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Buffalo is a scoring machine. At 6-3-0, they've already put 37 goals up, averaging 4 a game! Friday could be a challenge.

Will be at our first game of the season with our 11-game package this Friday night against the Sabres. I backloaded our games, with the last 5 coming in the last 2 months of the season, including the last home game of the season. So, my wife has always been adamant about not having a TV over the fireplace. So, we were visiting friends in Beaufort not long ago and they have a nice piece of art on the wall and the TV comes on. My wife is really liking the look and I don't say a word.... until Monday. I spent yesterday driving to Cary and measuring the wall to install my new Samsung Frame 65". Spent today tuning it up and situating all the peripherals. All done with the exception of hiding everything. Had to order a new S-audio cable longer than what I have so I can stash all wires and boxes out of the way. I'll have it done tomorrow as soon as Amazon delivers that cable. Watching a playoff run this season will be so much better!

Another way that "certain fans signal their virtue" (whatever the fug that means. I think the appropriate term is virtue signal) tell you point blank they don't watch. Instead, they watch the YouTube highlights. It's 15 minutes versus 3 hours. Get over yourself.

Noessen is the 1st star. Boy, did he take a boarding hit (not called).

That's what I've been waiting for from Stastny.

Fug him.

Kemper is not that good. Keep getting pucks to the net. Washington keeps sagging back to defend the goal, making for good looks in close.

I'm here... very nice 1st period. Again, gotta stay outta the box. Don't give Putin a chance to set up on his spot. I may dislike Washington hockey as much as I dislike New Orleans football.

"Tanking in sports refers to the practice of intentionally fielding non-competitive teams to take advantage of league rules that benefit losing teams." By definition, the Panthers are not "tanking." To suggest Rhule & Company intentionally built and fielded a non-competitive team is giving him a poo-ton of credit he doesn't deserve. This is simply a very bad football team, built by a head coach with zero professional experience and zero knowledge. At this point, I have to believe the only people watching this team play are the same people who watch NASCAR just to see the wrecks. At least, with the Panthers, you're guaranteed a wreck week in and week out. Oh, YouTube has the highlights, too. You only have to spend 15 minutes of your valuable time getting everything you need to be pissed off until next week. Who knows, maybe if you just watched the highlights for 15 minutes instead of giving up 3 hours on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, you find yourself in a much better state of health, both physically and mentally.

Kasay cost the Panthers a Super Bowl. Call out all the other excuses you want, but he kicked off OB and gave the Tom Brady Pats the ball at the 40.

Well, at least you have a huge sample size to choose from.

And I'll admit this: In the OT when Burns came on the ice with about a minute left, I was saying out loud as the winning play was developing, "Oh crap, he's gonna turn it over and Flyers will get a breakaway game winner."

Know why the Staal line scored twice? Net front. The other lines are cycling and moving, but have no physicalty in front of the net. Stastny & Stepan should be able to provide that, but no one has shown they can replace what we had in Vinny and Nino when it came to net front presence.

Good day for me- USC, Navy and the Canes all win.

Team might be better at 3-on-3... Anyway, the Necas writer to tie the score was a rocket. Followed by the Burns cannon. What a pass by the way...

The patented Raanta weak goal. Canes go from 2-0 to a 3-2 down, giving up 3 unanswered. This is not good hockey. Canes suddenly look slow and out of shape.

Carolina takes 4 penalties in the 2nd period. Burns is going for the penalty hat trick- he has 1 in each period. The Aho line is invisible tonite, the PK and PP are weak. Who are the players tonite? Staal line. Coghlan, Chatfield. Jarvis is working, but nothing to show yet. Canes scorers need to get going.

Good 1st period. Philly not afraid to scrap so the Canes gotta stay outta the box. Philly PP could be potent. Staal & Martinook with goals.

Guess no one is on the board this evening.. I'll check in later.

Flyers PP looks really good. Guy whiffed on an open net, otherwise it's 1-1.

Great defensive play early by Chatfield. Very nice goal from Staal in his 1100th game! 1-0 Canes.

Panthers projected lineup Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast Stefan Noesen -- Paul Stastny -- Derek Stepan Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce Dylan Coghlan -- Jalen Chatfield Antti Raanta

Get Pucks On (And Through): In addition to their penalty kill, one area that the Islanders really excelled in Friday was blocking shots. They were credited with 28 over the course of 60 minutes. Tonight the Canes will be tasked with finding more lanes, specifically from the blue line, if they want to have success. 1100 & Some History For Staal: Carolina Captain Jordan Staal will play in his 1100th NHL game tonight. He is set to become just the third member of the 2006 draft class to reach the milestone, joining Phil Kessel and Milan Lucic. This evening will also be the 669th game of Staal's career with the Canes, passing Cam Ward for the fourth-most since the franchise relocated to Raleigh. Shooting Star: Despite being held off the scoresheet in Friday night's defeat, Andrei Svechnikov's seven goals this season remain tied for second league-wide. Only Connor McDavid (8) has more. Strong In The Dot: Paul Stastny started the season playing on the left wing of Staal and Jesper Fast. He's since moved to centering a line that also features Derek Stepan and Stefan Noesen. Since being back in the middle he's won 70.8% of his faceoffs, tops among all NHL centers that have taken at least 20 draws. Give Me That: Defenseman Jaccob Slavin has 13 takeaways through seven games this year, tied for second in the NHL. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, his rookie year, no defenseman in the league has more (492). Injury Report: Defenseman Calvin de Haan (day-to-day) has not played in either of the team's last two games. Forward Ondrej Kase remains out of the lineup and in concussion protocol since October 13. On The Other Side: Under the guidance of new Head Coach John Torterella, Tony DeAngelo and the Philadelphia Flyers have had a hot start to their season. They've allowed just 17 goals in seven games and starting netminder Carter Hart has registered a save percentage of .947 in his five starts. Forward Kevin Hayes leads the group with 10 points in seven contests. Defenseman Ivan Provorov ranks third in the NHL with his 29 blocked shots.

Would love to have a cat, but the wife is allergic and our 2 dogs would have a difficult adjustment. Beautiful markings on yours.

Congrats on your new adventure! I'll give this a watch today, as the lawyer in me loves this kind of stuff.