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I should read better. I was mostly focusing on the three year part. If you looked through ten years for teams, I now understand even more why you stopped after six teams. Anyway, I’ve always been a bit iffy on crediting these guys for the drafts with the other teams. I understand that he or Boterill May have been high up in that room even if not in the GM chair. But they’re still just a voice in that room as opposed to being THE voice in that room. By the same logic, shouldn’t someone get the credit/blame for their drafts here? I’ve never quite understood why we can have it both ways.

I look at that list and the first question that immediately comes to mind is if any team had more picks than the others. I feel like we probably had more than most teams, but at the same time, he did trade away a lot. But also, did you really only look at just 6 teams? I don't blame you for not wanting to sink much time into it, but it's a bit tough to take away too much from so few teams, especially when 2-3 of them were always drafting in the late 20s (not sure where St. Louis falls in).

Every single remaining job opening would be loading up the Brinks truck immediately. That and a few other currently unavailable jobs.

I assume he's talking about the shirts. I wouldn't be surprised if that was something the players did on their own. That kind of stuff happens all the time.

It's at least a two hour drive from Duluth to Minneapolis though. Those folks up there are going to have the same issues that many smaller cities have, where they can only get direct flights to a handful of destinations. So yeah, of course they had easier access to the St. Paul and Chicago Frozen Fours. Looking at their airport website, those are the only two cities they seem to have any flights to at all. The rest of the article has plenty of valid points. They really need to avoid the "hard to get to" section though, because they can say that about pretty much everywhere.

I'm sure he cries himself to sleep each night, into his pillows stuffed with hundred dollar bills because a few randoms on message boards think he's a loser. He's one of the biggest names in the history of sports, so yeah, such a loser.

Can you easily get anywhere from Duluth other than St. Paul?

You’ve seen the calves, right?

Who knows. But we do have to remember that the Hobey will vary from year to year depending on the field of players each year. One year there could be a stud in the field, the next could be more of a level playing field. The award also has a character aspect that the voters do value significantly. The non-center Gerbe more than likely would have won it without a one game suspension he had for repeated butt ending penalties. I’d suspect that with Bryson serving as a captain as a junior, he’s high on that character list. They also are a sucker for guys who pass on signing and return for their senior year.

Good luck to those guys ever finding work again.

To be fair, Butcher stayed for four years of college. Take a look at his first three years compared to Bryson’s 3. You’ll be surprised.

For me it depends on both how they finish the playoffs and also who/if anyone they are able to res-sign. If they have that mass exodus and only get to the second round? That's not enough. I'd say making it to the final at an absolute minimum IF they have that mass exodus. There's a whole lot of ifs for this one.

Where's the bar set for success on this one? They're the talk of the town right now, but they've still got a very long way to go.

A local school always is listed as the host, but there's no way they're the driving force behind this one. Some of the bigger schools with more influence my play a bigger role in other cities, but that will never be the case here.

And no matter where this story ends, it will still be loaded with "what could have happened if...". But where ever he finishes, it's been a hell of a lot of fun to watch. I don't like playing the who is the best all time game, but any chance you get to watch someone who enters into that discussion, it's something you need to enjoy while you have it.

It's tough to gauge, but Tiger's true measure might just be how many times he kept those others out of the top spot, particularly Michelson. Two of his wins came while Tiger was basically gone due to the personal and health stuff. He's a guy that probably would be in the top players of all time, but isn't simply because of Tiger. Those other guys wind up with a few more too if he's not around. I'm not so sure how the numbers stack up for Jack's list, how well their careers overlap.

This event needs to rotate between Boston, Minnesota, and Denver each year. Maybe mix in Detroit or Milwaukee. They’re a niche sport (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and they need to embrace that.

He still has a bit of a following when he’s out there for senior events. He was here in Cary, NC last year and they made a whole big deal about where he parks his RV during the event.

And another thread goes off the rails. This time because someone admitted to character assassination due simply to not liking the sport. Pretty clearly a case of trolling. But anyway, Sabel I won’t speak for ..., but it seemed pretty clear to me that he was saying just because people who work a shift or schedule that makes it harder to be around their kids as often as most would like, that doesn’t make them lousy or absentee parents. We all know people who live this way and it’s ridiculous to throw them under that bus. You’re taking issue with the wrong post here.

What do you think happens when your job is one where you bounce from course to course on a weekly basis? I know a guy playing on the European tour and guess what, his wife is alone with the kids most of the time. And that tour is even tougher on the travel as they're bouncing around between Europe, Asia, and Africa. As for the rest of your post, thank you for admitting that you're just trying to rain on anyone else's parade, talking about a topic you don't care about one bit.

And take a look at the rest of that leaderboard today. It’s littered with top ten guys from the world rankings. He didn’t just win, he outplayed the best players in the world on Sunday in Augusta. The two worst rounds of the day from day from top ten finishers? The two guys who played with Tiger. That’s another “just like the old days” moment from this round.

I see that moment with his son and that’s enough for me.

Over the top character judgement. It’s what we do. Some people just don’t like him. That’s just the way it is.

He did play a year with their national team before that year in the minors and the leap into the playoffs. But either way, very impressive (and that undefeated season with Cornell). Why am I thinking that there was another goalie with a similar start, but with a slightly less successful ending?

Like him or not, I’m not quite sure we’ve ever seen anyone else who has had a bigger influence on his/her sport than Tiger has. Just watching that reception from the other players today tells you how much he means to their game.