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Interesting view from the outside, The Hockey Guy on YouTube is of the opinion that Rob Ray is the best color guy in the NHL.

I’d say about 13 yrs into a playoff drought. Does that mean we’re out of the worst of it? Ask me again in late November.

I was there with my family. The kids spent way too much on my wife’s birthday and got tickets for the 4 of us. Surprised “us” this morning. I knew, but had been sworn to secrecy. The only reason they told me, was because my job was to keep the calendar clear. They bought what they could afford. The tix were in the tippy top row, 300 level. We got there around halfway through Dashboard Confessionals set. Up to the last row in the dark, made our way to our seats, sat down, and I noticed my wife was on the verge of hyperventilating. She was near terrified. She’d never been in the arena cheap seats, and I didn’t expect this. A couple of songs in, I went back down to floor level to find account services to see if I could pay for an upgrade. Nope. Not a single ticket available for us to buy in the lower level. Yikes. I offered to take everyone out on the town. I suggested we listen for a bit at a hallway hightop table. She stuck it out through the opener, and when the lights came on between bands she settled down a bit. She never fully got comfortable, but did relax enough to do some butt dancing when the Dolls came on. She did say she was ready to go before they ended. I assume it was a song or two before encore, assuming they did an encore. She got a t shirt. That made her happy. Lesson to self, no cheap seats for Momma.

Fixed.

Related to my post yesterday in the Random thread….. The pooch my son and daughter-in-law just took in as a foster is a bit of a genetic mess it would seem. Spinal issues, front leg issues, rear leg and hip issues, jaw and teeth issues. This poor dog has badly inbred written all over it. The rescue group will be setting up and paying for a vet evaluation. The kids are expecting the worst. I suspect the kids are giving this guy a comfortable send off. Sad. And anger inducing at the same time.

Im not convinced they’ve ever succeeded at the second part.

A couple evenings ago, my son and his wife became aware of a dog wandering the streets. I guess it was pretty obviously dumped in the neighborhood. Someone took it off the street to keep it safe, but wasn’t able to hold it. My son tracked down a rescue group that agreed to step in. He has decided to foster it, get it crate and house trained, and healed up. It has open wounds on its paws pads and appears to have some sort of skin issue/infection. If it goes well, the kids may adopt it themselves, but for now have committed to fostering it in preparation for someone to adopt it. I am proud as hell that these kids are so good hearted, but man, they have some work cut out for them. Its an adult dog that was never trained and is minimally socialized.

This is the only response that makes sense.

I can breathe outside. Glorious.

I could see Tage moving back to C and Kulich on the wing if he falters. Probably not the same line thougj.

It’s practically another well.

Condensing everyone’s fears into 1 lineup: Quinn Norris Doan Benson McLeod Tage Zucker Krebs Tuch Malynspelling Danforth Greenway Dahlin Muel Power Byram Timmah! Kessel run Levi UPL Lyons lost to waivers

Mike Foligno is a bigger reach than Mike Peca. 30 goals + and/or 60pts + four times in his career. He was a first line player for a good chunk of his time.

Jordan Greenway .

Grier is a much more reasonable expectation than Peca.

You gotta consider that most players don’t hit their ceilings. We do this so often. It’s where the whole “concept of”. SS meme came from. What’s an 80% of ceiling look like? That’s much more likely.

I still grimace every time I see Quinn in a mock lineup. He so needed to be packaged up for a top 6 vet.

Are you predicting McKenna will be a greedy, selfish, no loyalty player because he is leaving the WHL for a paycheck like you did for Matthews?

Aggregators, that’s a newly discovered species in the Central American rainforests, no?

This delves into an area of significant discomfort for me. I realize they were acquitted, and that means they are free to live their lives as free men. But that doesn’t change my discomfort given the nature of the charges. If the Sabres signed any of them I would not complain. But I wouldn’t celebrate it either. I would need some getting used to time. And frankly, they would need to be model citizens for a bit before I warmed up any. Thats just me. No judgement on any else’s opinions on this. It is also dependent on what other info may come out in the future.

Rule of 4 at this point. Ozzy Malcolm Jamal Warner (Cosby Show) Chuck Mangione Hulk Hogan

Like I said in the Ozzy thread, another character from my past has gone.