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I can't be the only one who finds this routine ridiculously annoying.

Dave's not here.

Does a player actually have to declare for the draft if they no longer have any remaining NCAA eligibility? I don't know if that's the case for Murray or not, but either way, I'm still curious about the answer.

I'll be in section 110 as long as I haven't passed out after eating too many babies. Edit: Make that 107. I never learned to read.

That and Donner wound up stringing together a pretty solid directing career. Edit: And speaking of that song, my 5 year old niece had a pretty interesting take on it this year. She kept saying that there are only 8 reindeer because Rudolph is imaginary. None of us dared to dig any deeper into why she kept saying it.

Did anyone else in here get it by email? I'm not really sure why I did. It's one of those ticketmaster like cases where I bought something probably 10 years ago at this point but I still get all their junk mail.

I got an email today from the Bills today with a stadium survey. I'm not wasting my time with it, but the text in the email said it's about both renovation and new locations.

The second one is the main point that wasn't already mentioned, he would need to agree to the rehab stint. There'd really be no reason not to though. Wilson has a one way deal, so the 3rd point has no impact on his situation here.

Is it still used to determine who participates at the overall skills competition or do they only use the actual all stars for that now? Anyway, they're only doing this now because the all star game is approaching. The jerseys were clearly made with that in mind. So all this concern about the middle stripe (which has the stars) is a bit misplaced. It's a one time thing.

Well it was an event tied into the all star game...

I realize it would take a ton of crazy for it to happen, but I’m pulling for the conspiracy theory ending with both championship game to be played in LA... bit then they both lose

Your tune will change when we add so and so who can punch the puck into the net.

This reminds me of when I heard someone on the radio on 12/13 saying that we're now in the 12 days of christmas. I was banging my head against the steering wheel when he said it.

So what you’re saying is that the book is not already written for 20 year olds?

Dive

That dynasty was built on the backs of three hall of gamers (plus others who came and went). Jack, Rasmus, and Sam better keep growing.

If your goal is 4-6 Cups, failure is essentially guaranteed.

That same core was the age of our current one pretty damn close to when the previously mentioned 9 year stretch started. If you want to compare the present day Blackhawks to the current Sabres, it doesn't get much more apples-to-oranges than that. So if you want to rewind to their start and look at moves they made back then, it would probably be more interesting. Someone else might have more time to study it in detail, but it does look like they held onto 1st round picks as much as possible. 2015 (traded for Vermette) and 2016 (traded for package included Andrew Ladd) were the only years they didn't have a 1st round pick. That's the timeframe for picks that would be helping today's team, but at the same time, they did walk away with the Cup in 2015. The main thing that sticks out to me looking over their trade history is that they made a ton of deal over that time. So you can get to success even while shuffling a ton of pieces.

3 cups in the last 9 years? I'm guessing most people would love that, even with the recent struggles.

They can change the format all they want, but at the end of the day, it will remain exactly what it is: an all star game. By definition, it's pointless.

The point you're mentioning is valid only if you assume the current GM is also incompetent. That goes hand in hand with the "reckless" part. Otherwise, it's completely random. One GM's poor moves does not predict another's.

I don't know, sounds like an enabler.

It's as predictable as the response from NS anytime a player from Halifax is mentioned.

I just heard a radio ad telling you that if you're overweight with diabetes and need life insurance, call such and such number and ask for Big Lou. Sounds completely legit.

Given the constraints of the system they have chosen you're left with the choice of putting Skinner in over Tavares or Kucherov/Stamkos. Obviously we can remove Kucherov from the discussion. Picking between the remaining 3 is actually far more interesting that I thought it would be before looking up the stats. Stamkos probably would have been the odd man out if they went with Skinner, but the name recognition plays a huge role there.