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    I've never liked thinking of this so called loser point as the bonus point that is handed out. These games are tied at the end of regulation and that is the actual result and like the old days, each team gets a point. The real bonus point is the one handed to whoever "wins" in overtime/shoot out. 2 points are up for grabs during the portion of the game played under normal rules. I'll throw this suggestion out there that has come to mind recently. If they really think that the fans need to see a conclusion, then by all means keep going with the overtime and shootout. The change here though is to only count them as a tie in the standings. Use the shootout (or maybe any overtime result) only as a tie breaker in the standings. They kind of do this already with the regulation wins column that is the first step to break ties. I say they make that regulation wins column be the one they actually use to calculate your points total.
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    Closing costs coming in $4k less than they originally told us is awesome
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    Why are we telling SDS how to run his board?
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    Zadorov didn't have a contract over there as far as I know (I assume it wasn't possible to have one). So the whole thing always felt strange to me, how a team that didn't actually have him under contract could control where he wound up.
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    Does he also sound like Sylvester?
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    That whole thing still bothers me and I've never gotten an explanation I was happy with. I realize it's a big if, but what if Zadorov did not want to play in Russia and instead would have rather been in London? Did he have no say in the matter?
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    The Russians are making up the rules as they go, which adds an extra layer of complication to this whole thing.
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    Best of luck to you kev. It's never easy. I take another message from your story on top of what you said. Stories like this as well as things I've dealt with in recent years with my father and father-in-law have helped me to realize that life is too short. You never know what it's going to be taken away from you. Get out there and enjoy life as much as you can while you can.
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    In that case, he sounds like a guy who very well could benefit from starting out in the ECHL. We've seen a decent number of good goalies now who started out there.
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    It depends on the situation obviously. Remember the near universal praise we heard around here for Scott Arniel? I think it was before your time here, but people sure did love his work with the powerplay.
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    But if we're going to play the game you started earlier asking if other team wish they had taken Tarasenko back in 2010, don't you think Nashville now would have rather taken a player like Travis Zajac at 15 instead of Radulov? Which is why I used the wording earlier where I said that their nationality is one of multiple risk factors for the draft. Years from now you evaluate a pick based on results. Never developing as a player, injury, leaving the league... there are several things that impact that evalutaion.
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    Is there significance to what I bolded above? Is Ullmark still not coming over to the US or am I just misreading that?
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    Welcome to the same exact story that is told about countless drafted players over the years. There are also just as many where teams are glad they passed over certain players. I know Winnipeg's thrilled that they took Burmistrov that year. The book's also not completed. The risk doesn't suddenly go away the second they're here. What if these guys pull a Radulov or a Kovalchuk after a few years? If nothing else, that negotation ploy is always going to be out there each time these guy's contracts are up. It's one extra issue that teams need to factor into their decisions when looking at these guys. I could definitely see the Sabres rolling the dice because by all accounts, they should already have a home run selection made in this draft.
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    Best of luck to you bio. Hopefully you kick 2015's ass the rest of the year. Around 4 years ago I had surgery on my left knee. Earlier this week I was pivoting to sit in a chair and felt a huge pop. It's probably nothing and was just a fluke, but it's been stiff each day since. I miss my youth where this stuff healed in 30 seconds.
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    And at least it's someone incredibly qualified as opposed to hiring Steve-o Murray, his alcoholic 19 year old nephew.
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    It does feel a bit odd to me, but I'd take this situation over the one from a few years back where people always wanted to add Mike Foligno. Having a father-son coach-player situation is one that would definitely look odd to me.
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    There's a couple factors there. With the ones actually taken in the first round, the teams typically have a good feeling that they'll come over/stay in the States. What we're missing are the ones who fall into later rounds because there is little hope of them coming over. Then there were all the years where there hasn't been a transfer agreement. If they're not already here, there's one hell of a risk of using a pick on them. These guys fall for good reason. Sure, they're good players, but unfortunately their nationality is as much a risk factor as height or weight or injury history. I'm not going to fault a team for passing on them. But then again, certain teams that have a handful of early round picks do have the luxury of being able to take that risk.
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    You used an awfully convenient cutoff point in that analysis. What if you spread that range out to, say, 12th overall?
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    I thought Hoss had the position locked up. He's been a bit testy lately though, so maybe he'll be fired.
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    Paging Physics, please report to the video games thread immediately...
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    I'm not the board police, but I have to say it. Please don't quote an entire long post just to give a one sentence reply.
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    The next step will be renaming our capital to Martha Washington DC.
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    Make it a lifetime achievement award and give it to Jagr. A quick question though: do people really pay attention to who is on the cover of these games? I couldn't tell you who has been on the cover any of the years I bought the game and I certainly wouldn't be persuaded one way or the other based on the cover. edit: Wait, new suggestion. Put the Eichel unicorn on the cover.
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    I enjoyed it. There are a bunch of bugs in it, but otherwise is is very much like the others.
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    Give the woman a different bill and put Aaron Burr on the ten with Hamilton.
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