MattPie

I think: if you're drafted out of CHL and refuse to sign with your drafting team in two years, I think you end up back in the draft. Repeat that for another two years, and you can't go back into the draft at 22-ish, so you're UFA? Same effect I guess (UFA at 22-ish) but I don't know if I've heard of it happening. Unless you count Lindros' ultimatum or the Lemiuex in Winnipeg's system that said he'd not sign with Buffalo.

Well, other than not particularly liking the style, no. :)

Things I'm sad I didn't finish on Netflix: - MST3K, both new and old ones - Rogue One again (I did watch it when it showed up a few weeks ago) - Various documentaries

Now that I think of it, the zipper on my jacket stopped working awhile back (it loves to split randomly in the middle). There are still snaps to close the jacket and that's "good enough" for my use; When some water eventually makes it through it just gets the front of my heavy leather jacket wet. That may be less than ideal if my work clothes were underneath. Then again, odds are you're not going to stress-test the jacket at 70+ MPH for hours either. :)

I guess you can either see this as "cleaning out players that don't fit of don't want to be there regardless of the impact this season" if you generous. If not, it's almost looking like "get rid of assets now with an eye towards drafts in the future"; you may recognize this from the Sabres, 2013-15.

I was wondering about that too. If nothing else, it would be a rather large out-of-pocket expense for a college kid as I'm not sure if/how the NCAA would allow reimbursements for travel expenses.

I did that for both DVDs and Bluray, although it's been a really long time since I bought either. FWIW, depending on your computer/tv setup, an externa USBl Bluray drive is nice because you can watch TV the computer/HDMI to the TV, and you can rip DVDs/Bluray to files so you can watch without using the media. We canceled Netflix yesterday, although not necessarily permanently. We figure that all those DVDs/Blurays I just spent time ripping and putting into Plex will serve our modest TV needs for a few months. It does feel kinda weird, kinda like when I cut cable back in 2011. Different though, since youtube and Amazon Prime VIdeo fills most of the gap.

I have a set of Froggs Toggs that I have used on the motorcycle for years (Road Toad model). They have some warts on the bike with water pooling up in my lap, but for walking they'd be awesome. They work at 70+ MPH, so they should handle the weather. Couple them with a waterproof hat and you should be golden. https://www.froggtoggs.com/ (I've seen them at Dick's and maybe Walmart in the past. I have this hat (it was on sale), and it's been good for a few downpours: https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/68383?feat=596-GN1&page=l-l-bean-waterproof-trekking-hat&csp=f

My only guess is worrying less about being "jacked", as the kids call it, and working more on quickness and stamina.

Should I start the lost-point countdown on game 1? :)

I could use one right now, but I hate taking them as the next hour or three of the day is shot.

So A: that is awesome. and B: how would the name plate on the sweater work? R. O'Reilly wouldn't work, nor would using a full name. Middle initial, I guess? O'Reilly ying and OReilly yang? Even more important, how you do hockey nicknames in this case? The mind boggles.

April in Buffalo, it'll be snowing.

Oddly, none of these really conjure up strong associations for me; I have to think about them. Enroth, Steve Christie, Pysyk, Rhett Warrener, and, er, Lydman I guess.

Not particularly ordered: Moxy Fruvous (something like 22 shows! My picture is in the liner notes! drove all over the Northeast to see!) Gogol Bordello Flogging Molly Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (thanks for typing these in so I can cut'n'paste, d4rk!) KMFDM Metallica And One (maybe, I just happen to be listening to them right now, Ich bin der pimmelmann) Asteroids Galaxy Tour (I listen a lot lately) Bouncing Souls Chemical Brothers All Girl Summer Fun Band

That's life here. The strange thing is what I'm working now is probably the best chance I have at doing something that could actually save lives and make a difference (it's related to emergency services communications during a disaster), but I'm completely uninterested in the work. The opposite is often true, I like the nuts and bolts of the work but the system isn't anything I care about.

Years ago, there was a sign on the fridge that read, "The refrigerator will be cleaned March 17, 2007. Anything not labeled will be thrown out" (I'm not sure of the day, but I remember March and the year for some reason). That day came and went with no apparent change. Fast forward one year, sign is still there, fridge is in the same not all that clean state. Feeling a bit churlish, I stuck a post-it over the 7 with "8" scrawled on it as a joke. A couple days later, the entire fridge is empty except for my one unlabeled bottle of Franks. What's strange is they did toss the unlabeled bottle of horseradish I brought in a few days before to go with the Beck on Weck I made for pot-luck.

I dunno, a classic blue with Titanic on it would be pretty awesome.

Years ago, there were tons of frozen dinners in the fridge that had been there forever. I discretely put an X on each, and after a couple months (our food policy was something like 30 days and it gets tossed), I got free lunches for awhile. :devil:

Oooh, C. O'reilly! Brian Perry 1971 Francois Lacombe 1971 Steve Atkinson 1971-1974 Morris Titanic 1975-1976 Fred Stanfield 1975 Alex Tidey 1977 Derek Smith 1978-1982 Randy Cunneyworth 1982 Sean McKenna 1982-1983 Jeff Eatough 1982 Jim Wiemer 1983-1985 Bob Halkidis 1985-1987 Doug Trapp 1987 Kevin Maguire 1988-1990 Bob Corkum 1990 Tony Tanti 1991-1992 Randy Wood 1993-1994 Brian Holzinger 1995-2000 Norm Milley 2002-2004 Tim Connolly 2006-2011 Cody Hodgson 2012-2015 Cal O'Reilly 2016-2017

Agreed. I was watching a clip from last year (from the Eichel thread), saw 21, and thought, "Stafford"?

So in that light, the Bills upgraded WR production, making the team better for 2017. :)

Didn't I read that McDermott was on a list of 4 (?) coaches prepared by the NFL for teams that needed one? It's not like Pegula picked Gus Grimsley from Bishop Timon to be the head coach because he liked the cut of his jib.

The Bills downgraded in WR talent, Full Stop. It remains to be seen whether the Bills downgraded WR production (depends on how healthy Matthews is this season and Watkins would have been).

I'm betting on some incredible new fabric that some people see as blue and gold and other see as black and red. With a crest that features the slug arching over the other logos the team has used.