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This thread is about to turn into such a sh!t show

Cristiano Ronaldo just signed with Juventes Yeah there's a soccer thread but god dammit this is huge and the people need to know

Cristiano Ronaldo, CR7, is headed to Juventes https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44785173

I'd prefer if McCoy wasn't beating women, but maybe that's just me

God dammit I don't want it to be true Next time don't jump to conclusions about what someone is upset about in regards to news? Why didn't you ask Flagg what 'Ugh' was about?

God dammit

Any team that takes on both of those contracts deserves a few 1sts

I'd bet they'd be more interested in a McCabe

@TheFourthPeriod Kucherov's $9.5M AAV in Florida is almost identical to making $12M in California or $11M in NY after state tax, or $10.9M in Ontario after provincial tax. I find this to be such bullsh!t. It feels like it allows Tampa and other teams in similar scenarios to play by a whole different set of rules

@reporterchris Extending Nikita Kucherov does not take #TBLightning out of the Erik Karlsson trade talks. Quite the opposite; it gives them more certainty about their future. Word is they continue to engage outside teams on a potential three-way deal with OTT

Nobody on Tampa Bay deserves a Cup more than Stevie Y

Danm forgot we still had Larsson.

We all swore the same thing about Reinhart

Not that there's anything wrong with that

He's listed as a LW/RW

Probably right, but I don't want those combinations

Tampa is a power for sure but having two defensive pairings of Karlsson -- XXX and Hedman -- XXX? There's 60m in a game, and that's basically 50m of it you're not doing sh!t for offensively

We aren't even going to make the playoffs for the next 6 years with Boton, Tampa, and Toronto in our division if Tampa gets Karlsson

He's in a better place now

@NicholsOnHockey "Team in Canada out West" wanted to sign Chris Kunitz. "But he’s like, ‘No, I don’t like their defensemen. They’re never going to win with those defensemen.’" Edmonton, anybody?

Sheary - Eichel - Oloffson ERod - Mittelstadt - Reinhart Sobotka - Berglund - Thompson Wilson - Girgensons - Pominville

Watch a fair bit of MLS (go NYCFC) and have been to a game, the style is just so much more...amateur. They don't have the skill or, I don't know what it is, to run such nuanced offenses as you see in the other big 5 leagues. The MLS also knows what style of sport Americans like to watch, so they don't call fouls at all. As a result, the MLS really truly is a hockey style soccer; it's just back and forth sprinting and breakaway with a ton of action and opportunities. Now, it's a TON of fun, and I 100% recommend going to a live game, but they would be absolutely dismantled by any team/league that had an ounce of strategy

And if was the kids, don't you think Botterill would have gotten rid of them? At least Reinhart and Risto?

God please just go to the freaking West @MikeCairns5 Hearing the rumblings and got a good feeling we may finally be getting close to a conclusion with the Lightning and Erik Karlsson. Stay Tuned.

I don't think locker room issues go away when you're winning, I think people just don't talk about them as much. Perfect example is the A-Rod / Jeter Yankees and Shaq/Kobe Lakers. The locker room issues are 100% still there, but if you're talented enough you can overcome it. I think it takes an absolute ton of talent to do this though, especially in more of a team sport such as hockey. Athletes are people at the end of the day, and with the extent of time and sacrifice that goes into a season, with all the travel/games/outings etc., being comfortable with who you're doing it with definitely makes going to work easier, more fun, and you're more excited to go