MattPie

Alternate caption of the picture in the video preview: Parallel Universe Ryan Miller and Danny Briere Band. Am I the only one that sees that? I'm envisioning Bisbee, AZ, if anyone has been there.

Nothing in the article about grassy scrubland or anyone named "Heath". I'm disappointed.

I agree, that's what most of us want too. I'm just not sure the economics work out that you're not going to end up paying $300 in subscriptions.

Note on playoffs: Youtube TV signed up NBC, so it looks like for $35 month (no commitment), you should be able to get NBC and its hench-networks and see the majority of the playoffs. I'd guess NHL Network won't be on there so games there may be tricky. On VPNs: the NHL wrote some language into the agreement that using a VPN for NHLtv could result in loss of service and a $400(?) cancellation fee. I'm not sure if they enforce that; I'd be inclined to take my chances.

I'd love if this came to pass. It won't unless the entire cable/satellite business model implodes. NBC and Rogers alone are paying the NHL $240M per year for broadcast rights. I have a hard time believe there are enough people that are going to seek out the NHL online that advertisers are going to trip over themselves to pay for "air" time. Just doing the math, $240M means you need nearly 5 million people to shell out $50 each per year. That's a lot. Only two of the six SCF games this year drew more people than that; if there aren't enough people dedicated to watching the finals, I doubt you're going to find enough that are going to shell out. This doesn't even take into account local deals. The largest TV deals are $30-$45M per year, my very-ballpark figures that the 31 teams' local deals bring in at least another $300M.

Best quote, by a friend upon original watching of voyager: "I see a couple Borg implants they missed." Just because.

Cory was much more of a Tampa Bay legend. We picked him up off the scrap heap and then tossed him back next to MAG.

As much as I want to like Zemgus, using him as the bar is only borderline NHL player at this point.

Mine too. The left one not as much after falling on some ice and spraining it a few years ago. Oddly, the other joint on both my thumbs never belt correctly (it barely does). Can I still be human with only semi-opposable thumbs?

I was getting nginx error pages today. Bad gateway, error 502. Since this is the random thread and we're talking numbers, when driving I'll see highway numbers that have some significance in tech and they make me chuckle. My two favorites are PA443 (The HTTP over SSL Highway) and DE404, Highway not found.

My first though above was, "I wonder where you get those ear tags to mark the mouse". Paint's a way better solution. Would you rather fight 100 mouse-sized cats or one cat-sized mouse?

On a related note, Case #6 in our annual ethics training today was essentially, "gigantic, bald, tattooed guy at work gets harassed because he turned in the previous manager for cutting corners. And, he's scary."

That reminds me, I need to get that clean-shaven, wearing a suit, 3/4 turn head shot taken for my email profile picture at work. :)

Mostly agreed, although I bought a semi-matching couch and recliner from Sam's for my first apartment and those did well for a decade. If you were closer, I'd give you my gigantic red couch in the basement since I'm (read: MrsPie) looking to get rid of it. It's the mirror image of this: https://www.raymourflanigan.com/foresthill-2-pc-microfiber-sectional-sofa-294931956.aspx I know d4rk disagrees, but IKEA is a decent option for cheap furniture that'll probably survive a few moves, some of which only requires minimal assembly!

90 points == miss!

My in-depth knowledge in Polish says that's pronounced, "push". :)

The more I think about it, I'm not sure "huge leap" is correct. Pominville replaces Gionta, which is an upgrade but not huge. The new D could be promising, but the loss of Foligno and Ennis means Pouliot and one or two of the Rochester-3 will have to take a step otherwise they could be in the same place for goals, which isn't good. strange as it is to say, the season may hang on depth wingers becoming NHLers and if the new system can really boost everyone's stats.

Paging Mike Richards....

You can call it bias, but he's never played more than 74 games in a season and usually is somewhere in the 60s. That seems like prediction based on past data. 448 games in seven full seasons, 64 per on average. He did play 48 of 48 in the lockout year (which I didn't count in the average).

I now have this vision of Tedislaus Nolanzcz screaming into his phone and holding it up to the players to speak the translation.

I'd think it was one of the Adjunct Captains from last year, but I think that's Gorges and ???, so maybe not. Anyone up for monthly rotating Captains?

Realistically, it's possible he's only been to Buffalo a few times and then only the sad drive down the 33 for an overnight and a game the next day. All he has to go on is the waterfront in winter and Pominville's assurances. I'm sure he'll warm up; I have a tough time thinking Buffalo is worse than Minnesooooohta. Maybe not better, but not worse either.

I kind of wonder if Kane and Pominville would make good wingers for Samson. Pominville skates down the wing and fires the puck at the GT and creates a rebound; Kane either cashes it or passes to the trailing Reinhart who then sauces an incredible pass to one of them or a D coming down into the slot.

I've only interacted with one at a friends' house. It's kinda amusing to be able to say "play some Journey" or "order 18 cases of Preparation H", but otherwise I'm not sure what I'd do with one.