MattPie

So you're saying Myers helps keep other players healthy?

It was 10 F outside this morning, it'll probably keep. (my house is halfway between Philly and Harrisburg)

When we learned to hit the translate button. :)

SpndnT, Texas T. Black gold.

It's tough to be sold on a prospect that has an NHL body in Juniors. He'll be decidedly average size in the NHL, will his game translate.

I wonder if Myers size is a negative in terms of fan perception. Stay with me here: fans want him to be some sort of Chara who can actually skate. Would we be as upset if he was exactly the same player but 6'2" and 210 lbs? A puck-moving D that can skate, shows *some* grit here and there and is prone to make mistakes once in awhile. That sounds like a prototype 3/4 D and his contract will be average in a year or two for that role.

Anyone up for "will Eleven hit 20000 posts by end of the first day of free agency?"?

To put it into sharper focus: the Sabres went 10 for 13 during that one stretch (right?). They have 14 wins total on the year.

It is a Canucks scarf, so I can't really fault it. I have a very similar Bills one.

Edmonton as spent the last 5 tanking though, the fans *might* bite on 2-3 prospects that might get them to .500 next season.

I was catching up on games yesterday, and about halfway through the Boston one was the first time I recall Lucic's name mentioned. I think that guy is lost.

The other "theory" I've heard is the US ask/pressured the Saudis to sell a glut of oil to hose Putin.

Except for that one year, and he scored a couple SHG, if I remember right.

No kidding. I had the following conversation the other night after seeing the clip of someone riding the bike from ice level (shown on during intermission): "Is that someone riding a bike on ice?" "Yeah, it's in an ice bike." "You say that like we should know what you're talking about."

I'm not draft expert, but from what I've read here most teams won't use a very-early pick on a WR when there are (almost by definition) "the best X available this draft" where X is linebacker, various OL and DL postions, etc. I've said this before with players, and it may well apply to most head coaches: these are jocks; people are trying to read too much into that they say beyond "our guy fell down too many times in the wrong place, where the other teams guys fell down in the right places all afternoon".

I'm not sure this really belongs in the awesome thread, but this was in the cupboard at my parents house. I must have left it here at some point in the past (although I'm not sure how it would have migrated from Philly to Buffalo). Here's to a new year of Pillaging and never losing to the Candy Canes again.

Feliz Sabredad.

Let's hope in 10 years people are constantly using the Sabres an an example of great drafting and lamenting their team's soucts because they find All-stars in the 7th round. :)

The big hit looked fine, although a replay would make sure. Big Z is really lucky #21 didn't go down into the boards when he crosschecked him at 0:11, that probably would have been a suspension.

I forget, do we point out misspelled player names?

While I don't pay that much attention to the draft, it's also suspect when a player's game can be explained by being bigger than everyone else. Will his "size and strength" game translate when everyone is bigger and stronger?

Girl in Wings jersey along the board (above the 'N'): Oh, the humanity! Guy with finger to lips in jersey (above the 'G'): hmm, I'm interested to see how this ends Guy in white shirt: I wonder what Rip Taylor is up to today.

true, but Vanek's has a beard (???) and is decidedly not grimacing. :)

Oh man, I'd love a Vanek iff (if and only if) it had Vanek-face instead of a smile.

It's because they want to make a 30-minute show out of it and picking one ball (this year at least) takes a minute. I'd be down with a format where they pick the ball, spend 10-15 minutes on going through the draft order and summarizing what each team "needs", then spending 15 minutes on the top 5-10 picks or something.