MattPie

Yeah, there was such a big gap between #8 and #9, the top of the east were siphoning points from the hapless bottom half more than most years. In most years, the 7-8 teams would be battling the 9-10 teams down to the last week. 1st para: I think it's just the way it rolls. I remember a few years in the 90s or 2000s where there was a *clear* line between the playoff teams and not in the west. One year there were 7 good teams in the west, and then #8 had 88 points. It happens. 2nd: I seriously doubt any team is going to tank from #9 to try to get to #11 to gain a couple % chance. No owner is going to approve "Well, we may have a chance to get at least 2 more home games and have people in the seats right down to the wire. But if we lose a bunch of games, we can go from 0.8% to 2.6% of moving way up in the draft!"

It's Buffalo, something will fall apart this year. Yes, 1991-1994, 1999, and 2000 scarred me, why do you ask? Also: Beasley to Tampa Bay... practice squad.

Still surprised Suban didn't catch on anywhere. Or maybe it just wasn't worth a minimal offer to get beat up for a year to him.

I understand this timeline where the Bills are good. I figure the wheels will fall off at some point.

I think there's room for "This is the best offer we can make" and "Oh crap, we *have* to match this even though it doesn't make sense". And "we're not going to add even more to an offer we don't think makes sense".

Censure the Sens!

The Jets helmets are sharp. Is the league moving back to the darker colors rather than the primary colors that have been a thing for the last bunch of years? I have nothing else to say about this game.

Might be some people weren't allowed back on the plane, lol.

Nice work, thanks! Bold: Dallas had an abundance of good goaltending, did they not? I remember chatter about how they had to get rid of 1-2 because they had a log jam. Plus, it's the West where last year there wasn't as clear a line between the playoff and not teams I'd guess.

Well, based on stat line, a similar aged guy with one good season: https://www.nhl.com/player/jordan-kyrou-8479385

Although, someone really needs to do a Power ranking with the Sabres at #1, and everyone else tied for second with 0 Powers on the roster.

Ah, now I see where you went off path. No one is doing research on the Sabres outside upstate NY and the diaspora.

I've been reading the board more lately, and occasionally click on a topic, like a post or two, and then realize it's from 2018. I hope those 78s worked out for you, @darksabre.

While the hopium is flowing here and we're chuckling at other teams moves, it's a pretty easy bet to put the Sabres roughly the same place as last year from the outside. The team hasn't made a splash in the off-season They appear to be running a 41-year-old and some other team's backup in net There will be like 10 rookies in the lineup (I exaggerate, but there are a bunch of unproven guys in the forward group) No one is going to risk saying the Sabres will be good this year given the past decade I don't think all these things are true, but it'd be easy for a few rookies to get sent back to the AHL, a sophomore slump, and an injured G to have the Sabres be terrible again.

I mostly remember Roethlisburger being able to shed tackles due to his size. I don't know if I've seen a QB that's just as happy hurdling or throwing a stiff-arm as Allen, it's quite incredible.

But (at least here), it's the same day so you're just checking one more box on the voter form. It's almost no extra work or time. I'm not sure how to process preferring your elected leaders electing the head of state. In the early USA, it was done this way in the Electoral College without a popular vote (don't get me started). I do believe a direct election will marginally represent the people better than letting politicians do it. The USA has a number of questionable ideas surrounding its elections, but actually directly electing the president (even in the broken rounding-error way we do it) is not one of the bad ideas.

Ugh, figured. I suppose Ithaca might be in Rangers territory, but I doubt it.

In-market? (Dare I hope, since I have that already)

Not us! 🙂 There's a wild theory that they ordered Tara Powder instead of Tara Flour, which is a dye used in tanning. Our AST/ALT are back to normal now, MsPie's was like 300+ at one point.

It looks like it's some sort of toxin situation, MsPie and I both had some liver function issues that seem to have mostly fixed themselves. Luckily, we didn't eat much of it. It was pretty good, so we would have if the recall didn't come up a day or two later, lol. Some people are in much worse shape than we were. https://www.daily-harvest.com/content/french-lentil-leek-crumbles-advisory

Acadia was the plan this summer, but some health issues messed that up. MsPie and I ate some food that ended up being recalled and the company is still figuring out what happened (3+ months later). We're both kinda fine now though, although worried about lingering effects. Anyway, Acadia. We were there in 2019 before I got back into cycling and as soon as start cycling again I started thinking about the carriage roads and the big paved loop in the part. I had a plan to those a couple times during the trip. Ah well, next time. On a side note, I also have a Specialized (gravel) and a Trek (old MTB).

I read about this recently, it's now on my bucket list. https://hikebiketravel.com/cycling-the-cabot-trail-on-cape-breton-island/ (Hi @Sabres Fan in NS!)

Not hot, dreary.

Bold: yeah, but Barasso came into the league on fire; Buffalo will accept nothing less now, lol. I do think Hasek and Miller have poisoned the fan base a bit, if the Sabres get even decent play it still looks mediocre after seeing some elite seasons.