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  1. Did you watch the game? Even the highlights? Or did you just lob in a criticism?

     

    I just lobbed it in. I didn't watch any of it. I guess I assumed that winning a playoff game with a 1.8 GAA and .929 save percentage was better than losing a deciding playoff game with a 5.0 GAA and .815 save percentage.

     

    My apologies.

     

    Well, we both know that's not the best way to judge how a goalie played, so I'll leave you to it, then.

     

    x shots on goal, x get by, what better way to evaluate a goalie? If you want to make it subjective, then maybe the goalie with the 18th best save percentage this season actually deserves the Vezina more than whoever will end up winning it. There's a place for subjectivity when evaluating goals, sure. A few really aren't the goalie's fault. I think the vast majority are fair game.

     

    You're really just being contrarian and obtuse, and I've never wanted you more.

  2. The members of this board.

     

    Thanks for the kind words and good wishes guys and gals.

     

    Very much appreciate it.

     

    Count me in. Will be hoping for the best outcome possible. Please provide any updates if you feel comfortable doing so. I don't think anyone would mind using the awesome thread for that.

  3. This is the X-factor. A lot depends on if/when the team is sold. If it happens this summer, it's quite possible that a new owner will be willing to swallow additional losses and spend money to improve the team right away. However, for that to be the case, the sale would most likely have to close before the draft, so that trades and FA moves could be made under the new, more generous budget.

     

    If the sale doesn't happen this summer, and Wang still owns the team going into next year, I think there's a high likelihood that they will really stink next year. He's not going to be interested in increasing his annual operating losses, which are already large and going to be much larger with diminished attendance in their last year on LI.

     

    As an imprecise comparable, the Nets were 5th-worst in the NBA in their last year in NJ (only 2 more losses away from being 3rd-worst).

     

    Interesting.

     

    No chance it will be a strong year at the gate, for nostalgic reasons?

     

    Also curious to hear your take on whether the move to Brooklyn will help with that franchise's recruiting problems. Thinking more along the lines of quality of life issues. (Not that a current Isle couldn't easily live in the city.) Not sure what I'm asking — what's up with Brooklyn, yo?

  4. This alone will mean 15-20 points more for the Isles than the Sabres, should Barroway buy them:

     

    “He loves hockey and came across as a very likeable, sincere guy,” said a source who was involved in the Devils discussions. “From what I can tell, he wants to be an owner and just hire the best president, general manager, and sales and marketing executives that he can find. He wants to sit in the owner’s suite, enjoy the hockey, and let everyone do their jobs.”

  5. Islanders will be worse next year than us. Count on it.

     

    :thumbsup:

     

    I dunno. Tavares alone makes that unlikely. And they have some very good prospects who are getting close to being NHL-ready. Strome is already there. If ownership is ready to spend some money pre-Brooklyn, specifically to address their defensive and goaltending issues, they will certainly be far ahead of the Sabres. Still, it's Wang and Snow, so all bets are off.

  6. Just give them a ballpark...

     

    1998-2000 An apartment next to Lincoln Elementary......

     

    2001-2004 Across the street from Chuck E. Cheese

     

    2005-2006 St. Abigail's Rectory

     

    2007-2009 State College of PA campus housing

     

    2010-2014 A van

     

    Well played, sir. Well played.

  7. It's the shorthand single syllabic word for sauerkraut. Starts with a k and ends with raut and was last used as a slur in 1945.

     

    I can't believe the censors get that, but some d-bag upthread can call the lottery "gay" without so much as a single pound sign.

     

    No one ever donned sauerkraut apparel.

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