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Kovacevic: Giveaways gift-wrapped with a Buffalo bow

I just ... I mean, six months to rip up the palate, to restate the priorities, to refocus toward a positive future ... and these guys come out and concoct a Game 5 of the Islanders series?

Yeah, best to leave this one to the maestro.

• Me, I'm stuck on the giveaways.

For the record, it isn't easy to be charged with an official giveaway anywhere in the NHL, and it's no different with PPG Paints Arena's official scorer, Phil Spano, and his staff. They religiously follow the standard that a player committing an official giveaway has to be guilty of a wholly unforced error, to borrow the tennis term.