Yeah, didn’t look great for the flame. I thought he came back in the game but turns out I had him confused with someone else.

I was sort of watching, albeit in a bar with friends so…

But I agree, looked like a good start! I wasn’t a huge fan of Lekerimaki on the 3rd line but if that line can also be a scoring line then maybe we can overcome our top end talent deficit with a well rounded offense and a solid D/goalie.combo.

Also, unsure if you’re a highlights person but Chytil’s first goal is one of the silliest ones I’ve seen in years.

As usual, the best jokes are in the comments. (Though goddamn I chuckled at the meme.)

So, I’m a filthy casual (this was the first game I’ve watched the entirety of on tv) so while I was happy about the win, I kept grinning when I thought about how stoked you must be.

Anyway, hope you’re still enjoying that “we won!” Post glow!

Well, hopefully that’ll make it that much more awesome when they win the whole thing?

That was a terrifying inning!

Not great for the heart but damn, this is such a tense and exciting game!

A bit late to the party but I have a handful that might work.

For spooky and eerie vibes, Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. (Turned into a movie that really doesn’t capture the feeling.) Just a great sense of creepy dread throughout. I read it alone in a large house in the dark and loved feeling the hair on the back of my neck rise.

Real life horror, The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston. About Ebola, freaking terrifying gross and real.

And if you’re looking for classics, he’s a bad person but a solid gothic writer, HP Lovecraft. Not all the stories work but a lot are pretty good at evoking dread. Almost any of his collections of short stories works!

I think it’s Heroes of Might and Magic 2?

After reading the article “OH! I guess at her mom’s funeral wasn’t the right spot.”

Just watched Yesavage strike out the side, what a beast!

Yeah now, again not to jinx it, but things look pretty good?

Though my vague understanding was our bullpen isn’t as deep as we might like so, who knows?

I finished a flick at film fest, jumped into a local bar and joined in just in time to watch the Clement out and then Gausman load the bases.

Apologies if I jinxed this.

Edit: Thank you Varland for making me feel much less guilty!

Ha, that is totally fair and probably a better read of the Fediverse.

Yeah, that was a wild drive at the end by Garland! I dunno, I kinda want him on the third line to help out Cootes and let Lekkerimaki do his thing on the second…

Sure, just like literally everything comparing reality to the counter-factual this involves estimates. Not a particularly profound or useful observation.

I think you’re going to get yelled at and I apologize in advance.

It’s a fair question, there’s a lot of reckless claims made these days.

That being said, depending on how bad things get, yeah. Some incredibly populous places will be directly and heavily affected (1.21 billion currently in sub Saharan Africa alone.) Add in the conflicts over diminishing resources (think crop failures, droughts etc) as well as knock on effects (eg, increased range/spread of malaria.)

Heck, climate change has barely gotten started and I’d bet we’re into millions dead already (compared to a non warning world) consider how many thousands have been lost to extreme events like floods, fires and heat waves.

Clear evidence it’s time to burn it down, trade everyone for scraps and start over.

Hey there! One small thought, I imagine there are going to be a lot of bandwagon folks who will be interested this Saturday! You might consider a crosspost to c/Toronto or even on the main /canada communities? If I didn’t have plans on Saturday, I’d be pretty curious about watching my first full baseball game on tv (I’ve only ever watched live or playing) and making it known there’s a large game day thread or something might help folks stumble upon the community.

Just some unsolicited thoughts. (Hopefully I’ll see you fine folks here for at least a few games this post season, apologies in advance for the dumb questions!)

I think one of their goalies was the backup but by the time he played, we were up a hundred goals or whatever so…

Yeah, Cootes has been great. Super curious what they do with him. Even if he goes to the AHL instead of OHL, that seems pretty cool. (Obviously, coolest is straight to the NHL but I’m also a little worried. He’d be down on the 4th line or so, means he’s more likely playinf against big bruisers as a not huge 18 year old…)