Stoner

Would you stop doing that? Get your little bee-hind in your house and stay there.

It's clear to me we need to go back to the peachy/salmon colored strip above the lower bowl. Sorry, Ted.

Easy one, as the results are showing. The tougher question this brings up is are the two on the same team timeline, and if not wouldn't it be logical to trade one of them? I've never been able to convince myself Eichel and Dahlin can be in their primes together. There's a good chance Eichel is departing his prime while Dahlin is entering his. That's not to say a still very good Eichel on a team-friendly contract can't be a huge contributor to a Cup with Dahlin winning Norri. But then you need Cozens to be in his prime and a true 1C. For those of us who are old and nearing retirement homes, trading Dahlin is a perty tempting idea. Win now! #fourminutesclosertoreopeningthecountry

Inkman Ranch

"Other" sneaking in and attacking us without warning — who knew something like this could happen!? It's on point anyway. This is fair. It should be obvious when comparing the total cases and total deaths that the recovery rate is extraordinarily high, but it wouldn't hurt to emphasize that somehow in the graphics. I'd also suggest a slight change to the language. Instead of Total Cases I'd say Total Known Cases. They should be pushing the fact that the true number of cases is much higher (OTOH the number of deaths is also undercounted). Chris Cuomo is probably the poster boy for what you're talking about. I think he's hamming it up pretty good. "The beast comes at night." He's still doing his show. He still looks better than I've ever looked on my best day. The other night he said something like, "Covid 19 is for real, folks. Now you know if you get this, you're in for a battle. You're going to suffer." It wasn't a good journalistic thing to say.

That's terrible news. I'm sorry. It sounds like you were very lucky to have the father and sister you did.

I have a tromboner.

Does this feel like the "worst" and "saddest" week we've ever had as Americans? It feels like two weeks ago to me, only with more deaths. It's probably my sociopathic tendencies acting up. Remember Woody's complaint about how the pandemic is being covered in a negative and sensational way? This time it was the Surgeon General who made those remarks, as well as saying this week would be like Pearl Harbor and 9/11. My suspicion is that human beings have an innate ability to process and weather these things, then move on to the NHL playoffs. We had to have this ability to get out of the Stone Age, I imagine. SabreTooth took your family — OK, what's for dinner?

I can't remember how I spell my name anymore, but believe it or not I remember that comment!

I know. You know what all this feels like to me? There's a massive buildup to a monster hurricane, but as soon as it hits, we're ready to move on to something else. Let's get through wave 1 of a worldwide pandemic first. You all can discuss how on earth the NHL manages to award a Cup this year. I am done. And I'm taking my ball.

Al Smith has to be up there.

That's all fine. I want Bettman and the board of governors and players to weigh the health risk to each respective NHL city, that's all. Not West Bumblefudge, where the men are men and the sheep are scared.

You know who's taking credit for that testing ramp-up? Government. Probably rightly so. Government paid for it, ordered it, administered it etc. The NIH is government. Your NY County Health Department is government. Universities get funding from the government. But I'll change my wording. I'm not confident that the system can get that many people tested. Of course I don't know what number that is. I do care where that testing will occur. I seriously doubt it will make its way to my remote PA county with 43,000 people. And re-opening the country, according to Dr. Birx, relies on every nook and cranny of the country having the ability to test. Test, locate, quarantine, contact trace — containment and not mitigation. That all has to happen by the time wants to hang the shingle back up. End of April, I'm guessing.

I'll think about it. But nobody really knows how this thing is going to play out in the next couple of months. The pandemic won't be over, we know that. The thing I can't process at the moment is the idea of having games in "safe" places. Safe for whom? The players? The residents of the communities? The people who will have to work at these events? If it's still unsafe in NHL cities, that answers your question about the wisdom of playing in North Dakota. Do it at MSG then.

I'm having a little trouble wrapping my head around the whole thing. We're talking August, right? If the country's on a more normal footing by then, what's the need to have games in remote locations? Why not Boston or Toronto? It smacks of something unsavory. Let's take it out to the sticks. When we finally get through this, if I live in Lake Placid, I'm not rolling out the welcome mat for a big hockey tournament. Remember, the virus isn't going to be defeated until enough people are immune from vaccination or the disease itself. That won't be August.

Not to put words in inkman's mouth, but I think the question is: why is the NHL even thinking about finishing this season? Of course they have to think about the future. That future should be training camp in September.

Again I ask where all the tests are going to come from to test the baseball players and staff. Naive question, right?

It's a hobby for most of the owners, like Terry. They make some, they lose some, there's a huge cashout when they sell, like OSP. The idea they have to somehow, some way re-open the business to survive is off the mark. They're not the corner bakery. Right, let's rush to support the Pegulas. It's mind-boggling.

It's hard to imagine how we get to herd immunity (60 to 70% infected) quickly. Or how we even find out. How can anyone have confidence that our government will be able to get everyone tested for antibodies? A sampling, sure. You lost me on the second part. The only time a Cup hasn't been awarded was in 2005.

All I remember is clammy, chunky guys struggling to do situps on a lawn in training camp. Those guys were not in good shape in September.

We just had this debate about the wisdom of moving Covid-19 patients from a large city hotspot to a small town with few cases. It's a pretty close analogy. Why would you want to move large numbers of people into an area that's faring fairly well? Of course we're talking August. It might be perfectly reasonable at that point. It might also still be the tail end of the pandemic or even the start of a new period of worrying about a second wave. I guess my beef boils down to floating it/discussing it with the pandemic peaking and thousands of people dying. No respect. Zero respect. But it's kind of what we're about. Move those bodies, boys, there's money to be made playing sports!

Is this serious? Help the players stay afloat?

Correct. We can't infect anyone who's important. There must be a sparsely populated place in flyover country.

Media elites report with mouths agape (and other elites react with disbelief and contempt) that 43% of Americans don't have $400 for an emergency repair. Is loss of income during a pandemic a rainy day? Is it also a rainy day for the airlines? Are bailouts corporate welfare? Should the airlines have been better prepared to withstand this period (or at least more than two weeks of this period), given their record profits last year? I fail to see the goulash, which is delicious. I see a perfectly crafted omelet.

Sally the secretary's hormones were off because she had been knocked up by the rich prick boss. Easy. Next? But, but... corporations are people! You don't think Southwest should save up for a rainy day and not go running for the welfare line the instant business takes a big hit?