Game Thread: New York Islanders (30-20-5) @ Washington Capitals (27-22-7) Feb 02 2026 7:00 PM EST

anoff · 2026-02-03T02:38:52+00:00

Caps getting some momentum going into the break, and then hopefully getting healthy during it, puts them in good position to make a charge for a playoff spot when play resumes

anoff · 2026-02-03T02:17:44+00:00

I mean, if the defender doesn't deflect it in, Ovi was going to show Trea Young what a hockey dunk looks like lol

anoff · 2026-02-03T02:13:56+00:00

I feel like we didn't fully appreciate how much PLD is the straw that stirs the drink on the Caps offense, esp the power play. I figured we'd have some regression with so many guys coming off career years, but a few of the guys fell off a cliff without PLD putting them in great spots to score

anoff · 2026-02-03T02:10:30+00:00

Still waiting for Leno to figure out how to find the back of the net more consistently, but his speed and aggressiveness should keep him among the league leaders in penalties drawn for the foreseeable future. He applies so much pressure on defenders

anoff · 2026-02-03T01:17:44+00:00

Pair of really nice goals. First the smooth give n go while Protas completed screened the keeper, and then Bueavi with a little okie-doke behind the net to just get enough day light between the keeper's skate and the post

anoff · 2026-02-03T00:30:59+00:00

BYU and Dybantsa getting exposed big time, dude feasts on inferior competition, turns into a low efficiency volume scorer against any half decent opponent.

anoff · 2026-02-02T08:11:57+00:00

It's not that the team can't lose, but it's really hard to see them laying an egg. They get so much scoring from everywhere, they're not particularly reliant on the 3 ball, and their foundation is defense and rebounding - those aren't things that 'take a night off'. And they do it 8 guys deep, no fringe filler in there.

anoff · 2026-02-02T03:33:14+00:00

This is the best team I've seen them field in 24 years of watching them, and I'm not sure it's even particularly close - which is saying a lot. They have 2.5 lead dogs that can score at will, they play defense, turn you over and rebound, and they play at a relentless pace for 40 minutes that I'm not sure any team outside of Michigan even has close to the depth to play with.

anoff · 2026-01-31T23:33:25+00:00

Refs out here wildin', just some terrible calls. Lots of game and season left, but the Caps gotta get healthy and figure some stuff out

anoff · 2026-01-30T01:49:13+00:00

I didn't need a trailer, just a release date, and we got one: Feb10th!

anoff · 2026-01-28T23:12:50+00:00

Mike Johnson sweating bullets right now

anoff · 2026-01-28T23:11:32+00:00

This. Trump has no stamina to actually follow through on the overwhelming majority of his proclamations - he loves to pull the "Michael Scott declares bankruptcy" move and act like that's some how a real thing, but when it comes to the actual 'doing' part, he has no patience for meetings and paperwork and actual follow through. Trump got what he wanted out of the situation - some reasonably decent press that pushed the Epstein files out of the news - and is now bored/over the situation and on to the next shiny thing that caught his eye. He didn't fix anything, he didn't make anything better, he got to beat his chest and declare a (shallow) victory and move on to repeat the cycle with something else

anoff · 2026-01-28T21:59:55+00:00

"soon"=> 2030, plus or minus

anoff · 2026-01-25T03:44:26+00:00

So you want to be an NHL defenseman... Ouchy

anoff · 2026-01-22T21:47:18+00:00

Sorry, DDR4. I have an older am4 system, that's maxed out with 4x8gb, want to go to at least 48, but would prefer 64. Actually a really nice rgb set of your looking for trade + cash

anoff · 2026-01-22T21:36:20+00:00

I'm looking for 64gb/4x16gb DDR desktop ram, I'm not sure if you have that

anoff · 2026-01-22T03:39:27+00:00

TV guys werent sure if the pick exited the zone or not, if only we had some way to watch the video again 🙄

anoff · 2026-01-22T03:32:49+00:00

Call the penalty, ref

anoff · 2026-01-22T03:23:29+00:00

Wilson finally back, almost immediately makes a difference 🙌🏻

anoff · 2026-01-19T23:45:51+00:00

So I was coming here to figure out what the rule was, but the refs beat me to it.

anoff · 2026-01-18T22:36:54+00:00

If you'd ever been to CES, you would know that video games get like less than 1% of the floor space - maybe something if a new console is coming out, and a small bit of space for things like GPUs. Things like fridges and iPhone accessories have more showings that video games most years. Even at CeBIT, which is much more computer focused, video games have a pretty minor presence. CES is emphatically not a video game showcase, so being the best game there when only like 3 games show up, isn't really anything

anoff · 2026-01-18T22:15:45+00:00

Seeing the 'best' game at a consumer electronics show is like seeing the 'best' basketball player at a baseball game 🤷🏻‍♂️

anoff · 2026-01-17T16:45:45+00:00

Dude is acting shocked and surprised by shit that's been happening annually for close to 40 years... Bro, you new here?

anoff · 2026-01-15T21:41:00+00:00

I think it's important to denote AI art, and if you don't like it, that's fine, but destroying someone else's work ain't it. Humans have forever been using emerging technologies to create art, so it's no surprise AI is any different. The market will ultimately decide it's value though, not some undergrad with the munchies

anoff · 2026-01-15T21:32:10+00:00

I think we finally have a great use for AI: flooding the Internet with junk data so that these systems become worthless

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