nfreeman

FWIW, a writer from the Miami Herald was on WGR with Howard Simon yesterday and spoke quite highly of Kulikov.

Me too, and I'd add that I'm out at anything longer than 3 years -- which I think makes it a non-starter, because someone will give him at least 5 years (and probably more).

There is no certainty in life or on anonymous message boards, but I'm highly confident that the current tinfoil hat dude isn't GoDD (if that's who you were referring to). And I appreciate the support, although I'll also say that I'm more bemused by the accusation than offended. Do tell! Thanks. So it seems like Kane's pre-Sabres baggage is comprised entirely of (i) the Vegas cash photos, (ii) him wanting out of Winnipeg and (iii) him not getting along with teammates in Winnipeg? That's it, right? i.e. no brushes with the law or anything else untoward? If so, the allusions in this thread to his "history" and "past sexual allegations" and similar items seem rather overblown.

Unbelievable.

On 5th Ave.? It's OK but nothing special. Next time, I'd suggest, in order: 1. Bagel Hole (7th Ave & 12th St.) 2. Bergen Bagels (Bergen & Flatbush) 3. La Bagel Delight (2 locations -- 7th Ave. & 6th St. and 7th Ave. & Carroll St.)

Good stuff. I was heartbroken when they traded Rico. Scotty secured a very high spot on my Arya Stark list that day.

Which bagel place? If the answer is dunkin' donuts, you are suspended indefinitely.

Was Kane ever arrested in Winnipeg? Or anywhere else for that matter?

I beg to differ, but fully recognize that this is a question that we all bring our baggage to.

Interesting -- your takes on movies and TV are uniformly well-written, thoughtful and articulate -- and I disagree with almost all of them. I had no use for the Lobster whatsoever. I found it an annoying, pretentious arthouse movie, almost fell asleep multiple times (which I don't think has ever happened to me before at a movie) and couldn't wait for it to end.

Here's something that jumps out at me: Pretty sensational stuff. But what it doesn't say is whether the "narrative" is the accuser's version of events (probably), Kane's (probably not), that of any witnesses (maybe), that of the cops (probably not) or perhaps an amalgamation of everything (maybe). The BN should've made this clear. As is, it reads like "this is what happened -- and by the way, did we mention how big and strong Kane is?" And the BN knew exactly what it was doing when it used those words.

See, Aud is a gentleman. I might've just called PA's bile what it was -- trolling -- and moved on.

I remember that one. Pre-injury Butler is still, IMHO, the best WR I've ever seen on the Bills. Ah, what might have been. Yes indeed. And so cheesy.

Indeed. It would be wildly optimistic to pencil Moulson in for more than 10 goals.

And here.

Slight correction: the danger of Robert B. killing Jon Snow arose because Jon is a Targaryen, not because he is Lyanna's son. Upon taking power, Robert B. sought to hunt down and kill all of the Targaryens, both to protect his claim to the throne and because he had a borderline-insane obsession with making sure there were no more dragons. The assassination attempt on Danerys in season 1 (I think?) was part of this hunt.

I'm kinda hoping our man in Sweden delivers a good scouting report on Nylander and Asplunge.

Well, now it's clear why that occurred to me!

It occurs to me that Florida, after having their best season in forever, is swapping out 3 of their top 4 defensemen (assuming Soupy signs elsewhere). That's pretty strange.

I think he's shown flashes of being good to very good at pretty much every desirable skill a defenseman should have, and he did so in his first full season. It should also be noted that an experienced NHL coaching staff clearly preferred him to Pysyk. The eye test unmistakeably confirms that Pysyk never drove anything while on the ice. This. Also, the coaches also didn't trust him to kill penalties, and he had zero power play skill. Yes indeed. I'm much happier with where the Sabres are today after the trade they made than I would've been if they had traded #8 for Fowler. I don't think this is the ultimate goal. I also think it was more important to upgrade the role of Risto's partner than it was to maintain a good possession number at the #6-#7 defenseman slot. This is an interesting question. I wouldn't be surprised either way. They still have Nelson and Franson at #6-#7. Separately: as Hoss noted upthread, GMTM spoke very highly of Kulikov -- high enough that I expect GMTM to try to sign him to an extension. Also worth noting that Kulikov played over 25 min per game for Florida in the playoffs this year after being 3rd on the team in ice time in the regular season (he was paired with Ekblad for much of the season too). I think this is a significant upgrade.

So his dad played in the NHL for 16 seasons, then 6 more in Europe before retiring at age 42. And his brother was drafted by the leafs a couple of years ago, also at #8. And there's this: when LQ and TG butchered the Chris Drury contract in 2007, Michael Nylander had just finished his contract with the Rangers. He signed with the Capitals on Black Sunday. LQ mentioned at the postmortem presser, in a feeble attempt to deflect blame, that if Nylander had stayed with the Rangers, Drury wouldn't have signed with them and would've stayed with the Sabres. It was and remains obvious LQ BS, but it popped to mind when I was looking at Michael's stats. It's a new era. And the kid's highlights look impressive.

IIRC, you've been lobbying for Nylander for a while, yes? So you're accountable for this one?

Regardless of how prudish/uptight Winnipeg is, Cerebral implied that Kane has a history of sexual accusations. This doesn't seem remotely accurate.

Was Kane accused of any kind of sexual impropriety in Winnipeg?

Well, I think Lindy was thinking more along the lines of Hossa or Toews.