MattPie

Apparently, Moulson and Gorges have modified NTCs, with varying reports of how many teams they cannot be traded to (12-17 depending on source).

Minimal benefit and a bad look for the team. Having Moulson around as the 13th forward is a lot better look than shipping him to the AHL. Plus, if he somehow finds some game with the new system maybe some team trades a pick for him around the deadline. Side note: didn't some player the Sabres signed in the last several years have a delayed NTC/NMC that started after year X of their deal? Could that be Moulson?

I feel you, just running isn't the sport for me. Misshapen feet and questionable knees just can't take that kind of beating. I do walk here and there and now that my shoulder is feeling OK I'll get back on the bicycle.

My wife and I were doing the Spanish stuff for a couple months (we have Spanish speaking family; trips to Mexico are on the horizon). I didn't get fluent by any means, but I was listening to some podcast and realized I understood the person say, "Would you like some water?" En espaniol. Baby steps. I switched over to learning Japanese more recently and that's a tough one as it goes straight into learning Hiragana and then Katakana and Kanji (the writing systems) so it's learning what sounds the characters make and then trying to remember the words. I feel like if I really kept up with it I'd be at least passable at getting my point across in either, but I've been slacking lately and need to restart both.

I dunno, dying in a ditch 2 miles from home sounds pretty stressful. :) (that's the inevitable conclusion of me trying to run 5 miles)

This is nice, but I still remember 2011. And 2008.

I like this app. It seems to kinda work for me. https://www.duolingo.com/

You forgot "Josie's art is making inroads at UB, "

80 minutes to get to work this morning, when I specifically left early to get to a meeting. Missed the meeting. Bright side: it was a nice day to sit in traffic on backroads with the windows open, and I'm not the guy that lost the wrong-way sedan vs. semi encounter that started the whole thing. RIP.

I do accept that the cut off is mostly arbitrary, but at the same time picks 1-5 are almost always an impact player, where 6-10 are generally going to be NHL players but not necessarily difference makers. I'll put it this way, if you were sitting on pick #3, would you trade it for pick 8 and 9 in the same draft? I don't think most teams do it, and that tells me the relative values of those picks.

Muenster sandwich for lunch with brown horseradish mustard on some seedy bread.

Toronto was bad for several years while the Sabres were trying to be good. They're on like year 4 or 5 of their rebuild. Someone upthread posted about that many of their good players now were top-10 picks. That's why they're ahead. Matthews, Marner, Nylander, and Reilly are all top-5 picks in the last 5 years. The Sabres last 3 are Eichel, Reinhart, and Vanek, and before that Turgeon? The Maple Leafs were bad for years, stock piled talent, and have had a great coach for the last two years. They are at least a year, if not 2 or 3 ahead of the Sabres in rebuild.

And a fan in the stands when he was a player!

Can we change the name of Alamo mode at the end of a game up by one to Roquefort?

AWKWARD

I believe it originates from:

I stopped at Aldi last night to pick up some bread (already had milk and eggs, natch), and ended up with sliced gouda, havarti, and muenster. Smurf you guys for putting this in my head. And smurf you too that I want Five Guys after the burger discussion.

The only league that matters.

You do, but having two really strong centers ahead of you is going to make that a tough row to hoe. But, if Samson ends up being better than Jack or ROR I think we all, even you :), will be ecstatic. Also true! Samson is in either a no-win or no-lose situation depending on how the observer was predisposed to view him!

Insight, thank you!

I agree, but if Samson only matches this year's point total, there's going to be a bunch of people yelling bust. They'll conveniently ignore the drop in ice time and linemate quality.

Erectile Disfunction?

Can or bottle?

I have mistaken Volbeat for Metallica on a number of occasions.