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I'm about ready to go on a mockingbird massacre around here. I've got one that quickly nose dives into my garage every time I open it. The little f-er sits on the light post across the street and dives in the second I step out of the garage. I then have to chase it out. I now have to carry my opener on me and close the door immediately or else it will just keep going back in after I chase it out. If I had enough time and wasn't lazy, I'd put up a giant screen across the whole door just to see if I could trick it.

Yeah, I found that detail after I posted. He was using one language, the "daughter" another. Either way, they're more than likely throwing around gibberish, don't understand each other, and definitely do not match whatever they decide to put in subtitles. To me, it felt like with the first one they let the people drive the show a bit more and be idiots. This one felt much more manipulative, at least the portion I watched.

The arbitrator can select any number in between the two offers, so of course the team is going to aim low. Any player who is hurt by that is being completely dishonest since they're playing the same exact game on their side, setting the bar as high as possible.

I don't know if it was 45 minutes, but I did the same thing. It's been a while, but I remember the first one being mostly mindless fun, but this one was continuously hammering the same message over and over. That and there was way too much of the stupid stuff with the daughter up to the point where I stopped (shortly after the abortion jokes). I understand why they had to add her because too many people know him, but she added next to nothing. The two of them constantly yelling back and forth in a fake language? It's obnoxious and not the least bit funny.

Ok, you’ll have to burn it down

just take the light bulb out

We are having a small 40th birthday party for a neighbor hidden in a backyard around a fire pit. Each kid there will get a full size candy bar.

I'll admit I was a few drinks in last night and don't remember if it was the last scene. Are you talking about Daniel and Morgan? If they can snap Daniel out of his funk over the last couple years, that's a duo I want to see. Please let those guys carry the show.

Man, last season sucked. I have some hope with this version of Morgan. I’m sold if I see that ax again. The new show though? I have no interest in teenage drama.

Are you able to see a breakdown of people’s post by location? I’ve seen you make this “55k” claim a couple times and now have seen someone else run with it. Rhino’s post were not exclusively in this forum. I don’t touch the Q stuff here and I’ve had several interactions with him over the years, usually in movie related threads. Now it’s possible I am remembering some interactions with his old name, but even a quick look at his profile shows posts all over the place. Im sure the ratio probably does lean heavily towards PPP, but this one has been bugging me when I’ve seen it.

What exactly is the difference between an open club and what this forum currently is? That’s one thing I’ve never been clear on since you started them here and on sabrespace. I see that they can have their own moderators, but does that mean you and your mods never touch them or can’t touch them (other than you, of course)? I’d have to imagine that if you became aware of something you don’t want on your site, you and probably others have the power to shut that down. So if that’s the case, is it essentially a sub-forum with an additional moderator or two?

I have to say, the stalker-vibe here is a bit creepy.

I didn't realize he was already 30. The bigger guys always seem to break down quicker, which makes me wonder how in the hell Chara lasted as long as he has. I can't remember ever seeing such a huge difference between the contracts signed by the top two free agents. I'm still baffled by what the Sabres pulled off. All I can think of is a while back when Selanne and Kariya as a package deal both signed one year deals with the Avs. Where is our second part of the package?

They don't typically get to that point. You look across the recent history of this league and you'll find a long list of long-term contracts since the money is guaranteed. This one is a rarity. Do you seriously think the expansion draft actually crossed Hall's mind for even a second? That's a far more outlandish theory than anything else stated here. And it may not necessarily have been in contract years, but I can think of several NHL players who lost significant amounts of money due to injuries. My mind immediately goes to head injuries and to guys like Pat LaFontaine, Paul Kariya, and Eric Lindros. I'd be much more interested in look at the guys who ended their career fairly recently due to injury but still soaked in multi-year contracts after that injury: -Marc Savard (played 25 games out of a 7 year $28 million contract) -David Clarkson (played roughly 2 years worth of a 7 year $37 contract) -Rick DiPietro still looking at 10 more years of checks from the Islanders

So he's willing to risk injury on a one year deal just to help a team with the expansion draft? He's rolling the dice on earning a much bigger contract and there's nothing wrong with that. Still, it's a big game. Strangely enough, he made it on the same day that Dak Prescott's ankle exploded. If it was actually about the expansion draft, which player exactly are they saving because of it? Looking over the roster, you're getting down to the likes of Thompson/Mittelstadt/Girgensons. I really don't see a "you'd hate to lose that guy" beyond the limit of what we can protect among the forwards. Eichel Reinhart Skinner (required to protect) Okposo (required to protect) Olofsson They can protect 7 forwards, unless they want to save more than 3 defensemen. I can't see them too worried about any of the D beyond Dahlin/Jokiharju, so they'll stick to just 3 D. So unless we add another long-term forward or 2, Hall being added to that protection list would still leave an open slot for whichever of the two kids steps up this year. I guess you can now protect both worry-free, but I don't expect both Thompson and Mittelstadt to both thrive this year.

I’ll very gladly show off this new purchase at the golf course later this week:

Rolling the dice on one year with Eichel and then much more open wallets post-covid. Very risky, but hey, it works for us.

It’s tough to read much of anything from what happened today. Very little of significance happened anywhere around the league. The bigger signings, a Markstrom or a Holtby, those are t guys we were ever going to be in on.

I was going to say "every time I've gone to an aquarium".

What would you do about the draft in that situation, set them to the 32nd pick in each round? I'm not really sure how heavily they need to drop the hammer, but it needs to be harsh.

I can't remember a time where we drafted a guy who was described as the best pure goal scorer in the draft. That part is very intriguing, something that is lacking pretty much anywhere in this organization. The only thing that makes me nervous is that I tend to shy away from the late bloomers in these drafts. One complaint I saw somewhere was that they didn't get anything that helps this team in 2021. That wasn't happening no matter who they took. That suggests that people may have wanted to trade it, but look how that entire round played out yesterday. That option wasn't happening either. Best case scenario, short term anyway, is that I want to see this kid lighting up the AHL in 2021-2022 (I believe he'll be old enough, too lazy to look that up). There was no Cozens on the board this year, a guy we're hoping will contribute one year post-draft.

I’m slightly disturbed because this was my immediate thought too.

This draft coverage is a bit ridiculous. The panel’s “speculation” on the pick is always right. They need to stop pretending they don’t already know who the pick is.

Crap. I just randomly turned some Van Halen on here in my office, two songs into the random shuffle and then I see this thread.

I feel like I've heard the league (or maybe it was TSN) state that as a target date, but I could very well be making that up. That timeline makes sense.