Doohickie

Why? It dropped right to UPL's feet.

How are the Sabres being outshot 6-3? They look like they're dominating.

It sounds like the arena mic is in a Pringles can.

That's how you sing an anthem.

Maritime Winds.

It'd be great if you're right... maybe you are. But I didn't see the Sabres do anything extraordinary against Ottawa, they just benefited from the Sens' failure to even play up to that level. My impression. I'm not a fancy stats guy and can't back that up, it's just what it looked like to me.

They weren't very good defensively last night. But when I said soft, I meant in general. Take Tkachuk off the team and they'd be like the Sabres for much of the drought. During play they just didn't have that much physicality and when they did it was not effective against the Sabres. They were Ristolainen-style showcase hits that get the crowd of their seats but weren't very effective in turning the play. Contrast, for instance, with the tenacious checking of the Panthers. Not so many big hits but it's just hard to do anything against them. If the Sabres played FLA the say way they played Ottawa, they'd have gotten spanked.

They beat an Ottawa team that, aside from Tkachuk, was soft was butter. They were not very defensively hard to play against. Most teams are.

But what does BU mean?

You've heard me say it before: Bryson is a good defenseman. He's not a top Dman but he's continued to develop into a very smart defenseman. I'm kind of okay with holding him in reserve; I think he might not hold up well playing night in, night out. But occasionally injecting him into a stale lineup will give the team energy. He's a perfect 20-30 game per year reservist.

BU?

Now let's see them do that against a playoff caliber team. I didn't think Ottawa looked particularly impressive.

I take the dogs for a walk between periods and come home to this? Whatta country!

That's a penalty???? Really?

Well that's depressing.