French Collection

Some of those guys went through hell and coped for 80 years without help. Seems like some people claim PTSD today because their phone screen is cracked.

Quinn, Kulich and Zucker with a good shift.

Quinn has done a few good things.

Orange county?

Krebs and Malenstyn with some early hits. Set the tone.

Who the heck is scared of a Duck?

Sergachev is a LHD, oh wait.

UPL with the start, I would think. Interesting to think that Reimer has twice been a Sabre this season but has yet to play a minute but he has played a few games for the Ducks. Lets go Buffalo.

What’s missing is the heart to push through adversity and succeed in the playoffs.

McLeod and Zucker have been good pickups. I hope McLeod relishes the opportunity to get out of the shadows of McJesus and spatula stick guy. Benson just anticipates so well where the puck is going and then has a great stick to get it. Dog on a bone mentality is great too. UPL looks like the guy I watched in juniors, win OHL MVP and a gold at WJHC.

I know I am biased towards hating the Leafs and especially Matthews but he always gave me the “me first and $$$ vibe”. Turning pro in Europe vs CHL or NCAA. More goals than assists every year while playing C. Not finding that extra gear in the playoffs, when you’re playing for the crest and the pay checks are not coming. Being a part of taking Tavares’ C, not that I like Tavares but he has 1 year left and has been a good soldier.

I retired as a manager in order to boost my pension but I hated the job. The stress shortened my overall career and made hate the company for a while. The smartest tradesman I worked with should have been a supervisor but his mantra was “the financial gain is not worth the mental strain”.

I do part time work (powerline inspections) for an electrical utility and this runs true there as well. We used to patrol in order to find issues that would cause power outages and we would have the mindset of creating work for ourselves and improving the reliability of the infrastructure. Now we patrol to find issues that cause lawsuits and let maintenance issues slide.

I got away from the game, playing only 5 times a year, for the past 15 years. I got the bug again this year and got out 25 times. Old clubs and older body led to a lot of disappointment due to expectations of regaining past form. We know golf is hard but it’s a kick to the groin to see a 15 year drop off in one year. New clubs should rejuvenate me. I want to get back to a single digit handicap and play as much as possible while I can. Thanks for the encouragement.

Who was your fitting with? Mine was Club Champion. I know they can tweak the numbers but my irons are early 2000 blades with extra stiff shafts. I was a 5-7 handicapper in those years. There will definitely be some improvements with players distance irons I am eyeing up, never mind getting correct shafts. Mizuno Pro 245’s have my interest with Titleist T200s and Wilson Dynapower Forged close behind.

I have a golf club fitting session set up tomorrow, my irons are almost 25 years old and the newest club in my bag is 14 years old. I need new sticks to regain some better strikes. Technology has lapped me a few times and my swing has slowed a lot as I have aged. An old knee injury flared up and I can barely walk, let alone swing a club at more than 50%. I have been looking forward to this for weeks and now I have to cancel and they are shutting down for the year. The positive thing is my cheap a** will save a few grand until next summer.

Two teammates in place for a rebound, you gotta hit the net.

Dressing room cancer.

Kopitar showed him how to win a puck battle.

I hate seeing Ryan Whitney trying to take credit for inventing vodka and pink lemonade. Maybe the pre-mixed version, but I knew guys drinking that when Whitney was in diapers.

Big save Dave in net for the Kings, they just need to keep shooting.

Nice play by Quinn, nice change.

What bull****, they are rehashing the entire Leafs game plus all of the post game interviews. Plus commercials to drag it all out.

Isn’t that one of the Canes post game celebrations?

Oilers claimed Kasperi Kapanen from waivers.