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I too would like to see this top 6, but I think Hall will be stapled to Jack unless they really struggle. I think they want it to work and for Hall to be happy and sign an extension. I agree with all of this, but I think both of these 2 are really fast, not just one of them.

Food coma.

Well, @PASabreFan can be awfully persuasive when he’s got you tied up in the basement in the gimp costume.

Holy narrative buster batman! I thought it was "proven" by "evidence" that he was a "meddler!"

My guess is that something is going on -- i.e. it's not just that everyone is on vacation. It could be as simple as KA trying to send Mitts a message.

Of course, it should be noted that no one really has any idea what percentage of the US population has had the virus already.

I don't love multigrain, but I don't mind it, and I prefer it to white bread.

My wife and I went on vacation in Mexico some years ago and traveled around to a number of places, most of which were great. Some of our travel was by bus, and at one point we had to change buses with a bit of a layover in a nondescript town called Iguala. In 2014 there was a major drug cartel massacre there. Yeeeesssh.

I think a specific discussion of the flaws/benefits of the distribution plan is fine, but not, e.g., "the president/governor/prime minister is distributing the vaccine this way because he's an idiot/corrupt/in the pocket of the pharma companies."

I think discussion of methods is fine, unless it's used as a vehicle to make political jabs. E.g. "full lockdowns work -- here's data from country X supporting that approach" is fine, but "the president/governor/prime minister is an idiot for not supporting lockdowns" is not OK.

Well, Sweden has a much lower per capita Covid death rate than Belgium, Spain, France, Italy and the UK, both cumulatively and in the last 14 days. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111779/coronavirus-death-rate-europe-by-country/ https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea So, regardless of how sure one is in one's position, there is plenty of data to support a different view. I'll also note that I wasn't even advocating for the Swedish approach vs the UK approach -- just pointing out that "the science" isn't "settled."

It would be pretty cool if he just seized a spot in camp and was clearly too good to be sent down, innit?

Please remove panties from wringer. I didn't mention those items, and I'm not referring to "political influences". I'm referring to lockdowns, school closures, how to weigh consequences, including health consequences, like depression, substance abuse, alcoholism, delay or loss of other needed health care, economic loss, job loss, family breakups, etc, against the virus' immediate health consequences, whether approaches like Sweden's are better than approaches like the UK's, and other important issues relating to handling the virus. None of these has been settled by anything remotely resembling an "overwhelming consensus."

Well, I think it's important to remember that even among experts -- doctors, epidemiologists, and other scientists -- there is a pretty wide range of opinion as to how best to handle the virus.

Good stuff. Tampa drafted a guy named Vermin in 2013.

The 50/50 split is kinda what I was driving at — ie I have been thinking for a while that the increased escrow and flat cap for the next couple of years aren’t going to be nearly enough to preserve the 50/50 split. If I’m wrong about that and the players just have to defer more cash (instead of, say, taking an across-the-board 30% pay cut), that is a good outcome for the players IMHO.

If the only additional concession that the players need to make is the deferral, that is a big win for them.

Well, a 20-goal scorer isn’t an epic bust. A guy who was hyped as the top prospect in the NHL a few years ago but now might wash out entirely (rhymes with “griddle fat”) — now that’s an epic bust.

So at my daughter's urging, we've incorporated a couple of vegetarian dishes into our home rotation during the quarantine: vegetarian lasagna, which we had last night, and vegetarian tacos. I'm pretty happy with both of them -- in fact, I prefer the vegetarian lasagne to meat lasagne, as I no longer feel like I have 20 pounds of food in my gut after dinner. Lasagne: onions, carrots, peppers, squash, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, ricotta, mozarella, parmesan. Tacos: onions, peppers, black beans, scrambled eggs, shredded cheese. Recommended for anyone so inclined.

Unbelievable. I keep coming back to scoring: it really seems like to beat a good team this year, you need to score in the mid-30s. JA played lousy for a good chunk of the game, including most of the 2nd half (although the last TD drive was awesome, and what a great catch by Diggs in the end zone for the apparent win), and they just didn't put up enough points to insulate themselves from a freak occurrence.

I think there is no chance the Sabres would trade Cozens for Kane.

Should we pass a board rule against that website? It seems like pure crapola.

I regretfully agree with almost all of this, but please keep the political jabs off the main board.

From the Athletic today: https://theathletic.com/2196438/2020/11/13/planning-nhls-to-return-continues-as-sense-of-urgency-builds-on-both-sides/

Survey of NHL agents in the Athletic today: https://theathletic.com/2194871/2020/11/13/nhl-agent-survey-21-reps-talk-star-trades-bubble-standouts-offseason-winners/ Ugh.