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MattPie

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  1. Without doing a lot a analysis, I think you'll find that any team that's -50 it'll be pretty rare to find players that are +. Edmonton has 7 guys on the "roster" (players that have played this season) that are 0-5 points, and only one of those players (at +2) has played anywhere near all season (39 games). Interestingly enough, the Pens have 12 - players, 5 even players, and 15 + players. 7 of those negative players have played 30+ games.
  2. Being offline for a couple days, I've lost track of this. But my main point there were Russian pro teams from at least the 70s on, and those teams were plenty good enough to hang with NHL teams of the era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Series_%2776
  3. I'm usually all-in on diner food that time of night.
  4. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that. :blink:
  5. Folks, while I do eat Mighty from time to time when I'm in Buffalo, the sad fact is: Taco Bell < Mighty Taco < average Mexican place < Baja Fresh/Q'doba/Moe's < really good Mexican place
  6. 1> Playoff run (not in Buffalo's case) 2> Fear that he might agree on a deal with another team in a trade-sign arrangement. If you wait until FA, you're hoping he doesn't sign with the Rangers or the team he gets traded to.
  7. There were and are other professional leagues than the NHL.
  8. http://www.likecool.com/All_32_NFL_Teams_Crossed_With_Star_Wars--Pic--Gear.html
  9. I hope you didn't get that Impala that we drove up a rocky trail in AZ every morning to start a generator for a piece of gear, or the SUV in FL that my coworkers took mudding. :)
  10. Yeah, why not? Put some sort of compressed air whistle under the scoreboard (or just trigger a sound over the PA). Pissing off the league will not only result in fines to the team and whatnot, but we're just getting into being a MFT so let's not piss that away to feel good about saying nasty things about the refs in one crappy game. Take it to the Director of Officials in private if you must, but it's just placating the fans to do it over the air.
  11. I've thought about the plan before, but after seeing how some of my coworkers treat their rental cars, I get worried. :(
  12. I have to call you on this one. Of the 300M, several million will now have healthcare when they didn't before. Millions more (like me, for now at least) will be unchanged. *Perhaps* my premiums will go up a bit, and I'll deal with that *if* it happens. It's not a great plan, instead of fixing the system, they're putting more people into America's already broken system. Americans *already* pay more for healthcare than all these "socialized medicine" countries that cost *so* much. We're just not getting as much for our healthcare dollar. That's the part we should all be pissed at. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_%28PPP%29_per_capita
  13. Sorry man. Go out and start making a few mistakes. When they start to *feel* like mistakes, then you know you're ready for the next go-around. Exactly, they can't go further than that otherwise the league will get pissed. I don't think there's much question about how the broadcast team felt about that call. How about the ref instead of having an actual whistle has a "clicker" in his hand. Clicker "blows the whistle", stops the clock, etc. The main issue would be false triggering, I suppose.
  14. Yeah, it does happen. A former family member (ex-husband of a cousin) was a big Habs fan despite living in Hamilton. One a side note, he was rather small but a pretty good player. His claim to fame is he scored a break-away goal on Andy Moog at some point (juniors or something, I'd guess).
  15. Agreed. I'd think the people complaining are the ones that like a ton of hitting, fighting, and 2-1 games. The Olympics are almost like an all-star game but the players care and play hard; that's some good stuff. I just wish I had some sort of DVR/cable to record the games.
  16. My ex-girlfriend bought one of those, it was a really nice car and I enjoyed driving it (I like cars as a mild hobby, FWIW). The only complaint I had about it was the 16" rims/tires didn't feel very tight if you hit a bump in a corner. But that's a pretty mild criticism. Just teach her! :) I lucked out that my wife doesn't mind driving stick (oooh, errrr). It makes it a lot more reasonable to keep my Subaru WRX around. I've loved all my Subarus, I've owned 3 (and my wife had one before). Great cars, fantastic reliability, although my 2005 Outback (Buffalo car) hasn't dealt that well with the salt. My 2002 WRX never gave me any problems and so far my 2011 isn't either. The down-side is all but the newest models don't get great gas mileage, and being in NC you probably don't need AWD.
  17. He's played really well, no doubt. Without looking around to see who else is this size, 5'11" 181 (as listed on the Sabres site) is awfully small for an NHL D-man. EDIT: http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm?fetchKey=20142ALLDADALL&viewName=bios&sort=player.weight&pg=10 That's the last page of NHL D sorted by weight. McBain and Rudy on that list, there are a couple NHL regulars on there, so it's not out of the question. Essentially, if Rudy can add some offence he may find a place since he seems to play well enough in his own zone.
  18. It's beneficial to the league to have some parity in the league, and a weighted lottery draft is the best way to do that. Do you think, say, Florida survives if they finish last 4 years in a row and keep getting crappy picks via some bad luck?
  19. So the last place team now as a 6.25% change of actually staying at the first pick. That's slightly less than the 7.1% chance if you just pick at random between the 14 teams that don't make the playoffs.
  20. Which tanks will be victorious? 20 minutes to glory/defeat/glorious defeat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtO6kg8f_ao
  21. Fun fact: Buffalo is 19th in Goal Against and last in Goals For. Edmonton is 18th in GF, and last in GA.
  22. Hmm, I'm at $320, I would have been really tempted to go all-in on one team if I had an extra tenner. $220 on Edmonton. #ThinkTank.
  23. This Seahawks team will be pointed to for years when fans bitch about how their late-round picks aren't all-stars.
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