MattPie

Any big names? Motet? Lettuce?

Driving yourself to the race track in Imola, Italy.

It almost has to be, right? The only forces that don't want Net Neutrality are those that own the networks and maybe the knee-jerk "No government regulation ever!" crowd. The networks don't want it because they can make a ton of money on it (and have the means to "influence" candidates). I understand the anti-regulation crowd's stance, but I feel like the internet, and by extension Information, is too important to go to the highest bidder.

You know someone wants to run the numbers on the ratio of teams played to number of games played.

I think the latter is the largest part. Even with the recent moderate success, the Sabres still aren't a good team. The more time a play is on the ice, generally speaking, the worse his +/- is going to be. Weber's number is surprisingly good, but fewer games helps.

I think Bunghole Bugle is available though.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians every year at PieHut.

It'll be an interesting talking point if (and a big if) the Sabres and Lightning were to meet in the playoffs. "The Lightning won the season series, but that was complete barely a month into the season. The Sabres have been a different team since then, and Tampa shouldn't take them lightly."

Hey, screw Dannepanne. He (she?) never offered to indulge our Swede-curious questions. :)

Pendant Alert: I think I noted earlier in the season that a game listed at EST should have been EDT since it was daylight savings time. Now that we're back on Standard time, the title should be 7:30 PM EST. :ph34r: This will be a radio game for me, as it's broadcast locally. I hope that means RJ, but I don't mind Dan Dunleavy. I was out in the yard for the Vancouver game so I listened to his and Andrew Peters' call and while Peters isn't terrible he needs to get more comfortable in the role, The color analyst for the local team should be (at least nominally) objective. We was good at calling out some Sabres when they weren't playing well (I think Ennis was mentioned for skating too much and not passing), but then he followed informed criticism with half-apologies about criticizing Sabres players. It's OK, Petey, your job is to analyze the play and sometimes that'll be negative towards the Sabres. I have a feeling playing the Lightning for 25% of the games is unsustainable, that number will come back down to earth.

LOL, awesome.

Might as well ask a couple questions: How does the SHL compare to the other European leagues in terms of talent, style of play, etc.? For example, in the Canadian Junior system, the QMJHL tends to be very offense-based and few forwards come out of that league as solid two-way players. The WHL (Western Juniors) tends to be a tougher, more defensive league. When you watch NHL hockey, does the lack of advertising in the circles and on the jerseys seem odd? When I watch clips from Europe it always seems like there's a lot of branding. In contrast, if you watch old NHL clips the all-white boards and mostly blank ice looks odd to me too. Are those pancakes with bacon in them mentioned in the Dragon Tattoo books a real Swedish thing, and do they taste as good as they sound?

I don't disagree, but the Sabres already have Ennis and Gionta (for at least another year), if they end up playing another small-ish player, that's may be one too many.

I got it: James May.

Ugh, I hate the never-ending stat line at the bottom of football games, and by extension most other TV. It you want to see stats, just pick up your phone and look them up. Don't clutter up the screen with it since you won't be able to watch the hockey and keep an eye on the stat line waiting for the stat you’re interested in to come up. Maybe 5-10 years ago it would make sense, but as I can have my phone show me the box score and just about anything else nearly instantly, just no. The shot speed makes some sense since it's not like you're going to go back an look to see "Shot at 10:37 in the 2nd" to see the speed. And player speed during replays or something would be pretty cool.

Was Teppo a coach? Seems like I remember him behind the bench.

The last time I did LOTR was on the way home from Thailand. 12 hour flight, all three movies, and no place to go, match made in Sto'Vo'Kor.

When I was in Thailand a few years ago, I had the game on my phone live at 8AM while getting ready. (Bangkok is 12 hours different, so 8PM EST is 8AM Thailand time)

Cats do, so I don't see why not. I saw Zubaz for sale not long ago, you better get some now in case they do so you have the entire outfit.

On #2: someone I know's parents were pretty religious and strict when she was a kid. She said she'd go into Sunday School and sneak out the back because there were always some ne'er do well guys hanging out back there with the cars and they'd go ride around and drink. Same person ended up at Nardin for awhile and she instantly found the other wild kids to hang out with.

No tank chart this year? :ph34r:

I have a box of TO's in the cabinet here at work. At first, it was to annoy my Eagles fan coworkers, now it's either extreme emergency rations or something to sell on ebay; I haven't decided which.

I think everyone considered Legwand to be a contract dump, but did anyone with Ottawa or Buffalo actually say that? It could well be that everyone looking in from the outside saw Legwand as washed up but GMTM saw a potential leader there. Or it could just be luck, we probably won't ever know.

I was hoping someone would correct me, thanks. I kind-of knew Google translate would be a little close but wrong.

I'll drink to that.