Big Guava
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5 hours ago, Taro T said:
Not sure which would be worse, flailing on a 4th rounder so badly that you won't even give him an ELC 2 years later; or misreading his development and not giving a contract to a guy that should've been a keeper 2 years later. Almost certainly the latter especially when figuring in that was the season that things were finally starting to get back to normal.
Considering hockey is the only sport where a top 15 drafted player is considered a good pick if he ends up being a 30 point 3rd line player that plays both ways, I'm not sure how you get to that on a 4th round pick.
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12 hours ago, Doohickie said:
No, not really. If you take just Collin County, the county where Plano is (which does not include Dallas) there is a population of 1.159 million. In the Buffalo Metropolitan Area, which includes Erie and Niagara Counties, the population is only 1.137 million.
It's hard to understand what a population juggernaut the Dallas-Fort Worth region is. It has suburbs that are bigger than "big cities".
So does California, but the craziest place for that is countries like India and China where there are cities most people have never heard of that have 5-6 million people.
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On 5/26/2024 at 12:31 AM, Doohickie said:
The wind is really blowing so I pulled up the weather map. There's a tornado about 20 miles north of my son's place. That's far enough away that I'm not too worried, but man people just south of the Red River are having a bad time tonight. I'm at the blue dot, my son lives in Plano. Interesting that McKinney is in a bigger font than Plano since Plano has almost 3x the population. (Plano, TX, has more people than Buffalo, NY.)
That's because most of Buffalo's true population lives in the suburbs
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26 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:
Congrats to buffalo but I have zero clue about lacrosse would this be considered AHL League kind of thing
No it's pro lacrosse, so it's like the NHL version. I don't think there is an AHL version of lacrosse.
Bandit games are BY FAR the most fun sporting events I have ever been at with constant end to end action.
Basically it's like a version of hockey from the 1980s with tons of scoring and offense on steroids
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On 5/18/2024 at 10:09 AM, JohnC said:
Was that a full-capacity crowd last night?
Yes...the Bandits averaged higher attendance than the Sabres this year at 16.5K a game and 18K for the playoffs including a full house last night.
By far the highest attendance in the NLL. Calgary was in 2nd place at a little over 11K per game. The only 2 teams with more than double digit attendance average.
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29 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:
I’m sure its been asked before, but why do college lacrosse goalies have next to nothing in terms of padding/protection, but these indoor goalies look ridiculous with padding that makes them look like they weight 300 pounds?
Those outdoor goalies have to be colored purple from the bruises they must get for a week after the games.
My guess is there are far more shots in box lacrosse similar to indoor verse outdoor soccer
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Yaaaaaa!!!!
Back to back champions!! Game was pretty much never in doubt...Albany got it close a few times but Bandits responded like true champions and widened it back to 6 goals late in the game and it was pretty much done at that point...
Love this team...they are special...4 straight times to the Finals winning the last 2...too bad the Bills couldn't have taken a page from that book...
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Just kicking some ass again all game...
Albany has never even been tied since it was 1-1 in the first quarter...
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1 hour ago, bg17 said:
What was your impression of the Albany fans? Mostly interested in the number of them. I would like to see the league in general do well.
Albany had the second lowest attendance in the league this year with like 4700 average...Bandits led by a mile with an average of over 16.5K with Calgary 2nd at a little over 11K.
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Bandits whooped some ass in the 2nd half, only allowing 2 goals while scoring 7 of their own.
Time to close it out at home for back to back ships...
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By going back to playing offensive Hockey
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On 5/14/2024 at 8:00 AM, triumph_communes said:
Dad energy leader and development to a fault coach. No surprise. Spilled milk, we got Ruff and he has bark
Ruff is going to crack the whip but honestly the players need to be cracking the whip on each other, that's the only way it's going to work.
Can they do that? Remains to be seen. They have all the talent they need. They need the mentality and the attitude.
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Damn...that's crazy athleticism in their family to have two pro players in different sports.
