That Aud Smell

To borrow a phrase: "What's he done?"

Does Cam Neely count? I think his title is just "president," but it's pretty clearly coming from the hockey side of things. And those teams have been pretty damn good for a while.

I used to be skeptical of McDermott’s focus on getting faith-based warriors. Not so much anymore. If combined with cohesive and accurate talent evaluations, it can be a value-added element to a successful team. Also, this clip of Brady is really something else. https://mobile.twitter.com/yardsperpass/status/991109123080118272

Is true. It wasn't necessarily a non-apt parallel for the point he was trying to make. But it was ... a curious one.

Yeah. I reckon he's just a galoot. A walking malaprop.

Gotcha. Is there artificiality or some sort of faulty reasoning in saying that the odds were such-and-such at the pulling of the 4th number? Or is that, in truth, what the odds had become at that point? Do the original odds remain applicable in some way, up until the final number is drawn? GTFO. You're joking.

What are the mechanics of the draw, as you understand it.

Interesting.

Ahh, so. Okay. DAMN! This makes me enjoy the gift that much more. Also: Thank you. This is also super helpful. The bolded still boggles my mind. It would help to know the precise mechanics of how these numbers were drawn. Makes me feel great.

Appreciate the effort. I am still lost.

Was it elsewhere reported that the Bills had Allen as their top player? I would be skeptical about Mayfield and the Bills.

I 100% do not understand how the odds work.

Nice.

He's a better prospect than Eichel was. Holy sh1t.

This kid - Lindsey Jordan - is around the age of my oldest kid, and it was the latter who introduced me to the former. She records as Snail Mail (no idea why). I enjoyed her sound from the get-go -- and now she's looking to break through with a goofy hockey-themed music video. Go get it, kid.

Psshhh. I can’t always avoid retweets and such. It’s like blocking someone here, but others quote them. Even based on that chinless derp’s “high” standards, it was remarkable trollogy I guess? It is beyond asinine to suggest, as he clearly did, that “losing the right way” paved a path toward the #1 pick.

Harrington tweeted to that effect - sincerely said that the Sabres winning the lottery after a season where they stunk but had wanted to be good was karmic proof that tanking is bad. I can’t even.

As modified: Done!

motherfunkster, data do a lotta stuff. but it don't paint.

These are not apple:apple comparisons, IMO. Weird as that may seem.

Strong work here. Not just a visual creative, evidently.

I said it was folly. You heard me. Thinking more on it, I see the point about how surrendering two seconds, especially in this particular draft, could be seen as being as bad or worse as giving up a single first at 22. OTOH, I think the team had it bad for the LB prospect who was still on the board, and the FO wanted to be able to go get him from 22.

you, sir, are on fire.

Nicely turned. Smallish puck moving d-men are the new norm.