MattPie

I'm no pro athlete, but holy cow did the first year or two of crappy sleep and tons more responsibility throw me for a loop when my daughter was born. Still is, for that matter.

A song people know so it's not too out there (queued up to 0:43) (I think I suggested this years ago before Let me clear my throat) If I were picking something more off the beaten track...

Let's get to "Erik the Victorious" first.

I suspect you're right, but I don't have the knowledge to go find out if its true.

Can't complain, he has done plenty so far to earn it.

Being a grid, it wouldn't even be hard to use Morse Code to specify a particular move.

Marvin, What? 😉

Why? This woman isn't making herself a target of all the numskulls for funsies. We'll never know entirely what happened, but it's hard to believe there isn't something askew.

Cunning Linguist.

I get where you're at, but at the same time naming newcomers to the Sabres as Captain is also a tradition that hasn't gone well. Two of the players wearing letters aren't likely to be playing for team in five years. There's time for Tuch.

The Coyotes can barely skate in the NHL, never mind run.

The OED defines it as: average isn't necessarily bad.

I'd think braising, and something with a lot of spice.

Yeah, it gets him (I assume) to UFA at 27, that's worth a few-100k as long as there isn't an injury, and even if there is they guy is still set for life if he's smart.

That makes that Tage contract look fairly good, yeah? Centers are usually more costly even with fewer goals.

Statistics are weird (and it's been a long time since I took that class). When I worked for a large cereal concern, 30 samples were enough to predict within a small enough margin that the other 1000s of boxes were correct. The NHL is far more variable than that. 🙂

I think the point here is he feels he's earned a bigger payday already, and the NHL GMs as a whole would probably agree. Someone would offer a fairly large contract to him with term. Robertson could take a team-friendly deal now even with a handshake deal to get paid later, but all it takes is one ugly hit and that money may evaporate.

Was there a reason that window was chosen, like Olafssssson healing or Tuch? Or is it pure cherry-picking.

I think Eichel should probably be a little higher than 35, but who knows. Between Buffalo, injury, and a lackluster return last year there's some recency bias and not exactly showcased before that. He's probably a top-10 C in terms of production if he can stay healthy, and if Vegas doesn't implode he'll be on a team that gets more exposure. That always gets players further up the ladder. Still happy with the trade all things considered.

It'll be interesting to see how this shakes out. There's no way I'd encourage my kid to play a contact sport, but my family is not in a situation where sports may be the only way to a better life. It sets up an ugly dynamic of who ends up playing sports twenty years from now.

Amazing how much adding a whole line worth of decent prospects does.

At the risk of hijacking the thread, the Kraken, who are named after a mythical sea creature, chose a troll for their mascot?

To be honest, if I were in the Dolphins' place last week I'd be checking on Tua every day even if it wasn't listed as a head injury or concussion. Just like when I got sick recently I tested for COVID even though it was negative every time. The only question here is if there's something wrong with the test, Tua has a cheat code, or the Dolphins truly just ignored what they saw.