MattPie
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I've only been at all close to the USS JFK, which is in Philly. That's only 80% of the bigger Nimitz size ships, but was still amazingly big. You can see it and Lincoln Financial field (Philly Eagles) in this: https://www.google.com/maps/search/philly+naval+yard/@39.8945654,-75.1803881,3071m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
The ship is a little longer but half as wide as a football stadium.
(The Wells Fargo Center (Flyers, etc) is just to the west of Lincoln financial)
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8 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:
When I scuba dive, even with water below 70, I need a wetsuit. Granted, that's deeper water, but at 48 degrees after impact from whatever that height was will induce disorientation within seconds.
It's crazy to see this happen in 2024, all because of a possible glitch. No manual override, like a captains steering wheel?
I guess we wait for the details to come out, at least it appears to be accidental at the moment
The rudder is so huge, it'd require a ton of people to even come close to moving it, and cargo ships don't have a big crew, either, maybe like 20-30 people. I think I heard 100,000 tons, which is the same as the current US aircraft carriers which carry around 5000 crew. It doesn't stop on a dime, either.
It sounds weird with all the Boeing stuff, but if ships were built like planes this may not have happened. There'd be requirements for separate control systems and redundant power for this reason. This was a worst-case scenario, though; it happened at one of few places where the damage is spectacular. Most of the time if the ship lost power like this, it would run aground or be adrift in endless ocean. It was a really unlucky day.
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I'll kinda miss the sneak onside kick.
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I'm going to go with the above. The Sabrepede was ridiculous in a screenshot, but it wasn't as insane as a clip as they players were only there for a second (IIRC). The above is three guys taking themselves out of the play.
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3 hours ago, Thorny said:
Because there is a team pacing for 92, a team pacing for 90, and a team pacing for 88. The chances one doesn’t hit 90 is exceptionally unlikely
89 won’t do it, 9-2 won’t do it. 9-1-1 at minimum and that probably doesn’t do it
it is over
10-0-0 *might*. But even then, it only takes one of those other teams (just one) to win an extra one or two over their season average to scuttle that too. Max points 93.
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7 hours ago, CallawaySabres said:
Losing is not an option tonight. We obviously did not stand a chance against Vancouver so that was the 1 loss we could afford on this
road-tripfor the rest of the season. They put themselves into this position so now it is up to them to get out of it.FTFY.
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2 hours ago, PASabreFan said:
From a friend...
You're assuming every other team plays to its season pace. No one else makes a heroic run toward the playoffs.
Yet the Sabres who have 71 points in 70 games and are 5-4-1 in their last 10 are going to win 10 of 12.
Because those other teams are ass, but we are not.
This team does not deserve the hopium you are offering out the car window.
Oh no, I'm agreeing with PA! 🙂
The cut off will be around 93 or 94 points, just like almost every year. Teams *actually* in the hunt will pull out a couple extra wins in the next few weeks over their season pace because it's do or die. Plus, they'll play a couple teams that sold at the deadline and are just skating out the season. The Sabres max right now is 95 points. Win out and the Sabres *might* make it. No more losses, overtime or otherwise; it's game 7 for the rest of the year.
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13 minutes ago, shrader said:
How about the scenario where Tampa, Detroit, and Buffalo all finish ahead of the 3rd place metro team but one still misses out on the playoffs? That would make for some fun complaints.
I remember for some season the Southeast winner (Washington?) was just barely ahead of the wildcard team, and no other Southeast team made it. Washinton was the 3rd seed, since division winners were seeded first at that point too. Fun times.
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This run is nice. The Sabres max for the season is 97 points. So they can lose maybe one and be relatively safe with 95 points. Lose 2, and it gets dicey with 93. The Caps are pacing for 92 points, and we all know how teams eek out a few extra points at the end of the season when playoffs are on the line.
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2 hours ago, Night Train said:
The salary cap continues to climb, yet it also continues to become more unbalanced.
Heard today that 10 years ago, 1 year FA contracts made up 12% of the deals handed out during Free Agency. Now it''s 54 %. Far fewer players get the big deal.
Maybe OSP is pulling the strings in football failing to get buy-in for his "all contracts are 1 year" in hockey. 🙂
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1 minute ago, mjd1001 said:
Yeah, I really don't see that as negative. Different is different. Could be longer practices, could be different structure. different times. Different drills. When you were part of any coaching staff's practice for a few years, or any organization for as long as he is....I dont' know. I think the people reading that deeply into that line WANT to view it as negative to Granato.
It might be a leap. Normally, if someone said to me, "well, we do things a little differently here" I would assume they think their way is superior.
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2 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
I know people just want to take shots at Granato if that is their/your agenda...but reading that article, can someone point out to me the part of it where he takes shots at Granto's coaching as opposed to just general comments that the team didn't make the playoffs in his tenure here? I don't see it.
It's this sentence. Not hard to read that as negative to Buffalo.
QuoteI think we practice a little differently here.
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The board is ready for the off-season.
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43 minutes ago, Weave said:
I seem to recall a local Sabres reporter mention on the Twitters (a few days ago, maybe) that Quinn is done for the year.
Maybe Adams wanted wiggle room in his statement, and the reporter doesn’t need wiggle room. Maybe it was an educated guess. Maybe he was fed different info than Adams stated.
I'd think some combo of the NHLPA and NHL Cap Hyenas don't want GMs implying that they're going to sit someone who is ready to play. The Sabres are not Vegas, after all.
25 minutes ago, JohnC said:Don Granato was asked on WGR about Quinn. He said that he was still wearing a boot. It's very doubtful that he will be playing this season.
Even more likely they don't want to say "no way" and leave a little room just in case.
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First Name Car.
From the planet Pande, so Pandean.
Peasy, easy.
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Well, now I assume it's Carpa N Dean, an obscure 60s folk duo.
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On 3/10/2024 at 4:53 PM, Night Train said:
So basically we need to win every game and have a drone bomb the opposing arena's ?
I think the Sabres can lose two and still hit 95 points, which would be pretty safe.
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4 hours ago, TageMVP said:
Phil Kessel would still skate circles around you if he was 800 pounds
Well, yes. He's a professional hockey player, you know.
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17 hours ago, GoPuckYourself said:
I know he's past his prime and not much left in the tank but he's always been a soldier for many of the playoff teams, he was a big part of the Penguins back to back cups and put up 36 points in Vegas on the bottom 6. I'm not sure what his attitude is or if he'd even sign here but he wouldn't be a bad pickup imo. His first choice is to go to a playoff team I'm sure but I wouldn't mind him in a Sabres uniform for the rest of the year maybe giving some pointers along the way.
No thanks; do you have any idea what he'd do with ready access to Ted's, Seneca Texas Hosts, and Zweigles?
(I know it's a low-blow, I don't care)
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25 minutes ago, Broken Ankles said:
And Zemgus - who has seen his fair share of support recently wasn't even seriously pursued. Adams said their was interest, but I presume retaining 50% and receiving a 7th round pick isn't real interest. All playoff contenders thought they could get more from their current 4th line role players. If that's not enough to tell you to move on from a player, I'm not sure what is.
Hold on there: NHL All-Star Zemgus certainly bumps the trade value some.
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2 hours ago, ska-T Chitown said:
I saw that one too! The pie (mmmm...pie) chart says that of the 598 players during that time who played 100 or more games, 10.9% came from the 2nd round.
You rang?
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Question for our Canadian residents regarding player salaries and taxes.
in The Aud Club
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The people that have benefited most from society can pay some extra for its upkeep.