MattPie

Thanks, I was getting to that. 10 goals and 9 assists better be bringing something else (two-way, PK, grit, etc.) to the table, and I can't imagine Armia bringing much of any of those.

Ooops, forgot to include that part. The original email I got it in was titled, "too funny". Yeah, the experience is stupid. That being said, if it were full time (with benefits) and paid right, I'd have considered it as part of a strategy to get back to WNY.

Awesome, tax breaks. In other words, the taxpayers (read: people that don't make enough to get sweetheart deals on taxes) pay in the end since the county budget needs money from somewhere. Do the math: Even if Erie County "only" puts in $100M, that's $50 (ish) for every man, woman, and child in Erie County. Do you honestly believe every single person in the county is going to see $50 of new income and/or enjoyment out of the deal to offset their increased taxes?

Anyone looking for a job in WNY that involves a lot of walking? I know nothing about this other than what's on the page Someone sent it to me due to the WNY connection: http://jobs.leidos.com/ShowJob/Id/1288897/Field-Engineer/

I was thinking about the Winnipeg trade the other day when Joel Armia came up. I think it's getting better for Buffalo as time goes on. Stafford walked, Armia is a non-factor as far as I can tell, and Le-mew didn't light up the AHL last year; it's too early to tell what the pick (Roslvic (SP)) is going to do. So Myers is the only piece right now that's an NHL player for Winnipeg. Kasdorf appears to be a non-factor, so Kane and Bogo. Whatever Bogo loses out to Myers on, I have to think Kane makes up for, even if he ends up traded this season.

That's what, three points for Eichel on the night? It's preseason, of course.

I really dig this tile.

"I bet you didn't know that the 2017 Ford Escort gets an overall 5-star rating from the NHTSA, did you? It's a seriously great car." You're right, wildcard, it *is* fun talking up 5-star escorts.

I'm that's a sick burn calling Gorges Bogo. Or maybe you're calling Bogo Gorges. Either way, nice! :)

Arcane weirdness of broadcast and cable rights contracts would be my guess. Or, NHL feels it isn't worth the effort.

Yep, as I get older anything in the last 10 years seems recent.

Uh huh. The trouble ticket is telling me a dog ate the server.

Ha, "Dough Marrone".

Didn't he whine about Buffalo recently? He's already there.

Housely probably wants to keep realistic 3rd and 4th lines together, and put a body on second line so Pominville/Reinhart/etc. can slot in without disrupting anything else. It makes sense that you wouldn't put a small scoring forward down at the bottom.

This sounds remarkably like the last few days for me. I get through the howto to get the basic stuff working, and then when you ask, "how do a authorize users based on what group they're in?" you get answers like membership_filter = "(|(member=%{control:Ldap-UserDn})(memberUid=%{%{Stripped-User-Name}:-%{User-Name}}))" and no directions on how to define how groups are listed and what attributes they map to. WTF. All I can say is keep going and it'll get easier, that's what I keep telling myself. Unfortunately, this is already late for me.

I'm struggling with two things you've posted: - I don't think anyone thinks Kane is an elite winger. You can argue he's a valuable piece, however. - $6M+ isn't elite winger money, right? I can't run down the numbers right now, but there have to be a pile of guys that make more than that and score 20-30 goals per season.

I agree. I saw tons of Sabres sweaters in Carolina back in 2006, but the only one that stuck out was a home-white Ruuttu.

I've had a person grew up in the Hudson Valley ask me how far Buffalo was and was shocked at the answer. At least in PA I can say, "Buffalo's as far west as Pittsburgh but 3 hours north."

Sick jersey bro: http://sickjerseybro.blogspot.com/ If anyone is looking for a deal, there's this: http://shop.nhl.com/Buffalo_Sabres_Jerseys/Mens_Buffalo_Sabres_Ville_Leino_Reebok_Navy_Blue_Home_Premier_Jersey

Let's analyze. Players can't cross the blue line until the puck hits center. This isn't that different than a standard dump-in today as shooting the puck in from the wrong side of center is icing. The thing would be a player skating around in the opponent neutral zone while others could enter the zone. it does give the offense more ice to work with, but is it that so different than what's going on today? The D follows the attacking players with attackers+1 players, and let the attacking players in the neutral zone enjoy a +1 odd man advantage in non-scoring ice. The attacking team then either skates the puck in, or makes a longer pass than now. At this point things return to normal, assuming the players have to vacate the zone when the puck comes to the blue line and out. So, how much does the ability of players to skate around in the opponent neutral zone on the initial rush affect things vs. say, calling holding and obstruction when D reach out and touch opposing forwards now?

PIcked up a 15-pack of Founder's Celebration IPA. Nice, solid IPA and (when on sale, especially) a nice price. It's been around $20 at Wegs before. This one was expensive at $25, but I had a fire going in my yard, no beer, and the brew-thru is the closest place to my house to buy. I think I'll start riding my bicycle to it to balance things out. :)

My guess is there's a bike rental place at Canalside and they rode the 20 yards over to the arena as a joke.

In this case, it's more vinegar-y meat, so I could see it being just good and not great.

I hear Moses can really part the D on the rush. Hey-ooo.