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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.

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.

You used an awfully convenient cutoff point in that analysis. What if you spread that range out to, say, 12th overall?

I thought Hoss had the position locked up. He's been a bit testy lately though, so maybe he'll be fired.

Paging Physics, please report to the video games thread immediately...

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.

The next step will be renaming our capital to Martha Washington DC.

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.

I enjoyed it. There are a bunch of bugs in it, but otherwise is is very much like the others.

Give the woman a different bill and put Aaron Burr on the ten with Hamilton.

Ha, I always considered Boston to be the belly of the beast.

Michael Scott taught me all i need to know about HR.

And if we're lucky, neither leaves. Sorry bio, but I think you can sacrifice employment if it means the world has two less HR reps. The needs of the many...

Physics, I've seen far too many of the "I'm 55 years old and weight 350 pounds, this is the year I get drafted" type of guys. I'm not sure where they fall in the types of leagues you outlined. That's really the only way to describe many of the people I played against in Boston. They seem to actually think they still have a shot. I know Boston has their reputation for scumbaggery, but I have a hard time believing it's just them.

It's pretty easy to track when half are Dallas. We haven't had any meaningful run ins with them in a while now, so I had forgotten why I used to hate their teams so much.

Steel cage death match between the two employers, it's the only reasonable solution

Are there refs for these games? It sounds like they really blew it for a couple of reasons: 1. It almost sounds like the type of game they should have stopped 2. There definitely shouldn't be a handshake line if it was as ugly the picture you painted (insert comment here about you never painting ugly pictures) And I hear you about this type of game driving you away. We had back to back games 4 years ago where opponents taking things far too seriously led to a pair of knee surgeries, one of which was me. I came back after that, but I had very little desire and walked away after one more season. Those completely ruin things.

Absolutely. Unfortunately, there's no way he lasts that long. Someone as media aware as he is is not going to expose himself to that kind of thrashing.

I wish we had him. That would be one of the most stacked college rosters imaginable.

My brother and I were exchanging Tommy Boy quotes the whole time. It wasn't bad.

I've played the whole series and have always been a huge fan of Batman, so that game is a must. I did everything possible in the story mode of all of those games. I'm content doing that much, I don't need to do some of the challenge modes. Oh, and I'm currently playing through Arkham Origins again when I have free time.

I knew someone would mention him. You even gave my already prepared answer for me. Nice work. I forget the exact time line with Tallon/Bowman, but Hossa was signed by Bowman, right?

I had to sit through a church class this past weekend about being a godparent (don't ask). The guy teaching it looked just like Chris Farley. He even had a striped polo shirt that looked like it was straight out of Tommy Boy.

I am oddly tempted too. I think ultimately I will hold out and save the money for the eventual PS4 purchase for Arkham Knight, but I'll go back and forth on it a lot.

Do people still not realize that he is nothing but a publicity ? The only reason he is "officially" running is because he knew he had to take it a step further this time or else people wouldn't talk about him.