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:D I bet it's the same machine. I'm pretty sure it has that kind of setup too. I don't usually care about this stuff, but I'm not about to be giving some random company my fingerprint.

We have this place in our building where you can buy random drinks food. You cash out at these little kiosk things, so it's pretty much like the self-cashout systems at any grocery store. This morning I buy something that comes out to 49 cents. I put a dollar in the machine and the damn thing spit out 51 pennies at me.

Well that and people just make stuff up about how our prospects are currently playing.

So this whole discussion comes up as a result of a single win? Neither goalie has done anything to distinguish himself from the other. Lehner's played an extra 100 minutes and has slightly better numbers, but Johnson has that magic number in the win column. I've got a word that describes this situation much better than controversy does. That word is "blah". Right now there's a whole lot of nothing from the position.

If it really is a GI issue, I imagine it's much less embarrassing for the player to call it the flu. No one from any walk in life ever wants to be associated with those symptoms.

He has 3 points in 4 games. I'm not sure how that fits with the "he's tearing it up" idea. Are we factoring in the exhibition game against the canadian university? There's nothing wrong with those early numbers, but they're hardly the stuff of legend. But yes, I realize that he only has 3 points because he wants to have exactly 3 points so far.

The team's record is probably the most telling thing right there. They suck, so he has next to nothing to work with.

It's not given to the best player. They also have the so called intangibles that they factor in. Hell, I can name at least one year where the winner wasn't even the best player on his own team, 2009. It's all subjective obviously, but it's definitely not just a most valuable or most outstanding player award.

Give it time

And don't quote it either. It forces us to actually be able to see the posts.

He had been gone for a few years at that point. His last few teams in Boston were pretty lackluster. He saddled them with a bunch of big money players that bombed. One of his last parting gifts was Carl Crawford (still can't believe LA bailed them out of that one). I'm not sure why I'm digging too much into this as I haven't watched baseball in years now, but living out there, his run there definitely fizzled out in the end. I'm blanking on the name of his replacement, but that guy definitely had to do a ton initially to get that team back up their in 2013.

Well they did win the world series right away with him.

My office is having a scary cubicle decorations contest later this month. Mine is covered with stuff from Buffalo sports teams. I'm a virtual lock to win this thing.

I should have added a ;) . I tried to think of people I was least likely to add to my block list. Our hit and run posting (assumed) leaf fan troll is my new addition.

They should pull a major curve and reveal her as Snoke. She's got the right bloodline for it. I'm sure that idea is completely shot since she's not around anymore though.

My wife has never had a dog in her life and never wanted one. She was at our neighbor's house on friday. They run a vet's office and were fostering a 6 year old labradoodle that a customer had to give up. She absolutely fell in love with the dog, spent the whole time with the dog instead of with the other women who were having a book club meeting. She was absolutely begging me all weekend that we need to get this dog. I reached out to that neighbor yesterday and unfortunately, they're going to keep it since their kids have gotten very attached to it already. I figured that would never be an option since they have two already, but apparently this dog sucks everyone in.

They always beat them just in Buffalo though, right?

I wish there was a single click option on a post to add someone to your ignore list. Something has to be done to stop this Taro T monster.

They need to figure out something very soon because it's going to get ugly fast. Getting booed off the ice in the second home game, the so called kids' day, is a sign of serious trouble. And the thing is, short of a trade, there is no reinforcement coming anytime soon. The kids need to be exposed to winning in the AHL. There's no way they're going to be subjected to what's currently going on with the big club. I'll give them credit for one thing though, at least they convince me pretty early in the game not to waste my time watching the rest of it.

It's a hell of a lot easier to establish yourself as a character guy over 4 years. They lean towards the guy who stuck with it and stayed in college a few more years.

And far too often, the elite leave before they would have truly had a shot at the award. Even with the level of talent these kids have, it's tough for an 18 year old to out class a 22 or 23 year old. There's also a character aspect that the voters like to factor in on the selections. That right away typically biases them towards the upperclassmen.

We put too much weight into the right hand/left hand thing. If a vet like Gorges starts the season in the press box behind a journeyman, it tells you a lot about where he fits with the team.

And either way, he’s restricted after the year

I'll be very curious if they try to find a way to free themselves from Gorges if/when everyone is healthy. Tennyson getting the start over him is very telling. Only of those two will need to be passed through waivers. With Chicago signing Franson, you never can tell what other teams might do. I could see the team trying to gauge interest in Gorges that way.

People can rant about Lehner all they want, but it doesn't matter what he does if the team doesn't score a single goal in the shootout. At the end of the day though, I'd still much rather see them lose in the shootout instead of in regulation. Those points count for something. The key to this entire season is going to be what happens during regulation, not overtime. The only way they're going to take that next step is if they start winning more and never letting it get to the point of free hockey.