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And that's not what the Player Usage Charts say: http://www.hockeyabstract.com/playerusagecharts Pilut and Scandella have the most similar usage of any two same-position players on the team, and neither is sheltered. Also: Must win.

Decker beat everyone in the passing game, except she wasn't considered an official competitor (like Coyne was) because she was being used to demonstrate how the game works. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-all-star-skills-competition-brianna-decker-1.4994353?fbclid=IwAR2oFHmPifBLHwosktYUlmKwB8VEZVFAtJYqCFmQCc3ae951_DqXAkLR_VE

The references: https://twitter.com/FisherJillian/status/1088825754723463168

One of the better pieces of media I've seen from the NHL lately, with lots of Easter Eggs, in this remake of the Silicon Valley opening: Jack's Wings Space Needle coming soon Gritty KO'ing Al, then running up to the museum a la Rocky

https://buffalonews.com/2019/01/22/editorial-kim-pegula-sets-tone-of-zero-tolerance-after-incident-with-sabres-executives/

Well, the Hall trade was a desparation move to get literally any defenseman on the roster, but every GM knew how desperate it was, and Larsson was all they got. On a team with little other forward skill, Hall understandably flourished in NJ. Still a steal though for NJ, and mostly considered to be so at the time of the trade.

The write up on Chiarelli. We knew he was bad, but it's still eyeopening to see everything listed in one place. https://deadspin.com/the-oilers-finally-fired-peter-chiarelli-who-did-so-li-1831980105 Quote: - There was the trade of two draft picks (one of whom became reigning Calder champ Mathew Barzal) for Griffin Reinhart, who is now out of the organization and scuffling in the AHL. - There was the one-for-one trade of former first overall pick Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson; two years later Hall won MVP. - There was the seven-year, $42-million contract given to Milan Lucic, who appears to have fallen off a cliff on the wrong side of age 30, and is still signed through 2023. - There was the trade of Jordan Eberle for Ryan Strome, who a year later was flipped for Ryan Spooner, who was put on waivers this week. - And on Monday, Chiarelli’s last move was announced: a three-year, $13.5 million extension for Mikko Koskinen, a 30-year-old goaltender with 32 NHL games under his belt

I used it because it's easy to google and post within the maximum ten seconds this ***** deserves. Feel free to read other sources: https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2018/dec/07/blog-posting/complex-tale-involving-hillary-clinton-uranium-rus/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2018/12/13/russian-uranium-one-deal-and-hillary-clinton-in-the-news-again/#21e50eb1526d https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/409356-fbis-37-secret-pages-of-memos-about-russia-clintons-and-uranium-one https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/hillary-clinton-uranium-one-deal-russia-explainer-244895 https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-11-14/clinton-uranium-scandal-doesn-t-have-much-fuel https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/06/561587174/the-alternative-russia-scandal https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/16/trump-claims--falsely--that-clinton-gave-russia-20-of-us-uranium.html https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/nov/15/fox-news-anchor-debunks-networks-clinton-uranium-scandal-sparking-fury https://www.apnews.com/d0b9963ed3654c2a8677e02bb583ef72

***** off with that. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-uranium-russia-deal/ It is one of the best, perhaps in all of hockey. Management personnel risking their lives to play a shell game with an individual abroad, being tracked by a spy agency, resulting in a liberation and a spectacular personal and sports story success. Here's the Sportsnet piece: https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/defector-2/ An SI article from '89: https://www.si.com/vault/1989/10/09/120762/the-honeymooners-a-bevy-of-the-soviets-most-stunning-stars-has-been-wooed-and-won-by-the-nhl Excerpts from Breakaway, which covers several defections: https://books.google.com/books?id=FSKp2SXjzUEC&pg=PT112&lpg=PT112&dq=mogilny+defection&source=bl&ots=ycWPAf0JuE&sig=ACfU3U1pk7ZwMg1GIjlifzHF6Orb5aQH2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkys6TlvnfAhUEDHwKHZXGDUs4FBDoATAFegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=mogilny defection&f=false

In this case, it's this.

FWIW, which is nothing, I straight called Pavelski, Burns, and Karlsson. Predictable NHL is predictable.

Must win.

The plot thickens. I sincerely hope he's okay.

Must win.

Can't help but think this is usage related. He's got the toughest minutes among forwards with the highest quality of competition and an 18% offensive zone start percentage. When he's playing, he's getting worked, and he's getting worked a position where he's not going to be successful offensively. I could easily see early season promises made by the coaching staff to elevate his role from checker to a two-way forward, but maybe the checking line was working too well to stop doing that. Meanwhile, because you can't really break up the top six during the streak and you can break up a checking line, he's rotating in and out with the 13th and 14th forwards just so they can get fair time. All that said, having a tantrum is no way to fix your station.

20. Maybe 22.

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Must win.

Must win.

