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I think the top young vets still need the support of top older vets (i.e., guys more talented than KO or Girgs) to lead them through the downs of the ups-and-downs of the game. If they stay down too long, they lose whatever growth they'd previously shown. The two poster boys on the team are Dylan and Tage. I worry that JJ, Quinner and Benson will be sucked into the vortex if they don't bring in some real high-talent leadership. I think that ship has sailed, but I wish they'd never traded Marcus Foligno. I think it's likely the Mitts trade was a mistake too.

That will not happen. When you replace the leader you don't leave him around to be 2nd fiddle. Not in any business. No but you could kick him upstairs if you wanted to keep him around. Special assistant to Kevyn for Player Development or some such. I think the only way that makes sense though is if TPegs agrees to move to a new HC but won't sign off if it means paying Donny for doing nothing.

For decades it's been a universal truth: When the Sabres skate hard and don't give up on the puck, they succeed. When they don't they fail. We've seen examples of it even this season, but not consistently enough to win... consistently. I think it was time for Lindy to go the first time around, but I think he could up the Sabres game with the current roster.

I disagree. The Sabres are fully capable of playing the game the Stars did last night. They just don't bother.

We paid $21 per seat. Granted we were in the 300s but it was a good view of the ice.

I usually go to the Sabres game in Dallas every year. From the end of the first period on, this was the most uninspired, crappy version of the Sabres I can remember seeing.

Matt Ellis needs to become the Matt Ellis of fired coaches. I think the whole staff needs to go but Matt Ellis shouldn't even travel with the team tonight.

Just got home from the game. Thoughts- The Stars were the better team and after the first period it wasn't even close. Once the Stars got the lead they made sure they played defense. It wasn't even tough defense, they just got into position and waited for the Sabres to cough up the puck. In contested pucks, the Sabres didn't seem interested in contesting them. The power play was an embarrassment. In other games there was always that hope the Sabres would tie it up and take it to overtime. Not tonight, and it was obvious. le sigh

Welp.

You're one to talk....

@Spoonman and me at the game. So far, so good.

Yeah, we weren't as close to the center of the path as Buffalo. I think the camera did auto-adjust a bit though too.

That's why I use small words in my explanations 😉 This is the best shot I got of totality And this was just before totality. You can see a tiny piece of crescent through the clouds.

5 minutes before totality. Notice the street light is on. Totality

It seemed different coming back on than going off, didn't it? Anyway someone posted this time lapse looking south toward downtown Fort Worth on reddit: I thought the clouds enhanced the experience actually.

I'm fortunate to live in Texas Rangers country (although they lost tonight, but still leading the AL West at 6-3).

John 19:30

Looks like that would be a no.

Wow guys. Call your time out, Donny.

On the TNT coverage one of the talking heads just said, "Buffalo checks...." Are the Sabres developing a personality?

So I just finished watching the whole game (I didn't see the first half of it yesterday). Yes, Luukkonen was very good. But really the story of the game was how bad the Flyers goalie was. On Thompson's goal he was hung out to dry; not too much he could do there, although he did bite hard on Thompson's fake. But the last three goals allowed you expect an NHL goalie to make- two open shots from the high slot, and he actually pulled his right leg out of the way of Quinn's second goal an instant before Quinn put it behind him. He may develop into a decent goalie but right now the NHL is way too fast for him.