I don't know if you guys are down, but I think we should get an HF meet-up going for at least one playoff game this year. Will Whiskey succumb to alcohol poisoning while cursing Stubbsy and Gionta with the his dying breath? Will overloards' dry, German sense of humour translate in real life? We'll see.
I'm the Admin of a film review site. Most of the writers are in New York and after posting back and forth for years, we did a meetup in Manhattan. It was actually a blast. After you get past the initial awkwardness you discover the real-life personalities match the online writing styles pretty closely.
I'd think meeting for a playoff game would be easy for many of us and a lot of fun. But good luck having to introduce yourself: "Hi, I'm... um... SB164. No, not 'Estee'... 'S' 'B', the letters, and 164. Yeah, you know, it's like I took my initials but there were 163 other guys with the same ones, so... Hey, where'd he go?"