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9 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

That's going to help their defense.  He can play defense, right?

He's been a left winger exclusively for 2 years now. He can play D but he's a liability

Avs traded MacDermid to New Jersey for a KHL 4th line center and a 7th rounder.. Avs needed cap space for other moves and I guess the Devils wanted someone to be Hughes' version of Marty McSorley

35 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

I think if you played a drinking game, take a shot every time McTavish falls to the ice, you'd be shitfaced after every game.

Six years ago you could do the same with Rantanen but he's become a pretty good skater now although not terribly fast

As soon as someone uses the phrase "common sense" I put them on ignore

6 hours ago, deepdrive said:

And, that's all they're paying him for. So, you wouldn't think it would be too hard to do. But too often, these coaches just can't resist trying to over play guys (umm... Corry Perry) and they perform poorly.

Kind of the story with Gibson, too. Forget about the salary going out and just get your solid 50 or so games from the guy. He would give you all-star play or close to it. Over play him on a poorly defended team (like they do) and get way too many mediocre games. The sad part is he ends up only playing about 50 games a season because of injuries anyway. Two games in net; one or two out consistently and he might be playing on a playoff team now.

The cap goes up and I think he'll be on another team next year. Hopefully someone else can manage him better - but, I doubt it.

Lehkonen missed almost 40 games with a neck injury. Nichushkin is in player assistance. Tatar sucked. Miles wood missed 5 games with flu. Bednar loves Cogs and will give him those minutes when he's short handed. But now with Nichushkin coming back and Kovalenko coming when his KHL season finishes it's possible Cogs get some healthy scratches

6 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Dallas Stars Acquire Christopher Tanev From Calgary Flames

He's an upgrade on Hakanpaa but probably doesn't have the puck skills to be a huge difference maker. The Stars will get to keep that conditional 3rd rounder

Routine is huge. Get up, eat, exercise at pretty close to the same time every day. Put on the blue light blockers in the evening. get some sunlight in your face in the morning so your body has a clue what time it is

Both my parents normally called me by my first name. I have nicknames for my 3 girls and they don't mind me calling them that way but they don't like to let anyone else use them

Let It Go

3 hours ago, deepdrive said:

Watching the Colorado/Dallas game. Can you believe Cogliano is still playing?  How many years ago did Bob kick him to the curb because he thought he was through? But he kept Silfverberg.

I swear, Bob should have done the Ducks a favor and just flipped a coin when it came to deciding between a couple players who he should keep. The guy must wear a stupid magnet around his neck.

As long as Cogs stays in his 10 minute 4th line LW role he's great. High energy, great forechecking, solid PK. But when they try to push him up to even 12 or 13 minutes he loses effectiveness

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

You should watch him game in and game out.  You will change your mind.  I was a big Fowler supporter, but this year he has been brutal.  

I was just pointing out that they're playing him above his head because he's as close as they can come to a #1 D

On a related note, I haven't taken a flu shot in 30 years and only took them then because the Air Force required it

I'm pretty sure I'm recovering from a bout with the latest strain. A couple days of chills and fever and some runny nose. If this is what it's turned into I'm not getting another shot

I don't know how you can blame Fowler when they keep trying to make him Victor Hedman with no help

Vegas has to clear about 2.5 in cap space to bring Eichel back. They can do it by putting Stone on LTIR or both of Howden and Carrier. They may choose to stash Stone for the rest of the regular season and use his cap money to bring back Smith or go after Rico or even Guentzel but any of that means he's definitely done til the playoffs

53 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Why did our country spin off into crazy? 

Gerrymandering. When the most extreme is the one who wins the primary you get what you ask for

If they're not going to play like this then what's the point?

2 hours ago, St1ck said:

He will raise funds for one and yet for some reason the library will never be built.

The library will be built but the contractors will never be paid

I know you don't love Gibson but this is what the world looks like with truly bad goaltending. How frustrating is it to hold a team to 15 shots and still lose?

3 minutes ago, AvsBroncosAngels337 said:

That's what I keep hearing but as you can probably tell by my screen name, I'm bitter and didn't watch 

I’m actually a Westminster High (CO) grad and follow the same teams as you but I can no longer sit through a football game so I’m quite grateful for the Avs

20 minutes ago, tomsred said:

Isn't it ultimately up to the player to say it is time to sign?  Why would any player want to leave it entirely up to Boras.

What Boras does is not a secret. They wouldn't hire him if they didn't want this

I bet the almond growers have rain collectors

2 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Just goes to show you how dumb and set in their ways MLB owners have been over the years.

I think it just reflects how all sports leagues went from basing their revenue off of ticket sales and game attendance before the existence of cable TV to realizing the benefits of local TV deals as they have been for the last 30ish years. Even the NFL had the Rozelle Rule which barred games from the home TV market if they weren't sold to close to capacity. Today only the NHL is really focused on attendance as the cash cow. It's why hockey teams will forego rebuild when they have any chance of those 2 extra home playoff paydays (in which the players aren't even getting paid) even when they know they have no chance of winning it all