shrader

Ahhh, I was thinking of them being stuck in their old southeast division, or whatever it was called. But anyway, people clearly missed the “without relocating” part.

I had a random conversation yesterday about teams with awful names. It got me thinking about how often a team has just straight up changed their name simply because they didn’t like it and not due to relocating. A few different scenarios came to mind, but in my book, none of them meet this criteria. Redskins and Indians: We all know the reasons here. Strangely enough, I think both teams now have dumb names. I was hoping the new Washington owner would scrap it and find something new. Ducks: Technically a name change, but dropping the mighty isn’t enough for me. Hornets/Bobcats/Pelicans: This one is a special scenario where one city wants their old name back while another changes the name a few years after moving. Bullets/Wizards: Was there actual public pressure here or did they actually do it on their own? Utah will have a name change, but that’s obviously due to relocation. I'm sure there are plenty from the early to mid 1900s, especially in baseball and football. So is there anything from the more modern era, say from the 70s and beyond?

I'd suspect a little from column A and a little from column B, honestly.

I had a work social event yesterday. I was joking with one person about this project we worked on that went completely south because the guy running it never responded to anything. She mentioned that at last contact with the guy, she was about to go out on maternity leave. I had to one up her. Since that point, I now have two kids.

I’d look at it from the other direction. They want someone they think Buffalo wants so they try to sweeten the pot a bit.

A better question might be why do they want to get us out of their way on the draft.

@Weave, wasn’t I just reading about your exchange student a couple weeks ago?

I just saw a clip from the LA kings about them going back to the 90s logo, narrated by Keifer Sutherland. The very next thing I saw online was the story that Donald Sutherland died. What a strange coincidence.

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned already or not. That guy was picked by Minnesota. That pick was traded there in the Greenway deal.

Skinner to Toronto would make so much sense. They don’t need to score more goals. But it’s Toronto, so it’s perfect.

What a non-stop thrill ride.

And then watch as no one moves their pick.

I wonder if it also gives some of those vultures more time to poach the trademarks on certain names. I’d imagine that the team claims as many as possible, but people still seem to find a way.

Washington fans also like Utah?

15 majors vs 2?

That and the powder blue look the same on my phone.

Did they just take the same exact color scheme as Seattle?

Home owners and car insurance shopping. I'll like the end result, but it's a bit of a headache.

My local walk to bar is going to be a bills backers bar moving forward.

I’m kind of curious what you mean here. Penn State caused the birth of the Big 10, but it still all feels the same to me as it did before. The WCHA and the CCHA shuffled around a bit and became the Big 10 and NCHC. So it’s still back at 4 power conferences and two bottom feeder conferences.

I’ll re-phrase it: he doesn’t make it to the nhl that early without Eichel.

Maybe to me he couldn’t produce prior to Eichel?

He doesn’t make it to the NHL without Eichel. That one season at BU he matched the other three years combined. I was still a season ticket holder at that point. Nothing about him stood out during those three years.

Hands to the face are what the broadcast is worried about? How about the fact that he blatantly jumped?

How much does a case of beer go for these days?