MattPie

Mette is just so adorable.

Two music related awesome events: I bought all the CDs from Asteroids Galaxy Tour. It's been in my head for months, and Pandora/Google/etc. songs here and there just wouldn't cut it. For those questioning CDs, used CDs via Amazon cost less than buying digital copies and I can import into new formats in the future if I need to. I picked up three for <$25. The CDs, BTW, were pristine. I think a lot of people buy, rip, and resell. Need to rip a few CDs finally motivated me to really come to terms with my CDs. I never systematically imported them, so they've languished in my basement and MP3s here and there on various drives. I'm doing them all again with an eye to probably get rid of many that I won't really need in the future. My process has been to use iTunes AAC at 160 kbit (I've deluded myself to thinking I need "better" quality than most people even though I don't have the ears or hifi equipment to hear the difference) set to automatically import whenever a CD is inserted. Google Play Music is "watching" my iTunes folder so any new music that shows up get automatically uploaded to Google Play. From there, my phone and computer have all my music. It's bringing back a ton of nostalgia and love for me.

I don't remember many thinking ROR wasn't good, just that Girgs was going to be as good (erm) and there was no guarantee he was going to stay. I was wrong on both of those accounts.

No kidding. That was a Briere - Grattan level fleecing, except this time everyone knew how good ROR is.

The Sabres lost two D this offseason (Kulikov and Franson), and have picked up two (Anitpin and Beaulieu), Fedun was the lesser half of F-troop (Falk and Fedun, injury call-ups), and signed to a two-way contract. This screams "top-pair AHL / competent enough fill-in for bottom pair". I don't have a hard time believing that Fedun is that much worse than most teams' #9 on the depth chart; the problem last season was he wasn't that much worse than the #4-6 guys.

Even so, I really can't see Ennis below 16 or so. He needs to be up near 8-10 to be worthwhile on the team.

Undoubtedly, dude has been laying off the borscht lately.. Trump is really the best at pull ups. He can do the most of anyone he's ever heard of. When people talk about pull-ups, his name always comes up. He's also mad that the media took a picture of him doing them but didn't edit out Putin lifting his legs. (I'm hoping this is taken lightly as I intend it)

We found out about that for the last renewal, and for taking RosePie's picture. We took hers when she was 6 months or so, so the recommendation was to put a white blanket down and take it from above instead of trying to get a barely able to sit up infant to look in the right direction. We did, and she promptly had a blow out; I think there may be a little poop in the picture itself. :lol: My UB student ID may be one of my best, I'll have to see if I can find it. This one isn't bad either:

Well, that's 1/2 awesome then. :) Man, that's an incredible passport photo; mine is terrible. I attribute this to the subject.

Heh. I bet the current POTUS can't do a pull up either.

It seems in this world of connected media and big scouting budgets that there are many diamonds in the rough. I guess there could be kids that have the talent but for whatever reason fly under the radar in lesser leagues or get sidetracked from the sport somehow (see, "Unnecessary Roughness").

There was an article on EPSN (?) that mentioned the Lidstrom never won it. It suggested reassigning the Hart to be "Awarded to the best center (and sometimes goalie) in the NHL".

Hey man, not cool. I saw this posted by Interstellar Space Sasquatch over on the Canes board. :)

Classsssssic! :)

FWIW: http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/19702615/nhl-vegas-golden-knights-roster-analysis Kulikov doesn't really belong in that paragraph as he may still sign as a UFA. The sample lines have Carrier as 4th line LW. Article also has Methot as possible Captain and a slam dunk, take that as you will.

Based on what other teams were giving up, I'm happy with the result. Seems like those guys would take at least a 2nd if not a 1st to get rid of, and that's too much (other than maybe Bogo, who on the flip side may have the most chance of a rebound).

Still seems high, but I'm not disputing the numbers of course.

WGR has been mentioned for audio. It's also around in Podcast form from the usual places (iTunes, I assume, and other podcast tools).

That seems rather high. 15% of 30 picks in the 6th means four guys per year out of the sixth round play 100 games in the NHL.

I did the same thing when I was a kid.

Indeed. He's also using his own advanced stat, GAAWSV (GAA + Wins / save%) as rationale for keeping Ullmark. #hammymath

I have to think it's #2 for #6 and some other stuff. Still nutty, but not as nutty as #2 alone.

I have been wondering too. I'm not saying Gorges and Bogogo are going to turn it around, but HHDCRGDDB's style of play certainly was a good way to expose some players weaknesses. Bogogo had gaffs but I hope he can make the right decision when it's just to make a 10 foot pass to any of a couple skating forwards. Gorges is in the same boat, although I'm not sure he'll be able to skate well enough to truly attack as a 5-man unit.

Let's flesh it out; the supplemental draft would happen before the Entry draft. Each team can select one player from the imploding team using the same order as the Entry draft (or heck, maybe make it some special lottery to give people something to talk about; each team draws lots but can only move 3 spots up max). That's 30-ish players, and the rest of the imploding team's farm system becomes UFA.

Just by looking at the pretty colors: - One of the Toyotas for LMP1; maybe the tech will end up in a future Sienna, LOL. - Tockwith for LMP2, I love the old Gulf colors. - Uh, I guess the Corvette Racing since I'm historically a Chevy guy