carpandean

Thanks. Makes sense.

Do you have a source for that? I can't find one and the video first appeared in February 2015. Did his friend really hold onto it for five months before it go leaked?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUDmfdTxLew While I doubt it will happen, I could see losing in that fashion making him want to go back for one more shot at the title, but does that sound like someone who wants to stay in college for three more years?

So ... I shouldn't retire my tank charts yet? ;)

I would guess that 19 is #2 behind 9 as the most popular number for skilled players to pick as the come up.

Would you believe that I just put "tank victory" into Google? 'Cause that's how it happened. If I remember correctly, you just grad the URL from the top and paste it into your post without and code []'s. Here, let's try ... Edit: yup, that's it.

They mentioned on WGR the other day that Paul Hamilton has told them several times that it is in Nolan's contract that he chooses who plays. Nolan wants the best chance to win. Period. No concern for anything else going on around him. Forget that normal teams play their backups in one game of back-to-backs. :wallbash:

There's a lot on this list to agree with, but not beating 3:1 odds against? If that were actually failing (i.e., something that shouldn't happen), then we wouldn't be worried about 29th, since we'd only have to beat 2:1 odds against landing McEichel.

Hope so, because ... how late are bars open in Buffalo, again? They will be open at the time that the Coyotes-Ducks game ends, right? Could get even uglier than it will be in the arena tomorrow if they don't clinch tonight.

Here's as much "fun" as I can imagine: the Sabres fall behind tonight, but come back late to tie the game and force OT. They, then, quickly lose in OT win in a SO, pulling within one point of even with Arizona. Pittsburgh wins tonight, comes in halfheartedly tomorrow and loses badly to the Sabres. Anaheim plays just hard enough to push it to OT and the game ends up going to a SO. The first two shooters on both sides miss. So, around 1am Sunday morning, half of Buffalo and the surrounding regions and fans across the country are still awake. And then .... Oops, did that wrong. Fixed.

All the quotes that I hear are "we don't want to be remember as the 30th place team" or "we want to play spoiler" ... These are two very likely alternatives for tonight: 1) You go all out, balls to the wall on the road where 95% of the fans watching on TV are rooting for you to lose, you win (or get even get a point), you spoil nobody's playoff chances, but rather two teams' fan appreciation days, you come back to an ugly scene tomorrow, in which even if you are trying to play spoiler, everyone will be cheering against you, and if you manage to win that one (or get a point), you will be remembered and hated forever as the team that blew 30th and 2/3 of a chance at a generational talent for your fanbase. Nobody will respect you any more because you managed to squeak out of the cellar on the very last day of a terrible season, especially when the other team seemingly let you do it. 2) You play hard, but not lights out, lose in regulation to a better team on their home ice and their fan appreciation day, you come back tomorrow to play in the loudest, most supportive arena that you have ever been in, whether or not you a trying to play spoiler (but especially if you are), your fan appreciation day ends with cheers regardless of the outcome, and if this season is remembered at all, it won't be for the embarrassment of finishing last (or, again, no more so than finishing 29th on the last day in one of the worst seasons in recent memory), but rather as a happy time in which our future star (most likely, not guarantees) was acquired. Hmmm ... tough call. How's it look from that moral high ground? Note: just to be clear, I expect them to say what they did regardless of how they feel. They (at least some) may be thinking this way, but certainly wouldn't tell the media that. Actions will speak loudly tonight.

I believe that they said last night that the Pens only need one point. If Boston wins their last game in regulation/OT and the Pens pick up one point, then they will be tied in points and ROW, meaning that head-to-head is the tiebreaker. Haven't looked that up for them, but if what I heard is correct, then it must be the Pens'. Edit: just looked it up on the Penguins' schedule and Boston has that tiebreaker. Whoever said one point on the Canucks feed last night was mistaken. Two it is.

Oh, Anders ...

Don't forget the 33.5% chance at the lottery. :cry:

I agree with Mike Schopp's take: getting any points in this game would be the dumbest thing ever.

I don't know about the rest of the state/country, but the suburban schools around Rochester were very good before Common Core (and still are) and the city schools weren't because too many of the kids weren't there (and still aren't). Truancy seems to be the biggest challenge, especially at the higher levels. It doesn't matter what or how you teach if they aren't there to hear it. That's also a big reason why using student performance as a teaching evaluation isn't fair.

We had an idea thread a while back, in which I suggested making the blue line three or four feet wide. Players would be allowed to cross into the blue line at any time and as soon as the puck crosses the outer (neutral-zone side) edge, they could enter the zone (obviously, if it goes back across the outer edge into the neutral zone, then they would have to tag up.) It should make it easier to stay onsides when the player with the puck has to make an extra move around a defenseman.

Can we make a deal ... for tomorrow ... quid pro quo ...

Maybe we should change it to a Canucks thread. Sort of a reverse-psychology type thing.

Nah, it was only a problem for half the teams. Winners score!

I wouldn't count the Yotes out, but I'm certainly not counting on it. Will watch tonight with hope for, but not expectation of, a win.

Arizona wins count as Buffalo losses. We need one Buffalo regulation loss in our last two or one Arizona win in their last two or any combination of two OT/SO losses by either team in the final four.

Actually, the way that you wrote it, it is correct. The darkest part of night will occur (sometime) before dawn. Now, if you had said, "just before dawn," as it often is said, then that would have been factually incorrect.

I would say, without a doubt, that this won't happen. Certainly not with the whole team. Too many guys who might not be here next year to let that get out. Even if it's just ... I doubt it. I would like it to and would like to believe that it could, but unfortunately, no. Now, should it come down to a shootout on Saturday (or even Friday), I would hope that they would do as Rob Ray said and "shoot it into the boards."