Eleven

I'd trade it for Mad Max in a hot second.

I get it, but no. Trade it.

I don't think Lafreniere belongs in his own tier at all. He's not McDavid, he's not Eichel, he's not even Auston Matthews. I think he's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Maybe Taylor Hall. Maybe. I don't want the Sabres using this pick on a "safety" or on a tier-3 player. TRADE THE PICK already.

They're trying to help me extend my bracket for one more round. That is exactly what I would say about them. He's fine with the assists, and if you watched the pre-game warmup, he did a great job of firing up his team.

That's a little too much for me, and I'm still patient with Montour for whatever reason. Mittlestadt and a third or fourth probably gets it done IMO.

Absolutely. But like everything else, it depends on the price.

I'm just about dead. It would take a miracle. I may finish dead last.

Mittlestadt and Thompson never "made it," though. They may or may not, but they haven't.

Did Kenny Albert just say that the Avs are 0-4 on the power play? How are they possibly up 5-0 in 35 minutes without a power play goal?! You might see him soon here, as a mentor for Dahlin. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who heard the Pegulas talking about him. I guess it's pretty serious.

My stream just cut out--apparently Tampa Bay scored?

This is true. It is the major plot premise, but it is not the theme.

Oh. I'll send mine to you and Derrico then and I will take it from there. @gilbert11I have yours.

So my life just got easier. @SDS is going to take over administration of the league. @gilbert11 I have let SDS know that you are interested in participating.

nfl.com will not be it. It's Yahoo if I can make it work or ESPN if I cannot--this group seems to prefer Yahoo over ESPN and I will try with all of my limited IT might to respect that. But I still remember the disaster from two years ago with nfl.com.

Great! Please send me an email address. There is room if you want back in. Just send me an email address.

Yeah, that was imprecise wording on my part. I stream two episodes each night!

Oh, assuredly it would be more. It's also the best use of the pick. Jack isn't Dorian Gray.

Ok. Here's the plan. The following people, BY FRIDAY, please PM me with an email address that you will use for fantasy football: @Derrico (if you're able to play--we understand if you can't and your health is paramount. You can have my spot next year if you can't play this year and if no one drops out.) @WildCard @pi2000 @North Buffalo @Norcal @jsb @TrueBlueGED @SDS @Taro T If I don't hear by Friday 5pm ET, I'll have to assume you're not into it this year. That's a ten-team league (including me), so we have room for two more even if everyone listed above participates, which I'm guessing won't be the case. So, ANYONE ELSE who is interested, please PM me and you'll be admitted in the order received. The first two open spots are open as of right now, and more may open by Friday evening. I believe we used yahoo last year and I'm willing to do that again, but I do find ESPN's interface to be a little easier. Once we have a complete league, we'll set a draft date. Football starts Sept. 10, so I think we need to have the draft on or before Sept. 8. That is closer than it may seem; it is next week Tuesday.

Sean Monahan.

It can't be gorgeous across the whole continent. And in two weeks, we'll all have eyeballs on screens at 1pm even if it's gorgeous out. I really think they missed an opportunity here, and since it's the NHL, I'm not easily going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Ok. @Derrico are you interested in playing, and just not administering?

All I need is the list of people who played last year and I can set up a new one.

That is an explanation--but the league surely reserved time slots for games that already were scheduled for today, right?

Today's games are scheduled for 6pm, 8pm, and 1030pm Eastern. How stupid can the NHL get?

Hi Swamp! Lindy is alive, well, the most successful coach we've ever seen in Buffalo, and headed to an arena near you in Jersey.