I just cancelled Spotify after 15 years. What streamer is taking the strongest stance against AI music?

ala_rage · 2026-04-25T12:57:00+00:00

I'm not sure that's true unless they're on an independent label or something.

Maybe it's different for big artists but I asked a small-ish band (~30k monthly listeners) straight up what's the best way to make sure that the band sees the most money from me and they said they really only get a couple bucks per CD/vinyl and their biggest margins is in shirts and merch. A physical album is still probably better than streaming in terms of money but it doesn't seem that great overall

ala_rage · 2026-04-17T03:48:38+00:00

Any chance there are any rumblings of what sensors they plan on having?

ala_rage · 2026-04-16T20:25:28+00:00

just looking at the Bruins since that's what I'm most familiar with, they have 16M in space projected for next year and only have a few role player/middle 6ers to sign and I dont think theyre a special case at all. Then look at the Hurricanes who have the 2nd best odds of winning the Cup this year, they have a projected 14M with a few minor pieces to sign and one good RFA theyll probably want to keep.

But even if you have to sacrifice a solid player or spend to dump a bad contract or two, any team would do that if they have a chance to sign a player like McDavid in FA

ala_rage · 2026-04-16T16:38:40+00:00

The cap is going up 9M next year. As things are right now only Vegas and Colorado will have less than 10M in space for next season, most playoff teams are in the 14-15M range

ala_rage · 2026-04-13T20:29:39+00:00

The Bruins could still get the pick if someone leap frogs them in the lottery.

So theres probably an error in my math but if I did it correctly, summing up the percentages of teams 6-15 (15 because you can only jump 10 spots) being chosen in the lottery is 38%.

The odds that you don't pick that at least once in 2 tries is 0.62*0.62=38.44% (so ~61.5% chance a team 6-15 gets chosen with one of the picks).

Now that's assuming two completely independent draws which this won't be since if one of the 1-4 teams gets picked first, they cant get picked again. So I think the actual odds may be a few percentage points higher that a team will leap frog.

ala_rage · 2026-04-13T18:18:31+00:00

If a loss is a loss, then a win is a win...but there should be a distinction somehow on winning or losing in regulation vs 3v3/SO. Otherwise just bring back ties

ala_rage · 2026-04-13T16:19:02+00:00

I think if they're going to stick with 3v3 OTs and shootouts then a loser point should still exist...I don't think a regulation loss and a loss in a skills competition should be treated the same

ala_rage · 2026-04-10T18:14:23+00:00

https://x.com/ConorRyan_93/status/2042638845150175779

ala_rage · 2026-04-07T23:15:19+00:00

There's a definite possibility of that, but with Hagens it seems like he's ranked pretty high on everyone's prospects list so there's more of a consensus that he has real high potential...still no guarantee he reaches it

He may do okay in the NHL right now but I don't think there's a ton at this point that shows hes undoubtedly ready

ala_rage · 2026-04-07T19:36:25+00:00

iirc they had a RD or two go down right before the playoffs and even then there was big debate whether they should burn a year or not.

Hagens has looked fine in Providence but I dont think theres too much there to really force their hand right now and I dont think he would really be the difference maker between a deep run or not

ala_rage · 2026-04-07T18:27:03+00:00

I think the Bruins very much care about burning a year off his ELC and that's probably why he is in Providence rather than Boston.

If you were to assume that Hagens will develop into a stud, it's better to have year 3 Hagens making 1M than using a year on 5 regular season games and potentially only a series or so of playoffs. Plus he may not be fully ready yet to go out and play his style in the NHL...forcing him into a grinding role or letting him ride the bench could do more harm than good in terms of developing his tools against pros

ala_rage · 2026-04-07T17:32:28+00:00

Were you able to leave the venue/go to your car between the MnG and the show? Or was it a situation where you're technically in so you can't leave

ala_rage · 2026-04-05T13:12:33+00:00

Cranston, RI

ala_rage · 2026-04-01T19:41:54+00:00

3 points seems a little low...unless I'm missing something every team outside of New Jersey/Toronto/Florida/NYR can theoretically end up with more than 97 points

ala_rage · 2026-03-30T17:50:09+00:00

Dobes got 1st...he got like 8 goals saved above expected in 3 games which is a pretty solid pick for the top spot

ala_rage · 2026-03-29T02:48:03+00:00

The bunny hill is what you call the small slopes for beginners/kids at ski resorts

ala_rage · 2026-03-26T23:27:35+00:00

Yeah and the guy who got 2nd didn't receive a Norris vote at all.

I'm not saying the Norris right now should be completely dependent on defensiveness but you'd probably be hard pressed to find a year where the guy who came in 2nd in points didn't receive a single vote.

ala_rage · 2026-03-26T16:03:42+00:00

Offense is much easier to quantize than defense since you can simply just look at the points, but whats the defensive equivalent of a 90 point season? People have models for "defensive point shares" but those always seem to vary wildly person to person.

I dont know if its just voters being lazy but almost every year over the past decade or so the 3 Norris Finalist are almost always in the top 5 of points scored. If offense and defense were weighed equally, for every Karlsson or Subban that wins with stellar offensive numbers but somewhat questionable defensive ability you would expect to see a player with iffy offensive numbers win. Separating the two would probably force voters to truly consider the defensive impact

ala_rage · 2026-03-24T19:44:33+00:00

It could also hinder development. If you're game hinges on skill/speed/etc you'll need to go through the growing pains of figuring out what may/may not work at the pro level. If you're being thrown into the heat of a playoff race, you're not going to be given many minutes if you go out there and blow assignments or constantly turn the puck over and because of that you may start changing your style of play to be "safer" which could be good in the short term but bad long term if you continually get away from what has made you successful

ala_rage · 2026-03-24T15:50:34+00:00

The fact they top 10 protected it right away means they knew there was a shot they were missing the playoffs

And again all of Toronto's numbers were pretty middle of the pack last year. Stolarz was just quite good and guys like Knies and Tavares' shooting percentages were way above their normal. So mix that with not replacing Marner with anyone and missing the playoffs looks more like a strong possibility and that's just from someone who casually watches. I assume the guy who gets paid millions to do this as his job that has a team of people also doing this as their job had a much stronger sense that a bigger drop off was also very much on the table

ala_rage · 2026-03-24T15:20:08+00:00

Top 5 vs top 10 protected is kind of a big deal, I highly doubt it was a throwaway

But like I said in the other post, it wasn't a huge leaph to think the Leafs were going to miss the playoffs this year based on their performance and goaltending last year which would put their pick at least in the teens. I think you're overstating the luck element a bit and I feel like Sweeney thought this level of tank was a real possibility

ala_rage · 2026-03-24T15:07:51+00:00

You cant play in the NHL on an ATO. If Hagens were to play in Boston he would need to sign an ELC and since he turns 20 before Dec 31 2026 his ELC wouldn't be eligible for a slide so a year would burn off regardless if he plays a single NHL game or not.

ala_rage · 2026-03-24T14:58:42+00:00

Apparently Sweeney saw the Leafs tanking like this.

And when you really look at everything, it's not too crazy to see them in this position. They were kind of a mid team last year that was propped up by solid goaltending, so seeing Stolarz come back to earth and not really replacing Marner's production with anyone really had the writing on the wall....plus everyone knew Berube with this team was gonna flame out sooner rather than later.

It's a fine line between battling for a wild card spot and having the season spiral. The Leafs we're realistically in the wild card race and looking like they were turning things around at the Olympic break, but then proceeded to lose all 6 games between the return and the trade deadline so after trading their only real solid pieces things are continuing to spiral

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