MattPie

It's a numbers game and unpredictability. I don't see where the draft picks are listed, but lets say in the last 20 years, there have been 300 top-15 picks. There have been over 3600 not-top-15 picks. Even if the breakdown is 50/50 (I'd guess that's high for the non-top-15). The NHL draft after the first few is a crap shoot, it really is. It's not like GMs are getting to the 4th round and saying, "hmm, no one picked this guy yet, but we're sure he's going to be in the top-50 some day". It's luck. Good scouting can shift things slightly in your favor, but I just can't believe GM that picks some all star 6th but non-factors in the 2nd thru 5th knew what was going to happen.

It's 500 in Roman numbers. I assume that's a reference to Mercedes SL or GL 500. (;))

I'm pretty sure this is correct. Even more, burning a season of his eligibility on a season that's all but "over" is a poor way to become a good team down the road.

How about the NHL steers into this and puts in some extra skills competitions. They could get the punch-o-meter from Rocky 4. They could adapt a mechanical bull and make the players grapple with it and stay on their skates for 30 seconds. #JohnScottSkills

He's and the Flames are in a pickle. He either needs to say, I was fine and I hit the linesman. Or, I was concussed and didn't know. The former he's in a world of hurt. The latter he and the Flames are in a world of hurt for ignoring the concussion.

Frankly, I haven't read a dud on there yet. I'm surprised I haven't found their complete list and read them all. There's a Shawn Merriman one about the ProBowl that popped up today and it's good too (might be a year or two old though).

Funny, dusty here too.

I don't think anyone was really saying the bump was the interference, it was the stick that lifted up and pushed back Lehner's right pad. I thought the challenge had a shot from that standpoint. The puck went in on that side of Lehner, but I can't remember if it was elevated or not. it's pretty reasonable to say that a stick under a pad would inhibit movement on that side.

John Scott on the All-Star game (cross posted with the romance of hockey thread, since I think it belongs in both). It's a great read and shows to a degree what the NHL was up to: http://theplayerstribune.com/a-guy-like-me/

http://theplayerstribune.com/a-guy-like-me/

You suck. :) other than the appropriate amount of melt, my street still looks like this. The only part that was plowed was the single center lane. The Subaru-shaped spot is after I moved my car and cleaned out my space.

Darien Hatcher is watching hockey somewhere thinking, "I could have been a contender!" DOOOO IIITTTTT! :) Put the game on mute and call (and record) it. Heck, get Josie to do color so you can take a drink here and there. :) Nah, as I think Brad May mentioned, he needs to keep making that play just like in football you need to run the ball to make play action work. Make the opposite side defender and goalie wonder and it'll open up the short side when the goalie starts to move or leave a man open at the far post as the defender tries to stop the move behind the net. I don't think they have Tim Horton's in Nashville, so ROR better get a DD to go to DD.

I'm confused by this: after the first emergency plowing, you mean they came back to clean up the piles of snow that were out in the middle of the street to make it somewhat normal for cars? I'm completely confused by this.

His jib is at far to jaunty of an angle for someone of his position. Harry Neale live tweets shot distances and delay time for all Sabres shots.

Maybe her complaint is a bump. On the head, in the street, etc.

I feel old, it was Mondale and Reagan when I was that age. Mondale lost huge. On a supplies note, apparently people have been sending those guys "supplies" consisting of sex toys. That's some high comedy there. The Purple Hearts people that'll come pick up your old stuff is considered pretty shady too.

I agree. My biggest hope is Jack shows anything approaching Samson's growth from last year to this year. Sure, I'd have loved to see him come out of the gates as the star we all hope he'll be but I'm not sure how realistic that was going to be on this team in today's NHL.

You could always call and ask a store to order a bottle. Even the PA state-run places will at least listen if you have a request. I haven't tried it before, but I talked to one of the people at the store and as long as it isn't crazy they'll order it.

Not really. It took me 4 hours to shovel out my driveway and the street far enough to back my van out so I could shovel under it. This isn't the nice fluffy snow that shows up in Buffalo. I don't know how accurate it is, but my neighbor was talking about 15 lbs per cubic foot; even if we say each shovel is 10 lbs (it felt a lot heavier than that), I probably moved at least a ton of snow yesterday. There was one day a couple years ago that we did get fluffy, Buffalo snow. It thought I died and was living in some idyllic place because it was so easy to shovel. You're clearly tougher than I am; can I come study with you in a Gary Roberts-like scenario? After the plows come, of course, since they haven't yet.

I'm not sure about Philly proper, but my suburb is still a little crazy. Plows came through on my street Saturday morning, but not since. I hear tomorrow morning is the play. There's a foot of pretty heavy, solid snow snow in the center of the street, and it goes up on either side to groin deep at the curb. Drifts are probably 4 ft or more at my house, and after shovelling there's a really big pile in my yard taller than me. ON the bright side, it was sunny and 20s today, I had a few nice beers in the 5 hours I was shovelling (Troegs Blizzard of Hops and Souther Tier 2X Presso), and the neighbors were all hanging out drinking for breaks. For those scoffing at the measurments, that's easy to do in WNY where they have 5X as many plows and 10X the people to drive them. A nearby city had to issue a statement that the crews can't work 24 hours a day and they needed to sleep. It's not like Buffalo where they have two crews for every truck so they can run 24/7. On top of that, the plow that does my street is a 3/4 ton (maybe 1 ton) pickup with a regular, articulated plow on it, just like the guy that does your driveway in Buffalo. Think about how long it takes that guy to do your 100ft driveway, and then figure how long he takes to do the entire street.

I usually get a song stuck in my head when I'm doing some work-work (digging, shovel, moving stuff, etc.). Today is was this. :(

The Chef Connection?

I went back and updated the post after looking up the prices at the PA Liquor web site, you're right the Bulleits are just under $30. Dad's hat is more.

I like Bulleit's bourbon and rye. Dad's Hat is good too, but I think that runs a bit more. The Bulleits come in just under $30 (at the PA Liquor Control Board price), Dad's Hat is closer to $40.

Yep. If Lehner starts putting up consistent dominant numbers like Dom (adjusted for the current NHL), or even good numbers (top-10 in the NHL), he can flop around as much as he likes. As it is, he looked like he was overplaying shots too often and having to scramble back into the net. Maybe I'll go find some Ott'wa games and see if this is rust or his style. FTR, I'm not against the trade, super pro-Johnson or Ullmark, and I hope Lehner works out. I just don't think his performance was great last night.