Porous Five Hole

Scoreboard watching was probably best case scenario tonight. The Devils beat the Pens in regulation (Pens fourth straight loss) and the Canes shut out the Panthers (Canes tenth straight win). So the team we are chasing (Pitt) lost and we now have four games at hand with a team we are tied with (Florida). Nice!

I just re-watched it and I have no idea why that wasn’t icing. Not sorry tho!

That ‘five wins in a row’ face 😀

The worst part of this is we won’t ever be able to see @Doohickie’s Pilut goal meme in game day threads any longer. 😢

I was at the game after the plane crash too, and it was something! But I thought it was SJ? Pommer scored with only a few seconds left to win it and the building was almost shaking. So awesome.

Honestly, with the NHL schedule as condensed as it is…it makes sense to try to squeeze this game in if safe/possible.

Population density and street parking complicate snow removal. Plus you can’t just push the snow to the sidewalk like you can on county roads where sidewalks don’t exist. And if they do exist, they aren’t curbside like the city. The city is always going to be the last to open because it has the most to deal with. Let’s pull together here.

Yoooo they have a forklift to move cars out of the way

I think the Bills got flack for it too. I am not sure if it was politically motivated (anti poloncarz), frustration with bans/weather in general, or a loud complaining reporter (Tim Graham), but the sentiment of, “The Bills didn’t have to take this seriously, why do we” was certainly out there.

I wonder if the thruway will open and they’ll bus to ROC (and hold practice at BCA) and fly out there?

You’re laughing, but aren’t you the person who bet they’ll be bottom five in the league at the end of the year? I think the Sabres are more likely to be in the playoffs than bottom five.

Krebs will blossom and will have fans excited for what’s to come next year.

There are more viewers on tv than there are listeners on the radio. This isn’t Dan, this is a business decision by the organization. The Sabres are the only NHL team that simulcasts. I defend the Pegulas a lot, but this is indefensible.

I’m not stating my opinion. I am stating my observation that the Sabres lead the league in goals & shooting percentage and are least in the league in hits. Is this related because it may very well be??

I want you to know that this made be laugh out loud.

Power skated on his own today with Girardi & their rehab guy. He might not be too far off.

I’m not saying GMKA would ever trade Levi. But if Levi said, ‘I want to play in Montreal,‘ what would your ask be for a return of this prospect? What’s his market value today?

[Maxime Truman - BPM Sports - Montreal Radio] Habs have been in discussions since the draft to acquire goalie prospect Devon Levi from Buffalo This is all in French and I do not understand a lick of it. But there’s a Reddit thread going on f/hockey in English stating the Habs are trying to make this deal happen. Obviously, everyone knows that anyone born in Montreal will only play in Montreal 🙄 I’m not putting much trust in this. Levi said all the right things in development camp. But we all know there felt like there was an elephant in the room. He was NCAA goalie of the year and a Hobey Baker finalist. There might have been some personal reasons to stay in college another year, but it didn’t make a ton of sense from a developmental standpoint (pros play double the games than college players do, and the focus on his craft would have been his full-time job instead of classes—not like he will be graduating in the spring anyway). Is there something to this? Or is this just Montreal media drivel? I vote drivel and Montreal can wish this were true. But my Portillo/Levi thread PTSD made me feel triggered

Eight days (between games) for Power to get healthy!

Oof.

Being just a -5 while averaging 18 min a night on that dog crap team is a little surprising. Maybe Torts told him he’s not allowed to skate past his own blue line?

I think the short answer is their goaltending has come back to earth. They’ve been riding Vanecek for every start for over a month…and other than his Chicago shut out on Dec 7th, he has lost every other start (including a tough luck 2-1 loss to Phili over the weekend). I did not look it up to confirm, but I think he won every start in November.

I was going to comment that it’s what the second best PP in the league will do for you. But then I realized all three goals last night were five on five. Nice!

It’s Christmas week and I just checked the yahoo sports app to see what teams did around the league (to see if the Sabres got any help tonight). That’s new for me. I kind of loved it. The Pens v Rangers avoided a three point night. Nice! Carolina v Jersey isn’t relevant at this point (but no three point game). Leafs v Tampa also ended in regulation. Flyers and Jackets aren’t relevant to Buff looking up. And Ottawa lost. Not super impactful, but we will take tonight’s results!