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  10. Pretend GM: If you could get a Lindros-like haul for Dahlin, would you do it?

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    23 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    You thought Quebec fleeced Philly by sending out the "next one" for an over drafted 6th pick, a 45 point forward, a good D man, and bottom pair D man, and a good goalie? 

    Meh. 

    What if Lindros was Crosby and the pick was your average 6th overall? Cause that what the trade looked like at the time. 

    I thought Lindros (prospect) > Forsberg (prospect).

    I did not think he was Hextall, Duchesne, Ricci, Huffman, a first-round pick in the 1993 draft,  $15 million (1992), Chris Simon and a 1994 first round pick better.

     

     

     

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  11. OK folks, let's step it up. If you could get a Lindros-like haul for EICHEL, would you?

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    Yes, no doubt, if I had any inkling of what Forsberg would become.   Hell, I’d take Forsberg straight up, in hindsight.

    However, at the time of the trade, I only knew Forsberg was a “trending up” prospect.  So, no, after considerable thought.

    In my fifty years, there are a handful of names at the top of any chart.   Lafleur, Dionne, Gretzky, Orr, Lemieux, Crosby, Ovechkin, and perhaps Howe and Richard (they were old; I was young) who stand truly alone.

    Forsberg is in the next group, and there are some crazy greats alongside him.

  12. COVID-19

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    3 hours ago, Ogre said:

    The ***** is hitting the fan at my house. I just banned my FIL from my house. That jackass has found someplace to go everyday this week. His wife just had cancer treatment months ago and I have 30 years of silicosis and compromised lungs. He thinks he's being cute with his ridiculous stories of how "my mother would have us all sit in the same room together so we all got it". Great. Sounds like she was a terrible mother. Let's get everyone in the family sick with it so we can see how many of them we can kill. Mother ***** jackass!! I pray he comes over here and opens his stupid mouth so I can send his pathetic attitude back to 1950. I swear to God if he gets my MIL sick I am going to kick his ass like he's never had it kicked. Stupid ass.

    Oh, I get it.  Not my in laws, thank heavens, but haven’t we all known the nincom-ninny who fails to recognize he jeopardizes others while describing his own, dumb ass, cavalier attitude about this or that?  You nailed the “character” and the feeling they generate inside the sane.

    ”Oh, Darwin ... DAR-win!”

  13. Pretend GM: If you could get a Lindros-like haul for Dahlin, would you do it?

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    Posted · Edited by Neo

    The learned will add ..

    1). Forsberg was a sixth over all viewed as over drafted at the time.  He put in two to sasons with MODO while a Flyer prospect where he excelld.  He’d yet to play an NHL game at the time of the trade.

    2).  Ricci had two NHL seasons at 45 or so points per.  20/25 guy.   I thought he could be the best Flyer in the trade.

    3). Duchesne was mid career and put up some big numbers (40 to 75 pt) earlier in his career while in LA with high scoring teams on defense!

    4).  Huffman was a 4/6 defenseman.

    5)   Hextall was a proven winner on some good Flyer team, mid career.  His numbers were “meh”, but that was a different era.

    I thought Que fleeced Philly even before Forsberg became an all time great.

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  14. COVID-19

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    3 hours ago, Crosschecking said:

    Shall we add this jackass to the list for Scaphism punishment? https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/us/florida-pastor-arrested-river-church/index.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiSj-mH-cboAhVDbc0KHckzDnoQFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw2WDu6dTYduW6IaMadJ8xUf

    Interesting fodder for musing ....

    First, the article says he was hosting service “despite public orders urging residents to stay home ...”.  I’m not sure what "orders urging" means.

    Second, Five Guys is open.   Burgers, dogs, fries, soda and shakes.   Apparently it’s essential, but the church isn’t.

    I’d not start arresting people until I was ready to start arresting people.

    This is truly rubber meets the road territory; believers and non-believers, and all that.   I don’t spend a lot of time in the “my science trumps your God”,  or vice versa, spaces.  Each statement demonstrates a lack of understanding of the other.  Faith and Science may be history’s greatest Apples and Oranges.  I've never felt the need to jettison one in favor of the other.

    I’m looking at this like I look at schools and vaccinations.   Freedom, belief, public policy ... we have fewer philosopher kings than N95 masks.

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  18. OT - Tiger King: Netflix

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    Posted · Edited by Neo

    My favorite person is a young lady who lost an arm to a tiger and was back at work the following week.  I don’t have a second favorite.

     

    Edit to add ...  I wrote “young lady” before seeing “trans” references.  Maybe I missed that in the show.  In any event, he or she is my favorite person,

  20. Around the NHL 2019-20

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    1 hour ago, Randall Flagg said:

    And if this team lost Jack Eichel for any significant amount of time, the center spine of Johansson - Lazar - Larsson - Asplund would lead them to the worst season in league history. Just cuz the tank was stupid doesn't mean we don't have a ridiculous player that we should cherish and stop wasting 

    The old games really opened my eyes. Briere was good, but nobody on those teams approached the shift-in shift-out impact Eichel has. We play a dangerous game wallowing in mediocrity and taking his level of play for granted 

    For the record, my laugh emoji wasn’t directed at Jack.  I don’t think UBKev’s was, either.  I think he’s poking dun at the circumstances despite Jack.

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  24. COVID-19

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    49 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

    Most of the people here, myself included, are dum-dums. We opened up our new Raisin Bran box this morning from the bottom and got all excited about seeing so many raisins.

    What are you getting at? Are you railing at the notion of NIMBY? The selfishness of humanity? The fear of "other"? Us vs. Them? Tribalism? The murky MLB balk rule, which I frankly could never understand? Schadenfreude is taking pleasure in the pain of others.

    Help us. Type r e a l s l o w.

    As for the specific issue being discussed, I don't think it goes much deeper than, "Is it a good public health policy?" Clearly Liger believes it does, and apparently so do you.

    1). I’ve not met a dum-dum here.  Well, one, but ....   

    2). There are some dumb ideas.  I have them in inventory, like everyone else.

    3). Ideas are best first digested one by one and alone.  One hundred people get 100 different results, over time.  Put down the calculator and do the long division and you’ll get a more personally valuable result than I can ever give you.

    4). One man’s thought provoking is another man’s obtuse, another’s dense.  My reviews include all three words.  Self aware, acknowledging ..

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