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...and don't forget about the phat pannies.

I think Skinner is very good at the forecheck too, but in a different way. He doesn't have the size but he does have excellent skating and stick skills that enable him to pick a player's pocket.

When REO was a real band (and before they turned into pop glurge)

I'm CURED! And I feel much better.

I had the same thought but didn't bother to deep dive it. He did start coaching while he was still in college from what I saw.

After a little Googling, he is apparently deep in development- worked coaching at several colleges, US NTDP, minor pro teams and assistant to NHL teams. To the Ducks they may think they've got the next Don Granato.

Who?

I can totally see how that could be twisted by a Tucker Carlson type into "students identifying as cats."

I think one thing that's evolved overall since Eichel was traded is that the Sabres are incorporating more dump & chase zone entries. Eichel was very good at possessing the puck through zone entry. Tage is good for possession on entry too, but with strong forecheckers (Tuch, Skinner, Greenway, Quinn), it provides multiple options for zone entry. If a team is contesting the blue line, the Sabres are more likely to adjust to dump and chase and be successful than they used to be. Also, with fast, large forecheckers, particularly Tuch and Greenway, you can wear down a defense with dump and chase as the game goes on which can lead to more controlled zone entries late.

I think it is important to remember that at the beginning of 2021-22, Donny's first full season as HC, he had Mitts at 1C coming out of camp. Even with his struggles, he's worthy of that and only lost that slot due to injury in Game 1 that year. Thrilled with the emergence of Tage at 1C, as well as Cozens' development, but that doesn't take away from Mitts' talent and the way he's overcome his injury setbacks. The way his game has evolved I can easily picture a playoff scenario where the top line is neutralized; the second line holds its own, but the game is won by Mitts and the third line. When the clutching and grabbing kick in I think Mitts will best be able to handle it, at least right away (I have no doubt Tage and Cozens will learn how to battle, but I think Mitts is already there).

It's not a bad deal for Caufield... unless your standard is Tage/Cozens which are both very team friendly. I would say Caufield's deal is more typical for that level of player (he's very close to Cozens statistically).

If we trade Mitts now, we will regret it. Dude is just coming into his own and is playing a style that will work in the playoffs.

My wife complained about the late innings the last couple games where the Rangers had a reliever that allowed 3 runs in an outing. I told her: When you have that big of a lead, 3 runs is nothing. But it gives a struggling reliever game conditions to work on his pitching. A few weeks ago Leclerq was struggling that way; now he looks solid. Saturday it was King, Sunday it was Hernandez. After the bumpy outing on Saturday, King closed out the game on Sunday. Still not his best work (allowed a couple of hits) but was able to keep it scoreless in the 9th. Bochy is using the wealth of runs to enable in-game development of his relievers.

Yeah, you done got trolled. 😛

The story that started it all was proven false. My guess is there were some kids at the school that were trolling the administration.

This is false. It NEVER happened.

From my perspective it's allowing people to publicly be who they really are on the inside, which is a good thing. What you're talking about is akin to stuffing a genie back in the bottle. Don't think it's gonna happen.

Surely you know it's not black and white for every person? That some people are born with genitals that are not clearly male or female? That some people are born with genitalia that disagree with their chromosomal sex? That some people are born with something other than XX and XY chromosomes?

Additionally, as a doctor, surely you know that there are more than XX and XY genders, don't you? How would you refer to them, if even they don't know what they are?

Language changes and evolves Thee and thou were strictly singular and informal. Ye and you were either plural, or "formal"... in the same vein as "the royal we". You would only use "you" to refer to multiple people (plural) or to your superiors to indicate a formal sense. People adopted using "you" for informal singular as a snub to the nobility. At first it sounded just as awkward to say "ye/you" instead of "thou/thee" as it does to say "they/them" for "he/him" or "she/her" today. But there was change for a reason and "you" caught on; there was a functionality to the change. There is also a functionality to the singular "they/them" and frankly I'm surprised it took gender spectrum to bubble it up to the top. There are many, many times when, and reasons why, you don't know the gender of another person. So why is it so important to assign one? I used to be more resistant to this change, and I still feel awkward using they/them in the singular sense, but really it's just a question of semantics anyway and why do you really need to know another person's gender preference to interact with them?

Nice. I was just going to post that.