Eleven

That's why I wrote 5.

I had a feeling that the one time I met him, he just was in non-conversational mood.

Yahoo Sports had an article on my phone this morning--I can't find it now--predicting the 5 teams most likely to break their playoff droughts. #1 is the Sabres. but #2 is Ottawa and #3 is Detroit, and I'm wondering just which of Boston, Toronto, Florida, and Tampa they think are going to nosedive, since only 5 teams from the division can get in. Boston is somewhat still Boston even without Bergeron and Kreiji, and I don't see the other three of that group missing.

Luce I: McDonald's, breakfast after Mass. About 1976. Signed an autograph on a McDonald's napkin for me. This was an exercise devised by my father to give me confidence approaching strangers on my own. 'Cause that's smart policy for a five-year-old. Perreault: Numerous times starting in about 1978. Basically, whenever we were late for Mass and had to stand in the back. Yeah, he would say hi and pat me on the head and all that. Good dude. It greatly annoyed my mother that I paid more attention to Perreault than to the altar. Luce II: 2004. Soho. I told him the McDonald's story and bought him a beer. He really seemed to enjoy that I had remembered him. Peters I: The Arena. Around the same time. He was a scratch for a camp scrimmage and my father and I had met up at the scrimmage for lunch and we sat near Peters in the stands. I made fun of Peters's clothing (seriously he was dressed like a pauper) for a guy who had so much money. He was not happy with me. Peters II: Some bar about a month later. He remembered me and started antagonizing me before a mutual friend intervened. Lorentz: A few times, in a few restaurants. Always a nice guy to talk to. Martin, Brennan's Bowery Bar, about a year before he died. I don't know whether he's a conversationalist, but he definitely wasn't that night. Afinogenov and Numminen: Hutch's, April or May 2007. Had a brief conversation about them taking the Isles--or was it Rags--down the next day. Playoff time, though, definitely. Simonick, was it around 2010? NHLHQ, Toronto. I posted about it here at the time. Pegula I: Avant Building bar, the day after he bought the team. My friend wanted a picture with him but was afraid to ask, so I went up to him and said, "Hey, Terry, would you take a picture with my friend?" He looked like he never had had such a request before. And yes he let me take the picture with her. Pegula II / Jeanneret I: They were having dinner at the bar at Chop House, and so were my brother-in-law and I. We didn't chat for too long, only a couple of minutes. Black: A few times. Not my favorite guy, to be honest. Miller: A few times, in a few restaurants and one Walgreens. I never talked to him until the Walgreens, which was about a month before the trade deadline, and I wished him luck. Also Noureen is very cute in public but definitely doesn't wear the "stripper look" from magazine covers when she's out and about. Ray: A few times in a few restaurants, also once at the arena in between periods, and then I sat down next to him in a club last month, and he recognized me, which I thought was pretty cool, and which made my friends wonder how the hell Rob Ray knew my face, which was even funnier. I think that's it.

I'm not sure about your specifics (Murray is a ? to me) but I agree w/ the general sentiment. I'm much more concerned about WR2 than about KR/RB2.

From everything I'm seeing about him today on the larger Internet, this indeed is his legacy.

Oh they've been in soccer for quite a while already.

I was being sarcastic. Jet skiing alone isn't a good idea.

This is why you should always jet ski alone.

Yes, the new rule is a touchback inside the 25 rather than just in the end zone. I enjoy a hot take as much as the next guy.

My bet is that it's twitter again w/i 30 days but I don't really care. I would like to know these people's theories on Dalvin Cook though.

Is the idea that he'd take a discount to join his brother? Or...?

Good, because the last time it had decent hockey coverage, I think I was carrying it. (Exaggeration, but....)

So can we all.

If you're looking for hockey coverage in TBN, just stop. They gave the reins to Lysowski well before he was ready, and Harrington is Harrington. Bill Hoppe is the better local paper guy, and then there are Yerdon, Graham, etc.

What?

There's no way I could succeed at a baseball version. None.

Hey are any of you playing puckdoku? I struggle with it but I think some of you would be very good at it.

I can't decide whether Megan Rapinoe's current haircut more resembles Casey from Mr. Dressup or Corky St. Clair from Waiting for Guffman. Either way, she needs to get a new stylist. But kickass win tonight!

And Schoeny was a month or two younger. Liger was not captain of the Sabres.

Just read the article myself and was going to post a bit of it, but the same bits you posted. The whole thing is just weirdness--but it's Graham's tweets, which isn't sourced journalism, that makes it weird. So Imma ignore those tweets and just see the deal for what has been reported.

Nice call. His wife's name is "Harvest Gionta" which is just weird. I think Schoeny still is the youngest and Eichel never should have been captain anyway. It STILL bothers me that if they had just given that to O'Reilly, the rebuild would have been over forever ago.

Not counting the rotating captains of a couple of seasons in the 2000s and 2010s? With the caveat above, I am guessing Mogilny. Okposo (maybe Smith?) and Schoenfeld are probably the other two.

Jeff Spicoli.

Meh, the club sux. You don't want to be in it.