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The insanity of dropping glove and blindly diving into piles like that is something I've never understood. I had one of those brawls once in a high school game and there was no way I was doing that. I went with crowd control instead, stopping anyone else from adding to the pile (no @LGR4GM, please don't post a South Park "back in the pile" GIF). I just about died of laughter when some d-bag challenged me to drop the gloves, and then immediately stepped on a stick and fell flat on his ass.

Well that took an unexpected turn. Letting her marry a Pats fan? Shame on you @Neo. Seriously though, I'm glad to hear she's ok. Pats fans can very easily run anyone's day.

Was this an actual QB sack or just that WR sack I mentioned earlier in the thread?

All thread titles should be 12x longer than its first post. I mean, sure, we'd have to ban @Randall Flagg from starting threads, but this rule can't possible go wrong.

This one drives me crazy because I can never get a straight answer on it. Does the goal differential include the fake goal awarded for the shootout win? Fortunately, it's super early in the year and I can in fact do math... (Long Pause) ...It does include the shootout win. That's annoying. The NHL should know better. It should be +12, not +13.

My favorite part is the absolutely beautiful flying tackle from the first Flame to join in... well, that and the homeless look Doughty's got going.

I’ll say the same thing I did during the streak: enjoy this. You never know how long it will last.

Am I reading this right, Oliver got his first career sack and it was a WR?

The only return with cap implications would be Hunwick. We already know that’s not happening. The only other “return” that hits the cap is a recall from the AHL.

Outside of cases where there’s an injury not worthy of IR, carry 22 has always been fairly standard. Why carry three healthy bodies on a daily basis if they’re not going to play? Also, with the one spot open, you allow for flexibility if you need to recall someone suddenly. Then there’s the waiver implications. Even if Lazar isn’t playing, he becomes waiver eligible again if he’s been on the NHL roster for a cumulative total of 30 days (10 games if you play). There’s no point to burning up any of that count if a guys is the second one in reserve.

I'm content with this. That's a pretty solid group of 7 right there. They're not all going to stay healthy, so I'm more than happy to roll with that group in the short term. If they want to make a trade, that's fine, but they've got the luxury of time right now thanks to the fast start. They don't need to rush into any deal.

Send him back where?

That's an odd interpretation of it. They're all headed to the bench for the tv timeout. I suppose it's possible he's in that spot by design, but it looks pretty random to me. After that, Sobotka's tackled into Ullmark and it all follows from there.

Maybe it's unfair, but I look at the size difference between those two don't want to call him a comparable. I want to expect a completely different player.

"Absolutely nothing. Which is what you are about to become." edit: Sorry, it got me thinking Spaceballs.

I'm guessing that a yellow font wouldn't be too easy on the eyes.

They can't re-sign until after January 1st. If they do stick around, it's never going to be for much more than they have right now, cheap 1-2 year deals.

And all those calls of skating unmolested into the zone.

Luckily he didn't go with his original plan to give that nickname to Yuri Khmylev.

There's no risk there, especially if the pattern continues where Gilmour never plays. There's no sense in carrying 8 defenseman, particularly when one will never play. He'd be much better served getting ice time in Rochester and the Amerks would be better for it as well.

He should remain in a developmental phase, but yeah, I could see this season heading down a path where they might want to move a prospect like him for a forward somewhere around the deadline. There is currently no room for him on the big club. Gilmour gets bumped once Montour is back. After that, there isn't anyone you'd be moving. Maybe he can be an injury callup, but I think they'd probably use Gilmour head of him for that.

I saw Grigorenko's name popping up in hockeydb searches yesterday. Now it makes sense.

Just once I want to break into an all out sprint down one of those moving sidewalks, just to see how badly I face plant at the end.

If you're taking into account their future status, we need to remember that Scandella will be a UFA at the end of year (Gilmour too, although that's not all that important). If things continue down the path they're going so far, I'm thinking that we could see a prospect like Pilut or Borgen moved to add a significant forward near the deadline. They'd have to play some money games as well, but there are options (cough, Bogosian, cough).