HumanSlinky39

Outstanding effort by Skinner made that happen.

MITTS

Period 246/246. Let it all hang out, boys.

Worst. Coach. Ever.

Balls.

35 goals, 81 points for Skinner.

MOTHERTUCHER

They've been gutted by injuries.

It's amazing how streaky Olofsson is.

Mitts is playing great hockey.

Bummed to see this season coming to a close, but very excited for next season. Let's get one more W and surpass 90 points for the year.

Thank you, Mr. Anderson.

MITTTTSSSSS

TNT

He's been an underappreciated player for a long time.

Ray: "Sabres going on the PP."

LOLWUT

I like him when he scores goals. I don't like him when he disappears for two months at a time.

That's kicked.

Ugh. Was that kicked in?

He's been very good. Encouraging for next season.

The frustrating part is, those two big swoons, 0-8, and 2-8-2...if they had just gone, say, 9-9-2 instead of 2-16-2, they're 47-26-7 and comfortably in the playoffs. Unfortunately, with a young team like this, those kinds of bad runs are destined to happen. Another year of experience, including actually participating in a playoff race and Devon Levi in net next year in all likelihood puts us closer to...or better than that 101 point mark.

Husso got off to a terrific start, but he hasn't been very good overall. He's sitting at a .896 and 3.09 GAA. Those numbers would probably be even worse here. He isn't worth that contract. It's easy to say "***** KA should have gone out and got a goalie!" It isn't necessarily that easy. First, you have to find a guy that wants to play here. Yeah, the Sabres rep is improving, but I'm betting there are still a lot of guys that said "no thanks" last summer. On top of that, the market for good goalies is always competitive. KA is assembling a team that he sees as a consistent cup contender by drafting kids, developing them together, and bringing them up when they're ready. I know "trust the process" is a tired cliché, but I think that's behind every move KA does or does not make. I'm sure his thinking is Levi is the guy and he doesn't want to piss away draft picks or prospects that he has hand selected to bring in a goalie that ideally is only needed 20-25 times a year.