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Really need a lucky bounce here. One of these rebounds right on to Skinner's stick

They're doing everything but actually hitting the net. A little frustrating.

Ok Elie and Mitts with a nice shift there

People don't like good art. They like mediocre art. I keep telling Josie she needs to be deliberately worse but she won't do it

Pretty even game. Kinda boring. That Holtby play was fun.

I don't know about that, but I think our 5v5 play has been good.

I can't believe they didn't call that a goal. It sure looked across the line to me. I'll take it though.

He and Risto both get caught skating too slow sometimes. Risto almost got caught again.

I humbly request a Sabres goal

I believe there are. That's what makes this whole thing weirder. I suspect that the only thing that could help Bergie was to free him from his obligation to the Sabres. Who knows why that would be.

Ooooookay

Natives from Penfield to Gates to the 19th ward. Maybe the younger kids say it.

That's why I'm not sure I want to speculate that it's specifically drugs or something like that. The other rumors are that there are certain places he wanted to play and maybe there was some kind of psychological/emotional reason for that. I don't know. It just sounds very...complicated.

Painkillers, opiates, depression? Who knows. I don't really want to speculate too much. But it sure sounds like Berglund is going to be "seeking help". Whatever the reason is, I hope he's okay.

There's more to this story, that much is obvious. Those comments read like when people talk about a friend finally going to rehab...

These comments from Oshie are interesting. "I respect him a lot for him kind of taking control here and getting done what he needs to get done." Hm. Hmmm.

Just because you don't know anyone who calls it Roch... I knew plenty who did. Crotchfester is absolutely a nickname.

Mittelstadt has been playing a heavier game recently and I think the team is about to see his development pay off.

Correct. Give credit to the stuff they're doing with the Bills too even though they're bad. Guys like Tre White are great to have around.

Having a teams that appear to be chock full of "personalities" has really made PSE's job a lot easier.

The fall from grace for Donny is going to be such good schadenfreude. He's already lost it mentally. Wait till one of these many investigations into the plethora of crimes he and the people in his orbit have been up to reveals that he's actually not rich. Melania is going to leave him and he's going to go full Big Lewbowski.

Botterill isn't going to trade for Jeff Carter. Especially if one of those 1sts is involved. It's not his kind of trade.

I don't want to put words in Aud's mouth, but regarding my own opinion, I think most NHL players are probably not too bright. Most of them barely finish high school, they aren't seeking further education, and they probably aren't studying high level sociological concepts and applying those theories to their work. They've been playing hockey their whole lives and that's what they know. There's not going to be much questioning of it. It's funny that John Scott was mentioned earlier. I bet he's one of the few players capable of spending any time giving serious thought to the things he was doing as an NHL player. John Scott is a well educated gentle-giant of a man and even he was capable of switching his conscience off for 3 hours at a time in order to punch guys in the head for money. He still saw value in it. Or he felt his teammates saw value in it. Putting a bow on this, fans who think fighting doesn't matter to these guys are over thinking it. Because I assure you the players aren't giving it too much thought. And even if some of them are, it's not happening during games.

Kinda. Laws tend to come from social mores. So the laws kinda stop you because you're socialized to act similarly to the laws. Either way, the point is that the social norms among hockey players during games can differ from the norms they follow when they're off the ice. And we all do this. We all act a little differently depending on the situations we're in.