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Bruins - Sabres playoffs, 87-88 season. Game 3. Sitting with my GF (now wife) in the oranges. Corner seats. The Bruins up 2 games to 0. Huge number of Bruins fans in the Aud and the atmosphere is CHARGED. There were a number of fights in the stands that game. During the 2nd intermission my GF had to use a restroom. I walked her to the nearest restroom and waited for her in the alcove. A fight between 10 or so Bruins and Sabres fans started up right outside of the alcove for the ladies room. My GF opened the door of the restroom to leave and I slammed it shut on her. There was a full on donneybrook going on just outside. When security showed up and everyone dispersed i opened the restroom door. Glad I didn't get swung at. I was young and dumb and would have ended up in the middle of that mess. There was a middle aged dad with his young son sitting a few rows below us. Kid was maybe 10-12. There was a group fo Bruins fans behind them and they were raucous all game. By the start of the 3rd these guys were hammered and getting very loud and obscene. Dad tried to get them to stop swearing and one of the Bruins fans kicked him in the head. Everyone around them yelled for an usher and pointed out the kicker. He was escorted out by security, but at some point must have broken free because a few minutes later we saw him on one of the platforms in the reds where the cameraman sits and he was doing his best Rocky imitation. Security got him again and we never saw him again. Nastiest game I've ever attended. Fights in the stands every period. It was a crazy scene.

He's not talking about Swedish porn.......

Proper logos *respect*

METALLICA !!!!!!!! \m/

Noice.

Meh. Lottery tickets. You listed outliers. And outliers that a team waits 3+ years to have on the NHL ice (unless you want to drum up outliers among outliers). So, long term you *MIGHT* equal what you've lost and short term is a definite, predictable, measurable loss. Let's work towards an expectation of winning games all season.

I am amazed on a nearly daily basis how we as a people have turned our backs to science. Whether it is vaccinations, global warming, or Lake Ontario salmon populations, we have become a people that do not trust scientific data when it counters what we want to be true. I don't remember us being like this 20 years ago., And now it has evolved into adopting obvious political untruths as truisms and conspiracies instead of straightforward, obvious explanations. And the media is getting pinned as fake news. Holy actual fudge. How did we get here, and can I get off the ride and walk back home?

Please tell me you’re not going for a false flag event as an explanation.

Yup. Guaranteed downgrade in talent.

That they need reinforcement immediately after a good road trip. Seems that the good habits they had aren’t going to be easily sustainable just quite yet.

He's got Ryan Miller eyes.

Anything else would run counter to what they are working so hard to build this season.

I’m going to go off the board a little bit here. This team needs to retain Skinner this season regardless of playoff likelihood and regardless of the risk of losing him in the offseason. Thise team needs the reinforcement that the expectation of winning is more important than anything else, including potential prospects and lottery tickets.

Very aware of how unstable small aquariums can be. Not really looking at a bigger aquarium. If I do it at all, it’ll be something that can fit on a small table or countertop. Chances are, I’ll get the stink eye at the idea. But my curiosity is up anyway.

Very small ones. ? just an initial curiosity look. Really limited in what you can keep in very small tanks. Very small, docile fish and shrimp. A crustacean tank could be interesting.

This latest thead led me to researching nano tanks this evening. Interesting....

His name should be unmentionable. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Back in the day I was into cichlids. Had a native tank for a while too. But that was 20 years ago. Fatherhood came along and all that went away. We raised finches and canaries for a bit. Wife is talking about getting a flock of finches again maybe this Winter.

I know I would very much like my thoughts on that trade to be quieted.

Okposo gots some shoulders. Built like a fire hydrant.

I don't know. Stafford short arming passes and stick waving at pucks along the boards became the stuff of legend.

Long term contracts don’t scare me when they are offered to guys that can skate like Skinner. The inevitable dropoff puts them at average to above average. We’re not talking Moulson/Okposo here. This is more like the decline Recchi or Gartner saw.

Skinner is flying. Interesting how he gets between the opponent and a puck. Kind of skates in, turns his back to the player, and boxes him out to take possession. Not sure I've seen someone do that quite the same way. And he does it alot.

You have no idea.....

Who scores more points today, Bills defence or Sabres defence?