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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?

Surprised there is nothing in here about the passing of Charles Wang today. Or did I miss it buried in all the drama? ?

Trying like hell to stay out of this but, cheese and rice some of you sound like the thinnest skinned of children. Comparing Trochek to Jack and posters are complaining about not wanting to hear it. FFS it's hockey. Noone is calling your new born baby homely. Comparing players to each other SHOULD be part of the convo here. And regarding Trochek and Eichel. If you are trying to be rational, it's hard to look past the 200' game of Trochek that goes with those points and still say Jack is clearly the better player. The more offensively talented player? Absolutely, but I'd posit that much of that edge is not fully displayed. But better? There is a valid argument to be made either way for who is the better player. First thing I note between the two is their points have been nearly equal the last 3 seasons, but Jack has done it in fewer games. That means something. But the usage stats do as well. As does the defensive prowess. And lets face it, talent not on the ice for 20 games isn't as good as talent on the ice for all of the games. The difference between the two over the last two seasons is closer than we want to admit. Frankly, we should have expected more from our franchise center those last 3 seasons. He needs to end the argument that they are even. He has the talent. Does he have the drive? Trochek does.

Not any more. If I remember the conversations correctly, a couple of seasons ago their pay was cut. At that point she was definitely making more waiting tables on any given week in the season (or any given night, often) so it was difficult to justify making the sacrifices to play. She felt obligated to come back after winning the title but had to make a decision that she wasn't comfortable making. Last season the team allowed her to skip practices and still play. She didn't want to do that, but did anyway. And felt bad because she knew it wasn't right for the team, but she couldn't afford to lose her best days at the restaurant. When the past season ended she knew it didn't make sense anymore to continue, so she retired. Those girls don't get paid shyte, really. It might as well be a hobby.

Sounds like smarmy would be an acceptable return then.

I can only speak of one in particular that waits tables to make ends meet. She almost didn't come back last season because the practice times interfered with the better restaurant times crowd/tip-wise and the practices are unpaid. Didn't make sense financially for her.

I'm not sure I could muster a "good to see you". Local rag had an article last week detailing how he might be able to defend his accusations. My guts telling me the slimy son of a bitch gets off.

Casey and Sam providing secondary scoring is going to me absolutely essential. If they can't get a second line going, we're done here. Damned shame Jack wasn't open to that 3 seasons ago. Hopefully he gets it now.

Dodgers Brewers game 7 is fantastically dramatic so far.