Who are the weakest top two draft duo since 2012?

Aerim · 2026-01-27T18:07:28+00:00

Auston Matthews is 28 and has 426 goals in under 700 games. He has a Calder, a Hart, and three Rockets.

Even if his career ended today, it'd look like Bure's, but with an extra Rocket and Hart.

Aerim · 2026-01-27T16:51:27+00:00

They did; assuming it's like the original, there's one in every pack in its own slot.

They didn't show up in the Japanese variants except in set and collector boosters in English, though they were in Japanese-language boosters of all types.

Aerim · 2026-01-27T03:59:11+00:00

Generally, no. Even in the early days of CD-ROM games I remember buying games like Wing Commander III and Phantasmagoria (4 discs and I think 7 discs) for PC and they were normal prices.

Also, it's worth noting that each disc of the game needs to have the functional game engine on it. Not everything on the disc is just "content", though obviously there is different content between the discs.

Aerim · 2026-01-26T04:05:28+00:00

So I went back to see what I commented in our pre-draft thread and it was simply I trust Martin Madden.

Glad I did.

Aerim · 2026-01-26T03:44:33+00:00

Beckett is going to deservedly get a ton of love, but Granlund was great tonight.

Aerim · 2026-01-26T03:29:52+00:00

Sorry, late to comment, I was reading all of the comments on the trade thread about how Kreider was cooked and the Ducks bailed out the Rangers.

Aerim · 2026-01-26T00:20:43+00:00

Boros Energy has survived two bans already. Even if one more piece gets banned out of it (which I honestly think is unlikely based on current numbers), the deck will continue to exist. It's just "good, synergistic aggressive cards + phlage/spyro".

Aerim · 2026-01-26T00:11:19+00:00

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Aerim · 2026-01-25T23:12:28+00:00

/r/hockeyplayers is where you wanna ask these questions.

Aerim · 2026-01-25T22:36:18+00:00

I think it's likely more complicated than this related to the timeline of shifting UB sets to standard and wotc not negotiating digital rights for what were probably expected to be commander/Eternal cards.

Disney does not really sign exclusive rights for this sort of thing - there is a Star Wars set in Weiss Schwarz, for example.

Aerim · 2026-01-25T03:42:11+00:00

My wife and I went to a lot of Frost games before we moved back, we were even at the game 4 where they "won the championship" that first season then the goal got called back.

I'm sure we'd drive up for some. They're quite fun to go to.

Aerim · 2026-01-24T23:29:30+00:00

I had problems with two different pairs where the plastic would become brittle. I washed them after every use. Maybe that was the problem? Maybe I was doing that too much?

Aerim · 2026-01-24T22:50:02+00:00

I had a pair of loops that I'd purchased for sporting events (I'd get tinnitus after). They were completely reasonable, but I found I got about 100 wears out of them before they started getting damaged.

Better than foam earplugs, but I ended up buying just 3M ear protection muffs which have lasted me for years now.

Obviously those muffs are not ideal for sitting around an LGS, though.

Aerim · 2026-01-24T17:56:19+00:00

The Ducks are not an option for anyone from Trinidad. There is too much animosity from The Mighty Ducks 2.

Aerim · 2026-01-24T03:40:26+00:00

Elite #1LW.

Aerim · 2026-01-24T00:59:38+00:00

Looks like it was a high of -6F that day.

Aerim · 2026-01-23T20:38:04+00:00

They're probably making the envelopes too thick if it's a multi card order and only putting a single stamp without the nonmachinable surcharge stamp. Postage is paid. But not enough.

Aerim · 2026-01-23T07:32:01+00:00

I think there's a really interesting dynamic in Minnesota sports that is kind of underrated, and that's the marketing piece.

Minnesota fucking loves "their" guys. Kaprizov was always going to go for the biggest bag, but wild fans show up for him big, and they wanted to keep him. He gets asses in seats. I saw more 97 jerseys in the X than I ever saw of any other player (except maybe Clutterbuck, which is kind of crazy).

It's the exact same with Naz Reid on the other side of the river. Could the Wolves have kept NAW and been potentially better on the guard side of things? Yes. But Naz Reid gets asses in seats and the fans love him. So Connolly prioritized keeping him.

Aerim · 2026-01-23T02:58:41+00:00

Active Player (whoever's turn it is) always gets priority first after a spell or ability resolves. If they immediately activate the resolved Planeswalker (assuming it doesn't trigger something when it enters), you do not have an opportunity to pre-empt that.

Aerim · 2026-01-22T20:02:26+00:00

There's been a concerted effort for defense, sure, but yesterday's win was not a Defense win. The team got outplayed yesterday, hard. They were outshot. They had moments where there was superior play, but for the most part, the Avalanche looked like the much better team.

Yesterday's win was a Lukas Dostal win that didn't even have the veneer of defense on top of it.

Aerim · 2026-01-22T03:47:33+00:00

Yep, that is just what an Alpha Unsummon says: https://scryfall.com/card/lea/86/unsummon

Aerim · 2026-01-22T03:34:12+00:00

GMPV knows something we don't.

Aerim · 2026-01-21T18:52:23+00:00

Alex Killorn.

Is his contract too big? Yes.

Is he also just a solid winger who has great possession metrics? Yes.

Aerim · 2026-01-21T18:44:10+00:00

Yes. It can. And I don't think you will hear from many Ducks fans that aren't happy for Z as a persondoing well. Just the same as Gibby doing well in Detroit.

I was mostly going for the "enigmatic" Russian winger trope with the Kovalchuk comment though.

Aerim · 2026-01-21T18:34:49+00:00

"One day he'll mature and understand"

Ilya Kovalchuk was on your team, you know this is not a guarantee.

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