MattPie

No matter how careful you are with your password, there's a chance that it'll be compromised in some other way. None the less, I find a good scheme for passwords is to use phrases that are easy to remember and type rather than "substitute 0 for o and whatnot" (hint: the password crackers know that trick and try the words with 0 and o). You can choose your own theme, but an example could be "Buffalo Sabres", so you password would be "Christian Ruutu #21" or "Taro Tsujimoto #0". Complex (with all four character classes), unlikely to be randomly guessed, and longer than most would normally remember (those are 20 characters). Better yet, rotate themes each change (movies, book quotes, famous tank commanders, etc.). Even better yet, intentionally make mistakes so even if someone learns your pattern you might fool them. "Wayne Gretzky #98", for instance.

Not wathcing this game is giving into loser-mentality. When the good times come, fans are going to be divided into two groups: those that had the stomach to watch this ####-show game and those that didn't. Bunch of wusses. ;)

The stars they have aren't playing with anyone around them. It's 4-5 first-line guys and nothing else. You could put Crosby, Toews, Kane, and Gretzky in that situation and they probably wouldn't win.

I miss the "single up the middle".

It's be awesome to see what he can do without all the cheating!

By that standard, having to change the rules to neutralize one player, Rob Ray is in the conversation for best forward in history. ;)

How are you sure he never gave it a thought? Maybe he decided that this would have to work since the franchise couldn't take a couple down years of ticket sales.

1st bold: One might say Taro's a sweet potato. I'm here all week folks. 2nd bold: I'm sure she doesn't hold a candle to you. What the does an 18-year-old have to talk about that would be any interest to a grown up?

To be fair, you could move the drafting back a few years to account for the top-5 pick to contender time frame (I'm thinking of Carolina).

I don't mind Target, but don't go there as much as I used to (Amazon Prime is a god-send when you have a young child). Did they give a reason? Too much cost having to print everything in English and en Francais? :)

Ctrl-Shift-R, for force Reload, usually works too.

You guys remember that's Derek Roy, right?

Last night, roasted Brussels Sprouts, Japonica and Mahogany Rice blend, and home-made Guacamole and store-bought chips. It was "use up stuff night" in Pietown.

Why not limit down to 6, and use some clever play on the original 6 theme? Septic Six, Terrible Six, [insert something way more clever than I can think of] Six.

Um, you guys can report all you want; it doesn't mean anything will be done about it by the mgmt.

It certainly would have been different, but I'm not sure I'd have hitched my wagon to the 2006-7 team in 2007-8 and beyond with the way the league regressed in terms of calling penalties.

This is like a bunch of guys arguing the merits of Ferraris over beer, afterwards they get into their Ford Festivas and drive home. Alone.

Ahem, those aren't even the best Kind bars. http://www.kindsnacks.com/store/types/strong-kind/honey-smoked-bbq-24-bars.html

Haven't there been several baseball and football teams in NYC that have left? I suppose that's different as they always have another.

Carolina was last overall in 2002-3 and bad the next year too. Interestingly, they went from the SCF in 2001-2 to 61 points (last by 8 points) in 2002-3.

It's on Amazon video and Netflix (at least one of those) if other folks haven't seen it yet. Worth the watch.

I was skeptical, but a friend of mine fired up the grill to make wings. They actually turned out pretty good, not quite as crispy as deep fry but better than any other method I've had. After that, it's just sauce and that you can buy or make.

As mentioned up-thread, if the Sabres were to claim him he'd be a cap-hit until 2021, even if he's in the AHL. Rigth now the Sabres have a bunch of room, but if things turn out well we might need that $5M to pay actual players.

I thought the cap hit stay with the trading team in proportion. So if the Sabres trade him away and retain $2M of his salary, they have a $2M cap hit until 2021.

Being discussed in, Around the NHL (I think).