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Our house closing date is scheduled. I will be saving my "goodbye bank account" comment for thursday.

Yeah, it's definitely a loaded word. The media trying their hardest to make Collins look like he is poison right now, that much is for sure. Maybe he is, but we need to let the whole thing play out first.

I don't know about that lost draft picks part. The league really F'ed that one up. All they lost was a 3rd round pick. As for Parise, I don't think they ever had much of a chance there anyway. He was in that same boat as Vanek where everyone knew that eventually he'd wind up exactly where he is now. Your last point is the big one to me. Their star player got old and they were never able to find new stars (longterm anyway, ie. Kovalchuk). People will argue with this one, but star power is what drives this league right now. Without a few, a team isn't going anywhere.

I'm assuming that is Rodak's wording. What does he mean by unsanctioned?

This right here is the part that should really be the toughest part of this tournament for him. They typically do grab a college kid or two each year, but that is usually the junior or senior who has just signed their first contract and has gone through a few rookie camps already. Eichel has never had that experience. Even spending an entire year with David Quinn who has pro coaching experience, Eichel really has no feel whatsoever for how things work at the professional level. To be a productive player in this type of setting, it's going to come mostly from skill and instinct.

Is Tyrod Taylor eligible for the practice squad?

Thanks to this, I'm not picturing Manny in the Exorcist. What did that tweet that inky posted say? It has been pulled.

Looking back at that Kiper comment on the Maybin draft class, it actually doesn't sound all that bad to me if you can get beyond Maybin. I realize that's a big condition, throwing away your first overall pick, but in any given year if we could get three players out of a draft at the level of Wood, Levitre, and Byrd, I think we'd be happy with that.

You went to the wrong one. It's actually the National Association of Marlon Brando Look Alikes

Oops, for some reason I keep thinking the lockout was 2013-2014.

I'll add to this portion of your post by saying that the quote from Ted Black that PA keeps falling back on pre-dates the current CBA. Edit: if I'm reading the timeline in his post correctly.

One big bodied scorer. One seasoned leader. Ok, it fits more now with that perspective. I'm not sure how I missed that one.

So what's this about the team looking for a head coach?

That's a weird grouping to make. I wouldn't put those two guys in the same list.

I have never won a state championship, but if I had, it would have been much longer than two years ago.

I don't know, I think those words hammered home his point appropriately. It was a very blunt way of letting people know that this garbage doesn't need to flood every single thread.

I can't wait for the reports stating that Babcock and Chiarelli are scheduling a meeting by the tree in Edmonton.

Bull's asterisks

:w00t: I guess I floated out a hanging curve ball there.

There's a definite trend in the NHL right now towards the up and coming GM, or promoting those guys who have been assistant GMs for years. Take a look at all of the recent hires. Outside of Rutherford in Pittsburgh and now the Chiarelli move, they've essentially all been first timers. And even Rutherford is a transitional GM while Boterill and co. gain more experience.

And if he's Lindros, you encase his head in bubble wrap.

I've seen that before. That moment where the two players realize exactly what is going on is almost exactly like your post. You instantly go from wanting to kill each other to being best friends.

You might be onto something there if the awareness of the concussion issues went back nearly 20 years. As eleven has been saying in this thread, the interference is nothing new and they've been letting it go for ages now.

Has there much talk about Black around here lately? I really haven't noticed much other than the occasional post taking a shot at him. He seems mostly off the radar at this point.

So it's now the Seinfeld approach to columns, wring about nothing?