[2015 NHL Playoffs - Round 2]

Dave Mishkin makes my skin crawl. That forced excitement in the form of his screaming nonsense is so over the top imo. Maybe I'm wrong but he's one of the worst in the game. Maybe in sports. I agree Espo is a laugh 

You'll love his call of the Lightning goal with 1.1 seconds left!

[2015 NHL Playoffs - Round 2]

Every hockey fan owes it to him or herself to listen to the Lightning radio crew for one period. The play by play guy, Dave Mishkin, sounds normal enough, until the Lightning score, and then he makes Rick in his prime sound like a church mouse. But the real action is on the color side. Phil Esposito is Druncle Phil, shouting random comments during the play by play. It's hilarious.

[The Next Coach of the Buffalo Sabres]

Comp ticket was taken away. The Sabres needed it. The CBA requires they maximize their revenue.

[Buffalo Bills 2015]

The League won't do anything.  Ethics died. 

But of course no one is going to remember this or be "outraged."

[The Jack Eichel thread.]

I feel like I just watched a monster asteroid barely pass by Earth. Whew.

[The Next Coach of the Buffalo Sabres]

I heart SabreSpace.

[2015 NHL Playoffs - Round 2]

So you guys made me look up that review. Come on, that's the very definition of inconclusive. They need a camera in the crossbar or something.

 

My suspicion, though, is that if the call had been a goal, it would have been overturned. Because NHL.

[What are you eating (or drinking)?]

Beer can chicken is good, but IMO a spatchcocked bird on the grill can't be beat.

That's disgusting!

 

[Things that are AWESOME...]

Great name for a horse.

[The Next Coach of the Buffalo Sabres]

July 1 is new year's day on the NHL calendar.  I'd imagine that anyone under a contract with the organization would have the same expiration date.

Doug Allen too? Wow, I've got to get to work here.

[Buffalo Bills 2015]

Tanking. Now stanking.

[Buffalo Bills 2015]

Chuck Pollock at the Olean Times Herald is probably the dean of Bills writers. He's pretty level headed. When he writes something like this, it gets my attention.

 

http://www.oleantimesherald.com/sports/article_23148eca-f20f-11e4-8b96-9b806d8d9c16.html

[Advice on skating and playing hockey]

haha, well, I played my first rec league game last night, and fortunately didn't get my helmet stuck to anyone's.

 

I had a blast, it was a pretty close game, some of my friends came out to watch me (one was a former employee of the ice rink and wanted to see his old buddies). I notched an assist late in the third period that tied the game 1 - 1, but shortly after my shift we gave up another goal (about 2 minutes left). I think my new team liked what I was doing out there as they threw me out as the 6th attacker when we pulled the goalie. We came close to tying the game up again, but the other team got the puck out of the zone and scored an empty netter with a few seconds left.

 

I'm excited for next week.

Wow. Good for you Jack!

[Name your Derby horse, Sabre style]

Pitchman prior to moving to DC.

Well, yeah, Schoeny. I just don't get the cowboy singing the blues reference.

[Name your Derby horse, Sabre style]

:unsure:

Can I/we get a hint?

[What are you eating (or drinking)?]

Peanut butter on toast!

You are so dead. These people don't eat peanut butter on toast. They grind their own freakin' organic peanuts and slather the result on home-made artisan bread which has been toasted in an ancient Italian brick oven. I suppose you eat jelly too.

[Name your Derby horse, Sabre style]

Opportunity Knox

Outstanding. I feel like this horse and Warpath would stand just a bit taller than the rest.

You are WAAAAAAY overthinking it.

 

:thumbsup:

OHHHHHHHHHHHH.

 

On top of everything else, Malarchuk had herpes?

[Name your Derby horse, Sabre style]

Nope. Wrong on both counts. I know you know who Captain Video references; you'll be mad at yourself when it comes to you.

I know who Captain Video was.

 

Hajt wasn't the Midnight Plowboy?

 

I'm so confused. I know a Sabres mattress reference and a Sabres mattress/singer reference, but where the Cowboy and the Blues fit in, I don't know.

[Name your Derby horse, Sabre style]

Very good on Surprised Bernie. :beer:

 

Didn't think the Cowboy one was that tough. Figured Captain Video or Al Skates Away were tougher.

Everybody knows Darcy was Captain Video.

 

Didn't they call Bill Hajt the Midnight Plowboy? I got nothin' here.

[Name your Derby horse, Sabre style]

Didn't read the entire thread, apologies for any duplicates:

 

Captain Video

 

Cowboy Sings the Mattress Blues

 

17 Leaping

 

Slinky Headlock

 

Dodo's Hero

 

Jean in the Park

 

Puppa Scuppa

 

Sacha's Sombrero

 

Al Skates Away

 

Down Goes the Bat

 

Foggy May

 

Surprised Bernie

 

Thank You Sabres

 

Mrs Hasek

 

Great White Buffalo

 

Bloodshot Eyed Buffalo

 

and stealing 1 from DeLuca: Andro Peters.

You have to identify all of these references in order to become a full Sabre Citizen. I would be two short. Cowboy Sings the Mattress Blues and Surprised Bernie. Is Surprised Bernie a reference to not seeing the puck in the fog?

 

Anyone get the Cowboy one?

[What are you eating (or drinking)?]

I made a rhubarb pie. The rhubarb I planted in the summer of 2012 finally could be fully harvested. I needed about 12 good sized stalks to get five cups for the pie. I've never had good luck with this pie using store-bought rhubarb — it always came out runny even coating the rhubarb with corn starch. But I don't think it was the rhubarb, I think it was impatient, gluttonous me cutting the pie before it was completely cooled. So this time I cooled it over night and had a piece just now for breakfast. Everything was nice and tight and congealed. It looks somewhat gross as this variety doesn't turn pink. It's sort of a MASH 4077 greenish. And pretty tart, but I was shooting for that. I only used a cup of sugar (brown) instead of the cup and a half in the recipe.

[Your Dream Stanley Cup Playoff Run]

Game 5 Sabres 15 Bruins 2

Back on home ice, Babdick employs his trademark coaching strategy: having all of his players scream "Miss!" at the Bruins each time they took a shot.  The two Bruins goals were a result of Ullmark thinking that his teammates were yelling for him to miss the puck.  

I instinctively knew to pull the cup of tea away from lips before reading this. Good thing, it could have been a bad start of the day for the monitor.

 

Also: three course second breakfast!

[Things that are AWESOME...]

A high school student from Rush-Henrietta, where I currently live and pay taxes.  :thumbsup:

I could see you doing this back in the day.

[Things that are AWESOME...]

High school student copies famous pics of presidents.

 

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54707/awesome-high-school-student-dresses-every-president

[Season Ticket Renewals]

As to your last statement, my reading of 49.3.d is that the league & committee can withhold revenue sharing after it determines a team isn't following the plan. It isn't limited to just reducing the revenue sharing by a % age. So, it's true, but TB is seriously playing politician.

I was referring to Ted's statement in 2011, when the old CBA was in effect. The only hammer then was reducing the revenue sharing amount by 75, 60 or 50 percent.