MattPie

I could have sworn that was after Seinfeld, but maybe that was just when I saw them.

Even if the numbers get there, I'm on board with Skinner not being in the a hall of fame. While very good, I don't think he stands out from other top-line forwards; no one outside Buffalo is having this conversation. I really like the player and his game, but he's not going to get in unless he just lights it up in the playoffs *and* something else. I could see him becoming a Marchand-very-very-lite somehow. Not as dirty, but just sneaky little things that drive the other team nuts while filling the net.

You know, I never really thought about it but if you're drafted you get an NHL ELC even if you never see NHL ice, right? All those two-way deals and AHL contracts are well after that. TIL.

Might actually be more than an AHL deal.

Just found this thread again. The Italian Roast Pork sandwich *is* vastly superior[0] to the cheesesteak; good call above I used to go to an Italian place in Bridgeport (near King of Prussia) that had garlic bread cheesesteaks and three-cheese cheesesteaks; they'd let us combine those and it's amazing Speaking of good sandwiches in Philly, Primo Hoagies is probably my favorite sub shop of all time; the Sharp Italian is amazing: perfect chewy roll, great cold cuts [0] Some years ago, my motorcycle club did a Cheesesteak ride. Format was we picked out six places to try, ride to them, order two sandwiches, and then split them between us (roughly 10-12 people, so it made sense). The leader even had printed rating sheets for each and bolted a cutting board onto his luggage rack. At the last stop (Tony Luke's in South Philly), someone also got an Italian Pork to which I said, "Why haven't we been eating this all day?" I rarely ordered cheesesteak after that.

He certainly did, but he came in with a huge surplus of picks from the DR teardown. Made many picks, traded a bunch of picks too and didn't get much real value back from the picks he traded. Traded away one of the 2017 picks before getting canned.

I kinda agree. Maybe even perennial member of "Best players not in the Hall of Fame" list.

I think I'm lumping draft picks and trading away young guys into the same bucket, really. Although I could ask, how many of XGMJB's picks did XGMTM trade away?

Not really true. Shortly after drafting Eichel, XGMTM went full-throttle into trade away futures for now. He was just terrible at it and found no success. I'm blocking out Botteril's tenure since by then I'd checked out, but I think he tried to work from the draft but didn't see success. Some of the success we're seeing now (because picks becomes players years later) is from what he did, all credit due. But GMKA is not approaching things the same way the last two GMs did.

We need to respect the process, here. But anyone that doesn't want to be here should be gone.

Bold, agreed there. His skating is just so smooth that he's probably not going to slow down as much as the guys that are muscling everything.

First thing I thought of when you started to list these. It's a pretty nice retirement plan for the guy as long as he's smart with the money.

Well, looks like he might be playing it smart and is just retired, lol: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-holzinger-24b1444

Or point out the last time the Sabres and Leafs met in the playoffs, if you like.

This sounds like an offseason topic for a video. "Can Brian Holzinger score on Robin Lehner?" I'm sure Lehner could use the cash.

I kinda what to know, he couldn't score but I could watch him (and Afinogenov) skate past D all day.

Dropped back into this thread after a few days....

It's what we've been trained to do in regards to Buffalo sports!

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Same, really. That's the kind of thing you do if you're going to make a run, but the Jets have shown no ability to do that. I guess they think they can be TB/TB, but I'm not sure Rodgers is *that* good.

There's a band around populated areas where this rings true. There's development suburbs, the 0.5-2 acre suburbs, big lot suburbs (like you're describing), and then after that all bets are off. 🙂

One home, one HOA, it was really a non-issue the 13 years I lived there. Less than $100/mo, just kept up the common area lawns, made people didn't trash the place, and a soccer field over at the end of the development. I consider myself kinda lucky on that part. I don't agree about the "sparsely populated == high pride" though. As soon as you get maybe 10 miles outside Ithaca it's New Yortucky. Yards full of junk and trash every 5-6 houses it seems. Always nervous riding my bike past because those are the AH that have loose dogs and whatnot too.

What about fancy Dijon ketchup?

FWIW, putting any sauce on a wing takes away from the experience, and the heat. Depending on where you are in the Philly suburbs, The Whip Tavern has the best wings (and weck!!) I found in the Philly area, although I haven't been there in a bit. Both were Buffalo-OK, which makes them worlds better than anything else in the area. The manager (when I asked) was from OP. http://www.thewhiptavern.com/ I mean, it works with beer in the US so I can't understand why you'd question it for Ranch vs Blue Cheese. 😉

You can ask questions in good faith, and you can ask questions in bad faith depending on how you word them. I don't think anyone thinks they shouldn't ask questions, just that they grandstand a less and converse more.