MattPie

I'd like to have actually seen him play before calling him a bust. Unless you want to call him a bust due to injuries. The few games he did play this year he played well.

Wheat hops are a genetically engineered hybrid from the Germans trying to skirt the Reinheitsgebot.

I thought the 2005 CBA (and maybe the 2013 one) didn't allow contract renewals until the player is RFA (1 year before UFA). Can someone help me out here?

Puttin' on the foil, coach!

oops, you were responding to the other joke.

Come on, that's almost straight outta Vaudville or the Marx brothers, that should be in your wheelhouse. :)

It balanced out Ott's goal, that one could have gone either way.

Thanks for that, I wasn't paying attention but heard them laughing. "You got Harry'd."

I'm with you, I think when signed I said something like, "If this were a nameless vet that is a 2-way center, plays in a shutdown role, on the PK, and can chip in 10 goals, we'd be overjoyed.". Hecht has 5 goals, so he's just about on pace for a 10-goal season (despite how horrible this team has been). I should have added consistent.

+1.

Or, he's seen the "Big Show", then sees the AHL bus, and knows where he wants to be next next year (well, no AHL next year, but you get the idea).

Guys always finish, nice guys make sure she does before that. I'm hoping for an exciting, hard-hitting 4-3 loss in regulation for the Sabres.

I'm not sure you ever plan to have 10 NHL-ready defencemen at the drop of a hat. I think #7 and #8 were OK, but the third pair (9-10) had made their NHL debuts in Games 6 and 7.

Myers. "New core will continue getting better"

I seem to remember it being that. I remember hearing about empty seats during the playoffs a bunch of years ago. I'm just ignoring your other comment, since it's way OT, even for a slow GDT.

Or, fans of the nearest English-speaking Canadian team, in a market that even I remember when they got their team. I'd imagine there's quite a few leftover Toronto fans in the Ottawa area.

This is thread is awesome, and still pales in comparison to the artwork. Fantastic!

Well done, well done. You'll have to bring her 'round so we can all meet her, hahaha.

IMHO, the SO can't be clutch. That has to be during regular play.

This all gold, pure gold.

And, unless it's been agreed to already, no checking on the game. There's plently of time for that after she leaves in the morning. ;)

He looked fantastic during the playoffs.

I have to get out of the habit of checking the "League" standings to see where the Sabres are drafting, and go back to checking the "Conference" standings to see the play-off hunt. I was looking forward to a shot at a superstar.

You can say sports, but really it's just any large group of people. It could have been any organized event, the sports are just the entertainment provided.

That's only one center, we need more.