MattPie

Awesome. Did you catch it clean?

It's also questionably illegal to comment on someone's health issues without their consent.

This isn't the most expensive, but awesome: local place had Dogfish World-wide stout 10oz pour for $7 one day. That and one other beer kicked my ass. I think the most expensive per ounce was that same WW Stout at $12 for a 12 oz bottle at Wegmans.

But will Grigorenko be happy? And will he be able to keep up with the traditional defensive responsibilities of a 3rd line center? If this comes to pass, you have to consider trading Grigs for a true 3rd-line center plus something else. This is where coaches and GMs earn the big bucks.

I'll be on the road all Friday evening, so no beer for me. Much sadness. On the bright side, I'll be in Buffalo to see the aftermath of the celebratory riots Saturday morning.

Damn, I should have thought of that. With the crazy t-storm that rolled through, have the town didn't have power (and many still don't) so it would have been nice and dark.

Kinda seems like it, although it might be the team PR group mandating it, too, for those future documentaries showing the pick it helps if the 5-second clip mentions the team.

How about a penalty shot? Or, and I'm not sure it'd work, a penalty 2-on-1.

Heh, this made hockeybuzz: http://www.hockeybuzz.com/boards/thread.php?thread_id=126948&forum_id=1%22

Something like this, I presume:

8. The Buffalo Sabres choo- choo- choose Jack Eichel.

it. I wrote it, Firefox didn't flag it, I even Googled it to make sure (where I missed the extra 'L').

Isn't Grigo still ranked in the top-100 prospects in most places?

No poll? 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 12-20, The entire Hamlet soliquoly. (Also: i can't believe I spelled soliquoly right the first time; while typing this parenthetical I misspelled "beleive" and "rigth")

Hmm, maybe EDM would be a more interesting matchup. :)

Maybe, they tend to close a bit early there (I know, I closed the place down a few times). I think closing time is 1AM here Sunday-Thursday and 2AM Friday aand Saturday.

:blink: I think you can say a lot of things about today's hockey, but being the same as 05-06-07 isn't one of them.

, the place I had lunch today has it on tap and I didn't try it. I wonder if they're still open...

Only if she floats. (Are we trying to get Angry 11 out?)

PA is spinning up right now, I can't wait to see what he writes!

I'll give you that it's not Russians per se. It seems like players that have drafted by a KHL team (who largely are Russian) carry risk as from my reading of the article I posted, the KHL team may not release the player to go back to the CHL. Or is that something specific to Zadarov's case?

So you're saying Zadorov being Russian didn't have any bearing on this? I guess the best question is: how many of these Russian players have been drafted in the KHL, and is the normal case? http://frozenfutures.com/2014/10/20/nikita-zadorov-buffalo-sabres-tough-spot/

Murray WHO! people, names!

How about a glossary of terms? Every sport teams communicate with each other but by necessity it's very terse. hockey has "hard" (I think) to denote to a D that a Forward is right on him when he's going back for the puck. In volleyball your team will call out the opposing teams blocks (1, 2, 1 big, etc) (I gather as a hitter I'm supposed to process that info and change my strategy mid-air; I'm just trying to hit the ball the right direction most of the time). So how about it, are there fairly standard things your teammates will be yelling at you in soccer?

My guess: A commissioner can only do bad or neutral things (in the fans' eyes) for your team. I'll use a Sabres example: if Gary Bettman had come out after Hull scored and said, "that wasn't a goal, Hull's foot was in the crease, get these cameras off the ice; we have more hockey to play". Everyone in Buffalo wouldn't be saying, "wow, GB really hooked us up that time; we owe him."; the response would be, "damn right that wasn't a goal, nice of you to not f' that up".