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Hasek is weird because his stats would have gone counter to what he looked like doing them. Hasek was probably hard to watch if you were a goalie coach or scout. He made saves, but it didn't make any sense. Lehner makes saves too, and his numbers look really good right now, but I don't think any of this is logic defying like Hasek was. Everything about Lehner at first glance appears to present a good NHL goalie. But looking a little closer makes me nervous. Hasek turned out to be surprisingly good. I think Lehner has the potential to become surprisingly bad.

Right. I'm not a Lehner fan, but I'm hardly his biggest critic. I think we can upgrade, but I think we can also more easily downgrade. We're in a very tough spot.

You've got it. He does a good job of covering his shortcomings somehow, and it makes him look like a good NHL goalie most nights. I'm concerned that what we're seeing from him is Lehner at his best, which is fine, but still somehow wrong. It's hard for me to articulate which is part of why I'm kind of wary about him as a goalie.

It's a really tough call. And I can't get past how much I simply don't like him as a goalie. Goalies are weird, and Lehner is very weird. He's very much affected by his mental game. I'm amazed he's kept it together as long as he has this year. I think staying healthy has been huge for him. I'm terrified of his next injury. Or if he loses his focus in the playoffs and can't get it back. I don't know if he's talented enough for me to want to take that risk.

I like to think this forced artists to make more complete albums, or at least album sides.

Jesus, swamp was right. This is like rediscovering you really like meth. I had forgotten how much this stuff excites me.

weather.com might be worse than Fox News with that crap. WINTER IS COMING, WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO THE PUPPIES?

That doesn't surprise me at all. There's so much "this guy says this is great!" stuff when it comes to audio equipment. You could spend your life reading reviews for speakers 100 people think are great but 5 people think those other people are insane. Who is right? I'm not sure I can trust the wisdom of the crowd with this stuff because maybe what works for them isn't what works for me, especially in an era where so many people are getting their music from compressed and distorted digital streaming formats. That's why I like vintage stuff and thrift shopping. I can spend pennies and maybe end up with a great set of speakers that work great for my listening space and my equipment setup. There's a great little shop out in Rochester called Audio Sound Solutions. Just a guy and his dog, surrounded by old speakers, head units, etc. When I moved in the spring I took some old floor standing speakers to him to just get rid of because one of them was worn out and I didn't have the space for them at the new place. I'm worried he's going to close some day and that'll be the end of that. Which would be too bad. I might take a trip back up there soon and see if I can't find an upgrade pair of vintage bookshelf speakers there. But I have to be able to listen to them.

Thanks. As to the bolded, ain't that the truth. Sometimes I think the mixes are done now to make them sound better on streaming services and mobile phones than on the physical album or something.

Well that's interesting. You could be right about the mixing, but man, whatever the case is, it's a bad record. I've been thinking about going the sub route. We'll see. I think my first order of business is getting some of my records cleaned up. I think I'm going to build a DIY washer. There are lots of plans out there. Do you or your buddy have any brushes or cleaning fluids you like?

Goalie purgatory is what it is. Lehner is fine until a certain price. I don't know what it would cost to keep him but I'm sure we're approaching "too expensive". I don't really want to end up worse off, so that's what you have to weigh. How much are you willing to pay to avoid going backwards.

1 assist He's been noticable but this has definitely been his quietest game.

This has been a fun game

You owe it to yourself to get a new turntable my man. Not Fragile was one of my first thrift store scores back in the day and still one of my favorites. I'm going to build a record cleaning rig so I can get some of my dirty vinyl cleaned up. This new turntable is showing me just how much a clean record means for sound quality.

Hey, you like what you like and I'll like what I like :p I know Kilroy is universally disliked. But Mr Roboto gets me every time. I loved that song when I was a kid. I have to admit, I'm annoyed with one of the newer albums I bought. It's clearly cut from a digital recording rather than analog, so the depth of sound just isn't there. I thought it was my speakers at first but it's not. The recording is just a lie.

Spinning some records tonight. I was blessed this Christmas with an unexpected gift of a Audio-Technica LP120 turntable, a significant upgrade over any turntable I've ever owned. Most of mine have been flea market rigs over the years. We had been using an old belt drive Realistic that was Josie's and quite frankly the tone arm worried me. I have some nice limited run LPs of various blues musicians that I couldn't play on it for fear of hurting them. The thrift store albums were no issue. Now I'm rocking this nice piece of equipment. Pulled my old Sony receiver out of storage and hooked Josie's old KLH bookshelf speakers up to it. The sound is tremendous even on those lil bookshelf units. They perform surprisingly well in the low end, but the higher ranges definitely run out of room. They'll do for now, but I'm going to want to upgrade. This process scares me given how picky I can get about sound and how expensive bookshelf speakers can get. I'll get some good floor standers again some day but for now I'm on limited space. This is just so much fun to do again. I love just chilling on the couch and running through albums. -The A-side of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is so underappreciated. -BTO's Not Fragile has such a fat sound, especially the title track. -Bowie's Changes Two. -Styx's Kilroy Was Here is just as fun as ever, Mr. Roboto reminds me of a VW commercial from the late 90s. -And how about the most water-damaged Grand Funk to ever be picked out of the trash? The sleeve is a mess, but the record: oh so nice. My family has awakened a slumbering monster.

I'll stop when Bob Kraft stops

I was ignoring it because it was obviously bait and I have no time for that crap.

Anyone who has an issue with breast feeding in public is a useless chud.

You should probably start doing a watermark or something. Not that it will stop people.

Mayfield seems like a weird dude. He's by himself on the sidelines a lot.

WHAT A GAME! WOOOO

Okay Georgia. Big D. Come on.

This is great football

:lol: nice