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If Ladd is injured, he needs to take a few weeks off and let it heal. Better that the spot be filled by someone who is 100% healthy than Ladd at 60% (and that's being generous).

a lot of players have sports psychologists. I still remember walking by the visitor's dressing rooms here in Kelowna between periods and Scotty Upshall was out in the hallway getting a pep talk from his own personal sports psychologist. This is while he's playing in the WHL.

Ray Finkel is alive and well in Minnesota

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CYYls1KWwAAiy6V.mp4

If you hate the Russians, watch this video from 1976, where the Flyers beat the hell out of the Russians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ddPhG6EAOo&feature=youtu.be They're going home!!!

Being a seasoned veteran of fool's errands, I normally would be cool with being nominated but Tate is a loon and kind of scares me.

I remember Hutch was on fire this time last year, and he had that big 4-0 shut-out against Columbus right before the All-Star break that had everyone thinking he was the next one. He has been on the down-slope ever since that game. For some reason this year he's having a hard time stopping beach balls. I don't get it. I just hope Helle doesn't fall into that same post All-Star break sink-hole. I'd like to see two solid goaltenders for once, get back to "Pokey and the Bandit" type days.

Williams is hurt, some guy whose name sounds like Crousaint is the starter for Pitt at running back this week. At least that's what DraftKings just told me.

JFG for top Canadian 2016! They also need to draft another 3 Mennonites for the OL and then they can go 5 MNI on the O-line.

I don't get it either. You have QB's like Reilly and Willy who are back-ups and are dying to jump ship to get a starter gig, and then you have Tate, who is comfortable just living in BLM's shadow. Makes no sense. The only thing I can think of is that Hufnagel took Tate down to Tijuana in last year's off-season and got some incriminating photos taken.

the whole Arizona team should be fined $2,000 each as they were diving all over the ice in the game I was at. Ladd stupidly gave a little shove to OEL and he went down like he had been shot. It happened right in front of me. Ladd was brain-dead to do it but OEL should have been called for embellishment, just as Ehlers got nailed for it.

I'll be cheering hard for the Vikings this Sunday, not just because they are my team but I want to see the Seahawks go out early. Seahawks fans are similar to Rider fans, total band-wagon jumpers and totally obnoxious. I had the misfortune of sitting in a Seahawk section at the Cardinals game on Sunday, and had to listen to their chanting all game. Then after the game the restaurant I was at was inundated with Seahawks fans and they kept doing the chant while I was eating to the annoyance of everyone else in the restaurant. I wanted to start chanting "Malcolm Butler" but decided not to antagonize them. Go Vikings!!!

Hello? You want Andrew Ladd? How many jock-straps are you offering? Four? Sorry, Detroit's offering five.

who the hell was this guy? Anyone know?

The Hockey Douchebag ‏@Wheeling_dbag Russian players crying after a loss is becoming my favourite world junior tradition. #WJC2016

I have a Finnish Canadian friend who I know is plastered right now. We may have a "rivalry" with the Russians but the Finns HATE the Russians. Hate them. Something to do with a war they fought in 1940...

Apparently the night before the last Predators game Buff and some other unnamed players were spotted out late doing shots at a Nashville bar. Hence why they looked like tired bums in the 7-0 loss. This from an eye witness. Hope they stayed out of the bars last night.

Winning - the place you want to be November to May every year. His living situation is a non-issue and is being handled internally. What don't you understand about that? Next question!

OK I see there is something called a Jets Gala dinner. So the word was that Frolik doesn't even have his high school diploma as he moved to Canada as a teenager, so he wanted a long term deal, as he has nothing to fall back on. I think in hindsight Chevy would have offered the five years. He has not been replaced by Burmi.

No. The guy sitting beside me on the plane did. They sat together at some Jets dinner. Is that even a thing?

Why would Frolik lie?

I sat beside a guy on the plane down to Phoenix who talked to Frolik before he signed with Calgary and he said that it was all about term. He wanted a long term deal. Had nothing to do with his wife. Calgary gave it to him, Chevy wouldn't.

Just like last year's playoffs....

Yes it's fun. It just reminded me of that skit.

I saw the movie finally and loved it. Finally! Back to the way Star Wars should be. I have to say though, reading this thread with a bunch of grown men debating complete fantasy it reminded me of this SNL skit... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16_BEVusSHU