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Not exactly Dryden vs Parent in goal tonight.

If it goes to a shootout got to put Levi in there.

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Reporting for duty! Expected to watch the entire game until a wildfire broke out 2 miles from our house and we got a pre evacuation warning. Spent 3 hours loading up the vehicles now we’re waiting to see how it goes. Seems to be trending positive. Go Sabres!

From Toronto, went to RIT. Might fit the "wants to be here" category too.

So basically, a Mark Pysyk?

Rob Ray saying excellent job and they got a valuable point. Give me a break. Montreal is a cellar dweller on the road.

I long for the days when Vanek would come in and wind up a slap shot off the crossbar and in

Dahlin had time to crush one more dude

That’s some crazy sh*t right there

Gonna miss Tage in OT

I tool that to be code for gripping the stick a little too hard because he was overly focused on the stakes, as opposed to just playing his game and letting the chips fall as they may.

Nothing like the CCP approach to crowd control.

I'm offended that you're offended that K-9 is offended

Looking for a solid college FA to sign this off-season? Livingstone, I presume.

I clicked on this topic thinking it must refer to the Kings having some crazy theory like McDavid is an alien planted in the NHL by the Canadian government. I was pleasantly surprised to see that you literally meant their helmets look like tin foil.

The relationship between the team and athlete vis-a-vis contract, collective bargaining, or historical precedent is no different than any other employee-employer relationship. To your point, if the NHL or a team wants to remove this sort of distraction, or at least have a clear playbook on how to handle it, they can take steps to address it in the offseason or when contracts are signed or when the next union agreement is negotiated. It seems very ad hoc at the moment. It may not be worth negotiating for something like this for most NHL teams. I guess I don't agree with the public nature of a statement making it political. But perhaps the differentiation is irrelevant these days. I don't see how anyone could reasonably give a rat's ass what the Staal's (for example) personal ethical beliefs are so long as they aren't impinging on anyone else's freedoms. In fact, they went out of their way to make that exact point of not denying anyone else's rights. I put it in the same category as finding out their opinions on the Fed's interest rate hikes or US trade policy in Asia. They're just hockey players, so who cares? Now, their opinion on 3-on-3 OT? That's relevant.

At some point I lost my worn-out Iron Maiden "The Number of the Beast" cassette, 30-35 years ago, and only now replaced it with the remastered CD version. Listening to it this morning, I am astounded with how good it sounds and how well the music has aged. Just excellent.

Is it a political statement or an ethics statement? To the best of my knowledge, LGBTQ is not a political party nor even associated with one, rather it's a collection of folks with a particular sexual/gender identity, who hold a wide range of political views themselves. Some people feel that the 'lifestyle' (for lack of a better term) of the LGBTQ group(s) is at odds with their ethical beliefs. For them, I think it's more a question of living in alignment with their beliefs than a political statement. For example, looking at the statement made by the Staal brothers they tried to make it quite clear that 'politically' they support people's right to live their life as they see fit and they welcome everyone to the game of hockey. Whereas 'personally' their belief system is at odds with what they believe the jerseys' are representing. I may not agree with the Staal brothers code of ethics, or even their interpretation that wearing the jerseys is at odds with their code of ethics, but I want to live in a country where they are free to follow their beliefs so long as they don't harm others in the process. I think it's a stretch to say that not wearing the warm-up jerseys represents a harm to anyone.

Yes, but in the third period it’s the final 3 minutes, not 30 seconds

Thompson is our best basketball player Skinner is our best ice dancer Bryson excels at hacky sack

Took a nap through the first period to sustain me through period 2 and beyond. If Varlomov and Comrie were swapped out between these two teams, their positions in the standings might be reversed. I won’t even speculate on Sabres having a Sorokin….

The squad from NJ to UPL tonight: Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But what's confusing you Is just the nature of my game