IKnowPhysics

He must live.

Such is academia right now. Terrible. 'Grats on the hire.

Not that you guys were inferring the Sabres should be interested, but I'm not sure we should be. And not just because we already have a little log jam at D (we could sell the Leafs a cheaper defenseman). While he's arguably the Leafs second best defender as far as offensive production, he's been playing some of the Leafs' easiest minutes for the past two seasons. He did take a big step forward this year and he does produce offensively, so maybe there's consideration for that, but you shouldn't expect he's going to come in and play a shut down role. Is there more room in Buffalo for another offensive defenseman with Ehrhoff, Myers, and Pysyk, all whom are unlikely to move in a deal for Franson, ready to play? History (MAGs, TJ Brennan, Leopold) says no, but if Franson projects to be better than one of the former, then I'm all ears. I think there's other teams that would be more interested. Colorado?

I hear his organization pays lots of young men a lot of money and he encourages them to engage in physical contact with each other and other young men. Stupid.

Ban.

I starting to buy into this a little- I'm getting the impression this facillity has the potential to be a LOT better and higher profile than the Toyota Sports Center (the Kings' sparkling three-rink practice facility; the best rink I've ever skated in, next to maybe the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee). I can't convey how much it helps to have a good rink director- it really makes or breaks the entire facility- and it looks like Fattey could be good at it. I'm looking forward to the whole thing.

I love working in a technocracy.

Brilliant idea of the morning: Marty Biron, upon retirement, should replace Peters.

KS was suggesting Tyler Myers is currently in outstanding shape, but didn't come right out and say it. KS also had reason to believe he'll bounce back this season, but didn't say why (why didn't he say why?? argh). Both KS and AP glossed over the fact that Myers played pretty alright towards the end of last season, and KS could've said that, so I'm not sure what they're holding back. Listening to this show is weird.

So uh, "Drunk History" on Comedy Central's pretty ###### funny.

I'm definitely for that, especially if it means NBCS gets bumped down into regular television service provider tiers as opposed to its current location in the Gonzo Esoteric Stupidly-Expensive Sports Extra Plus tier for most providers now. I hate that.

I got the impression that NBCS was doing well (as well as they could be) during hockey season. Auto racing adds viewership to the entire rest of the year. What other summer sports could they cover? Not baseball. I think NBC is just looking to get through the year, so to speak, as opposed to finding sports that overlap interests among eachother. In fairness, anecdotally, I watch F1 now because a) I have an interest in cars and b) I was made aware of the existence F1 on NBCS from advertising during hockey. FWIW; not much.

Sort of interesting. Didn't pan out for ESPN? Or is NBC trying to build an empire on auto racing? (they have F1 and IndyCar pretty much locked up too) I'm ok with it; NBC Sports' F1 coverage is spectacular IMO.

Lulz.

I'm reading that report, it's interesting. Time for a new topic I think.

Useful for places with metal detectors too. ###### ing Los Angeles.

1961 Blackhawks Stanley Cup banner sells at private auction for $37.5k: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427893 Dollar Bill Wirtz had auctioned it off in 1994 for $15k, that greedy, dead ######. Rocky had reportedly tried to buy it back before, but no word about whether he tried at this auction. Dollar Bill's another perfect example of the type of owner I'm glad we've never had.

Bring back the roof slant! The new windows in the hockey rink are a good touch, thought they were missing that opporunity before. Looks like something interesting might be at the top of the Marriott. Also: in the old concept illustration, there are Vanek and Miller fans walking around. NONE TO BE SEEN IN THE NEW VERSION.

And with money. Plentiful, privately invested, non-publicly-financed (mostly), real, green, American pesos.

Czech remake of the Terminator. Check imdb. I have no idea.

Dude, like half the cast of Archer was on AD at some point. Check out imdb sometime. One of Archers Dads is voiced by Geoffrey Tambor, George Sr. Hilarious.

Probably because she got a lot of practice with her character in Archer.

"We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told."

Oh ######, it's Upgrayedd.