That Aud Smell

I have not gone back and re-watched it, but I thought the GTG was an unfortunate, fluky one. I think I posted "fluky" in real-time in this thread. The puck was bouncing, became hard to keep track of, and Hutton lost sight of it. It happens. So he tried to cover every likely angle from which an attack could come. And Pavelski made a good play on it. Not for nothing: Ray failed utterly to make a fair call on what happened on that goal. He remarked on the replay that Hutton "got there in time" (or something like that) but that Pavelski somehow managed to squeeze it through. Hutton had no idea where the puck was. And that was not really his fault -- bad luck. Interesting. And each in their own, very different way, right?

Lord, is this ever true. Our younger ones were recently allowed to enter the realm of Fortnite (or however it's spelled) through their game system. God, do they ever love that game. And I can see the appeal. Another thing they've asked permission to do is watch Fortnite videos on YouTube. Which, oookkkaaaaayyyy. I promptly put an end to that, at least as a matter of policy (I am sure they still sneak them), because holy moses are those videos ever foul-mouthed.

I know I joined July 2006 - after the star-crossed (bacteria-ridden) Cup run.

Can't say I'm familiar with it. I'll look it up later.

I admit that I take some enjoyment out of deploying the Scottish/Irish phonetic spelling of an F-bomb. But it's far more important to abide by our host's kindly-stated request. I'll do better.

That's a lovely tribute and confession. Few and far between here can offer that quality of content. There's something that's been pinging around in my head for some time, and I still can't quite articulate it. In essence, it distills itself to a few thoughts that I regularly have when enjoying something like last night's game: What if this is it? You know what? Maybe this is it. What more, what else am I waiting for? It's sort of a variation on the old saw "life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." Maybe it's, "joy in sports fandom is what happens when you're waiting for the championship clinching win." I'm sure it will be amazing when it arrives. But what we're enjoying now is more than sufficient for the day.

Well, there you go. #patience

He was overcome. I thought it was touching.

Eff you, Evander!

Oh my.

Sobotka?

Thought Eichel was gonna get a Toronto scrum goal.

Or the really good team that was down started, like, carrying the play. It happens.

Fluky one.

Balls.

Hutton is out of water/drank.

McCabe got away with that one.

Shut up, Rob.

They certainly seem to have had enough of this winning streak.

Hoo boy.

San Jose pushing. Sabres will get a chance for a third, if they stay on their toes.

That shot was perfect.

Fantastic

I keep hearing about Marner. I watch very little hockey outside of the Sabres. He's apparently quite something, eh? He's a winger, yes? But it sounds almost like he drives play like a centre. I scrolled through a Twitter debate over who you'd rather have -- Eichel or Marner. And it was a real debate with reasoned opinions.

Based on how it was reported from the practice, it sounded like a knock/strain of some kind. Apparently, he was out there for the early warm-up portion of practice and then left the ice.