Gavin

This caught my attention, so I did some digging: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgm3wp/astronomers-identify-mysterious-flying-whirlpool-in-the-sky

My wife and I are heading over there in the fall for our honeymoon. Can you DM me the info for that family owned private beach, please?

Yikes! You're an Avs fan? Well, at least you can relate with them considering I'm sure you deal with snow all of the time.
On a serious note, they are one of my favorite teams to watch. I love me some Makar!

I have the NHL package and I watch almost every Avalanche game live. They usually start at 4 or 5 am local but that’s when I get up anyway. Ain’t nothing going on around here to keep me up past 9:30 so I just slightly adjust my hours 

I don't spend a lot of time in court but I've personally never run into a judge who wasn't an arrogant prick

I apologize for the novel. I'm a bit of a hockey nerd, so this hit me right in the sweet spot.
This is only partially true. American prospects have a few options following their draft year: 1) college 2) OHL (Europe is obviously another option, but that hasn't been a popular choice for most outside of Matthews). 
Many of the best American born players chose option 1, played one year, and then went pro; players like Eichel, Gaudreau, Makar (he played at UMass for 2 years), etc. fall into this category. I'd say the primary driver to choose the NCAA route for most players who were drafted/NHL prospects is a lack of overall size and/or strength. Their schedule is far less taxing/time consuming. Games are usually played back to back over on the weekends, and the regular season consists of anywhere from 35-40 games. This gives the player more time to get bigger, stronger, etc.
The CHL is the prevalent league(s), consisting of the OHL, WHL, and QJMHL, for prospects in Canada. The demos of this league skew heavy Canadian, but players more and more players from Europe have been coming over in recent years. The CHL has by far the most drafted players out of any North American league in part because they simply have a much larger talent pool (for both players and coaching). These leagues have a more arduous schedule where teams play 68 regular season games with additional playoff series for teams that qualify. Obviously, a longer season with more traveling would make it more difficult for players to train in season. A couple important things to note for prospects that play in the CHL: 1) if you play in the CHL, then you will be ineligible to play in the NCAA and 2) the CHL and NHL have an agreement that if you played in the CHL for your draft year, then you are prohibited from playing in the AHL until your age 20 season. The NCAA and professional European leagues do not have that same stipulation.
The Europe route is far less common mainly because most draft eligible prospects just aren't physically developed enough to play over there. The KHL, SHL, and even the National League (Switzerlands pro league where McTavish played last year) all employ men, some of whom formerly played in the NHL. While the players drafted in the first round may have more skill than most of those professional players, that skill doesn't outweigh the sheer size and speed difference that the professional players have. 
Basically it comes down to a two, main different factors.
Nationality: Are you American? If so, you'll most likely be going down the USNDT > USHL > NCAA route. If you're Canadian, then you're looking at one of the CHL leagues. Maturity (in terms of body development and overall skill): the bigger and better you are, the more likely that you would choose the OHL or, in rare instances, a professional European league.

F'ing Millennials

Yes. Worked as a banker out of school. Now a work as an account executive at a tech start up in the Bay Area. 

I blame this thread on the Boomers, and @Lou. He's always up to some kind of bull shit.

Did you find a job yet, Gavin?

Millennials taught by baby boomers.  I always find it interesting how the older generations almost exclusively place blame on the younger generations for eroding skills, education, etc.  

I’m late to the game, but I’m curious to know what Tad (Thad? Jesus it’s been a while) thinks about this. 

Just found out that my mom is friend's with his mom. Don't worry guys, I got this.

Just found out that my mom is friend's with his mom. Don't worry guys, I got this.

Just found out that my mom is friend's with his mom. Don't worry guys, I got this.

Just found out that my mom is friend's with his mom. Don't worry guys, I got this.

Just found out that my mom is friend's with his mom. Don't worry guys, I got this.

Gavin's mom knows Bryant's mom too - so we have that one covered too.

Just found out that my mom is friend's with his mom. Don't worry guys, I got this.

Thought this was a cool story:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/george-r-r-martin-had-170453911.html

That catch was pre stat-cast era. The rating system used is based on stat-cast data.

"One year younger than Trout and two years older (21) than Trout when he played in his first partial big-league season, Betts as of this morning has played in 522 games, more than half by not much of Trout’s 941 games."
What did I just read? I don't know if my eyes or brain hurt more after reading that line.

mas Islamic in Anaheim/Fullerton
best Chinese food in the county. 
Zait and Zatar on Brookhurst near the 5. hummus and shawarma that is out of this world. 

After a stressful day trying to figure out how we could get junior to a safer location, considering all kinds of options both reasonable and slightly less reasonable, I got home. Much to my surprise, there she was sitting in my chair! She found a friend driving home last night and hitched a ride, unbeknownst to us. Got home at 5:30 this morning and stayed with grandma so she could surprise us. She completely succeeded. We are greatly relieved she's safe and that she's here until Sunday, assuming classes actually resume Monday.
next up, a pointed discussion on when to surprise your parents, and when not to.

Well good news is my parents house is that my parents house is probably safe. Bad news is that my aunt and uncle’s house is gone. They are safe, which is most important obviously, said it was one the scariest things to drive out of the firestorm.