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Sounds like it all went downhill when you showed up.

You complete me.

I saw the FB post that he was in the running. That is awesome!

The correct question is, did anyone see the game last night? And, if so, why?

I don't know that I have a least favorite. I haven't found any of them to be likeable at all. Rolston comes the closest I guess, but is it his fault that the GM went out and hired the least qualified person to coach the team? Should I really hate on Ron for being the lamb fed to the lions? A very, very few players have my respect for consistently doing their best during these trying times, but that is about the extent of my emotions, really. The rest can all be labeled as having my equal level of apathy. There needs to be an F 'em all choice.

Interesting Thompson put on the off wing.

Do we see Sam at center now?

As if I needed any additional incentive to not watch....

Damned if he said it, damned if he said the opposite. He's not (and he absolutely shouldn't) throwing any goalie, or any other player under the bus. And if he did throw them under the bus we would flame him for doing that (rightfully so). Look at how we reacted to RK throwing Skinner under the bus. Even though we have no insider info regarding what is going on we slammed RK for him slamming Skinner. But now we express outrage over KA not throwing goalies under the bus? So maybe he just shouldn't say anything at all? Wait... he already got called out for doing that. No win situation. This ship can't turn around fast enough.

Not so awesome update.... Apparently the covids and the relief checks have been putting a serious hurt on the kayak manufacturers and retailers. They had very little in stock and a ton of people looking to talk to a sales person. I had to put my name on a list and put down a deposit with no promises regarding delivery. Their expected shipment is weeks overdue with no word from the manufacturer as to when they might ship. No choice in color as the manufacturers are shipping whatever they have on hand and they are getting made with no concern regarding color. Word is most are showing up olive drab, which isn't the worst thing in the world. I guess plastic supply is an issue too. Hopefully this doesn't run into the opener for walleyes. It will affect early crappie season though.

And the irony is, 311 complained about the same when Liger (and myself, and others) used words and definitions that were similar in use and context but on the other side of the spectrum. So there is that too.

Not every question you ask has or deserves an answer. Like Ralph, I don't have answers. And like Ralph, I don't care.

I just sold my kayak yesterday. (I'm upgrading today). Guy that bought it said he tried to buy a used kayak all last Summer and couldn't because they were selling within minutes of being listed. I posted mine for sale yesterday AM, got in the shower, and came out with a message that he wanted to come look at it. It was out of my garage and down the road within 2hrs of my post. I felt like I was being greedy offering it for sale $50 less than I originally paid for it and I would have negotiated, but he snapped it up immediately with no negotiation. Apparently I could have sold it for more than I paid for it. It's got to be the Covids. Awesome for me is I am picking up a badass fishing kayak today. It is something I should feel comfortable putting in Erie or Ontario and going for a long troll.

Unfortunately, I think this is accurate. Mr. Dahlin really needs to lose his temper.

Wookie gets my concern. And as far as Jack is concerned, I think he's still being affected by having all that weight on his shoulders. He needs the load lightened. Man, I really hoped Staal would have provided that.

As I said above, to prevent crushing the kids. At this point I think that may be his one and only value.

Any hipster brewery is an adequate shrine to Dark.

It's more than Toronto reporting. I know that you want to write it off a such, but assuming that is assuming that all their writing is agenda driven. I don't buy it. It's too convenient. And I've already told you I have no first hand knowledge of AM, so I don't know what you are expecting for an answer here. My point was a simple one. Around the league, people that get paid to discuss these things almost universally put AM higher than Jack. Read into it whatever you want. And BS this didn't get debated last year. AM vs. Jack was a frequent discussion point in last season's around the NHL thread. And I don't have the give a ***** level to back that up.

I'm torn here. I do not like "just play the kids". The kids get crushed under all that weight because they don't have support. I will go to my grave firmly believing that the reason that we still suck 10 years later is because we had too many kids being supported by too many sub NHL players, and the weight of expectation was crsuhing them. I don't need to see this generation of kids get rushed. But, on the other hand, how effectively is Staal helping develop the kids that are here. I don't know that I like either solution.

From my POV you are a bit left of center (maybe more than a bit). From my POV Liger is more outer level left, aka extreme. And unflinching as well. Sometimes words with bad connotations can be used accurately without the bad connotation. It is what it is. And sometimes we just need to accept where we are.

Coboconk is an awesome town name. I just had to say that.

Those two things aren't mutually exclusive as you wrote them. "Serious" being the key word.

I never used the word talent. Jack oozes with talent. I'm not sure why he doesn't look like a superstar on the ice more often. Or why the people that are paid to watch and report hockey think he doesn't bring it like AM does.

I'm not gonna judge intent here, which is where "dirty" comes from, but that was a hit that the Pen player just can't make. Maybe reckless is a better word than careless.