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Wow! Is it just not a good time for the economy? Even so, it seems strange that they can't get 19k into an arena... is there some non-obvious alternative to attending the game live?

I had a dream last night that I was the GM of an NHL team, and on Draft Day I was intending to draft a European player named Sven. But he had already done a bunch of photoshoots of himself in a Coyotes uniform prior to the draft, so it was awkward.

Finally committed to Cake at Ommegang Brewery (in Cooperstown)! Friday May 26. Does anyone have any suggestions for attending a show there? It looks like General Admission. Additionally, it looks like I was too late to purchase the additional camping tickets for $15 each. I guess we will probably just drive to a nearby state park and camp there? Oh, also might do Metallica in Denver, they're playing at the Broncos' stadium in June. Also will probably take my gal to Avett Brothers at Red Rocks! (Moving to Colorado next week, but coming back to Rochester for Cake and Tool over Memorial Day weekend.)

Looks like The Eastern Conference Game 1's (Thursday) are the only two that'll overlap in the entire round.

Are we thinking Amerks for Pu next year, then? What are the options?

So many of those are so good!

London Knights eliminated by the Erie Otters in seven games in Round One. Cliff Pu had 2G+5A=7P, with 27 SOG and a -3 in the seven-game series. He also finished the season with 35G+51A=86P, 186SOG and +25 in 63 games during the regular season. Is that good?

Bump again. ANA, PIT, and NSH all have moved on from Round One. CGY, CBJ, and CHI*** have all been eliminated. Six Sabre(s)Spacers had Chicago as their Champ. Only two SS'ers have chosen the first three victors correctly: TrueBlue and "Lukas K". "Lukas K" holds the lead after the bonus for picking PIT's victory in exactly 5 games. *** Apparently it was not a good round for teams hailing from cities beginning with the letter "C". Not looking great for Carolina and Colorado, either.

Link? I didn't realize at the time that Henderson was severely injured(?) during the altercation. Hmm.

We have three leaders after the Ducks completed their sweep of the Flames: 38, Derrico, and "Eric H" were the only ones to predict the Ducks' victory as a sweep. 26 of the other 30 entrants also correctly picked Anaheim. Of note, TrueBlue's SA-CF% had Calgary winning.... womp womp.

Bump - The NCAA is supposed to announce 2019-2022 Frozen Four hosts at 1pm today: https://twitter.com/NCAAIceHockey/status/854325317611261953

"All About Each Individual Poster's Results When Playing With The Lottery Simulator"

They are treating Vegas as if they were the third-worst team this past season, so the Avs and 'nucks have better odds than Vegas does. Since the NHL will draw 1st, 2nd, and 3rd overall in the lottery, the Sabres could end up with #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, or #9. I would look at it this way: The Sabres have a 59.6% chance of drafting 7th or 8th. From wikipedia (hopefully formatting is good with line-wrapping): Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Colorado 18.0% 16.0% 14.1% 52.0% Vancouver 12.1% 11.8% 11.3% 34.0% 30.7% Vegas 10.3% 10.3% 10.1% 11.8% 39.3% 18.1% Arizona 10.3% 10.3% 10.1% 2.1% 22.8% 34.6% 9.7% New Jersey 8.5% 8.7% 8.8% 7.2% 33.0% 28.7% 5.2% Buffalo 7.6% 7.8% 8.0% 14.3% 38.2% 21.4% 2.6% Detroit 6.7% 7.0% 7.2% 23.4% 39.7% 14.8% 1.2% Dallas 5.8% 6.1% 6.4% 33.7% 37.9% 9.5% 0.5% Florida 5.4% 5.7% 6.0% 44.7% 32.7% 5.4% 0.2% Los Angeles 4.5% 4.8% 5.1% 56.5% 26.4% 2.7% 0.1% Carolina 3.2% 3.4% 3.7% 67.8% 20.7% 1.3% <0.1% Winnipeg 2.7% 2.9% 3.2% 76.4% 14.3% 0.5% <0.1% Philadelphia 2.2% 2.4% 2.7% 84.3% 8.3% 0.1% Tampa Bay 1.8% 2.0% 2.2% 91.2% 2.9% NY Islanders 0.9% 1.0% 1.1% 97.0%

Did anyone else see a fan with a white Sabres Hasek jersey, in the front row behind Marc-Andrew Fleury yesterday? Saw him during the celebration of the BJs' first goal, I believe. EichSnipe?

For the record, you can create a spoiler simply by bookending the spoiled text as follows (remove the two *'s): [*spoiler]SPOILED TEXT[/*spoiler] Here's how you'd do it for real (Click 'Reply' to my post to see exact text, but it's just removing the two *'s from the line of text above):