buddha

you all keep telling me how great lucas raymond is playing, but he has to be THE GUY if they are going to move into a top tier team. not a set up guy. not a guy who is playing better on the boards. not a guy who is keeping possession. he has to be THE GUY who is scoring goals every night. and he's not. he sort of embodies this team: good players, working hard, doing things well, but not good enough. raymond has to be panarin. has to be zibanajed. has to be marchand. and he's not. he just good, not great. he's not a problem. he's a good player and a building block, but he's not a star. and he has to be a star if the wings are going to take the next step. the more i watch them, the more i think they have to go all in on a marner type, or kiprizov if he gets to free agency. they dont have a star and arent likely to get one if they dont shell out in free agency.

they have to be one of the most boring teams in the league.

zion hurt? no way! that guy is in such good shape!

also, they dont have great offensive finishers.

they've played well for a majority of this game. they outplayed and outshot the rangers for most of it. bad puck luck tonight. that said, they probably had positive puck luck ALL of last year and for many of their games so far this year.

if you think things are bad at michigan, fsu says hold my beer.

he finally has a coach who can get a team to play together rather than sit around and watch mitchell go one on one.

1984 chris zurbrugg?

who is their coach? oh yeah, kenny atkinson. 😞

they played well. but the leafs top line (minus matthews who wasnt playing) was better than anyone we had on the ice and that was the difference.

gustafsson's dumb ass just iced the puck on a power play.

this is just a reminder of how bad monty williams was last year.

neither do the lakers.

i wish. unfortunately, there is 0 chance sherrone gets canned after this year.

indiana opens as a 14 point favorite over michigan. how the mighty have fallen. all their eggs are in the bryce underwood basket now.

reporters are scum, but there's nothing wrong with that reference. embiid is a public figure making millions of dollars, he can take a little criticism without shoving somebody. or, he could do a really novel thing and actually play basketball...

much needed win.

spoke too soon. buffalo all over them in the 3rd. part of that has to be lalonde. they get really conservative in the 3rd with a lead. dump dump dump. throw it to center. dump and change. dump and change.

much better in the second period. sabres are on a back to back so its time to pour it on in the 3rd.

the play was called correctly, it was just a fluke result. osu did what they had to do late: run the ball down their throats. penn state still has a hard time realizing theyre in the big ten and you'll have to defend runs up the middle.

the sad part is, this was one of michigan's better played games on the year. oregon is really good and michigan hung with them for a bit. i mean, that's how low expectations are for michigan. "hey, you only lost by 21 at home! good job!"

pretty close.

kasper line is playing pretty well.

great work dylan. 1-0 buffalo.