Doohickie
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You know, upside down you kinda look like me.
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I read the thread title as all about Nicolas Deslauriers
It is, Johnny.
It is. :devil:
Josie, that wind map over Patricia scares the absolute ###### out of me. Yikes
It looks like it might sweep right over me here in Texas in a few days.
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He's got a goal from the D; that caught him some attention.
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Me too, but it was Kane himself that referenced the article. I must have had some effect.
As in he wasn't really trying to score, but now that someone criticized him he can suddenly score? No, there isn't any causality there. Just a coincidence. It was just too delicious for a guy like Kane to just leave it there though; he had to rub Cox's nose in it.
You are Damien Cox? Tricksy.
Yeah, I saw that too. :flirt:
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Get him some playing time before he gets some at the NHL level? Yeah, that's exactly how it works. Ulmark has 3 games under his belt, so he's not exactly been smothered with ice time either.
But if that was the plan, why didn't they send Lieuwen down earlier? I find it hard to believe that they would take someone that's been sitting, send him down to the farm club to play a game there that night, then have him travel back to Buffalo and play Saturday night? You're saying a guy that hasn't played in weeks is going to be asked to play on two consecutive nights? That makes no sense to me whatsoever.
The simplest explanation is probably the correct one: They want to see Ullmark.
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I don't think Jack needs "protecting" so to speak, but I would definitely like more muscle on that RW to open up space. Foligno or Zemgus would be my pick.
Either one would work. I would go with Marcus though; he's already set Jack up once...
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The Lines
Thanks. Updated the lead post.
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He's been riding the pine this whole time, then you're going to send him down to get some work so he can play the very next night at the NHL level?
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Too bad for Torts that he wasn't coaching while Nolan was in the league.
:flirt: You're on fire this morning! :w00t:
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this gave me chills...
Different generation I guess, but this is what came to my mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3FwMa4SNLM
(and btw, RIP Cory Wells of Three Dog Night who passed away this week in Dunkirk, NY)
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Flounder!
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I'll update in the morning if need be.
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Damn straight. Why mess with success? Any other place besides the practice report to find the lines?
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The Canadiens (7-0-0) bring their perfect record to Buffalo to face the 2-4-0 Sabres in the First Niagara Center. The consensus inside the Canadiens' locker room is that the Sabres will certainly offer up a good test – even if their early-season record of 2-4-0 leaves something to be desired through six games. Let's hope the Canadiens find their hands full with the rapidly improving Sabres. And even in the depths of the tank, the Sabres took 3 of 4 from Montreal last year. Rookie goaltender Mike Condon will start for the Canadiens.
Game Preview
The practice report from Thursday did not publish the lines; the one notable change is that backup goalie Nathan Lieuwen was sent down to Rochester and reports are that Linus Ullmark is coming up, prompting speculation as to whether he will start a game either Friday or Saturday. The morning skate looked like this:
Forwards
9 Evander Kane – 90 Ryan O'Reilly – 23 Sam Reinhart
63 Tyler Ennis – 15 Jack Eichel – 12 Brian Gionta
26 Matt Moulson – 28 Zemgus Girgensons – 82 Marcus Foligno
44 Nicolas Deslauriers – 17 David Legwand/22 Johan Larsson – 88 Jamie McGinn
Defense
4 Josh Gorges – 55 Rasmus Ristolainen
29 Jake McCabe – 3 Mark Pysyk
6 Mike Weber – 46 Cody Franson
25 Carlo Colaiacovo
Goaltending
31 Chad Johnson
35 Linus Ullmark
This game will be an important measuring stick to see if the team is gelling and the offense starts to click against a quality opponent.
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Dallas has been solid
on the road.fify
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3+ minute 6-on-3 power play for Pittsburgh against Dallas.
I'd take Harry Neale back over Rob. Discuss.
I'd slit my wrists over listening to Harry Neale.
Actually it was about a minute and a half of 6v3 and a minute and a half of 6v4.
