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Some of the things he says are downright bizarre. I don't believe he has followed the CFL very closely in the past.

2008 East Semi Final..................

Nah that doesn't mean anything. He took the voluntary buyout from the Sun so he's likely got some cash and hence some time to wait for the right opportunity.

This has to be sarcasm

Have you been watching the games? Ovie is dragging that team down. He is a gifted goal scorer and a terrible captain. They will never win with him. He's moving down to the third line because he plays like he doesn't give a ****.

Actually I think the talent level in Vegas will be very similar to year one in Winnipeg with a similarly bare prospect cupboard. I'd wager they will hover around just below the playoff line in their first year. Beyond that, we'll see what McPhee can come up with. It will take some time to build their prospect base but they should start off with a nice set of second-line, second-pairing type players and an average goalie. Very similar to Winnipeg in year one indeed.

Why not?

I know nothing about the player. I am referring to the fact that they are bringing in a 30 year old and paying him $4.5 mil for 2 years. That doesn't say "building" to me.

Depends what you're talking about when you say replacement. If you are saying H&L becomes H&P, that's never going to happen. The drive-home show has to be entertaining first and foremost, not just informative. Gotta have some measure of charisma for that. Maybe Penton's got it, maybe he don't. I'd lean more towards Jeff Hamilton.

Yeah to be clear I'm not disagreeing with tacklewasher at all, just saying that just because counting calories does work, doesn't mean that all other nutritional information out there is automatically invalid and a scam.

Walters is speaking at 11 am this morning.

4.5 actually. Pretty good coin for a guy who has never played in the NHL. For me the really interesting part of this is that it signals that Vegas wants to compete right off the bat rather than using the Chevy 5 Year Plan™.

Haha how can it be this chaotic.... they really need to train their staff better

Two main reasons I've heard are smokers and people wanting to leave to get cheaper beer somewhere else between periods. Boohoo.

While this is technically true, there is so much more to nutrition overall than just counting calories. And there are really good, legitimate reasons why low carb diets work so well. It's not a fad or a magic pill... it's science. You're right, eating less calories than you expend will result in weight loss. But that's just one part of the story.

Won't make a difference. If people don't like it they can give up their tickets to one of the thousands of people on the waiting list.

Wow. Rode shotgun with Lemieux and Jagr for a few years there.

Penton's problem is a lack of charisma. He's not bombastic enough to fill the Lawless role but he is well-connected.

Looks like they're hoping he can play in Game 5. It would be a shame if he can't. IMO the Senators' games have been the most entertaining of the postseason so far, regardless of the hype around the Leafs/Caps series.

Fleury/Helle instead of Helle/Hutch gets us into the playoffs, no doot aboot it

Also keep in mind that the team likely still has hopes for Addison Richards.... if not he wouldn't be on the roster. Between him, the known resource in JFG, and the free agent pickup Matt Coates, I don't think they will be desperate for a receiver. We're talking about filling one receiver spot and it's the 5th receiver.... not a huge need IMO. But I'd be pleased to see Vandervoort or Behar here for sure.

Yeah I think you're right. I've always had to scan my ticket in/out when going to Moxie's. I wonder how Moxie's management feels about the change. Or maybe they are owned by True North?

Yeah. I don't know how it could possibly escalate to the point where they are threatening to arrest the passengers. Just crazy.

My understanding is that the issue arose because the airline wanted to place someone in the unused seat, which makes sense. That's how it should work. I don't understand why the family couldn't just have the child in their lap like they were originally planning. The overall handling of the situation by the airline was very poor once it was clear what was happening. But how are they supposed to know that an unused seat was going to be used by a child who didn't have a seated ticket to begin with? They would have no clue until they actually saw it happening, in the plane. By which point the person who had been given the 'unused' seat has already had their luggage loaded and has entered the plane.

Hmm I think that's selling him short just a bit. He's not average and he's not Pavelec. He's a former first overall pick with a career .912 save percentage, 3 Stanley Cup final appearances and 2 Stanley Cup wins (albeit "just" 2 appearances and 1 win as the starter). And it's not like he was playing for a team that just dominated.... that Cup winning Pens team in 2009 had to battle hard for 7 games against a dominant Red Wings team that had just beaten them the year before. The image of Fleury diving across the net in the final moments of Game 7 to save the win is iconic. He's a surefire hall-of-famer and he's showing it again this year. Without question he would be an improvement over what we have now and would be better than anyone available in free agency. Marc-Andre Fleury for goalie, Mayor, Premier, and Prime Minister of Canada. God bless America.