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I was gonna say, somehow mentioning that Iso complains about everything got me lumped in with Spuds......of all the things...

The girlfriend and I were talking about the food at CB and can't understand why people would think the food was so great. Even by pub-grub standards, it's "standard" at best...or the Red Deer one is, at least, and I assume they're all identical with the same re-heated food.

"....the drunken gambler???!!" "Yes, and who might you be?"

Best thing that could possibly happen for the Leafs....dump everyone from prior regime, and start from scratch. Build through the draft, surround the prospects with the right veterans, and you might have something. Good for Babs, Shanny and Old Man Winter...

here's the quote Lawless had: “You never know, with the interest this high, you might get more than a pick and a prospect. You might get a player too,” an NHL executive told TSN on Sunday. “The trick now is to not get greedy. If someone offers your price or better, now is the time to take it. The market can work in your favour and get you a high price. But it can also collapse on you.”

One thing Lawless was pointing out on Twitter yesterday is that a 1st from Chicago (or Wash, too) is basically a 2nd rounder. They want a higher 1st round pick + a prospect, and some of the media talking heads are saying their maybe enough of a market to get 1st + Prospect + Roster Player, because a team like Washington is so desperate to win now...

Exxxxxxxactly.....tho I'm tempted to make a comment about them being "less of a fan" but I'm also a super snob about that sorta thing...

Then you're either too young to remember 1994, or you're not much of a critical thinker...

every team needs to be exactly the same, or GTFO....

You have to read his entire series of tweets in context. He's talking about how Ladd is finally starting to play "normally" again, and wondering if the lingering effects of his off season surgery are wearing off and he's back to his old self. Saying that he'll hit 20 goals again this year, making him very valuable, both on the market and to the Jets. Purely speculating on his value now...

I'd seen that on Amazon before, and wondered if it was any good...

Lol @ "American rules when playing in the US, Canadian rules when playing in Canada"....no, sir. If you want to be a part of our league, you play by our rules. That means NI ratio, Canadian dollars...everything we do. If that's not possible/feasible, then simple: No dice. You're out.

Don't get me wrong, I like pub grub a lot. We spend a lot of time at places like Original Joe's, Montana's, and various faux-Scottish/English pubs that populate Calgary, but we're trying to go to brew pubs more... Places with better beer.

Cory Watson. And not a month later, he got dealt. Because of course he did... Sigh.

It's standard chain restaurant fair. They have them all over. Food is basic pub grub and the beer menu is full of Molson Coors garbage. Gotta go to more indie places to find something different.

I wanted to, but was too lazy to bring that up ^^^ ......hilarity from Iso....

Your positivity is always appreciated around here, Iso...

I don't mind a Thursday night at the ol' ball park. Thursday night is like a pre-Friday....

Ugh......just ugh.

almost forgot I have a Walby and Stoddard (game worn style) jersey that hang in my memorabilia room, along with a Muamba's jersey that I bought off EBay just to have. It's #10 on the back (signed by Henoc) and the front is a #3 (signed by Cauchy) that I just thought looked cool, so I bought it to hang in the memorabilia room...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2219988-sports-fan-jersey-fails I encourage everyone to give this a read...it's great.

There was a blog out there...I think from the States....that used to have a weekly "Jersey Fails" feature, where people sent in pictures of random jersey fails that they'd seen at various sporting events. That was a great read....

My cousin was excited to get a Joe Smith jersey (he is a Smith) until he was traded......

Yeah, it's that.......and also, nobody needs to point out the fact that I care way too much about this sort of thing and am taking it way too seriously. I'm aware. The girlfriend was beyond stoked to get her first jersey, and I laid out a huge rant about why she's not allowed to have her own name and a random number on the back. She is quite aware now about what kind of jerseys are allowed...

I hate getting into this discussion because the people who do it, automatically start whining about players switching teams too much, etc etc.... The honest truth is that putting your own name and some random number is a big time jersey fail. If you're concerned about players switching teams all the time, then get a retro player on there. I roll my eyes super hard at people getting their own name on there. I've always felt, and yes it's just me, that you have to earn the right to have your name on that jersey. If I went to camp and earned a spot on the roster, then I can have my name on that jersey. I can't do that...so I'm going to honour someone who did. I have a Stegall, Brown, K Jones, Poplawski and Dunigan that I alternate through. I'm extremely superstitious, so I wear the same jersey every week during a winning streak (rare) and as soon as we lose, on to a different jersey to try and break the losing. Also, for what it's worth, every game.....I wear my Morning Big Blue t-shirt under the jersey.....I'm a big fat hairy guy who sweats a lot, so a shirt under is mandatory, and if I gotta wear a shirt under, I consider the MBB shirt a bit of a good luck charm. In theory, anyhow.....