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I suppose that the earlier stuff about how the Pegula-run team (ie. the one with NHL ties) is the model organization would play into that. Still, I don't really see why the NHL itself would have much interest in starting one of their own. You're taking a very niche market within and already niche sport. That's an incredibly tough starting point.

It's amazing how a simple little thing like watching a national championship win there can give one a much more pleasant view of an arena. The only thing I can even think of when that arena comes to mind is a slow motion shot of this goal floating over the goalie's shoulder. I doubt I'll ever go back and I can live with that.

I still don't know what we can really take away from that, whether we're talking about the juniors or the world championships. Either way, it's an all star team that isn't going to be built in the same way that an NHL would. I won't go as far as to say it's just like saying Marv Levy could coach hockey since he's proven to be a good coach, but we are definitely dealing with a very different game in your comparison. With the very limited information we have on these guys, I would put Gronborg as the #3 option. It just seems like the most uphill of the 3 battles. But I'll willingly admit that this opinion is about as informed as 5 year old at a quantum physics conference.

That is the message at the beginning and ending of their full statement. But when the biggest portion of that same statement focuses on the money, I think it becomes pretty obvious what they're really getting at.

I was going to say that it's impossible that he surpassed Bartolo Colon on that scale (pun intended?), but I never realized how much taller CC is.

I'd love to do a tour like that someday. It won't be easy though. For all the love Fenway gets, those newer stadiums really floored me. I was in both St. Louis and Detroit shortly after they opened and I'll take a game in those places any day over Fenway. Seats that actually face the game? What a scientific breakthrough! Those Fenway seats pointed directly out to CF did pay off for me once. Their concert setup has the stage in CF, so last September for Pearl Jam worked out well.

This topic popped into my head this morning. I thought it could be an interesting one. Which sports venues have you been to? I'm thinking mainly the big 4, but feel free to throw in any other sports or colleges you'd like. I'm going to list college hockey since I've been to a bunch. NHL (8): Buffalo (Aud), Buffalo (KBC), Boston, St. Louis, Denver, MSG, Washington, Detroit (JLA) NFL (3): Buffalo, Miami, Detroit (granted, it was for a hockey game) MLB (5): Fenway, St. Louis, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore College hockey (14): BU (x2), BC, Northeastern, Providence, UNH, Maine, UMASS Lowell, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Harvard, Denver, Niagara Edit: I've also been to a bunch of AHL arenas, but not for AHL games. Editx2: I supposed I've also been in some bouncyball arenas, but only for hockey games.

They had the issue a few years ago where they were trying to get greater compensation for, I believe it was the world championship. I thought that was a USA hockey issue, but either way, that should be completely separate from the league. I have no issue with them trying to make more. That's basic human nature and everyone wants that. It seems like most here are all on the same page with this one. They're severely miscalculating with this move. The interest isn't there. Their timing is also horrible. With all the reshuffling coming from the one league shutting down, this league has was too much to sort out at the moment. It probably would have been better to let that dust settle.

They have a 16 game season. I don’t mean to put down the amount of work they put into a season, but I have a hard time picturing 16 games as a huge time commitment. There’s zero that is anyone’s primary occupation. They want more and that’s fine, but they’re going to have to expect a significantly larger commitment in order to get that return. As you’re suggesting, they’re a long way away from hockey being their primary source of income. And if there are a few in the league where that is the case, well good luck to them. That’s an incredibly shaky financial situation right there.

Step 1: Get the NHL take control of the league Step 2: Demand a portion of NHL revenues as opposed to just NWHL revenues It's a recipe for disaster. The only thing this approach leads to is the NHL staying out of it completely.

DeGrom should try this so that people will stop whining about him winning the Cy Young with a 10-9 record.

And in honor of national password day, I think we should all share the passwords for our bank accounts. Whoever is the wealthiest around here, I suggest you start.

Jones, Daniel All it takes is one team to completely sink any version of the pre-draft rankings. Sure, it's a different sport, but it's very fresh in the mind and we can find countless examples across each league. The first hockey one coming to my mind would be Thomas Hickey, but that probably jumps out due to the team that drafted him.

And how do you get 31 owners to sign off on that one. Why would most of the owners in cities without a team care one bit about this?

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National day of reason? I guess we have to shut this place down for the day.

And it's not like there are many other models to follow. Is there anything beyond the WNBA? I can't imagine anyone around here has the slightest clue of how they have things setup (but I do see that they have a CBA).

When you choose not to work with a specific company, is that really a boycott? I suppose it's more of an attempted strike,

Why is this think locked, then unlocked, then locked again? Are we handing the key to just about anyone now?

It's funny. I had the same exact thought when I saw that story yesterday. I'm sure he has a very specific list of teams and mind and it won't happen, but I'd at least make the phone call. You mention Mittelstadt, but he could have just as much influence on Eichel. But yeah, not happening, but that's one of the pieces they really need to add, that veteran leader type. There may have been a couple in the form of Pominville and Okposo, but for whatever reason, those guys aren't the right ones.

Nylander counted as being drafted out of europe because his swedish team had loaned him to Mississauga. So the swedish team was the primary holder of his rights because he had a contract there. That's a slightly different case than Pekar, who was drafted out of the US junior system. The rules wind up being the same though and he can go to the AHL whenever he and the Sabres want.

We're at the point where we are trying to handle this on a case by case basis and you can't possibly do that with an all encompassing transfer agreement. We're going to get to the point of allowing players to be sent to the AHL, but only if they were born during a full moon on a Tuesday.

Last year we planted 3 azaleas right around this time. During the winter 2 out of the 3 got attacked pretty badly by I'm assuming rabbits (even though they're supposed to be toxic for rabbits). The bounced back decently in the early spring once I put up some fencing. 10 days or so ago, right before we left for our week in Jamaica, they were all starting to flower a bit. When we got back home on sunday, that one that went untouched was like nothing I've ever seen before. It was essentially 100% flowers, a giant pink ball. I hope the other two will catch up with a year of solid growth with no more rabbit massacres. That little corner of the backyard will look amazing if they can.

On the first day of every month, the radio station I listen to in the morning has it's signal scrambled with another one from somewhere out in Tennessee. I'd love to know why this happens. Every other day it's perfectly clear, but today it's super staticy and instead I get bursts of pop music from that other station.

Law day? Does that mean that it's the only day of the year where laws actually apply?