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Do you ever actually use the second button in Donkey Kong? I thought it only used a button for jumping. Oh, and thanks to this discussion, I know have that game's music stuck in my head.

So was Melrose. All I'm trying to suggest here is that heavily limiting the minutes of the so called franchise Messiah isn't always all that welcomed. Bylsma won't throw Eichel to the wolves, but he won't be giving him the Stamkos treatment either. If Reinhart also sticks with the big club, there's only so much ice time limiting you can do with the young centers. Someone needs to be out there. And yes, they can always give them time on the wing to get their feet wet, but that last point still remains the same, someone needs to be out there at center.

They almost have to at this point. At some point they're going to be facing a gauntlet of expiring ELC deals and it'll be good to have other guys on a different time table.

How about when you hit two buttons at the same time? I'm trying to picture making Mario jump while he's sprinting but not being able to feel those buttons beneath your thumb. It's the little things, the exact distance between those buttons is something that is so engraved in my mind.

I don't know why, but the part in bold may just be the funniest thing I've read in a long time. You aim high, NG. :worthy: So who else thought this post was one giant hyperlink?

The center ice circle needs to be shaped like a burger. If they can turn a car dealer's face into a center ice circle in Boston, Rochester can turn one into a burger.

Sorry, I'm late to this party as I'm just seeing the thread now. "Lucking into one" is very standard practice in modern science. Just ask the folks over at Pfizer and their use of Viagra. They're just recently trying to use it again for its originally planned purposes.

I wonder how often people actually notice post counts. The only time I ever really notice them is when someone specifically mentions them. I like the avatar idea though. I usually identify people by their avatar far more often than by their name. Of course, constant changes mess with that. I know many probably don't care about having an avatar at all, but it is a good way of distinguishing yourself from the masses.

In terms of making this place more friendly for the new posters, hopefully this thread can keep going the way it has so far. It may be a good thing to have pinned for a good period of time. So far it seems to give a decent idea of the mixed batch of personalities we have around here.

That Gallo kid is huge. It seems like they have a few linebacker sized players down there in Texas. Just out of curiosity, I just checked out their roster online and noticed the name Delino DeShields. My immediate thought was that he has to be like 50 years old. I had no idea he has a kid in the majors.

Are they even remotely playable on a phone? If I'm playing those games, I want the old controller in my hand.

I'm more intrigued by the name Burgerplex.

Of course, Barry Mellrose quickly got fired after limiting Stamkos' ice time for the first dozen or so games that year.

You're not alone on that one.

People don't use the PM system enough... or at least I assume they don't. That's where these little thread jackings that you're talking about should happen. "You're from North Tonawanda? So am I!" That stuff doesn't belong in threads, 95% of the board doesn't care where you went to high school when we're talking about whether or not Ryan Miller's eyes are too close together. Take it to a PM. Hell, you might find out that the other poster was your next door neighbor 15 years ago, stuff that you might not typically want to be public knowledge around here.

Based on his posting history, I'm going to assume Drane wrote for Diff'rent Strokes.

I feel all better now.

I do miss bender. I may have to dig that one up again.

Awwww, this was a rare time where I was actually hoping for a youtube clip. Quoting cannot do that scene justice.

So you actually looked at the list and still spelled my name wrong? I'm no longer a fan of you, dudaceck.

How soon?

He has a series of one year stops so far. One year as an assistant at Niagara (NCAA), one with the Amerks, and now one with the Otters. I get the feeling that if he's going to get back into the pro coaching game, he's going to first get some time as an assistant at the AHL level again.

Thursday's choice should be easy, just take a look at your bank account.

I wasn't expecting anything this year since I started the new job back in August. If anything, I'd get a prorated percentage based on the amount of time I was here. I got a sizable increase in salary with this new job, so I didn't really need an increase. But I am getting the full percentage (whatever it is), so I've got that going for me, which is nice.

5 of those were in the first 3 years, so that one per year stat is skewed. Of those remaining 3, they're different scenarios: -Ryan O'Reilly in 2013: A unique case that will be tough to duplicate, with O'Reilly holding out -Shea Weber in 2012: Another unique case where a truly unique player became available, teams typically lock these guys up in advance -Nik Hjalmarsson in 2010: NNow this is the case that most could make an argument for right now, an attempt at poaching a guy from a cap strapped team. Still, we've seen plenty of teams believed to be in cap trouble in recent years and there still doesn't wind up being an offer sheet. Like I said, I'll believe it when I see it, the league is going to stick to its typical behavior come July.