That Aud Smell

I'm a shirt tail relative of someone who regularly golfs with the Jacobs family (or, at least, used to - I have not asked in a while). One of my favourite stories that he'd relate is how Jeremy would hoot and holler about how incredibly dumb - "as a box of rocks!" he'd apparently say - Ray Borque was.

I meant of the game specifically.

I came here looking for an overview, some perspective on what was clearly a disappointing game. I scrolled through the last few pages ... finding none, I'll look forward to the Detroyat game. If you'd told me at season's start that this team would be @deluca67 .500 after their first west coast road trip, I'd have taken that gladly.

Let's go, Buffalo! Salvage the western road trip - with a @deluca67 .500 record. Meshed Wicker!

So Tuch played his college hockey at Boston College.

There's real risk there, for sure. If he were to get the fusion, I'd say he'd almost certainly return to form -- but with diminished quality late in his career and certainly diminished quality of life post-career. The ADR is a huge unknown. I wonder what happens now that he's with Vegas.

Yep, yep. I like it.

Huh? Tuch is from Syracuse, NY. I'd imagine he's good with the move. Krebs is still a kid. Reportedly one with a good attitude. He'll presumably love HCDG, and readily find a way to fit in with a young roster.

But this rejoinder was quite funny:

I gotta say - I was genuinely glad to see that bastige locked up. I like that a lot.

Also, re Tuch, from a July 30, 2021 write-up: Alex Tuch will miss the start of this season for the Vegas Golden Knights after having shoulder surgery last week. The 25-year-old forward is expected to need six months to recover, meaning he could miss at least four months of the season. Vegas plays its first game of the regular season against the Seattle Kraken on Oct. 12.

wait - what? the sabres got a 2nd rounder too?

please to explain

I infer he meant "to you all".

This is pretty incredible. Who's his source? Eichel himself?

I seen what you did there.

Two good young players and a 1st. That’s a square deal, under the circumstances.

2022 first?

Tkachuk being presumed gone from Calgary helps this deal make sense. Otherwise, imbalanced. They can both be trusted to accurately relate what their sources are telling them. The matter of how reliable the sources are is another matter.

I'd literally rather have Blake Bortles as the backup than Cam. Dude is *washed*.