That Aud Smell

Raiders fired Josh McDaniels last season and appointed Pierce as interim HC. They whooped the Giants the next week 30-6. Per the story linked below, that was the largest margin of victory in an NFL game following a midseason HC firing since 2015. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38829509/raiders-win-antonio-pierce-coaching-debut

Agreed wholeheartedly that teams are keying on Kincaid and taking their chances with the Bills’ mid WRs.

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I don't think that would have happened, had the team gone the paper-waiver route in order to protect Reimer a bit longer.

There is something objectively funny about Adams (1) clearly having had Reimer as part of his goaltending plan for the season and (2) then losing him to waivers at the start of the season. Adams does not inspire confidence as a GM.

I watched a lot of that hockey. Thompson, Cozens, Tuch. They’re just not *that* good. KA has each of them slotted too high in the pecking order based on the 2 centres’ outlier career years. Dahlin? A very nice player. Not a Norris candidate. I saw what the Sabres are supposed to be. It’s the Devils. They have a similar concept — but with better players at just about every spot.

Greenway is not a fighter, by any measure.

Four periods. No sign of Lindy Magic.

I presume they’re in just as good shape as the Devils. I think they look slow and behind the play because they lack confidence in what they’re doing. Or it’s because they don’t compete hard enough. Or it’s because the opposing players are better than them. It’s likely a combination of these factors.

I’m doing a factory reset. One‘s experience of and with a team is largely a choice. Whatever will be, will be. Hope for the best. And such.

Let’s Go, Buffalo!!

He’ll be a ~15 goal scorer and no more with that muffin he puts on goal. It’s barely an AHL top-6 forward’s level shot. He needs to make his money elsewhere. Greenway is a legitimately excellent penalty killer.

Yeah. This is helpful. Buffalo shot 3% on their high-danger chances; NJ shot 17% on the same. Otoh, I worry about Cozens. On at least two occasions, he had primo chances but his shots were ... meh.

(Go Sabres.)

Thompson’s floating.

eerily similar

Thanks for making me think of this. Just the best.

Benson = Benny Confirmed: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAs8pXyvehL/?igsh=YzJhOXlpazBzaXN0

Let’s Go, Buffalo!! Jack Quinn to open the scoring.

Put this post in the fookin’ Louvre.

A good guess, I'd say. More guessing: Kulich = Kooler And one that I think is well known (but he didn't show up on the reel): Cozens = Cuzzy

I had the same thought. It was a bridge too far when I learned that Grant Fhur's hockey nickname was Fuhrzee.

Confirmed? Or inferred.

Makes sense? That leaves Krebsy as the 13F and then Gibby and Brice as the 7D/8D. As was foretold. Something about seeing Gilbert yesterday in the nickname reel made me think of Bob Boughner. Maybe Lindy had the same thought.

anybody can be done with "it," btw.