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I am offended by that. Yay you!

HOW WAS THAT NOT A TRIP???

Too casual with the puck in their own zone.

Well, y'know.... kind of.

Did Gus's mom make the trip from Latvia?

Did you hear about the guy who meant to bet $2.50 and bet $250 instead and won $10k? It was Sabres win and Okposo goal and maybe something else on some game and his parlay was +4000. Found it: https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/nhl/sabres/for-buffalo-sabres-fan-bet-placed-in-error-pays-off-big/71-0b6b57f2-86bc-410a-81f4-1b115c1147a2

I would say no since it's an ESPN+ game. It doesn't count as a hit unless the other guy had the puck and you took it from him.

On the NHL channel on SiriusXM this morning, they said the popular wisdom of the fan base is that if/when the Devils falter they would fire Lindy and promote Brunette.

Canes pull out to the early lead before the Sabres overcome them. 7-5 Sabres, Olofsson with the empty netter (because of course).

Oh yeah, and NJ is 8-3!

So basically they are this year's incarnation of last year's Sabres?

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They're better.

Do you think he reads Sabrespace?

Oh I think the Devils and the Sabres are pretty evenly matched. And both ascending rapidly. Seems like the Wings aren't there yet, the Sens are close and the Habs much better than expected but not there yet. Apparently Lindy isn't the dinosaur everyone thought he was.

After I saw him with his buzz cut last night I wouldn't be surprised. He looks like a tough hombre now.

I thought Clague has for the most part played well. Better than some of our top 6 D in recent years. I think Kevyn didn't just sign random available Dmen over the summer; they were probably scouted and selected based on analytics as potential NHL Dmen, knowing that the cupboard was a little bare. At some point forwards will get dinged up and need a few games off. Nice to think the replacement is someone of Hinestroza's level.

It's like that Honda commercial that gets a lot of airplay during the games for the out-of-towners. No one ever said they couldn't win motorcycle races or any of that other stuff.

Can you imagine how tough it is to body check him over the course of a game? He doesn't have to initiate to wear opponents down, he just needs to absorb their futile energy without getting knocked off his pins. He's quite good at that.

I think it's a matter of Granato's coaching style, stressing "playing the right way" versus stressing results. I also think it's a matter of the top players not getting too high with the good stuff and not getting too low with the bad stuff. During his hat trick night the other night someone remarked that Tage should smile once in a while. But he himself has said we works hard to stay on an even keel. I think Okie and Girgs model that behavior. Past editions of the Sabres seemed to have players who would get so emotionally invested in games they would get off their game. This year they seem to be on a mission: Win the game they're playing. Stuff in the past doesn't matter; games down the road don't matter. This game right now matters. But when it's over don't dwell on it, good or bad. I think same thing is going on with the goal scoring thing: When the other team scores they don't let it get them down too much. When they score they don't enjoy it too much. It's just back to work. I don't think Donny is preaching this but the players seem to have adopted it.

Some of the JAGs. Bjork & Caggiula never really amounted to much.

Tage will get into a fight with Hedman and pound him into next month.