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No longer being associated with the Leafs will make it easier for me to once again access the "good memories" section of my brain for Carlyle.

Bogo back this week.

Bogo for eberle. Do it.

Actually, saying a black coach may appeal to black players isn't a racist statement. 
 
But I also don't think it's a correct statement. 
 
Part of Richard Harris's appeal to many of the young black players was that he was an absolute mammoth human being with a spirit to match, and the epitome of a father figure, something a lot of them didn't grow up with (according to the legendary Jim Brown). 
 
Those traits are far more important than skin tone. 
 
Now does Richie Hall have it? I don't know....

Pavelec has been terrible in Minny. Playing Hutch was the right choice. Unless there's a shutout in this game, I expect Pavelec in the return game in Winnipeg.

Denmark up 2-0 on Russia. Ehlers looking fantastic.

Its actually nice to be able to discuss a good problem we have.

Maybe im reading this wrong and not understanding...
 
But are you saying someone accidentally hitting you in the WWE is the same thing as someone trying to actually knock you the F out in the UFC?
 
WWE is a show and im positive they are not trying to hurt each other. They get hurt and no doubt hit to a point. But the idea of it is not the same.
 
The guy across the ring in the UFC is actually wanting to hurt you and beat you up.
 
WWE guy across the ring is only trying to put on a good show.

Who said that?

Well, it's relevant to the conversation here about Lesnar. He got his ass kicked. That's why he left for the easy $$ of the WWE where he can be the World Champ & never wrestle. Just look mean & intimidating.

You failed to mention he got his ass beat bad. Im not arguing for the sake of it.
 
Sure the guy did some pretty good things... but tell the whole story... not just the part where he wins.
 
Cain kicked his ass and then Overeem destroyed him.
 
Why not mention that?

Wellll.....

Both Etch and MB have been HCs
 
Dont really see the difference on why it would matter to him now.

People always question if Chevy knows what hes doing.... This shows he does.
 
IMO anyway... lol

People always question if Chevy knows what hes doing.... This shows he does.
 
IMO anyway... lol

People always question if Chevy knows what hes doing.... This shows he does.
 
IMO anyway... lol

Just picked up Jay Harrison for a 6th rd draft pick

This seems about right.
 
Now you just need an OC n DC that can put them and help them in their roles to be a success. Im not convinced we have that. 

Turning over 50% of our Can-con is a sure recipe for failure.
Besides ... Newman, Sherman, JFG, Kohlert, Watson, Bucknor, Jones, Briggs, Pontbriand, Goossen, Neufeld, Greaves, Hajrullahu, Thomas, Lucas, Morley, West ... That's 17 guys right there and while they're not all "stars" you can certainly find roles for them on a roster.

Most Jets fans liked Noel.
 
His biggest mistake was that he decided to treat the professional players like professionals.  And after 2 years of expecting the players to demand excellence of themselves, he realized this group did not have a strong enough internal leadership.  But you can't sell whip-cracking after 2 years of not being a hardass.  The players don't believe it.  Maurice comes in and plays hardass from day 1.
 
There were a few other nuts and bolts problems, and Perry Pearn didn't do jack squat to help this team, but the players' lack of buy-in was the biggest issue Noel faced.
 
 
Nail Yakupov has played 13 months of NHL hockey.  He scored 11 goals in the month of April 2013.  He has scored 21 goals in the other 12 months of his NHL career.  An average of less than 2 per month.  If you plot them out on a chart, picking out which month is the outlier would be pretty easy to do.
 
Is John Druce the greatest playoff performer in NHL history?  You have to be careful about forming opinions on small sample sizes when there a larger sample sizes that suggest otherwise.
 
I'm guessing if I was a teenager playing hockey in Russia it would be a pretty difficult transition.  Yakupov may have better days in front of him, but his progress so far makes it seem like his ceiling as a player might be where we thought his floor was.  And Eakins absolutely did not help his progress along.
 
 
Your definition of progress is looser than ours.  If they are landing the number 1 overall pick year after year after year, well it doesn't scream progress.
 
Eakins hadn't done anything to deserve to keep that job.  Number 1 problem?  Well he had nothing to do with the near decade-long shitshow that preceded his hiring.  Why was he hired in the first place?  The players reportedly loved Krueger and the team showed progress under him.  But McTavish decided Eakins was the greatest thing since sliced bread.  A stupid failure from upper management.  Eakins was nothing more than the latest example of what a colossal failure Oilers' management is.  Pretending he is the number 1 problem is the mentality that allows for Lowe and crew to get another 5 years to continue to mismanage the franchise.
 
And I have no problems with that.  Screw the Oilers.

Chiarot MAY have leapfrogged Pardy and Clitsome on the defensive depth chart but I'd say he is still firmly behind Postma.

Guys can't ask questions? C'mon. This is Gary Etcheverry. A man who has been fired from virtually every job he's had as a football coach in Canada. He couldn't even hold a job as a CIS coach at Carleton. He was insisting on running the Double Wing offense. I ran that in bantam football here in Calgary. It's 95% run & the OL has no splits. It's a great bantam & high school offense but that's it. It's not designed to be used at the CIS level. Google Double Wing if you don't know what it is. The players rebelled & had him fired. They were all going to quit. Now we're stuck with him. 

Not sticking up for Banks here but its a good idea to look at it from both ways.... Sure Leggett and Anderson re-upped and may have no prob with Etch. Maybe they had no questions and just followed along.
 
But Banks as a leader and vet may have felt he had questions about things that maybe rookies might of asked him and he wanted to have answers and help.

Looking for the Jets to destroy the Stars tonight.

Why don't we just stop the nonsense about trading Buff!