klos1963

Pretty solid summary. My 2 minor criticisms- calling Pilut and Mittlestadt 'steals'. Pilut looks promising, but isn't there yet. Mittlestadt has been disappointing this season considering the fact that he was thought of as a ROY candidate. Not to say they both won't be good, but too early to tell, let alone consider them ' a steal'.

in a heartbeat

It does suck, though.

A big problem with this team is how we play in our own zone, we are awful.

Did you ever watch Housley play? Defense isn't why he's in the HOF.

but that doesn't happen.

I'm sure they'll pull him, but how many goalies would have stopped those shots.

I'm no big Hutton supporter, but christ, are you watching? A breakaway to McDavid is not a great sin. Yeah, it would be nice to stop him, but look at the goals scored. Really can't put too much blame on him alone.

Yes, I think Miller would have let all 3 in. What does 'deflections are deflections' mean?

Because 2 deflections and a crappy defensive play. He had no chance on any goal.

He's horrible. Actual made the brilliant statement about the Eichel line becoming our goto line. Sharp as a tack. ok Doc.

How do you know announcing games is a risk to his health? I started yelling for Ray to shut the hell up, he's the worst ever. Then realized he was doing the play by play.

Nobody knew about Hasek, that's why he was so easily acquired. Wasn't Mogilny playing with Lafontaine, not May? Yep, they did a good job announcing the game. Very balanced broadcast.

the most amazing thing about that season was how Lemieux came back from cancer during the season and ending up leading the league in scoring- going past Lafontaine. He only played in 60 games.

chances are the Blues tear it down after this season if they continue to stink. This year or next, we'll likely have a lottery pick.

Another reminder that hockey can be really exciting to watch. I've missed this over the years.

Would you do this trade if you were St Louis? I'm guessing this is sarcasm, because no one would trade Tarasenko for that package.

Would be nice if they stunk it up for 2 years. Lottery pick next year for us.

I think Tennyson is the 9th defenseman to play, Hunwick will be 10. That's good depth because they have NHL experience. Still have Guhle that can step in too.

as long as the 'orchestrating' is just benching him to piss him off and nothing nefarious, that's fine. It's a crappy contract for what he had done so far.

every team competing for the playoffs should be actively looking to improve, that's what happens at the deadline. Making trades doesn't 'break up the family', it adds to it.

or of American stupidity. Some people are very emotional about their right to sound like idiots by cursing.

I think he only mentioned one thing.

You're giving him too much credit for thinking- even if that were the case, he says it every single game. He's an idiot and shouldn't be on TV. I really think he means speed, if you listened to the context it's about the pace of the game.

We could write of book of all the dumb things Ray says during a broadcast. That was just a mistake, he usually makes just plain stupid comments during the game. Every game he says the Sabres need to slow things down. We draft, sign and trade for speed and he wants us to slow down.