MattPie

Enroth, he was drafted in the 2nd round where Miller was in the 5th.

The horse that in speaking wants to make himself good. I'm not going to defend Hodgson, but a GM that traded away a player (CH) for a player (ZK) that isn't living up to what the Canucks hoped (5G, 9P, 29 games played this year, I can only assume that's not what they expected) isn't going to say (to the media at least), "Man, I boned that one. I wish I had CH back; ZK isn't getting it done."

My wife is pretty awesome: we decided a couple years ago to celebrate Valentines Day on February 21st, so I don't have to spend $50 on roses or fight the crowds at restaurants.

EH, Binghamton is like a small Buffalo (of 4 years ago, not the current kinda-rebuilding version). It's fine if you have friends that like to drink at neighborhood bars. And you're close to a lot of good hiking and camping. Outside of that, you're looking at driving to Syracuse (1 hour) Ithaca 45 minutes away (which I didn't take enough advantage of), or, NYC is 3 hours away. I liked it well enough, I was sad to get transferred out, but in hindsight I'd consider moving back but not before moving to Buffalo.

This doesn't seem that hard. Points remaing: PR = (82 - Games Played) * 2 Max Possible Points: MPP = current points + PR <--- losing out Remaing Points to Clinch: RPTC = (leader MPP - #2 MPP) ... umm... Maybe this is a little harder. :) Maybe a simple "points behind" like "games behind" in baseball makes sense?

Anywhere outside the Vancouver media/forums? I don't pay attention to league-wide news (or frankly, Buffalo news other than what I read here) so I'm really asking. I've just seen hometown news being more hopeful than objective (Hi, Toronto!).

Dude, Rudy has totally shown he could be a 4th line grinder. :) It'll be interesting to see in three years, but realistically fans of good players always want to believe they'll choose home-town over other considerations. Buffalonians were all over P. Kane until he signed that giant deal last summer (?) and were frothing at the mouth when it turned out Callahan was going to be traded from the Rangers last year. It could happen, but I think agents are always in a player's ear saying "big contract" or "put yourself in the best place for the next big contract". Perhaps Vancouver will be the right fit or Kane has a stronger than what seems normal drive to play there, but I wouldn't count on it, especially if Buffalo is turning/turned around by then.

I think, from an evolutionary standpoint, we've evolved to trust people that look like us. On a more recent note, there's a study that suggests there's a pattern in the genetic code for the people we end up friends with and partnered with. http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/16028/20140715/dna-finds-similarities-between-friends-study.htm None of that excuses racism, though, that's just upbringing or a conscious choice. If not overt, I'd guess it's more subtle. Along the lines of not as many people would have issues with the "stacks of cash" picture if it were a white guy.

I agree. I could see buffalo, the crossed swords (but not both, that's a little too on the nose), or chicken wings. If not a Buffalo-themed, I love houndstooth.

Atari 800xl REPRESENT! (although we had a 400 before that; I still have the 800xl (and maybe the 400) in my basement) I burnt out on games in my early 20s, after turning my desire to play Doom multiplayer (and building a LAN to do it (kids: this was before you could buy switches at a reasonable cost)) into a career in IT. Also, I think beer had something to do with it.

A Red Wing with his number retired in Buffalo. It's so confusing, I don't know how to process these feelings! :)

I was trying to remember who was all-in on Enroth...

Twitter reporting that Steve Heinze is furious that his number isn't retired league-wide.

And, it's a go for setting expectations higher than reasonable. Apparently the radio folks were talking about 40 goals today. (not picking on you, dudacek, just trying to head this off at the pass) I'll put this in bold. And caps: PATRICK Kane didn't score 30 last year. We should be hoping that he'll be top-10 in goals for LW (#9 last year scored 30 exactly), but if he doesn't net 30 he's not a bust. K? #28-30 at LW scored 19 goals each. 40 goals puts him ahead of everyone not named Ovechkin. Let's not go crazy when he puts up 25 on a mediocre team.

I can understand that. I've heard fashion is behind in the great white North, but I had no idea 1963 would look modern to you guys up there. :)

I saw it long ago, I think even before there was youtube. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9z6AH-eIB0

One of these things, is not like the other one...

I think people are worried about his on-ice slackitude. All will be well if he just didn't like the Jets for some reason. The big problem starts if he finds something to not like about the Sabres and pulls the same . If he does, the Sabres have a two-time slacker and will get significantly less for a trade since GMs will be starting to wise up to his discontent. Good idea, I'll start rooting for the Flyers. Wait...

Man, saving my #ArmiaOne #ArmiaTwo jokes in GDTs for Joel's Goals seems silly now.

1156. Maybe Stafford will Moulson in the off-season!

I assume 11 will chime in when he's done doing his happy dance. Seems like a little more than what I'd have given up, but we'll see. It's a big gamble almost solely based on if Kane hated the team in Winnipeg or hates being on a team.

I forget where, but it's within the first 8-9 minutes.

I considered it too. I do wear watches from time to time, and the ring bothered me for awhile but I got used to it. It helps that I'm not "worried" about it, it's Tungsten Carbide and cost $18 on Amazon. It does seem to be un-scratchable and I haven't chipped it yet even working on cars, around the house, and knocking it against stuff at work. If I do, I'll just buy another. Maybe this (I can get away with it, I never need to attract a woman again :)): http://www.amazon.com/Kstyle-Jewelry-Tungsten-Black-Gold/dp/B00QISBTWG/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1423664430&sr=8-13&keywords=tungsten+lord+of+the+rings I never equated the two, my Dad never wore his ring; he worked at the Big-G downtown and saw too many lost fingers when rings got trapped in machinery. But my wife was adamant that I would wear a ring. I resisted it, but in the end I got used to it.

Better question: which is Rammer and which is Ramsie, even if Ramsie sounds the same as their real name!