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Completely unrelated to It, but... I'm getting fed up with people always complaining that trailers give away too much of the movie. The most recent one that comes to mind is Spiderman. There was so much bitching after the trailer, but how can you know if they've actually given away too much without seeing the actual movie? That movie definitely delivered a lot that was very different from the "whole plot" that the internet whiners thought was given away in the trailer.

I heard the stat this morning that the Browns have lost 13 straight season openers. That's absolutely crazy.

If it was possible to stand, the first thing I'd want to do if I was one of those reporters in the hurricane would be to grab a baseball and throw the fastest pitch of my life. I was watching a bit of the weather channel coverage with my brother who is up from Florida and I think the craziest thing of all was right when the eye wall reached their guy in Naples. He's out there doing his thing and then a pickup truck goes zooming by in the other direction. What on earth was that person doing?

Maybe they can fill out a whole roster of BC midgets

I'm not sure what that one is, but it's definitely a story that's been done a ton of times.

I'm not quite sure why the US would want him.

What, no love for the Running Man? It became really popular when they switched sexes and called it the Hunger Games.

So that KC can go 1-15, finishing one game ahead of the Jets, screwing us out of the 1st overall pick?

If I were Brady, I would return, stand motionless in the backfield and let the opposing team take shots at my knees and head. I'd be doing it for the good of mankind.

Waiver claim. He didn't make the opening roster.

My brother's starting his drive from Boca to Raleigh today. We're out of the cone at this point, so it should be just some rain and wind. Seeing the Matthew stuff in this thread reminded me of the crappiness that was October last year though.

I was all ready to say that father crowbar-to-the-knee is also undefeated, but she still won the silver medal. I'm not sure if that's a win or not.

It's not getting close at all. Canada still has over half the players out there. If you combined the US with the rest of the world, then yes, it's getting close.

How would it work in the courts given that it's an international league? Does it have to be contested in only one of the two countries or would it just be an issue where the league headquarters are located?

I've always heard it could make you go blind. They never said anything about tennis elbow.

No timeout after an icing call. I like that one too.

Also in there is a link about trying to change the draft age from 18 to 19. Let's ignore for a second whether or not you think it's a good idea. How exactly could they roll out this change? Whenever that happens, you wind up with a year with basically no draft prospects. All of those top 19 year olds would have been drafted the year before and no new pool of prospects is added. The only players remaining are the ones who were not drafted the year before. This, of course, would be the year that the Sabres would win the draft lottery.

Has Tkachuk had a big rise in the past year? I would have sworn when he originally was recruited by BU that he didn't project out anywhere near as high as his brother. I suppose strength of draft class could factor in a bit. And obviously it's super early and things will change, but no canadians until #6. It's always interesting when you see that. It reminds me of 2016 until Dubois suddenly snuck in there.

I'm sure they like to have a little fun by having Crosby at 87 points. Since they don't give any hint at where the numbers come from, I'm going to go ahead and assume that was intentional.

I wonder how they come to the conclusion that Burns will be the only one on that list to play all 82 games. It's kind of an odd little quirk.

Hey man, whatever turns you on.

You have to fill your Cody quota somehow.

Why would you start with the year after the lockout? Your arbitrary cutoffs are going to destroy the world.

Quick, let's play a game and name them all off the top of my head: Penner Vanek Bernier Backes Weber Hjalmarson O'Reilly (I love the story behind this screwup) Kessler Why am I getting 8?

Eichel leaves a lot of money on the table if he only signs for 4 years, even if it's at that rate. I'm not so sure there's any player/agent combo out there that would take that risk today. Sure, one might say that he's doing it right now, but there a huge difference between 1 year gamble and a 4 year gamble.