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Yes. Determination and grit are not the same thing to most people. Quinn and Benson have the former.

I’m really curious about what the market for him is now. I wouldn’t hate giving up one of our AHL forward prospects for him. He has a game that is an obvious hole in our roster.

If you have an opportunity to see Gary Clark Jr play, go. Saw him this evening at Artpark’s indoor venue. His past is very blues-centric, but his more recent work is leaning R&B. He still infuses every song with fantastic bluesy guitar work. His guitar work is top notch and he’s an excellent vocalist. And the backing band was super solid. The band was tight. He’s pretty much a stand in front of the microphone and play/sing performer. He’s not the most energetic guy on stage, but definitely puts a ton of energy into the music. A few songs in his guitar died. He said into the microphone “I think I broke it”, put it down, grabbed the mike out of the stand and said “I guess I am a lead singer now” and moved on with the song and the set without skipping a beat. And he worked the stage and crowd like any good frontman would. He could readily transition into a singer/frontman and be excellent doing it. The technicians fixed his problem after a couple of songs and he moved right back into guitar/lyrics behind the mike and completed a terrific show. Dude impressed me with his professionalism and polish.

The last thing I want is the dude sitting next to me making me hungry.

Ive managed a ride home, but its a late one. Not a red eye, but it’ll be Saturday on the calendar when I get into Roc. Trapped in that weird spot where I have time to kill, but not enough to really appreciate being stuck. on the good side, it’s still on the company dime.

Yup. I bet the info they use looks nothing like the info generally available to fans.

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Hope you don’t set next to SwampD on an airplane. 🤣

Flight home from San Fran canceled overnight. Scrambling to get home today now. Not looking good

Sent you a message.

For the benefit of this conversation, what plays other than that 1 in the Worlds did he show a little Pronger?

Regarding Byram’s nasty edge…… Are we basing this off one incident during the Worlds? I don’t recall seeing any edgy play after the trade deadline. What else is this based upon?

Mayo meets giardiniera? Agree, it looks disgusting, but if you put those ingredients on a sandwich separately I wouldn’t bat an eye.

Don’t bring me facts to fight against.

Im not even sure he’s AHL material. May main concern is that he seems more skill development then overall game development. Thinking specifically of word regarding practice prep, season prep. In my head I think AHL is more than skill and positional development. I would hate for my AHL team to not be getting these kids ready in terms of overall pace of practice, etc. He might be capped out at pure developmental levels.

Collecting prospects was more important than setting up a team for the the prospects to slide into.

I put another walleye in the freezer again today. This one was a big girl. 24” and pushing 5lbs. Between yesterday and today I’ve probably paddled 12 miles. I think the most strenuous thing I am going to do this afternoon is have a cocktail on the deck.

You’re not wrong, but the glass half full vs half empty perspective has been well earned by the two teams in question here.

First time out on the kayak for the season. Was targeting walleyes primarily, but end up with a very mixed bag. On the water at legal daylight. barey got the 2nd rod set when the first rod fired. Had regular action for about 90 minutes or so and then the bite just died. All told I took home 2 walleyes and a 10” perch, but also caught half a dozen smallmouth bass and 4 channel cats. For a short time it Seemed like everything wanted to take a swipe at the crankbaits I was towing. I think I paddled about 4 miles today. That’s plenty for my first outing of the season. I’m good and tired. And hopefully back at it again tomorrow AM.

Too bad the rest of us get to suffer along side them. 🤮

I disagree. Those individual players were not talent problems, but the team has had a talent problem for at least 15 seasons. There hasn’t been enough of it since near the end of Ruff’s first stint.

I’m lame too. This weekend will be my first outing of the season.

‘Grats on clearance to drive. I seriously recommend you force yourself to get out and do something.

Beers from continental Europe ruined me for American beers.

Wrong on both accounts. Like I said, I can’t put my finger on it, but he seems too gimmicky to be a 1C. He’s not a one trick pony, but he sure isn’t a prototypical 1C either. I have a gut feeling it won’t work out beyond a team with no expectations.