Mike

Eric's stuff is a good read, but his writing has become a lot less simplified. I rarely know what he's talking about anymore.

Seems to be a lot of overanalyzing of a last second loss to a team that has won 10 in a row.

Oui

Gave up 3 catches for 47 yards.

Everyone rags on Johnson and I have no idea why - he's giving up roughly 20 yards a game in coverage over the last half of the season. He's hardly a major issue on defense.

Do people really think Murray for Trouba would be a + on the Columbus side?

My mistake, I was under the impression this entire time that Ristolainen was a LHD.

Oddly enough, Ristolainen for Trouba straight up is getting almost 50% support on HFBoards' Buffalo forum. I'm surprised.

Yeah I can't see Ristolainen for Trouba in any form. I'd trade Trouba, Petan and Comrie for Ristolainen and not even think twice about it.

37 goals last year without Crosby. He's a solid piece.

Sure, that's what I'm saying. If a ref catches it, great. Then by all means call it. But challenging it is ridiculous.

The one I thought was stupid was the downfield blocking call on a block that was thrown on a guy who never would've been participating in the play anyways. This BS needs to get cut out of the game ASAP

Steal.

I'd love it but two questions: 1) what would we be adding? 2) why would Buffalo do this?

So would he sign with Dallas? Florida? Tampa Bay?

FROM THE HANDSHAKE

I'd like to see Mayo too, I'm a big fan of the guy but really - who do you bench to get him in there? The makeup of our roster does not support dressing a backup American receiver. Medlock - obviously Heath - dime back in several packages, very important beyond an injury replacement and benching him would leave us with inadequate options in the secondary if an injury occurred Martin - rotational player on the line - this team has been using a 4 man rotation at DE all year, it's instilled in our guys - how do you adjust now? Especially with keeping those guys fresh being of utmost importance against such a solid OL. Knox - this would be the one that you could maybe argue, but he's one of our best special teams guys on cover teams and again, he's a backup to Bass (who is already nicked)

Harris and McDuffie are the scratches

If it means we win, I wouldn't care if you got blown away by a tornado.

I just read Friesen's column in the Sun. To give you all an idea of the premise, the headline is "Kiss her goodbye" Friesen is honestly such an idiot.

Rain would be good for us. Anything that puts the game in a more unpredictable environment would benefit the underdog.

Very excited to see Eric Martin get some reps. I would assume the scratches will be either Gauthier or Hurl and Knox? (or Harris, of course)

Smith going this week would be a surprise. Pleasant one.

Go Team North America

Junior Turner out is BIG for us - he's a force in the middle, but his injury will also cause Calgary to shuffle the ratio, since his backup is suspended. Then again, Bergman being back in for them means they're lose an American on the OL so ... maybe I spoke too soon.