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But then there's: Bowling Green beat UB Miami of blOhio beat Bowling Green UB beat Miami of blOhio So now what, 3 way tie?

I'm good with all of this, but keep in mind that he's talking about the people who want to goonery in the game. Lumping the three together is a bit more of a cliche as opposed to actually equating them.

My wife was actually brought up on stage at a Penn and Teller show in Vegas. We have a cell phone video showing us exactly how they did the trick, so it's a cool little memory. It's amazing how many people have posted their video onto youtube. So yeah, there are still plenty of options out there if you're not into the gambling and drunken shenanigans. I'd do another 3-4 day trip there some time.

Sweet, Coyle can go back to disappointing in Boston.

That giant ferris wheel was awesome at night. We lucked our way into being the only people on the drink car, so the bartender wound up pointing out all of the ideal views/pictures.

Man what a crappy story. Unless you absolutely have to, stay in your car, folks. Get beyond a guard rail if you have to.

If the game can evolve to that gooner and grit as you suggest, doesn't that imply that it can also evolve beyond it? Evolution doesn't have an endpoint. That's not to say the game should/would evolve that stuff out of the picture, but there's definitely more to be had in addition to it.

B = bowel?

You're all missing the point where Hoss said the vet needs to be "actually capable on the ice". You need more than just a voice. It needs to be a voice who can actually contribute. A name like Justin Williams is what comes to mind, granted this team would need someone a bit younger. But yeah, someone like that when he was 32-34 years old.

How long is your stay? I've only been there once, but 3-4 days seemed perfect to me. Anything beyond that and I probably would have lost interest.

I've been in this same boat for a while. Okposo should have been that guy, but his play went off a cliff. I was always on him for being overrated, but the exact thing this team needs right now is the Chris Drury type.

How exactly would you list that one though, day-to-day: pants?

Goalie stats are so tough to figure out and compare. I think Richter would find himself way behind others in line for the HoF. He was never really considered to be among the best goalies in the league in any given year. I know the Vezina may not be the best way to measure it, but Richter's top finish in the voting was 3rd place, and that was his second season. Other than that, he never made it into the top 5. If you can't beat out your contemporaries, you don't belong in the hall.

She was probably looking at the US hockey HoF list because Richter is not in the HoF. The only american is Frank Brimsek. His career ended in 1950, so PA is the only one around here who may have seen him play. Quick is 71 behind Miller. He's 33, so yeah, health and quality of team are probably the only thing that would stop him from catching Miller.

He used to work for them. He's probably begging for a job.?

My mind jumps to Ken Dryden and Eddie Belfour as Americans since they went the college route, but they're not. And it's funny that you mention the europeans because there's only two of them in Hasek and Tretiak. I'd imagine that Lundqvist will be added to that list someday, but I'm not really sure who else might be the next one. I would have suggested Rinne if he could string together another 4 years or so, but now as I look, he's actually the same age as Lundqvist. And back to Miller, he's probably just keeping that American throne warm for Jonathan Quick, unless LA stays in the basement for a while (if he stays there).

My company moved to a new building in December. This place has some sort of smart glass that automatically tints to adjust for sun light. For some strange reason, they didn't put that glass on the east side of the building, where I happen to sit. Now what do you get on the east side? Morning sun. I'm completely blinded each morning right up until 9:15. That's running later and later each day, so I don't want to know what it'll be like by the summer. I'd love to know who that genius was who decided not to tint the east windows. There is a parking garage on that side that should shade part of the building, but my floor is the first one that is fully above the garage. There's also a big building off in that direction that eventually blocks the sun, but as I said, that's happening later and later each day. I'm sure their solution will be to move me, but that's just passing the problem off to someone else and also once the sun is blocked, this is a really good spot. So I'd rather stay here and find a solution. Oh, and before anyone asks, I'm in at 8, so it's not just 15 minutes where I have to deal with the sun.

It is kind of amusing though to picture the team going with only a combination of three goalies with zero AHL experience. To suggest that those guys are the Amerks future is to completely ignore the process they've been going through to rebuild that organization. I suppose it's nice that Cincinnati is winning, but it has very little to do with the Sabre organization as a whole. There are two people on that team who have contracts with the Sabres. Some might be on AHL contracts, but probably over half of those guys are signed by the ECHL team.

I was surprised when I actually saw that picture. The talking heads played it up like the team was shunning Lebron. From the picture, it's very clear that he chose to sit off on his own. Whatever the reason was, it doesn't immediately point to "the team hates/is sick of him" angle that was played up for a day or two.

Instead of focusing on people who left, I'd much rather figure out how to get rid of everyone else.

This lead me down a little worm hole. Not that I think he's a candidate, but I'm amazed that there's only one american goalies in the HoF, and it's someone that I'm sure most have never heard of. I'm also surprised by how few americans have made it in at any position. I realize they have a very small portion of full history of the game, but still, a bit surprised by the numbers. It'll be interesting to see how much that might change over the next 20 years or so. There's also going to be a big european invasion soon.

I'm sure it's different from building to building, but I'm still hard wired to look dead center on the scoreboard. The score and clock was the centerpiece of scoreboard for an eternity, but then those giant TV screens changed everything. If I went to more than one game a year, I'm sure I would have gotten past this a long time ago.

As crazy as it sounds, I kind of miss that era of jumbotrons. The stuff they have today, I have no idea where to look for the clock. I always revert back to the classic setup of score and clock at the top, before realizing that it's now on the ribbon at the bottom. Even if it's only a fraction of a second that my eyes are off the game, it's still annoying.

If you can spend an assload of money on medical expenses, it sure does help with that tax return. Of course, that's if you ignore the actual money you spend there and the need for said medical expenses.