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We get the craziest thunder storms out here. We had one roll through at around midnight last night. The lightning was rapid fire. You know how the sky is dark during a storm and then it occasionally lights up due to lightning? Well last night it was the other way around, the sky was lit up and it occasionally turned black.

I'm still under the belief that they agreed to not send him to the AHL when they signed him out of school. There's nothing legally binding about it, but they're honoring their word. I have a hard time coming up with any other explanation for him not getting some time there towards the end of the season.

He's buried off in the corner table out of frame with Bylsma and Rolston, with Housley lurking in the distance. Edit: On another note, I'm surprised Lindy's not in there. I feel like he'd probably go well with Marty.

It's 3 games against the rest of the conference. I've been on the rotation out here for a few years now where the Sabres are in town once one year and then twice the next.

I don’t get the 3rd seat at that table. I suppose you could make a Minnesota link to Ramsey.

And yet he continues to get these same roles over and over. I bet he's got well over 20 movies playing the same exact character, granted that number is inflated a bit from the Pirates movies.

Apparently there was a piece in the Athletic talking about his options for this year. It's mentioned in this TSN link.

Does he have a van with "Free Candy" painted on the side?

http://www.hockeydb.com/ The recent searches tend to be guys in the news, like say Shattenkirk showing up on there right now.

Jason Pominville is currently second in the recent searches on hockeydatabase (2nd in the last 5 minues, 1st in the last hour). Has there been some news on him?

Well you made a long journey from Milan to Minsk, Rickard Rakell. Sorry, I can't help but sing it every single time I see his name.

6 years ago today we landed there for our honeymoon. I want to go back just for the food. I wish I could remember the name, but the best meal we had was some random hole in the wall that we would have never found unless the hotel (Omni in the French Quarter) mentioned it.

Strangely enough, I just started it recently too. I started season three yesterday. It’s not what I expected but I can’t turn it off.

You had me going right up until the last one.

As long as the salary is below $1.075 million, it has no cap hit if sent to the AHL... and that's only on a one-way deal. Two-way deals automatically do not hit the cap if sent down.

An unfavorable outcome for a guy with a career line of 7-15-22 over 106 games played? What would that have been $800k? Whatever it was, it wasn't going to impact the cap at all if/when he's in Rochester.

I'd be curious though as to why he'd avoid arbitration in order to sign a one year, one-way deal for the league minimum. He must be getting a better number on the AHL end than he would have otherwise.

This is one case where it's a shame that they don't have the baseball system of one offer or the other. He's worth a lot closer to the team figure than he is to his figure.

That number was a great fit there. I can’t think of any other player who was able to have his height on the back of his jersey.

A guy named Miller wearing a goalie number. It threw me off for a second.

I’d gladly take a tire fire in the playoffs at this point.

Is it just me or does that look like chocolate?

I was hoping you were going to say you’re so old that your social is negative.

Why would any info on a pending trade came out of Ristolainen’s camp? If they’re making noise, I’d think it’s more likely to be an attempt to influence the situation.

It’s not as much money as you might think it is. Unfortunately I can’t find anything more recent than 2016, but his deal is below that year’s median salary of $2.25 million. So it seems like it should be right in line with what you might be expecting For a third line guy. And I said it earlier in the thread, it’s the big money deals that cause cap troubles, not the $2 million guy.