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I thought Eakin tried to squeeze between Lundqvist and the boards. Lundqvist originally had the puck on his backhand with a Ranger player a few feet away. At high speed you can see that Eakin anticipates that Lundqvist is going to make that pass and is trying to get to that Ranger player. At the last second Lundqvist decides to keep the puck and tries to go forhand, but by then Eakin is already on top of him. I don't blame Eakin for this one bit, sure in slow motion it looks much much worse, but at game speed that's just a hockey play where Lundqvist is at fault IMO.

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Moulson/Okposo And his uncle John Tavares played 23 years for the Buffalo Bandits.

When you have a kid as talented as Jack Eichel, you let him do what he does, you don't try to change the way he plays. He's an artist, let him express himself through his craft. Patrick Kane is also a perimeter scorer, I don't think anybody has a problem with his game.

It happens all the time... the linesemen or ref apologizes to the bench saying something to the effect of "I owe you one" or "we'll even it up"... it's certainly not uncommon, at least not when I played at a high level.

If they can win 6 of the next 8 that puts them at 17-13-6, 40 points with 46 games remaining. To get 55 points over the remaining 46 games they would need to go somewhere around 25-16-5 in the new year, which is a slightly better pace than they finished last season.... certainly attainable IMO, but they need to go on a streak here against weaker opponents to give themselves any shot at it. To give some perspective, last years on Dec 31st, PIT had a record of 18-15-4 for a total of 40 points through their first 37 games.

That was a blown call. The linesman only blows the whistle at the dots A) if the puck has already crossed the line when the players reach the dots and B) if there are two players engaged in a race for the puck. In this case neither condition A nor B were met, so the linesman's only decision was whether or not the Kings player could have reached the puck before it crossed the line... which seems like he obviously could have had he not slowed down.... in 99% of those you get the right call, icing. Blown icing calls happen at every level, and the linesman usually own up to it. Typically you'll get a call in your favor at some point further along in the game to make up for it. In this case the linesman's mistake led directly to a Kings goal, so I'm sure he was being extra lenient towards the Sabres for the remainder of the game and most likely told the Sabres bench as much. Mistakes happen and make up calls happen.

Don't overlook the fact they've had the 3rd most difficult schedule in the league to this point of the season.

Thanks for pointing that out. I was blinded by the absolutely electric performance by Matt Moulson. Had to watch the game on Fox Sports West. Gary Thorne was doing the play by play, really gave it a throw back feel which was nice. He butchered just about every Sabres players name.... Kulitov, Frayzon, Lienert, Fedohn, it was embarrassing.

Having the lead helps.

Moulson 2A +2

???? to Bylsma for switching up the lines.

Only the Islanders and Sharks have had a more difficult strength of schedule to date this season. The next 9 games are certainly winnable. IMO, they need to get at least 12 of 18 points or kiss the season good bye. LAK NYI @CAR @FLA CAR @NYI @DET BOS @BOS

Because it's the Billsiest thing to do in this situation... he would join the ranks of veteran cast-offs like Ferragamo, Bledsoe, Kolb, Orton.... the only logical choice is Romo.

It's mostly likely Kim going to meet with Tony Romo. Blasphemy!

They'll probably give him the option to either re-negotiate his contract and stick around to compete for the starting job next season... or he'll be let go. IMO, he'll renegotiate his deal and stick around.

Looks like he's headed to Dallas... http://flightaware.com/live/flight/XSR961/history/20161212/1900Z/KBUF/KDFW

he's destined to be a golden knight IMO

Laguna Hills, CA I've been out here for almost 20 years now. I visited Buffalo last Christmas, and I found the cold and wet almost unbearable... much worse than I remembered. I feel like your body adjusts to the climate you live in after some time... I'm definitely more sensitive to the cold than I was when I lived in Buffalo.

WSH is good. BUF is not on their level yet. A goals would be fun.

I Des playing? I need to know if I should start him in fanasy lineup :rolleyes:

who's in the cage?

Who are the clowns making the NHL schedule? We play WSH 3 times over an 82 game season, and all 3 games occur within a 14 day timespan.

I do agree, yes.

There's just not enough team speed on the back-end with him in the lineup. Franson alone drags down the entire scheme, but he's been playing OK of late... still to slow tho. I actually wouldn't mind to see Des back in the lineup for Grant. Des brings some tenacity we're currently lacking... he seems like a good locker room guy too, he gets them going. That said you need to leave Carrier in the lineup, he's been great. They fill two different roles anyway.