MattPie

That's what I would say. I think that's what Babcock is doing; play the "right" way even if the D is tire fire and we'll see where the chips fall.

I posted this awhile back but it boils down to a few things: - Byslma has changed things that in his mind make it different, but to the observer they look the same. - He wanted to change things, but when met with adversity, he went to his happy place. - He doesn't feel like the team is good enough to play the new system, so he's relying on the old until roster changes happen and he can unleash the Byslmatic 2.0 on unsuspecting NHL clubs. My argument for the third bullet is that's playing scared. Maybe in a playoff series you do that to tailor it to a particular teams' strengths and weaknesses, but you should be playing the ideal system in the regular season to get the players on the right page.

I could see Sam around 20 goals, 45 assists in the right situation. That's nothing to scoff at. He's getting there in year 2 with 17 and 30 this year in what people are calling "bad". He's #116 of 888 in points this season for skaters, #50 in centers. , around guys named Vanek, Pominville, Silvrferburg, Hossa, and Jagr. He's not going to be Jack Flash, but to dismiss him now is silly. I keep Sam, get him to center, and trade the high pick if it comes for a slightly lower or D prospect. I'm not rolling the dice that The next pick will match that.

I don't disagree, but it's not like there aren't UFA goalies milling around in the parking lot of NHL headquarters that LV can sign on July 1st to fill out the last spot or two. I think they have to pick three, I'd be surprised if they pick more unless there are a pile of sure NHL-ready prospects exposed (Ullmark may well be one of those). Like you say, they're going to need NHL skaters before they worry about AHL backup GT.

I assumed it was tail-number which would mean one plane, but it's a shared thing. Other people use it.

If that were the case, they wouldn't divide east and west, just 1-16. The playoff system is strange this year in the East because the divisions are so unbalanced. I'm not sure that's normally the case.

Did I see something the Fleury has to be protected, so Murray in Pitt will be exposed?

Seat belts started showing up on some of our buses in the early 90s, but no one ever wore them.

Memorizing Pi? You can have my digits (as we used to say).

Now you're really talking some Boomer Blasphemy!

No, but it's not a badidea. It reminds me a little of what 3words' solution to global location: https://what3words.com/

You might want to revisit the path Ryan O'Reilly took to get to the Sabres. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/ryan-o-reilly-signs-offer-sheet-flames-mercifully-230122860--nhl.html http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/sabres-gm-defends-ryan-o-reilly-reputation--will-make-him-highest-paid-040149854.html

I'll expand on the seeding (as I understand it): - Top division winner in points gets Wildcard 2 (fewer points) - Other division winner in points get Wildcard 1 (more points) - remaining 4 teams play their division opponent (Atlantic vs Altlantic, Metro vs. Metro)

Kane in Toronto, or was there a more recent one?

I can see it now: NHL June 18th 2019 - The NHL would like to clarify the controversial overtime goal last night in game 7 between the Stars and Sabres. Replays do show that Jamie Benn was a few inches offside while entering the zone on what would become the Finals-deciding goal. The goal was ruled good, however, as per updated NHL policy sent out in a top secret memo on April 1st. That update read, "if a player enters the opposing zone offside, but a suitable amount of time passes between the zone entry and a goal is scored, the goal shall be allowed.". Thank you and we'll all be CUP CRAZY in 2020!

Congrats on post 2000. I think this one runs out of steam at 5900 posts. I've been thinking about Byslma's system. It seems like it'd be pretty easy to defend playing a 1-3-1 defense. Two Sabres D are in the zone around the dots and the three forwards are up in the neutral zone. The defending team can send one forechecker in, play man on man in the neutral zone or line up 3 on the blue line, and have one D back to pick up the chipped in puck. The Sabre forwards generally aren't hitting the line with speed, so the back D can fetch the puck and make a relatively easy pass to get out of the zone. Am I missing something? Randall, can you put together a dozen pics to show I'm right? :)

OK, so let's be serious. Unless something happens in the next few days, we're stuck with you-know-who. So who in the league are the best long-distance passers on D? They don't really need speed, they don't really need to score or activate into the offense; who are the guys that can hit long passes night in, night out? That's the only way that system works.

What was? HHDCRGDDB won a cup in 2009 (by some reports, still running Therrien's system) and only made it to the Conference Finals once since. I just looked it up, Therrien was fired in February that season, so it's really unlikely (in my mind) that HHDCRGDDB implemented The Byslmatica in 25 games (while going 18-3-4). I have little reservation in saying his system is not a proven commodity.

A: that device is pretty awesome. B: I'm selling a competing device. It's one of those paper bags with the eye holes in it, but the holes are in the back.

Can't wait for him to be in Byslma's system where he floats around in the D zone eyeing up which 80 foot pass looks best. Only Jack is allowed to skate with the puck.

(Probably Last Bump) - Leafs took second wildcard spot in the east with 95 points - Dolts and Fishermen missed with 94. - Preds in the West with 94 - Winnipeg (really, really) missed with 87 - Sabres needed 33 points in 22 games, or .750, or a sample record of 15-4-3, to get to 95 (don't care about tiebreakers) - .750 for a season would be 123 points Playoffs? Don't talk to me about Playoffs.

It's in the old K-mart along 17.

Passenger: https://github.com/phusion/passenger

s/KOTTER/LIGER/

They kinda fell out of favor I think (I had one too); I heard awhile back that they're actually bad for butterflies as they don't get enough food from the bush but they're still attracted to it.