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Lets not joke about that. Certainly it an older coat that fits. On the positive side at 76 Duds is still physically fit and still smart enough to hold a job as a consultant to a Cup winning organization.

bring me back some Elbonian beer please. I will pay you handsomely in Elbonian Bucks.

They were simply way over rated last year by getting 8th place. They were way under the cap and they added little in the off season. You can rate Adams for his 4 years and it would have to be bottom 20 percent of the league. Hands tied or not, he has not done enough. Hopefully this year he has, finally.

Did you ever try planks? You can do them daily in just a few minutes. When done correctly they work your abs and your entire core, plus shoulders and just about everything. I am up to 40 seconds times 3 sets - I do them everyday after stretching, somedays I am stiff and feel old (which I am) so I cut back to 10 or 20 seconds just to warm up better, then I go for 40 seconds. Warm up and mental focus is important to do them correctly. I use my iphone timer to help me. I was in Buffalo for 5 weeks with no gym and no weights. So I did this workout every other day, it starts with stretching and some yoga moves. Then planks, crunches, leg lifts, pushups, lunges, squats, and butt raises. Repeat 3 times. After that stretch again. It takes me about 30 minutes to do this at home or in a hotel room for that matter. The results have been very good and I feel much stronger and leaner. I came back from Buffalo with no weight gained and feeling like I made more progress - no gym, no weights, just simple exercises. Just hold this pose for X seconds, form is important. Not moving your butt or shaking during the move is important. Rest for about X seconds, repeat 3 or 4 times. X will increase each week, even if you can only add a few seconds to X, you will get better. Even if you start out at 3 or 5 seconds, go for it! In a few weeks you will be surprised. Your shoulders might hold you back a bit at first, but they will strengthen, so just press on with them and the gains will happen.

Seems like almost every Olympics has some controversy. I can remember the '68 protests and the '72 shootings. Then '76 had the East German women doping. Follow by the US boycott in '80 and Soviet Block Boycott in '84. This year it was the opening ceremony and the woman's boxing situation. The games are fun to watch but it seem impossible to take politics and the human condition completely out of it.

I think both McLeod and Lafferty can play both, so can Krebs.

^ A voice of reason. Some people here are posting to trade Krebs and/or Greenway, which essentially takes away any NHL level depth we have. It's one thing to trade one of them if we get an NHL forward in return, but there is no sense in trading them just to make room for prospects. We have prospects in Rochester that will see some NHL ice, but I prefer to see them advance past the NHL roster guys before we hand them NHL jobs. Ruff will use his entire roster. If a forward is not working, then the 13th forward (likely to be Krebs) will get ice. Having guys that can play center and wing is valuable.

Isn't Benson ineligible to play in the AHL due to his age? He does not turn 20 until next May. So if Benson struggles, what do they do to keep him playing and developing?

Jack Hughes is a different player, in a different position and with a different role.

Great to read this but he would be much better served in Rochester. We have Tage, Cozens, McLeod, Refferty, Krebs. We don’t have room to play him enough and he needs to play. Someday he could force a current center to wing, or maybe out in trade, but not now.

Agree. Unless you have a defined benefit plan (a pension) that you don’t want to leave, there is little incentive to stay were you are unhappy. Assuming there are similar opportunities nearby.

The media. Too much media, biased media, social media, information overload, misinformation, what to believe, what to trust, scams everywhere, opinions spoken like facts, the constant intrusion on our lives ...

Nope. We are building a different kind of team now. Lazy Laine does not fit.

Is Necas really the kind of player that can be that fussy at this stage of his career, it sounds like he is willing to take less money from a contending team or a "better" destination, so be it. Maybe he should be thinking about why Carolina is moving him.

You just keep going around in circles ...

He is 18 and 5'11" and 192 pounds. He is not small. He can still reach 6'0' or more, and he will play at over 200 lbs. He is strong and powerful. The point of the video was to show that.

You are forgetting that Adams never once talked about a contract with Mittelstadt's agent, so why did Adams think Mitts would not take his offer or something even reasonable to it? Look at what Mitts signed for in Colorado ($5.75M for 3 years), which is reasonably affordable for a 2C;. Yeah I get it, Cozens and his $7M/yr contract is now by default the 2C. Not sure that was a great move, we will see. Trading for Byram has risk that you are neglecting. It is a much bolder move than you seem to think. What does Adams do if Byram has a great year and then wants the same money or close to what the Sabre are paying Power? How much money should be allocated to defense when we will have Levi, Quinn and Peterka coming up next? By playing great hockey Byram could end up being a one year player for us, so that trade has some risk.

Replace Greenway with Krebs. Sell it on his potential higher upside. I want Greenway in our bottom 6.

Did Eichel lead that team? I recall many veteran players that led the charge. Eichel played very well, but saying he led them to a Cup is incorrect. What would you give up for Zegras?

I am going there for 16 days in September. I will be in all the cities you mentioned plus a few more. My experience when discussing foreign travel is that everyone is different, what they like, what they want to do or see, the pace they can go, the amount of money they can spend. It all impacts the experience. I can send you my thoughts when I get back, end of September.

Well now you are in my alley. We do have drones that can self assess threats and data link the information back to command and control, but they are allowed to strike when they are "authorized" to strike by a person in the loop. I think you are saying the person in the loop can increases the level of autonomy and enable the drone to decide, and that is certainly possible. Beyond that, you make a case for AI seeing us as the threat and going rogue. I guess anything can happen?

Then what?

It would be nice to have players that love nd appreciate this area and bring a winning culture back here. Of course it has to start with a winning commitment at the top. My buddy went to Dudley's house in Lewiston, NY (near the Falls) to see the Cup. He loves the area.

This is happening way to often. I do not have any accounts for FaceBook, X, Instagram, or Tik Tok. Yet my PC and my iPad and my iPhone all to seem to know what I am doing, what I am looking at, and even what I was talking about. It seems to be an invasion of privacy and incriminating too.