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Well Gionta was the last full time captain they had, so that makes sense. I agree that Foligno is an odd choice.

To be honest, the only thing I remember about the Aud is my mom holding on to me for dear life when we were walking down the stairs in the oranges to get to our seats. Only ever went there for the circus. I really wish I could have seen hockey there.

I don't think (and someone can correct me) that that matters? If they're in your organization then they're fair game as long as they meet the other requirements. That said, I think he'll still be too young when this expansion draft hits.

Right, either pi beleives what he's saying with intense conviction, or he's playing the long con, haha. This isn't an isolated incident.

Naw, thats a bad point. Either it hurts your team or not. I searched for them BECAUSE they were the top four teams in the league. If I go and find one for literally every team do you get to draw the line of "Well they're good so they can do it." or "Well see, thats why they were bad"? What if I find one for a team who was bad the year before but then was good that year? That one from the caps is from 2017, who went out in the second round the year before; did they 'earn' that break? Or was it retroactively ok because they won later? I'm not even saying you're ABSOLUTELY wrong. Maybe something happens in that last practice that really puts them over the edge. Or maybe something happens on the bonding trip that gels them as teammates. There's no way to know. Worrying about it, calling them soft, and saying "I CAN'T BELIEVE NOONE ELSE IS UPSET ABOUT THIS" is wayyyyy over reacting.

https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/pens-make-team-bonding-trip-to-west-point/c-684569 https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/capitals/caps-work-team-building-fighting-each-other-fbi-training https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/bruins-get-away-from-boston-with-team-building-exercise-in-vermont https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/sharks/sharks-go-arizona-early-some-team-building This is super common this time of year. I literally googled "[Team Name] Team Building/Team Bonding" and these 4 came up. These were the only teams I searched by.

This is really part of the reason I don't think he's a troll. Dude knows his stuff, just wish he'd post more about that.

To me it should be. Jumping into topics solely to cause trouble, annoy people, and get them off topic? Sounds like you're not trying to be a member of the community, you're just starting sh*t for your own amusement. Again, I don't think pi trolls.

I don't think you are trolling, shrader seems to think you are. I think you're almost always wrong, but not trolling.

If people think he's just trolling then he should be banned. If he's not trolling then he has bad takes and discussing opinion is the whole reason we're on this site, dammit.

1) That misconstruing my point, 1 less practice over the 10 months that these guys play is a rounding error, instead of 1 a week. 2) It might actually BE beneficial to practice less. The NFL cut down on practice days by 1 every week after the last CBA negotiations, along with significantly cutting down on required training camp time, and eliminating 2-a-days. I didn't notice the skill level of the NFL take a hard nose dive.

If this team sucks this year it will have absolutely nothing to do with one less practice.

Because they're skipping one practice?

There's been some suggestions that they're just going to announce him as center as he comes out on the ice on Thursday. Not like, informed rumors, but just an idea.

Lets hope this is a Kelvin Sheppard for Jerry Hughes situation.

Nope, haha:

Is Eichel the damn Captain yet?

The American west is just...something else. Absolutely jaw dropping stuff at every turn.

Then he had a great assist yesterday against Nürnberg. https://www.starsandstripesfc.com/usmnt-americans-abroad/2018/9/26/17907290/christian-pulisic-assist-video-borussia-dortmund-nurnberg

If anyone is looking for a job in programming my company is going to be on a hiring blitz in the next year or so here. I think they use C# for the most part.

Rodgers didn't practice today

Best part? Sirles last played for, wait for it....Carolina

A guy I work with doesn't go to Canada because he gets hassled every-time he goes up there. Not because he has a DWI; because someone uses his real name as an alias and its been flagged.

I agree, but its not WGR's fault. Its an Entercom thing, which is national.