MattPie

See, the Sabres have been playing 4d chess. The team is so awful, and players that get traded suddenly get better, that everyone is clamoring to trade for our mediocre prospects because it's just the team that's hindering them.

You've been going to the same place your parents went to (or your family switched when Steve moved on and is working at the other pizza joint down the street). That's like 9/10 of the pizzas you buy. You know the number by heart, 655-4646 (and I haven't lived anywhere near WNY in 25+years).

There's no "What's the point?" option. Strange.

Hoping no one gets hurt so the new GM has the full list of assets to bargain with.

Beware Sabres hope on the ides of March.

Is it time for the annual "Wow, the Sabres are showing life in March! Next year is the year!" event already? My, how time flies.

We've been saying that for a decade.

I have a few, but none something I'd call my top-tier fandom. I lived in Philly for a long time, and since there isn't a direct conflict of interest, I was happy when the Philles and Eagles won over the years Don't hate me: in 2001-2002, I was spending a lot of time in Boston for work; I was in town when the Pats won their first and that was pretty cool This was their first SB, so they weren't "the Pats" yet I even stuck around to go to the parade, since it was a block from the hotel

Yep, and mostly dealing in puns (which are awesome, I love puns). Agreed. Leitmotif is a song that evokes the character (or player in this case). This is a nice podcast (and series if you want to learn about classical music) about John Williams' use in Star Wars: https://classicalclassroomshow.com/classical-classroom-episode-4-brett-mitchell-teaches-leitmotif-in-john-williams-star-wars-score/ Yakety Sax makes you think about running around, so stick that on D that runs around in his own zone a lot. Holst's Mars, Bringer of War would be my pick for John Scott, since the song just sounds big and ponderous. Although, if you wanted to stick with the Holst thing, Jupiter would fit too since it's big but also jovial. I'm struggling to not use classical/orchestral music, since I'm not sure you can really do leitmotif with a song that has lyrics and popular music usually does. Plus, Mars is a banger.

Can we go with Yakety Sax for the entire D core?

That's as good as reason as any to watch it! I remember the otherwise forgettable "Broken Arrow" with Nicholas Cage and John Travolta having music whenever Deak (Travolta) was around too. I usually don't notice such things, but at some point the music started playing before Travolta was there and I said to myself, "that's the Deak music" just as he showed up.

Northern Exposure was really good at this too. There were themes for each of the characters (Joel theme, etc.).

We'll get there! Because N years ago it was "great O and bend-don't-break D". Things move in swings. Everyone will be trying to load on D now, and then some team with a great O will win a few and it'll swing back.

Any chance they'll throw on that video from the Darien Lake theater where you're on a rollercoaster and rapids and stuff? If so, I'm in for a Sabres game. Except I can't be bothered to actually watch the game, not worth it.

It's just the next edition in a long series of low points for the Sabres. I look forward see what the next low point entails; trading away the few players that show promise? A heroic run to 10th in the EC that'll "give the team some momentum going into 2025-26"? Multiple players players demanding trades? We'll see!

It does. Interestingly, when I search about this a minute ago it appears that teams are struggling with them this year (around 30% compared to 55% last year), but finding a good list of succeeded vs attempted is surprisingly hard so it's hard to tell. In any case, in the longer term even if 2pt makes sense, when it's just a bit over 50% a string of a few misses and you've given away a field goal. Attempting one in the 3rd quarter wasn't a particular good idea, even more so when the Ravens' season record was apparently 1/4.

There were a ton of Ravens fans yelling about this in comments somewhere. Along with Andrews getting money from the NFL, though, so you have to question how well these people perceive reality.

It does happen occasionally. The Rangers, however, are the only team that registered 0 shots in a game, on Oct 12 1958. They lost 3-0 to the Red Wings.

To be fair, I have no idea who is playing in the NFC, but would be able to name Goff as QB of the Lions. And he's not nearly as highlight-worthy as Allen or Jackson.

This is the math I was looking for. 122-point pace? That'll sure happen, lol. Until it doesn't, it'll always take 93-96 points, lol. Sure it doesn't look like it right now, but a couple teams get hot every year and the points end up in the same place in the end.

No, you're our rando on the internet. 💙

The Sabres/NHL aren't even getting YouTube highlights revenue from me this year for 90% of the games.

I was asked about my accent shortly after moving from Buffalo to Binghamton, lol.

November 14th, I presume?

Nice @Doohicksie! I did my first metric a few weeks ago. It was... an experience, lol. I'd do it again, although probably on a bit less gravel, and not having done a climby ride the night before.