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Glad to see he's getting a chance at the next level up. Too bad he doesn't get to coach in the NHL.

When you go over a full decade w/out winning a playoff game it is tough to build a fanbase from scratch.

Which is why it most likely will be Detroit moving over. The easiest team to move logistically is Nashville. Geographically, Columbus can make a case as well (better than Detroit's). But at the end of the day, I expect Illitch to get his way. It then becomes interesting in how they do realign the divisions. An interesting 1 would be: Canadian/Border Town Buffalo Detroit Montreal Ottawa TO NE Boston NYC LI NJ Filly "South"East Carolina FLA Pittsburgh TB DC If Columbus moved, I'd expect the divisions to be Buffalo Columbus Ottawa Pittsburgh TO Boston Moe-ray-all Rangers Isles/NJ Filly & Carolina FLA NJ/Isles TB Washington In that scenario, it makes more sense geographically to move Filly, but I don't see them having to go to the SE. My guess is they'll send Wang's boys down.

Well, technically, as of ~1-1/2 hours ago there isn't ANY hockey being played at Philips Arena. So, I think your gladiators win by default.

Pretty much. Atlanta's 2 NHL teams never once won a playoff series EVER. This latest incarnation never won a playoff game, getting swept in their only kick at the can. Don Waddell was the GM from day 1, and though he did finally give up that title (but still was club president) his poor decision making was not surmountable in a single year. The Flames never drew less than 12k/game until their last year (building only held slightly over 15k) when the writing was on the wall (and they still drew over 10k). This team had good crowds the 1st few years, but it had a cluster for ownership and Waddell overseeing personnel. There was no way for THAT to be overcome and ultimately, THIS team never had a chance.

Uhhh, by adding his votes to Corwin's votes? Or do you think that Nader had no effect on FLA's 2000 results?

Probably because the occupation they are in leads directly to health issues they have in retirement.

Both of them.

It's not quite that bad. He'll still work 10-15 road games. Considering the alternative was him retiring all together, I'll take it. Linky

And there you have it.

I thought the minions were usually Austrian shepherds. Now they're using Krauts? When'd they make that switch?

That's !@#$ing hilarious. I can believe watching the rest of the movie would be truly torturous having watched the original. But, if they just released that as a short (kind of like the old Looney Tunes) for before a real movie, it would have been great.

Crappy song made tolerable by video: Loverboy's Notorious. Had VERY hot chick in brown dress in it. (Weird thing is, the video seems to have been pulled from Youtube by Sony.)

What the janitor's name was.

They remade The Wicker Man? The Edward Woodward version was brutal. Why would ANYONE remake that? And putting Cage in Woodward's role? That could actually be so bad it's entertaining in a trainwreck sort of way.

Well, they might need a little duct tape, but that should do the trick. Would help to keep the overhead and overruns low as well. Throw in the cheap labor, and it seems to be a no-brainer.

Earthquakes, in the Himalayas? Inconceivable. And, as Kashmir's a very stable region polically, man-made calamities shouldn't be an issue either. My only question is: why hasn't this pipeline already happened?

Yeah, but that's only an issue when the pipeline's getting filled. (Or if you ever have degassing in transit w/ liquids or condensation w/ a gas pipeline. The hammer at the bottom of a rise could be quite impressive with any slug flow. But those wouldn't cause any problems either. )

What, landslides are bad for the transport of highly flamable / explosive gasses? And potentially massive flows of water across a pipeline might not be ideal conditions for integrity? What possible problems could those create?

Pretty much. He led w/ the elbow, he got the guy's head. Canadian Juniors have been pretty clear on calling that a suspendable hit this year. Good to see the Sabres are getting some meanness in the system.

Remind me not to ask you for a movie recommendation. (I'll repay the favor, and won't give you any either; as The Princess Bride is probably the only movie ever made that we'd agree upon.)

Thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to avoid it. (No idea what it's about and don't think the wife has heard of it, so it shouldn't be too hard to avoid.)

Caddyshack has to be #1 with Airplane and The Princess Bride being high up as well. 1 other which had some great lines but isn't quite in that same class is: History of the World Pt 1. (It's good to be the king.) And if you play hockey, Slapshot ends up very quotable. (Dave's a killer. Dave's a mess. Bleed all over him, let him know you're there. You can't put a bounty on a man's head. I just did.)

Wife dragged me to The Bodyguard back when we were engaged. I walked out of it 20 minutes in. Worst. Movie. Ever.