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38 minutes ago, JohnC said:
I watched most of the game. I'm not knowledgeable enough on the sport to intelligently comment about the play. What I can say as a sports fan is that this was an entertaining game to watch. What was impressive and stood out to me is that the house was packed and the fans were into the game from the start to the finish. It seemed as if 80% of the fans were wearing Bandit gear. Maybe someday soon our hockey team can elevate their play and earn their way into having a consistently packed arena with an engaged audience. We still have a way to go to get to that point.
Bandit games are the most fun live sporting events I have ever been to...
That includes Bills, Sabres, Bisons and an assortment of other NHL, MLB and NFL teams as well.
Honestly not even close IMO.
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What a crappy goal to go home for year on...
Some weird bounce off the boards although it looked like they planned it. Nice move by Pastarnak, but still...
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4th straight Finals appearance for the Bandits...hoping to win 2 straight and even their record at 2-2 over that time
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1 hour ago, tom webster said:
Sorry, nothing is absolute. Not every company acts with complete disregard for their employees.
That's true. But you'll never know until you give them your notice and find out.
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1 hour ago, tom webster said:
While I understand the sentiment, what kind of performance do you think said employee is going to give if he’s told two weeks in advance that he’s gone?
I’ve been fortunate, I’ve never had to let someone go that didn’t deserve to be fired and never had to close a place that others depended on for their livelihood.I’m not sure there is a pat answer for how to handle dismissal of good, reliable employees.
I do think that a twenty-five year employee deserves a severance package.
And why should the employee trust the company is going to allow them to continue working there for 2 weeks and not tell them to pack their stuff and leave?
The company wants the employee to think they act in employee's best interest when it's always the case they act in their own best interest.
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7 hours ago, WhenWillItEnd66 said:
As a professional recruiter/HR, there is no good or bad time to give the notice. I would give it As soon as possible as to avoid burning any bridges with the company you are about to leave. It is always a good thing when you can glo back to an older job you have with a better life!!
It's pretty funny. Companies don't give a crap about you when it's time to let you go and give you exactly 0 days notice most of the time yet they expect their employees to bend over backwards and "do the right thing" by giving them 2 weeks.
Which some places will decline and promptly tell you to leave, essentially leaving you 2 weeks with no income.
So why exactly is this still a rule?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Maybe if people stopped allowing this nonsense to go on and just called them up and told them they aren't coming in and they quit they would think a little more about doing the same thing to employees.
As it is they can play by whatever rules they choose but he employees are suppose to play tiddlywinks with them because it's "unprofessional" not to. Well, I think it's unprofessional when a company calls in employees that have worked there 25 years and sh!t cans them on the spot with no notice so they can pay the CEO more and upper management more bonuses.
As always, they want their cake while they eat it too.
Thank goodness more people are looking out for themselves first nowadays just like it always should have been.
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They should call themselves the Utah SaltLickers and have the logo be a miner licking a hockey puck made out of salt
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The win-loss column.
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13 hours ago, dudacek said:
You’re gonna need more choices:
How can you be happy, what’s this guy ever won? Classic Pegula move.
God I want this to succeed, but it just ain’t gonna.
I mean at least he’s got some experience…
This is the best coach this team ever had and he’s one of us: I *****in love it!
Who is this guy anyway? Seems a little old to be a hockey coach.
Dan Bylsma won a cup how did that work out?
So did John Muckler and Scotty Bowman.
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1 hour ago, eanyills said:
It was but it was a long time coming before the 9 seconds. They were outplayed badly most of that game.
That's kinda how they play all year and made the playoffs. Their goal differential was abysmal.
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8 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
lol, Bruins fans going crazy with Ullmark hate (even though he actually played well) and screaming for Montgomery to be fired for not starting Swayman. Those guys mood swing like crazy. Guess that comes from high expectations.
Canes comeback makes them look destined. Only saw the end but what an end it was.
Now on to Vegas and oh look Stone's playing.................
That was an absolutely epic collapse by the Isles...pathetic...
OT: Weather (just weather)
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Cool and rainy,and that's the good time of the year.
I mean the average summer high temp for July is 73 in the warm places like London...if you are in Ireland or Scotland, likely mid to low 60s for highs.