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The hubby's mother and the wife? That's a dangerous combination. The mother-in-law has her way of running a household which won't line up with how the wife was raised so there's bound to be conflict. (I grew up in such a household- my dad's mom lived with us and she and my mom fought quite a bit over how to clean house, raise kids, etc.)
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Yup. Think John would get us our drinks for free?
He actually died quite a while ago. :(
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Well if we ever get together for drinks we have something to talk about besides the Sabres, eh?
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I haven't watched a Dallas game in a couple years, but I knew who the top color guy would be the second I saw that list. It's nice to know that some things haven't changed.
Daryl Reaugh (and his partner who left at the end of last season, Ralph Strangis) are the reason I actually watch the local NHL team. I don't really care too much about the Stars, but Reaugh's calls just kind of pull me in. He and Strangis put on a good show. WIth Strangis's departure Dallas hired Dave Strader to do the play-by-play. I consider him one of the best but he hasn't gelled with Reaugh yet. The games are okay to watch but Reaugh and Strader aren't quite a team yet.
Absolutely. But although they have the two best pieces, I'm not sure they are the best team yet.
I don't agree with the analysis on Mickey Redmond, at least not the one I knew back in the '90s when I lived in Detroit. I can't believe they think Rob Ray is better than Redmond. If they would have tempered it with a spin similar to what they said for RJ - that he was one of the best but is past his prime - I could see that. When I lived there I loved to hear Redmond spin yarns about life as an NHL player "back in the day" and I always thought his knowledge of the current game was up to snuff.
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It would be glorious.
And it wouldn't have to be any more exhausting than a 5 minute OT period..... provided a coach didn't drastically shorten his bench. A deep team would be able to roll 4 offensive pairs constructed from the top 9 forwards, and the coach could use the top 4 Dmen as well. One complaint against the shootout is that it focuses on two few players - basically the goalies and shooters, and doesn't necessarily reflect the team. 3 on 3 is similar; that's the bare minimum a team needs to have any kind of significant game, but a 5 minute period means a coach can get away with using 2, maybe 3, combinations of players. Stretch it out to 10 minutes and he's gotta dig a little deeper.
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Okay, then go with the 10-minute 3 on 3.
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Interesting. It's probably like the old "Washington slept here" story. Of course Billy has said it was written during his time in LA. Then again a lot of his stories seem apocryphal.
Apocryphal indeed. I also took the story I heard with a grain of salt, but when I saw the video and John at the Bar matched the description of the John I worked with, I tended to believe that story. It could be that the "official" story of being set in L.A. may be shorthand and the song is an amalgamation of characters from both the left and right coasts.
Thank you for not putting a comma in Goodnight Saigon. What was I thinking? Now I've lost all my Billy Joel cred with you. I also love Turnstiles. A great thematic album that weaves a story. Is that even a thing anymore?
It is, but it's increasingly rare. Online music distribution has gotten us back to buying individual songs instead of whole albums, which is a pity, imo.
For a long time I had a cassette tape that I played all the time. Side 1 had Turnstiles on it; Side 2 was Springsteen's Born to Run. I saw those two albums as very complementary, telling stories about the fringes of NYC- the genteel Long Island side and the gritty New Jersey side.
Another album by Billy Joel that's kind of a sleeper is 52nd Street. The theme of that album is night life in all its various forms. That album was just released when I saw him in concert many moons ago. I didn't like it much originally, but as time has gone on and I've gained life experience it seems to resonate more. I hate the song by Sinatra "New York, New York" and I think "Big Shot" is a counterpoint to that song, exposing how boorish boastful New Yorkers can be.
All About Natural Disasters
in The Aud Club
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I think that patch of lights in the top right is the Texas Gulf Coast. I live a coupla hundred miles beyond that. After no rain in July, August, September and most of October, we've already gotten 5-6 inches yesterday and today; downtstate has already had flash flood emergencies declared. If this moves up our way, it's not gonna be good. And we're supposed to get another 4 inches tonight and tomorrow.