. - - - Win gets them back on an 85 point pace. A good little stretch here and high 80s are still very much in play, which should bode well for the gap we need to close re: making the playoffs next season Ya. They weren’t bad at all just so bad relative to expectations

The goat heads are even more important to winning than Samuelsson!

He’s not good but ya he did have one especially nice stop towards the end of the match

"Devil, just come on back if you ever wanna try again I done told you once you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been"

Ruff coaching in a Goathead Dub. Wild times.

Ukko pekka let’em-in

Dahlin has played 20 and we still have 10 mins left yeeee haw

Development year

That win actually might be one of only two times I can remember thinking, in a small whisper “maybe. No. we... are. We’re going to win the Cup”. That, and I think honestly after Briere’s 2nd goal in game 3 vs Carolina OH MY the crowd...you almost forget. It’s chills. Need this again. I need it in my bones The Sirens. AND THE GOAL SONG I mean, I love Whitney Houston. But could you imagine if Skinner scores this goal, and the sirens kick in...and it cues Dance with Somebody? Seriously, no.

Ahhhhh. Dallas game 1. It’s still a good feeling. Regardless of the rest