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I'm currently busy looking out the window at a bunch of chem trails all while sipping on a glass of fluoridated water. What were you saying again?

It's a smart move. Even with where Marvel is right now, I usually find the individual movies far more entertaining. Infinity War is a wasfferent story, but that one had 10 years and over 15 movies of buildup. You need to play a full season before you get to the super bowl.

He then came within inches of getting his face caved in by Skinner's stick. At that point, it's best to just get out.

They showed a video like this on the news down here earlier in the winter. It must have been that one in Maine that you mentioned. It was a very rare moment where the news was actually informative. The weather woman pretty quickly explained exactly what was happening. All I know is that it makes me think of the bed on Austin Powers' plane.

I think it's a safe bet that you'll see him back in a sequel at some point. The Kree are in very different shape between this movie and Guardians. It's kind of interesting that for once, Marvel is actually following the pattern DC has laid out with Wonder Woman, a series of movies played out in the past.

Burning a year off the contract is typically more for the underclassmen. These college UFAs, most of the time, are already old enough where burning off a year doesn't actually change anything. My ATO question was specific to the currently exempt guys. I'd imagine that if guys like that are called up to the AHL, they do it on ATOs so that the team can retain their roster flexibility. A roster of 46 vs. 48 really can change your immediate plans significantly.

The stick has to catch him in the head at some point during all of that. At the very least, there's a high stick in there. You don't often see someone throwing a hit with their stick nearly vertical.

Does this include the two exempt guys currently in juniors? I guess I've never actually considered what happens to the roster size if they're given a shot in the AHL at the end of the season. I'd assume they'd give them ATOs so that they stay off of the 50 man roster.

You need to tell the individual stories first. There's a shocking revelation. I can't believe they didn't realize that right from the start. They have two really good ones under their belt. Shazam's got a really campy feel from the trailer. I'm not sure what to expect there, but it could be free standing enough to not have too much impact on their brand if it flops. Now we'll see if they can ever get their Flash movie off the ground. They were supposedly going to call it Flashpoint, so there's a bad sign that they may go right back to over-reaching on this one. That's way too big of a story for an intro movie. They've build up Thor really well in the last two movies. I wasn't too crazy about the over the top humor in Ragnarok, but the character development as a whole was really good. I hope they don't kill him off. They can write him off into more of a role like Odin, but he should live on in the MCU. And as for this thought in here as to whether or not Captain Marvel would show up as the savior, that can't really happen. It doesn't matter how heavy of a hitter they bring in, none of them can undo what's already done. He won't do the heavy lifting, but Antman will be the key to it all. On a side note, what a weird spot Sony is in having to push the next Spiderman movie. Sure, it could be in the past, but it's kind of odd sitting through that trailer thinking "hey, they're both dead".

They didn't change the actor. It was the same guy, just made to look younger just like the other 3 characters that have appeared before.

They have to be given permission to talk to the player, but that's not what I'm talking about. It's strictly about the public statement that they tried to trade for someone. I don't remember seeing that type of comment on the record while right in the heat of the battle so to say. But yes, tampering does extend well beyond just pending free agents. We've got two fairly high profile stories about within the last couple weeks in both the NBA and MLB, granted they are different sports and different rules most likely apply. The whole thing is highly subjective, but I do wonder how many more guys like Mario Williams are out there who are drawn by the outdoorsy stuff like he was. I don't know the exact demographics for the league, but they definitely draw a ton from the so called flyover portion of the country. I know it's completely anecdotal, but as someone who grew up rural then found himself in a bigger city, I'd much rather stick with the smaller area. I'd suspect that there's a lot more of that out there and we can draw hope from already landing one marquee free agent in that manner.

Everything is fast except his metabolism.

In recent years they’ve had a big push for diversity in comics. We’ve seen it in the movies too (Wonder Woman, Black Panther, Captain Marvel...). So when do they create a fat speedster?

The policy specifically mentions not being allowed to make public statement of interest in a player currently under contract. Maybe the statement had enough legalese in it to not count as interest, but I’m just surprised they’d put it on record like that and even have the slightest hint of tampering out there. You typically see that type of think reported out there through “sources”.

If Pittsburgh never allowed them to talk to him, I’d say it could be. They’re signaling to a guy under contract with another team that they’re interested in him. Now I’m not naive enough to think that’s not happening all the time behind the scenes, but there’s no shroud of mystery with this one. In this case, Pittsburgh doesn’t care since they’re trying to move him anyway. You really don’t see the teams acknowledge things like this publicly like the Bills did.

So Beane actually acknowledged all of it and mentioned Brown by name? Teams don’t usually do that since it inches into tampering territory.

Maybe the Pegulas can gain $110-132 million and lose 5 or 6 players.

Anytime there's a twitter post on here with the tiny thumbnail picture of John Vogl, all I see is a Kim Jong Un haircut.

It's amazing the insanity that surfaces around deaths in the family. I'd rant right now, but it's not worth raising the blood pressure. Just know that the only way you are unique in all of this is if you're from the family that has no issues whatsoever.

I'm good with the brute force stuff. Those projects that involve precision and planning, they don't end well.

I wish I had the slightest clue how to do anything like that. Even the most basic of building skills escape me. Oh, and you can tell where my mind is today when I was chuckling a bit since ogre's post mentioned both vertical members and stiffening.

I'd say the shark was jumped with the shootout. It's a plague against humanity that I would gladly be rid of. Is it obvious enough that i hate shootouts?

I just saw this story on TSN where Columbus' GM proposed one minute penalties in OT. I'd sign up for that one. I've always felt like things should be scaled to the shortened length of time in OT. You'd probably see a few more calls made since the refs might not feel like they're deciding the game themselves by making a call. I'd pair it with extending the OT to 10 minutes. One other OT thing that I'd love to see and seems like a natural is that if you are in the penalty box at the end of OT, you should not be eligible for the shootout. Particularly in the final seconds of OT, you are pretty much free to mug someone in your own end with essentially no punishment.

They're only similar in that the head was the primary point of contact. The human missile aspect of that ASU hit takes it to a whole new level. Go back and watch the Campbell hit, he stays on the same exact plane throughout the whole hit. The results of Campbell/Umberger were unfortunate, but I have a hard time lumping that one in with something blatantly illegal like this one. I'm not so sure that, even today, that hit would get a penalty in the NHL. I may need to re-educate myself on the NHL definition of blindside, but Campbell comes in parallel to the direction Umberger is skating. It's used too often, but there are cases where the skater does need to be aware of his surroundings. And as for college, the Campbell hit would have been a penalty back then. They've had strict contact to the head rules for a long time now. I forget when they started up on it (you know, due to the haziness of being in my mid-20s when that hit happened), but I'm pretty sure those rules pre-date that hit. But anyway, anytime a the hitter goes flying like this kid did, it's a huge red flag. That is not in any way natural.

Paging @inkman. You have a call on the white courtesy phone. Inkman, call on the white courtesy phone.