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Amen. Ted Nolan is gone. I don't care one bit about anything related to him at this point

People always want what's best for them, ignoring anyone else. While it was very stupid to say it, I'm not surprised he wants to keep good Russian players at home.

eman, Eichel played for Boston UNIVERSITY, not college. You might as well be saying that Jim Kelly was the QB of the Miami Dolphins.

Still not as bad as that three-timer named LabattBlue.

Everyone knows that lurking percentage is the best star to use when analyzing this stuff.

Yeah, that crossed my mind after I posted it. I had a guess as to who would be the first to go there and it wasn't you (I'm sure we all know who I would have guessed).

Or given that the author has covered the Big Ten conference for years, he may very well have had some interaction with Battista in the past. He does that by day anyway, by night he's working on the chemtrails.

Does he count as being at the table if he's hiding under it?

There's no gambling at all in the scenario that was outlined. You're being handed $4.5 million but then there's a 20% chance that they give you and extra half million. There was never any chance of losing anything.

It has very little to do with ignorance. Who in their right mind is going to come to the arena with a signed reading "I want second place!"? No matter how good second place is, people are always going to want first.

I realize the stories are about far more than this, but if it's any consolation, you were both going to break up with them eventually anyway. You go through all of that stuff for a reason, it's the only way we ever learn.

Toronto never would have attacked his character because they were never the front runner in the chase. If he had gone to Buffalo like he may or may not originally indicated he would, no one would have thought that Toronto was a serious option.

Why does it need to be someone who already has an existing relationship with Murray? I get fed up with those levels of nepotism in sports at times. Just go out and find the best guy, I don't care if you've worked with him before.

Exactly. And the usual person has once again fallen for the bait.

Is something still considered an opinion when it is based off of things that are blatantly false? Pair that up with an essentially unreadable syntax and you get the responses you are getting here. I'm not sure why PA needs to play the champion of the little man role every single time here. All I know, is that for the millionth time, a thread has once again become unreadable around here.

It seems to be getting a little more common though. Just look at Frank Gore a few months back. Wasn't there someone else in the NFL who also did the same thing? We're only going to see more of it now that we have 24 hour access to all of this stuff, or at least the perception that we have access to the whole process.

It's pretty clear at this point that Toronto was exactly where Babcock wanted to be. All these comments about Buffalo thinking they had a deal in place back that up.

He has to use whatever in he can to get to Kim.

At this pace, we'll hear his final choice by what, next friday? This thing has been chaotic.

I keep thinking that Babcock to St. Louis would be an absolute nightmare for Detroit. When will the new division alignment ever officially sink into my head? The Blues would probably be their preferred destination at this point.

Player contracts are standardized using American dollars by the CBA. Even though coaches aren't covered in that, you better believe that everyone talking contract today with Babcock was dealing with the same units. The canadian dollar vs. american dollar thing does not mean a thing in this discussion.

After a much longer time on the job. When presented with a second coach-GM feud which involves the same coach as before, you're probably not going to be too fast to fire the GM who has been on the job a year and a half.

There's a long list of crappy reasons listed in this thread, mine included. We can easily produce more. Most options in Dave's top tens sucked too (except #2, that one was always gold), so there's no shame in listing some crappy reasons here and there.

And certain people are able to draw in more potential volunteer donors. I just hope that some of the non-matches that came forward over the past week are still willing to give to blue collar Joe Canada who also happens to need a transplant and is a match.

Certain posters don't get along well. Other posters like to agitate. There's the quick summary for you.