MattPie

You got me, I thought Manning was next. Although, bolded: making the playoffs once in 6 years *would* be a hot hand for Buffalo.

Remind me again who Denver brought in to replace him? I can't think of his name, but he couldn't possibly have anything to do with Denver's current winning ways, right?

People are taking this Carrion thing too seriously. Oh, *that* CHL.

That's kooo-ba, not Cue-ba, silly!

Torture bad, Cuba not evil.

Mine the harbor.

I made Oatmeal Scotchies over the weekend too, they're my wife's favorite so I earned myself some points. I was hoping to make more this year with the new mixer I got as an early gift, but life is getting in the way. I'm still hoping to make some shortbread and if I get time, more mexican/italian wedding cakes. That's offensive, mostly because I now want one too. It'll have to wait though, I have a ton of carnitas that I made awhile back defrosting in the fridge which I have to eat up before I go to Buffalo.

I watched the first season on Netflix, and I burnt out on it pretty quickly, but it's not really my genre. By the end of the season, I'd get up in the middle of the show and make food in the kitchen, check web/email/IM, etc. I haven't kicked on the the second season, I'll probably just binge through that while I work from home at some point.

Just smoke two non-Cuban at 1/3 the price each. :)

So from the sounds of it, the "kids" don't care as much about Castro as being able to visit their ancestral home and whatnot. That's probably fair, friends of my parents were weirded out that I went to Cambodia for a couple days but it didn't really phase me since I wasn't alive during the Vietnam War.

We already have a reasonably solid second line, we don't need another. :) Luke Adam!

They should really make the backup GTs take a run at it. If you've gone 18 rounds, why not?

Come on, d4rk, they're right on this one.

A center that would likely be at least a 2nd line player to start. ideally someone that could push Girgensons down to the third line assuming Reinhart or this years pick is the #1 center. The Sabres are just now getting to the point (as others have pointed out) where center isn't a liability for the team, let's not mess that up.

"Talent Analysis D’Amigo is a strong, powerful forward who can motor at both ends of the ice. He has a tireless work-ethic and leaves everything on the ice but has not yet produced at a level matching his energy and competitiveness. He’s a proven defensive player and provides offense in a supporting role. D'Amigo is a valuable player at the AHL level and has performed well in a lower line role when called-up. Whether he has the skill to stay in an NHL lineup on a permanent basis is not yet known. " http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/jerry_damigo/ Youtube has one goal and him being the recipient of two headshots.

He was so mad he demanded a trade.

I think it's time for MattPie's Second Trade theorm: the more pieces you need to add to a trade idea to make it look balanced, the less likely it's going to happen. If Edmonton sees Hall (for example) as their 3rd best player (for example), they're not going to take 3-4 of Buffalo's 7-12th best players and some picks in trade. They're going to be looking at Buffalo's top few players and start from there with one or maybe two add-ons. In this case, they'd be looking at Risto, Zadorov, or maybe Grigs. EDIT: In short, ss the differential of the number of pieces in a trade proposal increases, the probability of that trade happening decreases.

NOOO! Luke didn't use enough force, I guess.

Tonight, really. :)

Hmm, you might be right' I thought I saw facial hair the at first glance but I think I'm wrong. I'm not sure if that's an indictment of my vision or the style of Buffalo Gals.

If they're anything like motorcycle clubs (the friendly, non-SOA types), then yes. The few women there are generally "with" one of the guys. There's probably a handful of women that are genuinely interested that attend. They're revered as "most awesome chicks on the planet" by the sausages. (Is any of this sounding familiar?)

Old guy with fro: "I'm Rip Freaking Taylor, and I couldn't get seats in the first row. At least the guy in front of me didn't show up."

As much as it's nice to see the Sabres being tough, if a Boston player picked a fight after a clean hit we'd be asking why players have to defend themselves for playing hockey.

Wait, JJ (unless I'm mixing you up), aren't you rooting for the Sabres to be the best they can be this year? Why would you take a few months off when you got what you wanted?

I was thinking about this as an epic-level long-term group bet between the tanks and the jets (er, anti-tanks). Tanks bet wings and beer that the teams that get McDavid or Eichel win the cup before the Sabres do, the anti-tanks bet the Sabres win first. Meet up somewhere, and the losing side splits the bill. Bet is null if Sabres get one or the other.