MattPie

Right where we want 'em.

15 games remain, 96 points is the max. 27 in 15 gets to 93. Complete set of records to hit 93 or more: 13-1-1, 14-1-0, 14-0-1, 15-0-0.

That's neat, but it'll be rather sad if G-Knights player #1 only sees a season or two before being an AHL lifer. Or worse, doesn't make the team out of camp. Have other expansion teams had players before their first (rather high) draft pick?

My wishlist is that GMTM and the new head coach are on the same page.

I actually kind of like it. I'll name a character that, if I ever come up with the motivation to create anything. Also, it helps if you say it like "Steve Holt", arms upraised.

I'm not having any more, so you're welcome to use "Torque Ripcord", our selected boy name.

I've heard stories of similar things happening so we didn't tell anyone what we were thinking. We didn't really decide until the day we left the hospital so it wasn't hard to misdirect people. Helen Rose, Rose Helen, or Madeline/Madilyn/etc Rose; Madeline was a top choice but my last name requires spelling so making Rose spell her first name all the time seemed mean.

Tough decision between Flogging Molly's "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" and The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again".

I think that's spelled Bodie, but I'm not sure why we're talking about recent trades in here.

First off: congrats! We ended up naming our daughter Rose Helen, so you're welcome to our second choice, Starshine Bottlerocket (there's a family joke behind that, but it's still an awesome name). Avia is a good name, i like it. I'm not sure if this is your first, but you'll really miss out on some fun if you don't come up with a ridiculous name to tell people just see their faces.

No kidding.

I'm starting to wonder if the Sabres should start leaving the net open for the shootout. It'll mess with the shooters head.

Not enough data. Toronto has scored 30 more goals than Buffalo this season, and is just barely positive for goal diff. Comparing D (or any skater) on raw points between teams is folly. You simply cannot say player A, if transported to team B would keep the same stat line. I'll be so bold to say that Bogo and Kulikov's stat lines be closer to their Toronto counterparts than their current stat lines in Buffalo if they magically switched. Babcock plays a more aggressive game that emphasizes offense from the D. HHDCRGDDB simply does not; D are expected to play safe and make sure there's not odd-man rushes the other way.

Ahem.

I updated to give more options, makes it way more doable!

Last 4: 1-2-1, 3 points of 8, @65 on the season. All possible records to get to exactly 93 points (I think): 12-0-6, 13-1-4, 14-2-2, 15-4-0

I don't watch Toronto much, but is the Sabres D that much worse? Toronto is in a better position than the Sabres and I don't think it's that they have a clearly better team than Buffalo. How is that not on the coach?

Hey, for the first time I don't have to update the title! Yay!

I'm not sure Ray is the best example, but the plugs often need the most coaching so they spent more time with the coaches. They gotta pick up something from that.

Short term? Like this season? Write it off, maybe bring up some kids and eval their progress. Sign a couple promising kids out of college if possible. Kulikov will be fine, whether in Buffalo or someone else. See if he'll go for a 3 x ${something modest} to reprove himself. Bogo would probably be fine in a different system. Hopefully that different system will be in Buffalo by October.

It appears GMTM is OK with Bylsma. I don't know how much low-event hockey I can stand; if HHDCRGDDB is here next October, or someone in the same mold is in his place, I may be taking a step back. It's not worth 2.5 hours of my life to watch.

I'm not saying Cody is the man, but the last thing we need is a guy who blocks a lot of shots. We need a guy that has the puck on his stick and therefore can't block shots because the other team doesn't get a chance to shoot.

HHDCRGDDB. Head Hot Disco Coach Rube Goldberg Devotee Dan Bylsma.

It depends on how you look at it. I don't think it's bad, unless it convinces people things are awesome when it might be a false indicator. In hockey terms, I think it's like +/-. If you have some gaudy +20 or something that's cool, but it doesn't necessarily mean you're better than the guy with a +12. These are the companies on the Dow: http://money.cnn.com/data/dow30/ In theory, these guys could be going like gang-busters with small-medium (and large but not huge) businesses failing at record pace and the Dow would keep going up.

We could actually trade them, though. I believe you can make trades after the deadline, they just won't be eligible for this year's playoffs, which is N/A for both teams in this case.