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Mmmmmm, Kobe Bryant on a nice Italian loaf.

Whatever; enjoy the murder hornets.

The team is improved, but the schedule is tougher.

The team that trashed them would have finished third, not first, in any of the other three divisions, too. There really is no perfectly fair way.

Even better example: 1987-88. Toronto, 52 points, in. Rangers AND Penguins, 82 and 81, out. So I'm not going to feel particularly sorry for the Rags if the NHL sticks to top 6 in each division.

Yeah, that's why I want them to trade the pick.

I actually meant the system in place in the 80s-90s. Check out 1990-91 for an example. Vancouver, 65 points, in. Philadelphia, 76, out. Why? Should the Kings get the opportunity to play the Ducks as well? If so, where does this stop, short of a 31-team tournament?

Who is this going to benefit?! More like abused husbands.

Ok. What's going on here?

What they did to Erik Karlsson is just mean.

Ok let's move this along. Tim and Kerry aren't getting any younger.

Yet that's the way it was done for years and years. The idea behind the division thing is that they could preserve rivalries for the 2020 playoffs while sending each division to a neutral site. The idea behind the expansion to 24 teams is to get more eyeballs on more screens. Frankly, I'd rather the league stick to 16 teams. But the idea of a Toronto-Buffalo play-in series is exciting, I must admit.

I'm all for the NBA making a decision already so that the NHL can just follow it.

What do you think they're going to do in November? Brandish more rifles? Wave larger confederate flags?

These people are nuts.

Calvinism is a mistake. And what it bore is even worse.

New England WAS beatable last year, except for those pesky referees.

The 11-5 friend predicted that calls would still go NE's way. So maybe not.

So a zoom conversation with two friends resulted in the following predictions: 8-8, 11-5, 10-6. I'm the 10-6. This is not an easy schedule.

The day ends in a Y. I have no idea of the month.

Was it changed?

He's an altruist. And the system doesn't work the way he envisioned. I don't blame him one bit. The question, as it reads, seems a little loaded. That probably wasn't your intent. Just one of those instances where words on the Internet seem starker than they are supposed to. I'm very glad to learn this. You guys know each other IRL from meetups and such and so it's good that it's all good.

It's out. https://www.buffalobills.com/news/nfl-schedule-2020-buffalo-bills-information

I'm so sorry for you and for your sister. I have some resources for her when she's ready.

IF one is of the opinion that (1) we aren't getting treatments or vaccines any time soon, if ever, and (2) that, accordingly, no societal good would come from sacrifice anyway, then it's perfectly reasonable to conclude that (3) we should just get on with our lives. IF one is of that opinion. I'm not sure where I am.