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Oh right, JT and Bonnie Raitt show...I might have thought of that since I AM GOING TO IT

I can see offering tickets first to STH, then after a period of time opening it up to the general public. Maybe even have a mini-pack holder time period in between. If keeping it in HarborCenter was a hard constraint for some reason (any conflicting concerts in Key Arena for example? I haven't checked) and they really wanted to do it on those dates for some reason, then I get it. But it seems like they could have found a time that would work from a hockey and PR perspective. Would be interesting to know the rationale.

Work sucks, but it's Friday and the wife and I are going to Geneva tonight for dinner at the best rated restaurant I could find on Yelp, and then sitting in the 3rd row to see Robert Cray in concert.

They do have whoever Vegas would have taken instead of McNabb. So there is that.

I thought about the timeframe for UFA vs. RFA and should have looked that up and included it but I was lazy. Thanks for pointing it out. That said, I don't really agree that $4.5M for 4 years is all that horrible for the team. It all depends on which risks they want to live with and which they want to hedge against. -If Reino ends up as a consistent 65+ point stud scorer this contract has the risk that they can't resign him at the end of 4 years. It has the benefit of getting tremendous value vs. the salary cap for 4 years. -If Reino stays at that sort of 45-50 pt guy with a lot of it on the PP, they have him at a fair market value or better for 4 years and can deal with resigning him or not in 4 years. -If Reino regresses (unlikely at his age) or becomes injury prone (no evidence of this) then they regret this contract. This risk is low. So if we're convinced he's going to end up as a premier scorer, then this would be a bad deal after 4 years (and a great one before that). In the other scenarios it's not a bad deal at all. At least that's how I view it. I agree they probably still prefer a bridge deal.

At this point I'd keep ROR's fixed salary (which as Flagg points out becomes relatively more reasonable vs. the salary cap each year) and near elite performance with a game not predicated on speed, assuming a normal decline over time of his skills as he heads toward 30 and past it, vs. Reinhart's untapped potential and pending RFA status. If Reinhart can be signed to a very team friendly deal (like 4.5M for 4 years or something like that) it would start to swing my preference more his way. But I expect he'll get more like 5.5M for 2 years bridge deal which is less appealing. ROR's beard is impressive but Samson has superior flow, so from a hirsute perspective it's a draw.

Took you up on that and listened to his one full album I had access to on Amazon. It's interesting enough I will give it another try for sure, but didn't quite grab me like that Metamodern Sounds in Country Music album by Sturgill did. Thanks for the reco.

A recent revelation for me: Sturgill Simpson. Shades of prime Outlaw-era Waylon for sure, but 21st Century production, lyrics, and sound. Still getting into it but I am intrigued.

My wife is Taiwanese and English is also her 3rd language (I'm hoping she's not who you are dating btw) and she had a very hard time with the accents and language in Darkest Hour. We use sub-titles for most shows we watch together. The only show I consistently had to use sub-titles on was The Wire.

I concur...it was discouraging.

I like how a discussion of season ticket renewals for 2018-2019 ends up back at a discussion of Briere and Drury leaving in 2007. Let's talk about letting Scotty Bowman go and the impact of Punch Imlach's poor health causing him to retire while we are at it.

Antipin will be in Russia, so you'll have to watch KHL games to see him.

I would add something but this take is exactly how I feel.

International travel is a great part of an education, at any age.

Thomas Chabot, D with Ottawa - total stud. Will have 50 points this year. (They're not going to trade him.)

Damn straight

My 14 year old is in NYC on a 3 day school trip. Next week the 18 year old comes with me to Taiwan on a combination work/play trip (I do the working, she does the playing), whilst we're gone the soon to be 21 year old (this weekend) goes to Zimbabwe for 2 weeks volunteering at a nature preserve (Rhinos!). Good stuff for all three daughters, albeit on three different continents in the same month.

Scandella is 5 months older than Bogosian. He has played in 8 full seasons as a professional with little more than a season's worth of those were in the AHL. We don't need Zdeno Chara experience level here to help out an 18 year old.

This thread has been therapeutic today. My Aunt has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Devastating. I'm feeling more compliant now.

John Carlson! More realistically, Jake McCabe or perhaps Calvin de Haan

Perhaps. But if so, he is such a snowflake that it was bound to happen anyway.

Reviving this thread as the summer season is almost upon us. Just saw the outstanding Bria Skonberg and her Trio at the Corning Museum of Glass on Saturday. Just outstanding. Next up is The Lowest of the Low in Ithaca on Saturday. Robert Cray, Tedeschi Trucks Band Wheels of Soul Tour, and Bonnie Raitt/James Taylor are on the docket for summer time.

I'm not really in favor of trading ROR but from an asset perspective this would be a good deal. But I don't like trading away one of the team's best players for futures, even if they are decent picks. So I'd say it depends on other moves that take place at approximately the same time. For example if ROR for the two picks came with Guhle and Nylander being dealt for, say, Max Pacioretty, I'm in.

I wasn't aware of the shootout capability. Yeah, a smooth skating yet not all that fast Swede drafted in the 1st round who can't score for sh*t. Nailed it.

You came here just to post that? Wow.