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It may have been an overreaction, but those plays got in his head and his overall play was detrimental to the team while those plays were in his head. It was a rough stretch. Being the best defenseman during that time wasn’t a testament to that stretch of play, it was a testament to how weak this team is that a guy playing that badly was still the best option. And then there is this guy. Lol

Completely unfair misrepresentation of the criticism he received. Noone was lambasting 1 PP mishap (Inky!). They were lambasting 1 PP mishap cascading into a collapse of his game overall, to the point he becomes a liability in that game. It appears so far that he is getting past that. Credit coaching I assume. He can afford one mistake on the PP when he recovers and he continues to play at the level he is capable of.

The L isn’t silent? 😈

Definitely slow. I don't think he fits this team's gameplan. Not even in the bottom 6. If this were still GMTM's Sabres he'd be claimed already.

The latch on the leash came loose. I’d like to blame it on a 15yr old leash that we used for our previous dog. The spring for the latch doesn’t have much strength at all. But it is equally likely that I didn’t get it fully latched around the ring on her harness. She shook off the snow and the leash was off! She did escape her harness a couple of days ago in the back yard, but I tightened her harness and it seems pretty secure now. Maybe she is an escape artist. Maybe thats how she ended up in a pound in rural Kentucky.

We’ve only started working on basic commands a couple of days ago. And she’s still not entirely comfortable with her surroundings. I was genuinely afraid she was gone. She did on 2 occasions stop and let me approach. She’s learning to trust us, but it’s still not her first impulse. I’m glad she ultimately trusted me enough to let me leash her. Its only been about 10 days. I’m still stressed out over an hour later.

We’ve had our rescue dog for about a week and a half. On out noon walk she got off the leash. So, through the neighborhood we go trying to get her to stop so I can releash her. Shes in the middle of the road and she stops. As I get almost within arms length of her some asshat blasts his horn. Of course she spooks and runs off. Fortunately, she stopped running at the next block and I was able to get her back on leash. What kind of douchebag hits their horn when you are trying to get a loose dog leashed?

No no no. The press has an agenda.

Haven’t watched Olympic hockey in a long time. I might actually go out of my way to watch this with kids and a ragtag mix of lesser pros representing US and Canada.

They certainly deserve better than us.

Judging by the absentee list at my office, this is par for the course right now.

We are definitely outside of obscure now.

My recollection of the Paul Cyr story is that he was shot in the azz in an alley in Mexico.

I am not entirely convinced convinced that analytics is a big difference maker in assembling a winning team, but hey I'll support any advantage they try to use. It beats the days of innovating with video scouting.

I seem to recall he was a tough kid. Too bad the nightlife was too much for him to resist. He had talent. Hockeyfights.com lists him fighting Bourque. No video for it though. He founght a bunch of bonafide tough guys in his career. No shrinking violet.

Maybe not obscure, but Scott Arniel. I remember a Hockey News article (Gawd, I miss THN in its hey day) about Scott Arniel. The headline was somethign along the lines of "Meet the NHL's most average player". IIRC he was the average height, weight, age, and at least one or two other categories. I'm thinking it was number of teams played for and something else.

Doug Smith, innit?

I rooted hard for Gates Orlando, Mal Davis, and Ken Preistlay. Alas, they weren’t NHLers.

Came here to post this one. Didn’t get here quick enough. Steve Ludzick sounds like another good obscurity. If I remember correctly, he was the “other” Sabre to wear a horse collar.

I think he’s in covid protocol

This was the reason I never was a big Kelly fan. Obviously, I rooted for him while he was here, but I never really warmed up to him. JA, I like.

This meme should have a Snoop Dog reference, not a meatball reference. Or maybe an Inkman reference.

I’ve been critical of Dahlin's defensive play, but the seemingly absent minded gaffes have not been present in any notable quantity of late. Progress.

We don’t watch cable or broadcast TV anymore. The Google Fi ads on youtube do make me especially stabby.

I have an irrational dislike for Jan.