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We will see. They could blow right past the Flames and win this one, or they can wallow and not play hard. Lots of hockey left.

Terrible shift Dunne.

Dunne you have to get the puck to 86.

Sabres have to get the next one. Get going.

Let them play. You should not measure hockey plays with a micrometer. No intention, no real obstruction, he was out of the way before the puck was shot.

No contact. Good goal.

Terrible coverage.

We needed that one Captain.

Terrible.

They are not into it? WTF! can we get some action?

Power just shoot it.

Ugh. Ellis needed to cover the rebound. No help from the D clearing it. They need to wake up.

Good evening Teammates, let’s start the night with a PPG.

Really? But you still fall behind by the teacher moving on and you not reinforcing the past material by doing the homework. ?? When my older son started high school I went to the early Parent Teacher night to meet his teachers. His English teacher (the class included language and literature) said they probably would not be reading any books, they would watch the movies based on the book instead. I asked about book reports, none of that either - they watched the movie and then do a group discussion. Seemed like lazy teaching to me. I have never seen a movie that covered the story and the details like reading the book. I went to lots of school board meetings, lots of parents teacher conferences. I had a few concerns abouts the curriculum in this AAA rated school. It seemed that the learning how to learn part was not stressed.

Depends entirely on your perspective. Back in the early 1970's the home weekday games started at 8:05 and the Sunday games were 7:05. The 8:05 start gave me plenty of time and motivation to get my homework done, and the better the grades the more games I got to attend.

I was expecting UPL to help get Lyon more rest. Hmmm. Lindy likes to ride the hot goalie.

Why mess with all this? I would not play Zucker until he is ready. Play Rosen and get him fired up. Toronto won last night, winning this game is important just to keep pace. The Sabres must get a win streak going.

This is so true. The Sabres cannot afford to overlook this team tonight. Especially with Oppie behind them.

Kempe signed. Tuch will get 8 years x $10M from somebody.

I don't see a need to move either Byram or Power unless there is a great trade that adds a legit top 6 forward for one of them. We all want to see Power improve, his status as a first overall pick is part of the reason he gets a lot of criticism. Don't forget that Byram was 4OA.

Some things I didn't mention after watching the Oilers game: One of the best games of the season, up there with the Florida game. Ellis - keep riding him. There is no reason not too. Right now he is playing the best of the 3. I like they way he comes out and challenges the shooter. He talks about anticipation, he made several big timely saves. Oilers - they did look tired or lazy or something. They are in the middle of a 7 game road trip. Draisaitl seemed to be very pissed at Tage at the end of the game but he never came out for the final shifts. Anyone know what happened? Home games - it is important that the Sabres keep winning and get the home crowd back. They are still last in the conference and they need a big winning streak as they have to pass 8 teams just to get to the last WC spot . They must avoid another Blues like performance against the Flames on Wednesday.

Spooner, you have your own Fire Adams thread.

Byram is playing better than Power IMO. Byram is faster and can log a lot of minutes. Even though he is smaller than Power he is much more fiesty. The illusion of Owen Power is still there though.