That Aud Smell

Good take(s) here. That last one especially. Now, we need a 10-game sample size from which we can draw similar hope. I'm not saying the team needs to go 7-3, etc. during that stretch. I just want to see substantially similar play from them, regardless of outcome (puck luck, PDO* being what they are). * PDO is the combined sum of a team's (or a player's while on ice) shooting percentage and save percentage. So, a PDO of 100.00 is pretty ... normal (?), since that could be a SH% of, say, 9% and a SV% of, say, 91%. Ha!

Raahhhhh-KRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

"Mitts" is an apt nickname.

Wait. What happened to Leroy? I heartily recommend giving those guys a listen. Such a fun show. It's hard to describe how they become so linked in with certain athletes. It basically comes down to everyone having a healthy sense of humour about everything -- including themselves. Ha -- if you're on their guys, they are ride or die for you. Big Cat says so!

The play he made on the puck looked very intentional. I'm sure it was. Now, he probably only meant to put it into an area where a teammate could make a play on it, in which case -- success.

Hear, hear.

One more thing: That third goal.

Small sample size and all (1 game; I saw about 2/3 of it on a phone screen), but I’m getting tingly wondering if RaKru is in fact gonna Juergen Klopp the roster. Sorry for the EPL (soccer) reference. The team looked better than the sum of its parts. Great word choice. RaKru’s pre-game vibe set the tone (?). No better way to celebrate a huge season opening road win than with a gratuitous potshot. It’s good to match a hockey term with a mental impression: Gaps. LFG, Sabres. L. F. GO!!

41-29 in SOG. Gotdamn.

Holy sh1tballs.

Utter nonsense.

Ain't gonna lie. This post helps. It always helps.

The screen name, the avatar, the gif. Full marks!

Well, okay. It's opening night. And Sobotka remains on the second line.

This (these) play(s) into how I feel.

I mean, I'm not reveling in it. I don't like it. I don't want to be correct. I want to feel differently. I just don't. Yet.

Other than a period of my life when I took an NHL hiatus (college years plus some shoulder time beyond graduation (it was pre-internet, folks)), I’ve never felt more indifferent about the start of a Sabres season. Let’s go, Buffalo? Yeah. Let’s go.

Update: Hamilton is almost certainly talking about Olaffson (sp) and Joker (?) not being with the big club, as they were papered to Roch for some cap reasons.

McCabe and Johannsen (sp) with the A's.

That is not his style. (I'm not sure what your post means, actually.) I'd like to think so. But my guess is it's something far less compelling than that.

Hamilton posted the forward lines just now. He keeps replying that the lines are going to change once the opener arrives.

^ I don’t think he had the luxury of time to make the least destructive hit. He set his feet 3’ from the first down, and then braced for impact. If he goes lower, Allen likely goes over top for a first down.