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My big question going forward is whether or not the goal tending will hold up? 1) Will Anderson's age catch up to him in the second half of the season? 2) My observation on Tokarski's lone game was too often it seemed the puck bounced off him into a dangerous situation, and I think a better team capitalizes on those. I definitely need to see more games from him before deciding. While I think they will be competitive in most games with their style of play, against better teams and goaltenders, their net-minders will need to be equal to the task.

I've known her for some time. She's been doing stand-up for about 8 years now--funny as heck! I was curious how she'd do since her humor is NOT rated P.G....

Someone posted up-thread that it looks like the move to C for Thompson is panning out. Watching today, I was thinking defensively he's kind of like Edmunds at MLB for the Bills in the sense that he's got such a long reach he is able to disrupt more plays coming up the middle than a shorter player would. More entertaining hockey today, and it could have easily been another blow out but for AZ's goaltender.

As a casual hockey fan, I enjoyed the brand of hockey the Sabres played under Granato at the end of last season. I watched the Detroit preseason game and saw, again, an entertaining style of hockey being played (compared to how difficult they were to watch under Kreuger). Last night was also fun to watch. Going forward, if they play with that kind of energy every night, they will keep this fan watching, win or lose.

According to Vogl's piece yesterday, the Sabres averaged 0.9 more ppg after they got adjusted to Granato's "system". That's +70 goals there. Maybe a little too optimistic, but let's say 50 goals to be a conservative. Better goal tending should get you another 75 and you're there.

Interesting description: Now the writer does state he is known for his speed, so it could be a descriptive as opposed to an error of homonym proportions. 😎