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Call me crazy, but I’d say that having money for living expenses is a little more important than running cross country.

It's amazing the people that show up when you watch through that entire series. Let's see if I remember this one right. Was that the one where Elaine was getting really dumb and George a super genius because neither was getting any sex?

Is it really on the enforcement people though? As LTS said, selective enforcement is a very slippery slope. They really have no choice but to enforce the rules as written. It's the rules themselves which need to be updated. And let's face it, that's not happening any time soon. It seems to me like her best bet if she really needs the money would be if she could convince the school to honor the scholarship. Seeing as how they're a catholic college, I wonder how likely that is.

If the team is making the particular package you're suggesting, it's not for an unknown though. If they're in that trade market, they're targeting specific people, and most likely someone with an established NHL track record. They're the ones doing their homework, not me, and I trust that they've done it. The moves so far suggest that they know what they're looking for. Now if they were to move your hypothetical package for picks or prospects, ok, now you're getting the unknown return. But at this point, the only unknown I see there is what Buffalo would be shipping out. You've merged a few different conversations here, which is fine. I'll just mention that when I say any of this, I'm talking about adding an additional 2nd-3rd line center. I happen to think that could be done at a lower price than what you're suggesting.

The reasons he suggested for not moving anyone were essentially "what if each player and pick pans out". That's exactly why life would be so much easier if we had the poster conversion factor (yes, I know it's BS). Some people have a more rosy outlook when it comes to this stuff. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you realize exactly who the optimists and pessimists are. And yeah, I realize that my point of view may be the most useless of them all, suggesting that there's a price that is right, but not speculating as to what that is.

I'd trade any of them depending on what the return in. That's as far as I'm willing to go though, I'm not going to suggest potential targets. It's not something I have the time and resources to explore. Physics has his conversion factors for what WHL/NCAA/AHL stats would predict at the NHL level. We need similar conversion factors for point predictions from every poster. Yours might be something like 0.8 while someone like freeman would be at 1.5.

You've dug a bit too deeply on this one. I'm not sure how exploring the center trade market has morphed into sending multiple pieces for an O'Reilly clone. I'll give you credit though, you've always been very consistent with the value you place on the team's prospects and picks. I really wish we could quantify this stuff, figure out the success rate of a poster's favorite prospects. I'd call it the Catenacci scale.

"Supposed to" is a big phrase there. That is no guarantee, but even if he does, center is the position where I want more depth than anywhere else. I'll listen to that including defense in that debate, but that's where I fall personally on this one. That extra depth would also allow for Mittelstadt to grow into his role.

The picture they used for Pettersson looks like it was taken in a funhouse mirror.

You can have more than 2.

I was going to get all clever on you and suggest that it was some guy who wore 9 before Howe, but apparently there's no reliable number history prior to that date. Damn you crappy historical records! I do see Sid Abel wearing it at some point (and he's retired as #12), so I'll just say he took the penalty instead. But hey, I did learn that some guy by the name of Mike Eruzione bought the team in 1932 and changed the name to the Red Wings. Why does no one ever mention how damn old he was when he beat the Russians 48 years later?

I was going to say the view was too simplistic and you've covered that answer very quickly here. I don't want too deeply into hypotheticals, but if one of the 1sts was the centerpiece of a deal that brought back a legit #2 center with 2 or 3 years left on his contract, its certainly something most would heavily consider. I'm not sure exactly when the moment will be, but at some point this team is going to have to start adding for now instead of for 304 years from now. That's a place we've all been dying to get to for years now.

Thanks to this, I will forever expect Rodriques to do a sword fight celebration with his stick each time he scores.

Maybe it's just the picture, but the almost 30 years ago version of him doesn't really look all that much younger than the current version. That and he likes yellow shirts.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, but at least to me, all the Peterman stuff has been a bit over the top. I've heard comments from a few people, things along the lines of "he's the worst QB I've ever seen", yet they never actually watched a game. It's all a bit pointless.

Completely ignoring the skills competition, which is in no way “essentially true same”. Convenient.

What used to happen when a game ended in a tie? Both teams got one point. What happens today when a game ends in a tie? Both teams get a tie and then a skills competition determines who is awarded an extra point.

But hey, let’s hold this massive campaign to make people think all these cities actually have a shot. That should make for some good press.

The bonus point doesn’t go to the team that loses. It goes to the team that wins. So are we getting soft by rewarding winning?

No, they just said it was like kissing your sister. But why were they even able to make that comparison, why did they know what kissing their sister was like? And then there are the people like me who don't have a sister. Was a tie always perfectly acceptable for us?

While we're just making up fake standings and ignoring how the league actually works, I hate shoot outs so we should probably count that win as a loss too.

I'm pretty sure it's Bowser. Ask Hoss, he knows.

Or you waste all your money on the drugs needed to keep you awake all that time.

I'm surprised that you didn't mention your boy Bowser from that draft.

Between that and Captain Marvel, I bet he's already shot a cameo or two.