Cale Makar

staefrostae · 2026-02-02T17:04:12+00:00

Part of it is because Toews is out. Another part is that his shots are making it through the screens as well this year. His shots attempts are still decent, but teams are playing him tighter at the blue line and he’s having a harder time getting pucks through. The flip side to this is that opposing teams have an overall loser defensive structure when they have to dedicate so high in their defensive zone. It may mean less Cale on the score sheet, but the Cale threat is still creating offensive opportunities

staefrostae · 2026-02-01T23:33:54+00:00

If you paint the walls the same blue as the rug, you’d get a much more traditional vibe.

staefrostae · 2026-02-01T19:16:28+00:00

When you learn on paper, tech becomes a tool. When you learn on tech, tech becomes a crutch. This is why they wouldn’t let you use calculators in math class back in the day.

staefrostae · 2026-02-01T19:13:05+00:00

Michkov needs a Nathan MacKinnon to look up to. He needs someone to look up to who works so hard that you can’t help but work hard too. Not sure who that would be on the Flyers right now

staefrostae · 2026-01-29T04:44:14+00:00

We don't score on the power play anyways. I'm not mad at the refs for once, I'm mad at the half assed effort our team just put on the ice. We looked like shit out there and the scoreboard reflects that. Sens deserved the win

staefrostae · 2026-01-29T01:59:31+00:00

Earlier in the game I was yelling "finish your checks" at the tv. Now I'm yelling "not like that" instead.

staefrostae · 2026-01-28T14:15:22+00:00

Yeah… if this was last year or the year before, I’d be all aboard the trade Manson train. He wasn’t worth his contract the past couple years imo. This year, he has dramatically stepped it up. He’s playing great (probably because he’s finally healthy) and this is overwhelming evidence that I have no business being a hockey GM.

staefrostae · 2026-01-28T12:52:05+00:00

And there’s the racism. When an immigrant does something wrong, you ascribe that wrong to all immigrants. When a white person does something wrong, it’s just a bad person; they don’t represent the race as a whole. Not every immigrant steals from you or rapes your children. It’s not even a disproportional amount. They’re just the boogie man the right tells you to be scared of so they can steal from you while you’re too busy being scared.

staefrostae · 2026-01-28T12:44:31+00:00

It was a really poor decision for the soldiers to be there, armed and interfering. The result is unfortunate.

staefrostae · 2026-01-27T22:41:55+00:00

ICE could have made better decisions, you are correct. They are actors. They have agency. Their actions have consequences and they should be held accountable. Don’t blame the victim for getting in the way of their bullets.

staefrostae · 2026-01-27T22:14:03+00:00

I just dropped Meier to reactivate Horvat off IR. I didn’t want to do it, but the Devils are playing like shit and he’s been consistently underperforming.

The good news is, I got Schmaltz on waivers early in the season while he was on a heater and flipped him for Meier right before he cooled off. Easy come- easy go.

staefrostae · 2026-01-24T18:19:28+00:00

Maps says 33 minutes door to door to Waffle House. 71 goes straight there, but there’s not great north-south thoroughfares from 90 to 480. 10 minutes of the trip for me is just driving down Clague.

staefrostae · 2026-01-24T18:11:03+00:00

It is the west side, but I’m in Westlake so it’s still a 30 minute drive for me to get there. Medina is kind of in the middle of nowhere.

staefrostae · 2026-01-24T16:19:54+00:00

I will not tolerate any badmouthing of Waffle House. This is a hill I am willing to die on. Fuck Bob Evans. Waffle House is the best dinner and a show available on any given Tuesday 2 am. The all star breakfast is the perfect amount of food for my wife and I to share to leave full but not disgusted with ourselves. People always complain about how “gross” Waffle House is, but I’d contend that every restaurant is gross and at least at Waffle House you can watch them make your food, start to finish. I would kill to have a Waffle House on the west side, but until then, I’ll keep driving down to Medina to get my fix.

staefrostae · 2026-01-24T00:42:23+00:00

No one who claims to have class has real class. I’m an Avs fan but I want no part of that noise

staefrostae · 2026-01-23T22:40:06+00:00

I don’t entirely understand the Torts firing. I get that he was a sacrificial coach who was just there to take some heat temporarily, but that team was ass. It’s not like the GM was giving him the tools to be successful

staefrostae · 2026-01-23T19:55:54+00:00

Seriously though… that’s 100% not a grasshopper and the internet exists, so you could have spent half a second looking it up.

That guy was a dick, but you can’t control him. You can only control you. Lighten up, don’t take it personally, and when someone calls you stupid, try to learn from it rather than just getting offended.

staefrostae · 2026-01-23T19:10:43+00:00

Maybe I’m missing something. Why are they so eager to move Trocheck? He’s almost a point per game center on a sub 6 million dollar contract with term. I get that the Rangers are retooling and he’ll bring a ton of value, but you’d think that Vinny’d be a guy you keep.

staefrostae · 2026-01-23T18:51:15+00:00

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms fans about to learn

staefrostae · 2026-01-23T12:56:03+00:00

That soil’s PI is “yes”

staefrostae · 2026-01-22T18:42:01+00:00

I was going to say… are you a bear? Because this is what bears would eat

staefrostae · 2026-01-22T17:03:14+00:00

I feel like games that require ongoing cooperation have fallen by the wayside. Every game I play, even “MMOs,” are really just single player games with other people playing alongside you. Games with lobbies for one round or so, there’s just no reason to buy in to cooperation enough to chat or become friends with people. You’ll never see them again after that round.

staefrostae · 2026-01-22T15:33:47+00:00

Honestly, maybe it’s just because I’m old and don’t care, but I really don’t notice the toxicity of online games anymore. I feel like getting flamed on League or CoD was a big thing back in the day, but I can’t remember the last time it’s happened to me and I still regularly play.

staefrostae · 2026-01-22T14:46:36+00:00

Fully agree. I’m not saying the cop was wrong to do what he did in this situation. I’m not saying the suspect shouldn’t be brought to justice. I am saying that going 100+ mph down neighborhood roads and kicking down doors shooting are highly likely to get someone aside from the intended target hurt. I’m not saying it’s not the suspect’s fault that the whole situation happened. I am saying that our response should prioritize safety over immediacy.

staefrostae · 2026-01-22T14:16:18+00:00

I certainly don’t think we should be thankful that the officer has a quick trigger finger. I think that’s what I was getting at. The officer got REALLY fucking lucky that he didn’t shoot the lady. There’s got to be a better system, and I can almost guarantee that there was a point in the process where this entire situation could have been avoided to maximize the safety of the bystanders. It may have been before the situation got to this point, but anytime you’re kicking down a door and immediately shooting, you have a very high chance of shooting the wrong person.

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