MattPie

The poster named 716 or the place downtown?

I hate to mention it since I'd like to get a table up there when I'm in town, but Bar Bill in EA was recently named the best place in the country to get wings. And the beef is great there too, so you get a twofer. http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/the-21-best-chicken-wing-restaurants-in-america

Too late!

I'd hope that it'd affect jersey sales enough that they'd cancel it, but I see enough people with soccer jerseys that are just a corporate logo that I don't hold out much hope.

Blue Ice is a subtle plug for an upcoming Labatt product.

The way I was thinking was that when you hit OT, you're guaranteed not to get the full 2-CHL-points for the game. So you've locked up at best an OTL, but you could still lose outright. I'm just trying to put that into a concise phrase for fun and profit.

This is more confusion than complaint. I recently found out the girlfriend of one of my motorcycle friends committed suicide. I didn't know her well or anything although we spoke on a number of occasions including a few weeks ago. This makes two suicides in the last year within my motorcycle family (the other was a great guy who apparently had some demons none of us knew about, despite BS'ing around the campfire in NW PA). How in the shart is suicide beating fatal accidents 2-0 in my motorcycle circles?

So when a team reaches OT, I think they have "guaranteed an OTL, and now are going for a straight loss", right? Just trying to get backwards world lingo down.

Every year I consider doing it, and every November 4th I remember and say, screw it, maybe next year. My wife like my beard though, so I'd have to go with the Amish look and shave the stache while keeping the rest. :)

OEM battery or aftermarket?

Is no one else worried that the sudden influx of talent might ruin the quality of the CHL? I don't think Carolina Toilet Bowls really rolls off the tongue. Carolina Flush has a nice ring to it, plus it almost sounds like a legitimate ECHL team name. That being said, Candy Canes is great too.

I suppose this is a good a place as any for this: I was in DC last week and ended up talking to a Buffalo guy next to me at Dogfish. Turns out he was skiing with Darcy a couple years ago (his brother knows him or something). They talked hockey some and apparently Darcy said something like, "the team is never going to get better until they get their center situation sorted out". What the hell was Darcy waiting for if he knew this?

One of the few good things to come out of Boston.

There was this guy DIV/0 that did!

Can I vote for both of the NYI Goaltenders?

Ah cool, I did see you then. Congrats, you're famous now! :)

They're making it look good, pulling the goalie with 2 minutes left to give up an ENG and make sure the differential is good too.

+1

That's the more likely outcome than getting the #1 pick even once. I forget the exact numbers, the last year it was roughly 25%, this year 20%. Which makes the odds of getting 1 #1 pick between the two ~45%, so less than 50/50. If you (the general "you") get mad because Buffalo doesn't get a #1 out of either year, check your math. :)

I have the CAR-EDMgame on. Early in the 3rd, 2-2. Edmonton scores on a blown slashing non-call (and Carolina takes a 2-min unsportsmanlike when the coach refuses to put players out afterwards), but the carrion gods set it right and it's 3-3 now, 11:30 left in regulation.

Were you the guy wearing a collared-shirt under your jersey?

Worked from all day, went out to Target, KFC on the way home. It's a crazy life I lead these days. Getting to see RosePie all day? Fantastic.

And bleeding from the eyes. The broadcast mentioned that Winnipeg and Minnesota also have not scored on the power play yet. As for the same, I don't know whether to attribute it to the Sabres or the opponents, but the last two games in SoCal the Sabres have looked like an NHL team. Not a good team, but a team that is playing better than last year and the first few games of this year.

So I was listening to a story on the radio last about a family that moved back to the US from Liberia in September. They quarantined themselves while in Liberia for 21+ days, and then quarantined themselves again when they got here for another 21+ days. That's how you F'N do it.

What kind of neighborhood is it? At my house, I get 2-300 hundred kids begging for candy. I'm not sure that'll help with the neighbor encounters, since all you can do is sit in your driveway handing out candy to a line of kids. I've skipped it the last few years because I don't want to spend $75 on candy. I have an excuse this year, I'll be out of town. My advice is to set up you grill (everyone has one of those, right?) in the driveway. At least you'll be out front so if people do come out you can wave at them.