That would be crazy and fun. It'd still have to be convertible for concerts and the like, as well as rainy days. The NFL-NHL stadium idea is fascinating. Maybe a couple times a year, you could use the entire NFL seating area for hockey, like select Leafs-Sabres games or particular playoff games and turn the whole thing into an NHL madhouse. No more ticket shortages, plenty of affordable tickets for all, and the place would turn up to 11 like 19 for big games. By the way, based on the size of the Browns' stadium, there is room to jam a separate NFL stadium in the area around Key Bank Center, or nearby, to the southwest of South Park and Louisiana.

Guhle's a lefty (like Beaulieu); Housley tries to keep lefty-righty, with a couple exceptions. Borgen, Dougherty, and Tennyson are right shots. Tennyson's the only one of the three who played in Buffalo at all last year, and when he did, Beaulieu proved to be his best partner in terms of CF%. Make no mistake, I don't like Tennyson (his ice time is a tank symptom), but Housley likely sees him as more of a known quantity than Borgen or Dougherty, and whose development isn't going to be hurt by lots of call ups.

I want all of you to concentrate on a mental image of Gary Bettman's naked wrinkled junk as penance for bringing up a person's attractiveness in the same conversation as their professional qualifications for NHL Commissioner.

Pegula bought from Golisano at $165M (according to Forbes) in November 2010-February 2011, despite another purchaser reportedly offering ~$259M that would have moved the team, so Pegula's up about $210M in 8 years. Golisano bought it for $92M (which included ~$30M in debt to local agencies, which was believed to be forgiven) in March of 2003, so he cleared about $100M in 8 years.

Kim's great. I don't know if the Commissioner's job is a good fit though. Why does Bettman get booed? In Buffalo, it's likely No Goal. Elsewhere, it's likely the frequent labor stoppages, the wonky player discipline, and, in Canada, the moving of teams from traditional Canadian markets to large American TV markets. But who makes the decisions? The owners at the NHL Board of Governors meetings. The Commissioner's job is to be the face of evil of the league in the fan perspective. They're the punching bag. They take the hits so that the fans don't associate the NHL's unpopular or terrible ideas with their own team's owners. The Commissioner is the PR shield, complete with a PR department. And it works. Team owners only get booed when they make bad team moves (like relocate their team, get stingy on payroll, or hire/refuse to fire the wrong personnel). Owners get a pass on all league-wide dealings, because the perception is that it's the Commissioner's fault. For that reason, it has paid off for the owners to have basically the cartoon version of a slimy lawyer take that roll. Bettman will always be remembered among fans more for the lockouts than the growth and stabilization of the league's economy. If Kim took that role, I could see a number of weird things occurring, none of which would be her fault. * She might have to accept that cartoon evildoer role. I don't see it. Even if she doesn't, fans may pigeon hole her that way anyway as it's all they've known for the past 25 years with Bettman. * She might try to bring an era of progressivism to a draconian labor system. Maybe she'd push to negotiate the CBA, you know, before a lockout occurs. But there could be pushback from all sides that drag her down. * She might be criticized for not being a hockey-professional (like Shanahan), even though Bettman and Daly aren't. Like early criticisms of Bettman that called him a "New York Lawyer," which was code for "Jew," Kim could experience a wrongful bias both from those within the game and from fans. She wouldn't deserve it (no one does), and she can rise above, as she has, but would she want to take on that spotlight position? I think she still would, but it's her own personal call; she's done great so far. But there would be great things too: * She would be the first woman commissioner and I think the first Asian American commissioner in the history of the big four. * With Seattle being settled and a new TV contract about to be set, the next era of the NHL could be an era of peace and prosperity, not rapid expansion and cash grab. This could allow for next-level refinement of the sport on topics like labor, fan experience, player safety, player discipline (on and off the ice), charity outreach. * It could also finally bring more involvement with other leagues to unify grow the sport worldwide. Kim now has experience working with the AHL, NCAA, ECHL, NWHL, and IIHF. She's been extremely proactive in building and fostering successful opportunities in those leagues. * I think the Olympics are back on the table. Scrap the World Cup of Cash Grab, or at least stop using it as a lever to prevent Olympic involvement. Embrace the Olympics, support it, synergize with it to grow the sport and the league brand. This is a dropped ball that can really bring great things when carried.

Send a thank you letter to the hiring manager (google it for content ideas/format). If it's a big company, the offer generation process could be very slow, particularly around the holidays when people are absent. A small company could move faster, but is also susceptible to missing people. Accept the fact that they may have scheduled several interviews over a couple weeks. This can happen for jobs with very exacting requirements, as candidates may need to travel to interview OR the company may be having a difficult time finding qualified applicants. Larger companies may require a minimum number of candidates be interviewed. Also understand the fact that good interviews are subjective. I'm not saying you didn't kill it, but the interviewers may have been looking for something. Bias, nepotism, and bad chemistry are all real things that exist in hiring managers. They may be dumb enough to not hire you. Nevertheless, remain open and optimistic about your chances. Don't be resentful if an offer doesn't arrive within your expected window. But that said, you have your own extremely valid career goals to meet in your schedule, so definitely don't wait for these guys if there are other opportunities you want to explore.