-
Posts
11,156 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Everything posted by MattPie
-
Pet Peeve -- NHL standings de-emphasize total losses
MattPie replied to golfball323's topic in The Aud Club
The ROW column came in after the first season of the Shootout, I believe. The dinosaurs whined and whined that some team had a bunch of SO wins and got into the playoffs over another team that have one more ROW. I say tough cookies, everyone plays by the same rules; team #2 should have been better at the shootout. FWIW, I'd prefer a 3 point system to make each game worth a consistent number of points. -
Pet Peeve -- NHL standings de-emphasize total losses
MattPie replied to golfball323's topic in The Aud Club
To expand this out a little: - Win in regulation: 2, loss in regulation: 0 (same as now) - 5 minute 5-v-5 OT: Win: 2, Loss: 0 (changed 2005) - Tied after OT: both teams: 1 (changed 2005) Net result: both teams alternated dumping the puck into the opposing zone and playing the trap to "preserve" their one point. It was terrible. "Loser Point" effect: teams having nothing to lose in OT, so they go nuts. Better hockey. -
I've been to all of them. More to the point, it's short drive from Bird-in-hand to Intercourse and then on to Paradise, but if you make a wrong turn, you end up in Blue Ball. There's a townie bar named the "Virginville Hotel"; there's a song or limerick begging to be written there.
-
I always wondered about that with Lindy; there's a certain logic to having everyone at least somewhat familiar playing with everyone else.
-
It's name is deceptive, although if anyone could pull some Amish ladies, I'm sure it's you. It's maybe 20 minutes from my house, and mostly a tourist Amish place. Lots of people enjoy gawking at people with the audacity to not have electricity.
-
It's pretty the same, but they paid a design student to make in not ugly.
-
Pet Peeve -- NHL standings de-emphasize total losses
MattPie replied to golfball323's topic in The Aud Club
The dinosaurs would flip out. I can't remember, did people call ties losses before Lockout I? -
Pet Peeve -- NHL standings de-emphasize total losses
MattPie replied to golfball323's topic in The Aud Club
27-10-45 is a solid playoff season. -
The season pace over the last bunch of games has smoothed out to right around the 94-point bubble, so any ranking between 18-14 seems about right, maybe slightly higher if you believe "the team is coming together after a slow start due to all the new faces". They've just climbed above playoff pace with the last win, but they were below it for a bit before that.
-
NBCSN game, hoo boy do I hope it's Doc Emerick. Go! Up to the minute news on this game, best link:
-
I was thinking something similar. Taken to an extreme, alternate Pommer and Thompson (or similar) as scratches. I wonder if Pommer would be primed for the playoffs playing 41 games rather than 80+. Of course, this probably doesn't work in the room or for Pommer...
-
GDT Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres 7:30pm ET 11/8/18
MattPie replied to Andrew Amerk's topic in The Aud Club
Now you've done it, if they don't score a goal in the next 6 games I know who to come for. -
GDT Montreal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres 7:30pm ET 11/8/18
MattPie replied to Andrew Amerk's topic in The Aud Club
My math has them at 92 points this season at this pace. Probably not going to cut it, they need more. Great win, though, keep them coming. -
Nice win, need to win the next one too to get back onto pace.
-
Movies / TV Shows - I Have Watched / Plan To Watch
MattPie replied to Sabres Fan in NS's topic in The Aud Club
We watched Darjeeling Express recently (over the course or 2-3 nights; that's what being a parent does), it's worth a watch. -
So you're saying the Bills have a chance to roar back to 6-10?
-
How strange, I used to have a HK amp, Sony CD Changer, and Paradigm 7" towers.
-
What's the point if the current HC and GM are calling the shots? They have an equal chance of screwing up picks 1-3 as 7-9.
-
Why can't the Sabres find these gems in the rough?
-
I looked at the others, they seem like frankly average (for this area of SE PA) messy highway interchanges to me. A Wegmans I frequent is in the middle or this one. There are a lot of ramps coming and going but you get used to it. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0835564,-75.4001734,16z This is the Hanger Lane Gyratory, which just seems like a really big traffic circle to me. It's often at the top of the UK list. https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5304657,-0.2935158,395m/data=!3m1!1e3
-
Evander Kane sued for allegedly coercing woman into having abortions
MattPie replied to Ho-Chi-Sock's topic in The Aud Club
I suspect you'll be disappointed. This has all the hallmarks of something that'll be resolved behind closed doors (one way or another) which will allow people to steer into whatever prejudices[0] they already had. [0] that's 'little-p' prejudices, not a race thing; things like "stars get preyed upon", "athletes are womanizing jerks", etc. -
GDT Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres 7:30pm ET 11/1/18
MattPie replied to Andrew Amerk's topic in The Aud Club
There are 25 ahead of him, and 16 in the same place, right? Wait, I forgot NHL Rule 314.15pa: If a Buffalo player is tied with other players in any stat, the Buffalo player loses the tiebreaker. If two or more Buffalo players are tied in any stat, they are ordered in terms of increasing salary behind all other players tied in that stat." -
GDT Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres 7:30pm ET 11/1/18
MattPie replied to Andrew Amerk's topic in The Aud Club
Without looking, are spots 26 through 42 all the same number of points? It's equally disingenuous to say he's 26th or 42nd if that's the case.