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Yeah, it doesn't look like it gives much support. I can see it maybe working it you're trying to restrict a little bit of movement; it would make sense on the back. But on her knee....... I'm with you, I want a brace. The degree of athleticism to do what they do is amazing.

Thanks, can't say I've ever heard of it. Or just never noticed........

7/40

OK, call me stupid, but what is with the blue tape the one Chinese beach volleyball player has on her back and her knees? I've seen other players with the same thing.

I don't think he'll turn out to be slightly better than average. I've seen him make way too many unbelievable plays that he made look so natural to be slightly better than average. I think his glaring mistakes might keep him from being considered a superstar right now. I think that will lessen as he gets older.

That's an excellent idea! I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that yet.

Did you notice the elbow she threw right before that? Look real close, she throws a nasty right elbow to the throat right before she got punched. Very true, she is targeted because of her talent. Canada's thrown a few question hits, but these girls go down real easy. They need to have 'diving' calls in soccer.

All this crying from the media about the dirty plays against Wambach, I've watched the last 4 games and Wambach has got to be one of the dirtiest players out there. She's gets away with an awful lot. That's just my opinion of course.

It's not Beetlejuice. :P

Ludicrous, ludicrous, ludicrous.

Now that's kinda funny. :lol:

I'm not getting stuck in another DeLuca circle jerk. Y'all have fun.

So does throwing hits cure/prevent acute thrombophlebitis.

Yes we know you think every single player on the team should be 6'6", weigh 250 lbs, get into 40 fights, throw 200 hits, score 40 goals (exactly 1 every other game), get 15 PPG's, play defense, win 60% of faceoffs and cost the team $1.25 mil a year. But this isn't fantasy world. Criticize Vanek's hitting all you want, Ryan could only dream of being as good as Vanek in front of the net. If my best scorer is going to get beaten up in the crease every single game I sure as hell don't want him throwing hits too.

Vanek's here to score goals, not hit. There are other players for that. I don't want my top goal scorer throwing hits. What's next, Vanek shouldn't be compared to Ryan because you don't like what he eats for breakfast? How about his shoes? Does Bobby Ryan have better taste in shoes? Music? Oh oh, I found another one! Vanek had 52 PIM and Ryan had 53 PIM....... BUT, Ryan played 4 more games so I think Ryan is better than Vanek because Vanek averages 1.2 seconds more in penalties a game than Ryan. :angel:

Vanek's been a top 20 goal scorer 4 of the last 6 years. It could have been 5 out of 6 except one year he missed top 20 by 2 goals while missing 11 games. Twice he's been a top 5 goal scorer. How anybody can think he's not an all-star forward is beyond me. In the last 4 years: Bobby Ryan 131 goals in 309 games=.423 GPG Thomas Vanek 126 goals in 302 games=.417 GPG Ryan: 34 PPG Vanek: 51 PPG Ryan: 14 GWG Vanek: 21 GWG I'll stick with Vanek Just sayin'....................

I noticed Vanek scored a lot of goals late in periods last year. If he can't start scoring earlier in periods I think he should be considered trade bait for a true elite forward.

Well now, that would make sense. For some reason I thought they were in elims already, lol.

When you are in the position the Sabres were in at that point in the season, there's only so much a couple of players can do!! When they were the ONLY scoring line, it's not that difficult for the opposing team to throw all their best defensemen against them because the other 3 lines certainly aren't going to score. What do you expect Pom and Vanke to do in that situation? There isn't a single player in the league that could have put the entire team on his back and knock out some wins.

Why couldn't they end the Skyway at Katherine St. and tie it into the Thruway via Katherine?

Impressive! Why would they be throwing matches?

At least we didn't waste any draft picks on Leino.

Yup, you're right. From the rendition it looks like it's depicting the facade of the arena. But now that my memory (and Google Earth :D) kicked in it could also be the side.

The Paladino presentation is a much more professional and detailed proposal. I like how they went more in-depth on the hotel plans and the overall impact it would have on the immediate area. However I think Pegula's plan is much more applicable to the theme of the area. Seems to be more multi-purpose. I would think there is plenty of office space downtown where Paladino's proposal would have any impact. Although the apartments would be pretty cool.

I think Vanek's inconsistency is correlated to his injuries. But don't get me started. :P