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To be fair - I don't really think Gus has looked that outta place on "Line 1" either ... At least he finally gave that line some of that magical 'net front presence' they needed.

#Hero.

I get what you are referring to. The link Doohickie posted early was more referring to the tendency to make more of a soft "d" sound to replace the "t" versus the more pronounced and purposeful omittance of the sound altogether, such as "buh-uh" or "kih-in". When I really paid attention to how I was saying it, I did notice that my tongue was not really hitting the back of my teeth, but the "d" sound was coming more from my tongue hitting the roof of my mouth? Hard to explain, lol. But, I in no way fancy myself as any type of "hip" or "cool" person trying to emulate that part of culture. I think, as the article says, it is a more expedient way for a human mouth to make the sound.

That is a pretty good point! I kinda get blinded by the three decimal places, but that third on is really just there for the ride.

I threw this in the Around the NHL thread: Obvi, it does not account for what teams will be giving what levels of effs when you play them, but does not paint a particularly rosy path to 8 for us.

remaining strength of schedule:

I am not great at this stuff (grammar or the non-binary stuff. I fully support a person's right to be referred to as they please, I just struggle to relate since it does not apply to me, so it is not always at the front of my brain) - but they/their are not exclusively plural. The lyric you quoted is, I think, absolutely correct - just not commonly used. Example: "My buddy (Tim or Tara) from work was saying (insert hott goss here). Then, they told me about (something even juicier)" I am relatively sure that is correct. The buddy's name/gender (and thus the their traditional male/female pronoun) is irrelevant. To the bold, I think it sounds weird because growing up we were taught and use he/she, him/her - etc.

She really runs the spectrum for me ... As an entertainer and business person, she absolutely slays. (I think I used that correctly?). As a singer, she does not do it for me. Very middle of the road - which is obviously 1000 levels better than me, but on the radio - it is meh. Songwriter - two or three years ago, I pretty much dismissed her. (Not that she or any of her fans would care) - it felt to me like so many of her songs were just retreads of previous breakup or jilted lover songs. Her latest stuff, however, shows signs of evolving and has a good deal of lyrical interest. To me, at least.

If everyone but Buffalo plays 0.500 points % hockey from here out (not actually that big of a stretch when you look at how inconsistent all these teams have been), the Caps would top out the group at 90 points (for WC2 ... TB seems to be running away with WC1), lowering Buffalo's magic number to 20 instead of 22! Woo! Let's hear it for the mediocrity of the WC teams in the East!

Maybe you and I wouldn't ... but plenty of other people 'round these here parts think differently 😉

Oh, this one only bothers me because I never know which one is correct and from what I remember from googling it and giving up, the rules are complicated: Less vs Fewer I'll see it in a post, make immediate judgements about the poster, then realize I have no clue if it is actually correct, remember what a headache I got last time I tried to figure it out, and decide not to care because I know what the poster is trying to say.

It seems to me that a lot (<--misspelled often alert) of internet spelling and grammatical errors are really just an extension of some of this. It is actually far more effort to properly pronounce "but-ter" than it is to quickly utter "budduh". But, sometimes full pronunciation helps. Similar to online forums, casual texts, emails, and work email ... if the point I wish to make requires some thought, I try to spell out words and make reasonably complete sentences. If it is a quick text on whether or not I am going to do something, "bet" is a very adequate reply. Same with typing here - it is just easier to type "wanna" vs "want to" (honestly, same with speaking). If I am telling one of my shittastic suppliers at work they suck, I would type "I don't want to have to tell you this again ..." Anyway (<-- not "anyways"), I find language and communication styles fascinating, not something to lord (should that be a capital "L"? probs not) over others. If someone can understand your point, you did your job. (Not directed at the chickenhead guy).

So tonight we cheer for the BJs, Hurricanes, and ... NJ? Pitt? Anything but OT? (After being lazy, I looked - I think we cheer for NJ. If they win, they are still 1 pt behind us with same games played. Pitty, with a win, would be same points with a game in hand pending the outcome of our game.)

