RochesterExpat

Playing Baby Bruins next year: Nads on Bussi, time of goal: 1:09

We have a granite sink in the kitchen that’s all black. It’s a breeze to keep clean and both looks and feels nice. Every couple months, the wife wipes it down with vegetable oil so the color returns to normal as it gets a bit faded from the harder water we have. Looks brand new again after a few minutes. I feel like I owe you a beer though about the copper sink. We’ve been planning a bathroom remodel and the current leading sink is a copper sink with the dimples from hammering. Going to be changing that ranking now.

Well if we get a few more days of storms like we've had, maybe being forced inside will help you find it? It works for me. I swear that's why my wife cheers for rain.

I like the talent level for Östlund, but is he physically strong enough for the AHL? I don't believe he's as strong as Rosén was this time last season and Rosén had a very tough start to this season in Rochester. I think he's since hit his stride and I'm not really as worried about Rosén as I was even as recently as the New Year, but I'm concerned Östlund may not see the same growth. Or maybe he comes over here, slams some hot wings and a few garbage plates, hits the weights, and enters October as a specimen of a man.

Should add he was getting meaningful minutes this season and some PK time. That’s worth mentioning because KHL teams roll 8 dressed D on the bench which reduces minutes and makes getting PK exposure all the more interesting.

Do we know if any Russian prospects will be able to leave Russia? I’d like to see Novikov in Rochester next season, but I don’t want to get my hopes up.

Few weeks old now, but I built new garden beds this year. Going to put cattle panels over it and then shade cloth in the summer and swap to polyethylene in the fall. To the right is the tilled area with the 200+ corn plants coming through now as well as beans, squash, pumpkins, watermelon and cantaloupe. Further to the right is where I planted some blackberries. Somewhere between the blackberries and the tilled area are sunflowers coming in now. Also planted four peach trees (one is behind me when I took the picture) along the driveway (we have two out back of the house already) and we'll continue to add them each year until we cover the length of the driveway. At the current pace, that'll be 2028... And we planted a live oak because, well, Texas.

Sorry for being gone for ~2 months, but I had other priorities... (we finally had our formal wedding ceremony)

The hesitation to save her really says a lot about the health of their relationship. On the subject of HOAs, I didn't mind my HOA at my home in California. The fee was $119 a month and the HOA paid for armed security at the gate and covered the pool/common areas/park maintenance. They also resurfaced the roads and maintained the trees along the sidewalks. Not sure they ever ticketed anyone for not following the rules. I do know they sent an angry email once about the hours you were allowed to have your trash by the curb, but that was it. And, before anyone asks, the home is worth ~$850,000 today in San Diego. For those of you not familiar with SD housing, that's on the cheap side. I'm not a millionaire. No idea why we had armed security at the gate. It was just a thing.

Third missed high stick.

Bad luck.

Can someone explain to me how Cozens buries those ones but the seemingly easy shots he doesn’t? His finishing skills are just inverted.

Second missed high stick. Jost just took one to the face.

Buffalo just needs to put pucks on net. Break the Isles system.

Funny enough, I’m not sold JJP sitting out is going to help us win over sitting VO.

I didn't mean it to be malicious. The thread was whether or not he's changed people's minds. I'd like to see if minds change again. There's nothing wrong with changing opinions on players.

I'm dead serious. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if he got an extension. I just want to see what people saying their reactions will be now so we can dig this up in 5 months and compare.

VO's TOI has been trending down the last few games and JJ's has been trending up which suggests it's VO who sits. So that means it'll be JJ.

How is this board going to react when he signs an extension this summer?

2019 Mitts is not going to absorb the hit so he can play the puck to center. He'd have backed off or just tapped it down the board and kept is body away from the opposing player.

Jost went from being a waiver claim to a player who is noticeable when he's absent. Pretty awesome for him.

It was 100% sarcasm. The NCAA is a joke.

"You ever seen a grown man naked?" ~ Mike Harrington to Sabres Jr Reporter (probably)

I was about to rant about sitting Jost vs others in that lineup. Guess I'll put the pitchfork away for now.

Except you can sign a CHL player and send him back to the CHL. You can not sign an NCAA player and send him back to the NCAA. It's not an apples to apples comparison. If you want to solve the NCAA players walking into free agency, have the NCAA change the rules and allow signed players to continue to play collegiate hockey. Problem solved. Although, admittedly, I guess this ruins the amateur sports goal for the NCAA. Remember, the NCAA is a non-profit focused on the purity of the sport by allowing amateur athletes to compete against each other while obtaining a valuable college education. It's not like it's a billion-dollar tax shelter with senior executives making multiple millions a year and student-athletes who regularly flout academic requirements while inking millions in NIL deals. It's certainly not a minor league for the most popular sport in the US with coaches and staff making far more than minor league coaches and staff in other leagues. It's a serious organization for the betterment of the student athletes.