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  1. 1 hour ago, bunomatic said:

    There’s no villain in this. Its simply a poorly run franchise throwing darts at a board trying to find their way out of the dark. Instead of doing what the smart money says to do they keep doing the opposite. Call it stupidity, ego, whatever but its maddening. 

    There is a villain in this: The man whose incompetence and stupidity is directly responsible for turning what was once among the most proud franchises in all of hockey into the single biggest laughingstock in all of pro sports. 

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  2. 1 minute ago, nfreeman said:

     

    Interesting.  From Skinner’s perspective I don’t think he would waive unless he were OK with Seattle taking him.  And I wouldn’t be surprised if Adams, as part of his reset of the team culture, were trying to work out a deal with Seattle to take him.

    Unless Ron Francis gets high on ludes the day of the expansion draft there is zero chance Seattle selects him.

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  3. 14 minutes ago, BagBoy said:

    I get your point, but I disagree.  AIDS victims in the 90's, if given the chance, would have flocked to where vaccinations and/or cures were available in droves.

    The point is that their contracting the virus was seen as divine punishment for "sin" worthy of celebration which is exactly the attitude expressed in the post I responded to.

    Also the phrase "***** around and find out" is right up there with "Read the room" in terms of awful social media as a festival of cruelty memephrases that just need to go away forever.

  4. On 7/9/2021 at 11:10 AM, SDS said:

    My unvaccinated sister brought home Covid to her unvaccinated husband and he died on Monday. BIG former guy supporter. Connoisseur of disinformation.

    Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

    (condolences are unnecessary. I never met the guy and i’m not super close with this sibling from a previous marriage.)

    This type of take is no better than people who celebrate certain populations dying from AIDS as God's vengeance against sinners.

  5. 7 minutes ago, Marvin, Sabres Fan said:

    Only XGMJB thought Berglund and Sobotka were middle-6. I did not see anyone who watched the Blues claim that they were anything other than low-level players -- 3rd or maybe 4th line for Berglund and healthy scratch for Sobotka.  ROR territory is a passable roster player, a piece of roster flotsam or jetsam, AN ALL POWERFUL OMNIPOTENT UNGULATE DEITY, and a couple of magic beans.

     FTFY

    africa wink GIF

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  6. 1 hour ago, Thorny said:

     

    It’s a funny thing. People have such an issue with blunt honesty. It’s not about what someone thinks or feels, just what they say. They need to be policed. Tavares talked endlessly about how he has *always* wanted to be a Leaf once he got there. Was he lying and the feelings only came about after the deal? No, he felt that way, even as a member of the islanders. We all know he felt it, and we knew it before the deal happened based on comments previous re: his boyhood team. It’s so common for players to want to play at home one day. We already all know it. But it just can’t be verbalized. Heaven forbid someone speaks a truth everyone already knows. People aren’t one dimensional robots. Any athlete wanting to play for their home team one day isn’t prevented from maximizing the tenure in his current location 

    It’s a joke 

    That bit about pajamas isn't entirely true: two years before he did what he did he was asked about coming to the laffs and he said that there was no chance that was going to happen.

  7. 7 minutes ago, Thorny said:

    Been saying this for weeks

    totally agree

    3rd overall while at once a poor return as the centerpiece to an Eichel deal is at the same time such an asset as to be indicative of strong confidence in injury prognosis from the other team. I don't think it's enough for Jack but it's still a huge piece. I don't think that's on the table with a huge injury concern 

    A 3OA in one of the worst drafts in terms of top level talent for Jack isn't just a poor return, it's trading Ron Francis for John Cullen level awful.

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  8. 2 hours ago, Randall Flagg said:

    Maybe I'm conspiracy theorist but I think teams tell Elliott that as their last bid to try and lower cost without direct negotiation, and Elliott is happy to oblige. 

    It is a good sign that Kevyn has remained firm and I don't think every team will just walk away if that doesn't work 

    That's not a conspiracy theory, that's all part of The Game: Utilize friendly media useful idiots to control the narrative to get what you want.

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