Holy wow, Ba'man! I tried a few of the words and if you listen closely to yourself and are honest with yourself, you might realize that you are NOT actually making a real "t" sound in "kitten" ... mind. blown. 🤯

lol - you know he's clicking on the "you've been quoted" notice 🤣 No one ever stays away when they say they will.

Anyway, I have a 10pm (central) game myself - so odds are I don't get home in time to see much of the game. I look forward to all the Sabres goal memes from @Doohickie (hopefully none, or at least very few "welp!"s)

Haven't you learned that the Internet does not like nuance? lol. You cannot possibly think Adams did a bad job during the offseason, but also cheer for the team, AND also be willing to say that if they make the playoffs this year, that this year was a success (on at least some level). Preposterous! Heresy! You have said (I think, but go with me here) that Adams botched the goalie sitch this past offseason, so you are not allowed to be happy UPL/6k is doing well this year. This is how it works! /s

To me, little old me, I think there is HUGE gap between you, Mr. Thorns (and those of your general ilk) and those that I find insufferable. Yet, I don't begrudge The Insufferables their natural birthright and civil duty of bitching on the internet. I don't like living in bubbles/silos/echo chambers ... I really like knowing about, and attempting to understand, the point of view of others. I don't personally understand the point of just coming to the forums to constantly bad-mouth the team ... but again, those who chose to do so are free to do so and as long as it is well thought out, I probably read it. (lol, as if they care ...) 🤷‍♀️

It is in my nature to be generally positive. (As a very youngest child, I developed some excellent coping mechanisms which include finding the joy in little things) - but I can see how venting online to a group of people who have a far greater than average appreciation for this particular sports situation may be helpful to some people. In the last game thread I asked about the ignore feature - added a few people who did not add anything of value, to me, to the discussion and am quite happy about it. That said, I am the guy that says "Hey, if the other team hung 5 goals on us in period 1, nothing says we can't hang 5 on them in period 2." I don't say it here, cuz no one wants to hear it, lol. So, until the math says "nay" - I say "yay"!

asking for a friend ... where is the ignore feature again?

So, I did some initial simple math, got sad, and stopped: The Sabres have 15 games remaining; 3 outcomes per game means 3^15 possible scenarios ~=14.3M different W/L/OT combos. In only 46189 of those scenarios does Buffalo earn 24 or more points (93 pts total) ... that is 0.3% By contrast NYI earns at least 21 points in its remaining 17 games a whopping 26.2% of the time. (In a blast back to HS math, did anyone else realize there are 61880 ways for a team to go 12-3-2????? I had to look it up, it is factorials and all that fancy statistics math.) I would not even begin to imagine how to account for the 16 games the 6 teams in contention play against each other ... I am guessing it helps the Sabres somewhat by cutting out swaths of potential scenarios that cannot coexist.

I wanted to do the actual math - or at least run every possible point scenario for games that matter between now and the end and see in how many of those the Sabres make the playoffs ... alas, there are 1.33E+39 possible point scenarios just involving 6 teams 😞 Tomorrow alone has 324 different, 5 games with 3 each (although when any of teams play each other, there are 4) is 3^5. So, there are 82 games of interest, so 3^82 ... and that number is low because it does not do 4 for each head-to-head. I am guessing that either the professional folks use either full brute force and say in 3.2% of those 1.33 duodecillion (new word! how fun!) scenarios, Buffalo squeaks in? *or they have fancy probability models that look at other factors to greatly reduce the computing power needed. Maybe I will try the next two days, lol.

I was a smartass? That is generally all I am and all I do, so I must assume that is what it is 🙂 Edit: I had to look up 'recrimination' cuz I very much doubted myself and shocker I was wrong ... so despite my fear of now recrimination against you ... I don't think I recriminated in my post? I admitted to being lazy and was definitely snarky about a topic I thought the smart folks around here had already put to bed. I throw myself on the mercy of the court!

I legit don't know if I did something wrong here. 🤣😥🤷‍♀️

Too lazy to find one of the "Benson needs to be in the AHL next season" posts - but I thought we established he will still be too young next year (see: Savoie) and it is NHL or juniors for him. Am I misremembering? Do we need a thread with the title "Benson can only play in NHL or juniors next year" to keep it straight? lol