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Depends on the definitions of elite #2 center and prospect. If the elite 2C is Malkin in his prime and prospect excludes Dahlin, then yes.

Sadly, this has been true for years...and Millbury remains.

The only way it makes any sense is if it's a political plot to paint the hard cap as unfair/immoral as a prelude to targeting the cap. But I don't think even a Don Fehr-led association is crazy enough to go that route.

You've asserted this before, and you're still wrong. His effort was inconsistent (see also: didn't play defense) but that's quite a bit different than being lazy. Lazy implies a general unwillingness to work hard, but Ovechkin was probably the hardest working player in the league offensively.

It blows my mind that players still don't understand escrow.

We don't have to trade him, but we do have to upgrade our top-6, and he's probably our most likely way to do it.

I don't love him, but I'd rather have Laine's one dimension than Risto's.

This is essentially my concern. Botterill either learned the wrong lesson, or he learned the right lesson but he's applying it to the wrong player.

Sarcasm detector, sir. I thought using Roenick's "again I am right in my analysis" would be a solid tip off ? But yea, the only thing else to discuss would be how the players still, somehow, simply don't understand escrow. You'd think 14 years of a hard cap would be enough to get it, but apparently not.

You're both wrong. Kessel deserved the Smythe that year, but McDavid wasn't the best player in hockey the second half of his rookie year. Again I am right in my analysis. You're welcome for ending the debate.

Russell Wilson is an elite QB. As for Baltimore, I think Jackson is a better passer than Allen. But the team certainly has similar concerns. So? We all know that team lives and dies with Brady's arm and Belichick's ability to adapt to his roster's talent.

This is the crux of it for me. I'll start to believe when McDermott shows me he knows what decade of football he's coaching in (this includes improved game management) and when Allen throws for more than *checks notes* 1 TD per start. I think the defense is going to be too good to prevent any kind of truly disastrous season, but I won't believe in anything offensively until I see it.

I'm not saying you can have as much as you want of what you want. Cut back, don't eliminate.

Any diet that deprives you of what you genuinely enjoy is not the right diet for you because you're much more likely to relapse and regain the weight. My 2 cents on dieting

For the Sabres, it's not a problem. My issue is getting Bills games because everything is locked through NFL Sunday Ticket, which I can't get. And it's insane. I want to give them my money, and they're saying no, we don't want your money. I understand it's not about me in an individual sense for them, but it's still incredibly frustrating to try to navigate. And on that note, does anyone have a VPN recommendation that is both reliable and has an option to set my location to the Buffalo market? Fubo ultimately seems like my best bet here to get Bills games.

Seems to be a recurring theme.

I'm not sure needing to tunnel through a VPN or pay for a sketchy international service that miraculously covers 6000 channels for 30 cents is "easy" in the sense that I'm talking about. It's not hard, in the technical sense, but it's a hoop I really don't want to have to jump through.

It's 2019. Watching your favorite teams from a different city legally really should not be this difficult. Seriously, if I wanted to go the free route it'd be done and done, but because I want to do it legit and actually pay for service, there are 30 hoops to jump through.

How does the Fubo location work? Is it IP-based, or could I set my home location to say my parents' house back in the Buffalo area? My rental won't let me install a dish, so the only way for me to get the Bills games (Sabres aren't a problem because reasons) is to go to a bar. I'm not opposed, mind you, but I don't want to have to go every Sunday.

It's the right move, I think. McCoy looked done last year. I mean, he looked considerably worse than Chris Ivory! Singletary as the lead back, Yeldon the primary receiving back, and Gore short yardage. Wasn't really any room for McCoy unless he showed in camp that he was back to being 28, which he didn't.

As if we needed another reason to never believe what GMs and coaches say publicly.

You were a cashier how long ago? Company policies to always card are widespread now, and even if the policy is to card if a customer looks ____ put a lot of pressure on young cashiers. I promise she hears the card/age joke far more frequently than you imagine.

This is undoubtedly what JJ is going to do. Which is why I don't care whether I see it opening weekend, or on blu-ray. Smart money says it's Return of the Jedi 2.0. Plenty of fans will eat that up, but it's just not compelling to me in any way.

Like anything else, even a small harmless joke can become irritating when you hear it all the time. And cashiers hear that one all the time. And that's to say nothing of the people who legitimately get pissed at the cashier for asking.

Neither did Botterill, who could have sent Sobotka to Siberia at any time. Ultimately, I fall with one of @Thorny's previous posts: that one can even make a weak case for keeping Pominville is not a good thing. Jason Pominville should be as controversial as Sobotka. And yet, here we are.