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I am sorry/not sorry that I missed this. It would have been fun to have one, but, on the other hand, I have too much stuff as it is. Indeed, I have a Hasek sweater number retirement ceremony banner, and it just hangs off of a bookshelf. I don't really need this. Someone make a case for it in a PM and have it.

That was a press conference. The last thing PA wanted to do was answer a lot of questions.

I can't even comprehend it. It's a ton of words in block text. Do some of the words have a noun-verb sequence?

Can I just answer the first sentence? Yes, it is that simple. The rest of your post illuminates why it is that simple. Thank you.

A general strike is something I support here. It is no violent and forces action. Again, look at Belarus. The world is watching them. And us. And even if it doesn’t work here or in Belarus, it has worked all across the golbe before.

But it wasn’t the league that did it in the other instances. It was the players.

I have no problem with Kane or anyone else speaking up; I'm just saying that it's not a stain on the NHL that it held games yesterday.

Yep, Bass it is.

Yes, it does make a difference. What the NBA and MLB players did was player-driven, based upon their experiences and the experiences of their friends and family, in the US. It's not reasonable to assume that NHL players in the bubbles, all of whom are without those experiences, would be able to drive a similar work stoppage. Speaking of which, NBA players caved way too quickly. Each team owner (especially the owner(s) of the Bucks) has enough connections to be able to get the Governor of Wisconsin on the phone and demand action before play resumes. Same goes for MLB owners (especially the owner(s) of the Brewers. The players should have demanded that the owners do so before deciding to return. Their work stoppage is considerably less important now.

I was thinking about this last night. Are there many black American players in the NHL? Also there's no team in Wisconsin. EDIT: Looks like Seth Jones and Okposo might be it. And neither is in the playoffs right now. Etem is out of the league right now, as is Bailey.

Three people doesn't shock me. The league is so active in marketing that the teams probably don't have to do much. I'm not counting social media people, game-day atmosphere people, community relations, etc.--just pure marketing. But I am VERY interested in knowing what made three people walk in this job market.

This would be glorious to me except I have the Bruins losing in the final in my bracket.

Well, yeah, we saw that last night. Which may have been the catalyst for what happened today.

Hope to see you again soon. Sincerely.

That's why I said it seems inconsistent with your ethos. But "stick to sports" is BS whether it's Chris Paul or Rex Ryan. They have a platform and should use it, just like John Carlos and Tommy Smith did. Do you complain when NHL coaches wear poppies every November? No. Problem is, when players raise a fist, people complain. When players kneel, people complain. When players have slogans on their jerseys, people complain. So now they're taking it up a notch. The power structure that controls how we police is made up of millionaires and billionaires. So the players are hitting them where it hurts, finally.

So now that we have debunked the "players won't come to Buffalo" myth, I'm sure we'll never see it again.

You should see what's happening in Belarus. General strikes are effective. If all you want is for the black man to perform for you, well, I don't know what to say. It doesn't seem consistent with what I think your ethos is, though.

I think he will be elected again, too. And I was right the first time--before the primaries even had concluded. I think the idea is that things need to get worse before they get better. I'm not in agreement with that part.

I'm surprised that it took this long for the Bucks and Brewers to step up. (Actually, maybe they didn't have games the last couple of days, although that would be weird for a baseball team.)

Apparently the Jets backups defeated the starters in a scrimmage today. 27-0.

No, just for player selection. And am I ever a dummy. I read it as "League's Combined Testing Policy" and thought they had misreported COVID results in the bubble or something. I'm just now figuring out what this is for.

Wow. That is one hefty penalty.

Josh Gorges comes to mind. And he refused to go to Toronto. That was summer 2014, in the absolute nadir of Sabres hockey.

It has been deleted. @Brawndo, what was it?

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