Marvin

Let us think about this. There are 3 weeks cleared in February. The normal maximum number of games played is 1 game every 2 days. So there could be up to 10 games made up during that time for each team. Since playoff times are not made yet, they could tack on a week or two at the end of the year, which puts about 7 more there if need be. So they could still make the schedule without too much work if the Olympics were ditched and the season were extended a week or two. This is why it was so stupid to not make this season conference only just to cut down on scheduling trouble if there were cancellations like this. There would have been less travel, so players would be less tired, and therefore more likely to fight off a very mild exposure. Scheduling would be less complex in case of outbreaks. The less cross-continent travel would limit transmission rates. Even better -- they could have scheduled in blocks by grouping teams in groups of 3-5 which would play each other in groups so that an outbreak in one group would not spread to the rest of the conference. You don't think the other leagues might let their players go or that some NHLers might take their chances?

I don't see many "holes" in the schedules where these games can be made up without removing Olympic participation.

Just asking: is Lazar doing more at even strength than Hall? Defence, scoring, whatever.

They may have. I just don't recall.

Just enjoy yourself. I am sure all of us have said and done things which might have offended The Hockey Gods. We can't worry about minor transgressions or otherwise we'd go insane.

I wonder if that was a fall-back plan. This was part of the reason I thought that the current regular season should have been conference-only. It would have cut down on exposure and slow down spread of COVID across the league. It also would have cut down on travel in the compressed schedule as well, which would mean less physically tired players who would be more apt to fight off an infection.

I really only hate fanbases. The teams come and go. For instance, I hate the Flyers from my youth. But the Sabres doing things like eliminating them in such lopsided fashion in 2001 and 2006 plus ending the losing streak last year against them has assuaged my feelings. The Stars annoy me for 1999 and Carolina for 2006. I don't hate as much as envy the Bruins for often being the team which the Sabres were. Hate teams? Not so much. On the other hand, cecause I had to fight for just being treated like a person and not even being treated as an equal so often over the years, fanbases with entitlement issues make me hate their teams. Are there any more self-important fanbases who ooze entitlement like the Strangers and the Laffs?

When Tokarski comes back, I would be SORELY tempted to send Subban down and keep UPL up.

What I like is that the Sabres may be meeting my definition of a "good team" -- everyone can lose to a good team at home; what defines a good team is that, in general, good teams regularly beat other good teams on the road.

If we're spending, I would not want it with Murray. I would spend it on veteran, mid-pairing, preferably right-shooting defencemen.

On the other hand, when we got them, no one thought that Mike Peca or Stu Barnes would be special, but I view them as special players. Maybe one of the guys becomes a special player like they were.

That is I. And, to prove how nerdy that is, remember that "to be" takes a complement and not a direct object, so "that is me" is incorrect.

It was automatic: I fired up my computer and it held me on a display for a free Windows 11 upgrade. I had to patiently jump through a bunch of hoops. Each time, I had to wait for the system to do something and then ask something about the upgrade again. I am looking for a shortcut if it tries again. If I find one, I will post it here.

Boy, do I feel eccentric. When I see "CLT", my first thought is "Central Limit Theorem."

For others who don't trust any version x.0 of anyone -- my machine tried to force an upgrade on me this morning. It took almost 15 minutes to get loose.

That's a different drug.

That's what I think. It is not always true, but it does happen.

This reminds me of when Ullmark first came in. The team responded to him. While I am thinking of it, it could be that Ullmark was only going to be good in Buffalo because of that psychology.

Just received from a friend on Facebook: in dishonour of the officiating recently, Bills Mafia are donating money for charities for the visually impaired.

ONE! TWO! THREE! WE WANT FOUR! (C-D-E-F)

Bikini Atoll?

If UPL get sent down, these are the reasons which are not "tanking". How you interpret it and how KA intends it are another matter.

Not I. He has been Dell-like this year and he's under contract for another year.

Agreed -- the team has to make demonstrable progress and not just tread water.

I wouldn't put it that way, but that is my analysis.