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Fantastic....

I still say the guy proved he could do it by finding TJ Thorpe, who woulda been a superstar in the making, if he wasn't mental.......point is, I think the scouts can do it. Thorpe gives me hope...

Assuming the goaltending actually changed that much is the first mistake.....

Yes......very very much. Also, not sure I agree about women's hockey being a high level WHEN COMPARED TO NHL (felt that needed to be clarified...)

I'm fine with that....I'm not sure he woulda been a personality fit here. If there's a truly better option (than RH), then I'm all for it, but whatever....unless Steinauer is coming back (not likely), then we may as well stay with Richie and see if he can adjust. I feel like we adjusted for the run game nicely after that was a huge problem. Maybe this year we can adjust for the passing game too?

and I think there's a difference between being an insider, with knowledge of the "business" of hockey (Friedman) and being an analyst of the game, which is where you always defer to people who played it. All of this sexist nonsense about Cassie Campbell not doing Flames games because she's married to the AGM......I don't give two shits who she's married to, or that she's a woman.......my only issue with her ever, has been that she never played NHL hockey, and there should never be a pro hockey analyst that never played in the NHL.......just as an example of needing that specific insight.

I should have phrased it better.....one's opinion is always worth something......it's just that an opinion based only on watching/studying isn't worth AS MUCH as the opinion that comes from experience in the room and in the game. Journalists know lots, but the least ignorant among them will be the first to tell you that they'll never know as much as someone who's been there. You'd never get it from the arrogant asshats in Toronto, but a guy like Elliot Friedman will always defer to Kelly Hrudey, just as an example...

One's opinion doesn't mean **** if you've never been there. People can have a lot of knowledge about hockey by watching it, but you'll never know as much as someone who's been in the room and played the game.

If they're canned that quickly, you KNOW there's a lot more than the public knows. It's about damned time society started changing...

I couldn't be happier for a guy like Hutch. He's been through some ****. If he manages to find his game again and resurrect his career in the bigs, that'd be a hell of a story.

Wow...just saw the $98 deal...outstanding. That's my trip home for CFL Week right there... thank you, sir!

no question....Harvey Weinstein was one of the biggest fundraisers for the DNC prior to the last election. Predators are everywhere.

that guy is off the charts insane.....those super bible thumpers are always the ones with something going on behind the scenes. Wouldn't surprise me in the least...

anyone taken NewLeaf or whatever it's called now? The super no-frills airline? I'm going to be booking a couple flights home next year, and I'm stoked that it's super cheap ($120 RT from Edmonton-Winnipeg-Edmonton) but wondering if anyone has any direct experience with them...

yet another insane quote........you are straight up looney tunes. He was absolutely CRUSHED on the play....I couldn't believe the guy got up and walked off under his own power. Immediately looked like a separated shoulder or broken collarbone or something of that nature.

A charity event, but still.........so creepy........

Mike and I were talking on Twitter at one point during the season and commenting that he looked out of shape.....like he had gained a fair bit of weight. Not sure if true or not, but it *appeared* so, and you wonder if that had anything to do with anything...

that's really where my head is at anytime I use the phrase......never, ever anything racially motivated....

edited -- never even crossed my mind as I typed it. I just don't think like that....

Seems like it's just Wally wanting to coach and not worry about the day-to-day busywork of being a GM, so let Hervey be his minion, but Wally still calls all the shots...

The way I see it, Denny's done. Dressler slides into that 3rd option role and we have a vacancy at #2 (or we find a legit 1 to go along with Darvin as 1a/1b) and Demski comes in to work alongside Coates/JFG.... can we fit it in the budget? That I don't know...

Gotta have Dressler back...injury prone at this point? Likely....but at the right price, he's a guy you need in the room.

That's a VERY concerning power structure....don't know how confident I'd feel in that, if I were a Lions fan (God forbid....)

Look about 8 posts up...............

Brad Sinopoli signs a 2 year deal...