People dress up for Halloween past the age of 22?

Agreed. Just more upset that we couldn't replace him with some better, even potentially lower cost, options that were out there.

He's been a positive-possession driver for five straight years and is a 12.8% career NHL shooter. He was the "prize" of the free agent market for a middle-six guy because he was finally noticed on a Stanley Cup stage after being underrated for years. I'm pissed NYR lost him.

I live in St. Louis now after relocating from Minneapolis and growing up in Utica, NY. People grow up in STL, go to Mizzou, and come back to die here. It's somewhat depressing. A kid I skate with on a weekly basis just moved back from Chicago after five years because he's "looking for a local girl to settle down…

In the words of Ferris Bueller: "...You can't respect someone who kisses your ass. It just doesn't work."

I'm an Upstate NY transplant now in STL (job)... I was a part of that description to a T this spring. Shit. But hey.. wasn't my idea.

Utica area is Upstate, no? Slippery slope discussion, haha.

Not sure what you're watching but that was just a backhand to forehand chop n drop where you just let the puck go dead off your stick...

Oh for sure. If you can skate, no matter what age, any team can find a spot for you doing something.

NYR fan (94 hooked me when I was 4) with a ton of Sabres friends from the region. Plus, NYR/BUF split games in terms of MSG TV blackouts when you get West-Northwest of Utica.

Alright, I'll be the "I play hockey" dick. This a great skating effort topped off with a solid shifty-as-shit finish. With that said, I wouldn't consider this an undressing unless before the red line he managed a takeaway and walked around at least one or two other Czech's. The play through the neutral zone is…

It's 2014 AJ. If I have cash on me it's a minor miracle. People/businesses who don't accept paypal are idiots.

In the days leading up I was saying NYR has a 40% chance of winning this. After the second period ExtraSkater.com was reporting the Fenwick% in the range of 54-46 for NYR. Now, that was at all situations (remember NYR had some PP's and did well on the PK), because at Even's it was 51-49 NYR. When they kept it…

Should McDonagh started going forward? Probably not. Girardi had other options if he didn't lose his footing. With that said he still pulled a cardinal sin on defense: you don't throw a "hope" pass if your partner isn't back with you. While easier said than done, I would've liked to think Girardi, the moment he loses…

Their leading scorer this year was Mats Zuccarello, which is almost impossible to understand.

It's addition by subtraction at this point with him. He's a possession sieve and honestly I don't think he has a place in this series. Play between the whistles just like Games One and Two and NYR will be ok - just like the past two series.

I said it earlier in the first NYR-MTL article of the day: what a load of shit.

What a load of shit.

I was really hoping for "skyhooked" as well, but I think that may be a 2014 development.

Kreider was clocked at 22 mph around the hashmarks, moments before Emelin gives him a decent shot (which was enough to have the stick flex) around the shin area. Not sure what people would've wanted him to do. He could have lost an edge and slid the same way, it's still not intentional.