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I understand your point. A bridge might rub Risto the wrong way... or it might motivate him to continue developing his game. If he turns out to be a franchise guy, there's no reason GMTM wouldn't start working on an extension long before his deal is up. Hell, he asked for permission to skate with the team during negotiations.... that doesn't sound like a guy who wants to leave. The team will likely be a contender at that point (assuming he blossoms), so he would have even more reason to stay.

If there were two basketball leagues, one for folks under 6'0", another for folks over 6'0"... would you let 7'11" Shaq compete in the short league because he "identifies" as a short person? Or are you a heightist?

How do you allow women with high testosterone levels to compete while keeping it fair for women with "normal" hormone levels? In your opinion, should the IAAF go back to requiring female atheletes with high testosterone levels to take hormone suppressants? https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/whispers-on-the-track-in-rio-does-caster-semenya-have-an-unfair-edge/2016/08/17/840cf088-6486-11e6-be4e-23fc4d4d12b4_story.html ..."The 25-year old South African runner is believed to have an intersex condition called hyperandrogenism, which means her body may be producing testosterone at levels much higher than most women." I understand it's not her fault she has this condition, but it obviously gives her an advantage over her competitors... is that fair? WRT Harrison, we know he hasn't undergone hormone therapy because that would be considered doping, but we don't know what his naturally occuring testosterone levels are. That said, should there be a cutoff at some testosterone level where we no longer allow the individual to compete in women's sports?

We're out of tank mode people, BUF is no longer in desperate need for merely serviceable NHL players. Why would we take somebody else's scraps? It ain't happening. There's a reason these guys are being waived.

Lindholm is currently a much better player than Risto. It's not even close. Why should GMTM bow to his demands? Again, Risto has no leverage here. He either signs or he doesn't play... and at this point of his career he needs to be playing or he will regress.. maybe permanently. I'm hearing he'll settle on a bridge deal in the next 36 hours.... but it won't be anywhere near $6.0.

GMTM still hasn't offered a bridge deal yet. He's hoping he signs a medium term deal for 4.5-5.5. If nothing gets done by end of day Monday, they'll settle on a bridge deal. Risto isn't going anywhere.

Risto will sign within 48hrs.

Wait. He wasn't suspended for the Vesey hit?

Interesting, he says he hasn't started hormone therapy yet, but it still doesn't say what his testosterone level is currently or if they test for naturally occuring elevated testosterone levels. Its easy to test for synthetic testosterone and that would be a PED. Naturally occuring testosterone is an issue and there's no clear cut definition of what level would disqualify you from competing as a female is professional sport.

The closest the article comes to talking about testosterone or hormones is here.... "Browne has decided to postpone a medical transition until he's done playing in the NWHL, and he's not changing his legal name right now for visa reasons. Browne says he is "not closing the door" to transitioning to the men's side of the sport one day depending on how his body changes." All that says is he's having an operation to give him fully male body parts. That's all. It doesn't say wether or not he has testes or what his hormone levels are.

The Olympics checks testosterone levels before allowing people to compete in female events. Are they bigots too? Does the NWHL check testosterone levels? If not, how do think you the last girl cut from the team feels about losing her job to a man?

They're not nickel and diming him. He wants way more than he's worth right now. They'll settle on a bridge deal in the next few days, GMTM is still hoping he comes to his senses and takes a 5-6 year deal at a reasonable price... 4.5-5.5 per.

The artcle doesn't say what parts he has. It's not always either or... there are intersex cases where both parts are present or some form of both parts. If he's identifying as a man, he probably has a high enough testosterone level such that he's somewhere in the middle of the male female spectrum. If he wants to be considered a man, then good for him, I really don't give a . But if hes competing in a female only sport, then there needs to be a line drawn somewhere between male and female.

I thought it was obvious that Ristos defensive struggles were holding Moulson back last season. If Risto can improve defensively with a 5 year deal, Moulson should thrive offensively.... or continue to struggle because its a game for faster players now and he's no a very good skater.

I did. He was always a man, who is probably XX or XXY (intersex), so he identified as a woman all these years, but now he's identifying as a man... which he is. Let me ask you this... without considering body parts, how would you differentiate between male and female.

he's a career -88 oh wait, that means nothing at all. he's great... too bad Murray didn't grab him, we could use him to improve our team goal differential.

Well, for Olympic competition they check testosterone levels. There has to be some scientific method to distinguish men from women other than whatever that person chooses to identify as. Equality you say? How fair is it for the other women in sport if they have to compete against a man just because he chooses to identify as a woman?

I don't get it. So she identifies as a man probably because of some man parts... You would think they would need to have XX chromosomes to qualify to play in a women's only sport regardless of body parts... right? My guess is he's an XX male.

...fixed.

So.... who does that leave? Fasching? Grant? Falk? Baptiste? C. OReilly? Catenacci? McCormick? Nylander? Fedun? Guhle? Nelson?

no, forget I said anything

Assuming you have good 401k fund options, you should be max'ing it out, but if you can't afford to do that right away, most financial institutions offer an annual increase program such that your contribution amount increases each year by whatever % you decide... until you hit the max. This works well, especially if you assume you're getting a merit increase each year which will offset the additional contribution rate.

Sounds logical, but I still think Grant and Fasching, as well as they've played, have a one-way ticket to Rochester. These are just pre-season games against AHL players, don't read too much into their performance. That said, my source tells me Risto will likely sign a bridge deal over the weekend or early next week, which is expected... Bogo will be ready to play the opener, as will Kulikov.

Now you're getting it! haha

My source tells me he actually tweaked something the other day playing floor hockey on the basketball court while wearing dress shoes.