That Aud Smell

One funny thing about Yerdon (or maybe it's more something that's funny about Twitter to an Old like me): After I first started following him, I liked so many of his Tweets that the Twitter algorithm wound up populating my TL with other of his unrelated activity. And it always seemed to be him replying to a Tweet by some attractive young woman -- with whom he was presumably Twitter friends (and/or maybe IRL friends). Anyway -- it made an Old, like me, be like: "Joe. So thirsty." The more I think about it, the more this is really just a reflection of the fact that I am an Old.

Ha - that is a good one. Not heard it before. Who's presenting themselves as an expert? I'm not, just to be clear. I'm presenting myself as a moderately informed fan with no credentials or bona fides to judge hockey talent, who is super excited about a prospect who looks like he's going to be amazing -- maybe, maybe -- some day -- the best d-man the team has ever had.

I'm not so sure. Yerdon would be a good fit.

Speaking of proper country, and yeah it's fairly "roots" as well, this gal has made her way onto my radar in a big way:

Maybe starting off with “Incognito is an incurable a*shole.”

Circa 1970: “Psssshhh. *Beliveau*. Gimme a break! This frog hasn’t even played a day in the league, and neither has the team!”

Thought project: What would Dahlin pooh-poohers have said about the wheel landing on fabled #11 and the Sabres winning the right to select that Quebecois horse who was drawing comparisons to Beliveau?

Fek that guy. (And I just deleted something super nasty about him.)

Wait, wait, wait. Just STOP. Full stop with the Grigorenko parallel. If that’s what’s happening. I’m not sure. That was recent. Attentive fans were intrigued by the possibilities associated with a talented but enigmatic (read: lazy) Russian with a checkered junior career, whose stock fell in the draft. Dahlin is widely, universally, reputed to be a generational prospect on D. Get it right.

Huh? JESUS, guys. JESUS. I’m telling you, man. If you see that kid’s film and don’t feel a bit giddy, I’m just not sure what to say to you. Grigorenko. FFS. p.s. The giddiness is no assurance of NHL success and of Dahlin fulfilling his promise. But so what?!

(is true.)

I missed that until Taro pointed it out. I said a while back that how you're responding to Dahlin as a prospect -- or to those GIFs above, specifically -- is something of a rorschach test. If you see that sort of play and think along the lines of "meh - I'll believe it when I see it in the big show", then that's just how and what you are, as a person. Other reasonable people can watch those highlights and, proverbially, feel it move. And there are probably other levels of reaction, too, distributed on a continuum between the two extremes. I am plotted on a line close to the HFS, can you fooking believe how good this guy looks?! cohort. I can't wait to see the kid play in a Sabres uniform.

yes, based on what I've heard and read.

I am confusion. 2006 ECF?

^ Just saw a RT that secondary markets for game tickets in Washington are falling like a ... well, they're dropping faster than ... . Point being: Caps fans, as a group, are showing themselves to be bandwagoners. Game 6 elimination game is reason and cause to SHOW UP, people. Best Sabres game I ever attended was the 2006 ECF Game 6 in Buffalo.

Not me. I'm not even sure what's going on with that sort of rubbish.

^ excellent analysis.

Yeah. Let's get it back on track! Dahlin GIFs. GO!

That is some grade-A assholery, indeed. (I say that with affection.)

Slept on it, and I'm now even more amazed and astonished at what Las Vegas has accomplished. What a fantastic story. Well, it's a bit apples and oranges, innit? I'm just speaking to the baseline improbability of what both clubs did. I love sports.

I wanted to really like it. And in parts I did like it (I thought the scene at the cafe where he meets Sam was well done). I just thought it fell a little flat. Not so flat that I was like "this guy needs to pack it in - this is awful" -- but flat as in, maybe he needs to bring on another writer to sharpen the material and get it to hang together a bit better. More than anything, that's what I look to in order to get a sense of whether and to what extent a player is valuable. This is about right, and presents us with "the rub." It might also prove tricky to have your 2nd best player be such an emo guy.

I wasn't suggesting that a dad can't be sad to leave his child. The foundation of my suggestion was pragmatic. Predictively speaking, ya need a mom to move to a foreign country, get you settled, get you grounded, think of the one thousand little details that will make a proper life for you, and generally keep you on an even keel. I am sure there are dads out there who could do that. If that were me? Holy moly - lulz. I'd be so well intentioned, and also a mostly unmitigated disaster. My wife (Borat voice), OTOH, could do something like that with such grace and efficiency that she'd leave everyone around her slack-jawed in amazement. Like I said, that's predictive, not determinative.

I've always been more than good with Ducky. Maybe I just don't post/read enough (?).