Sen. John Blutarsky

Well right, but as per usual the Pats* will play us twice with multiple weeks to prepare in advance.

At night...in Foxboro...for like the 48th consecutive year

Last year NY finished with 94 points, today with Drury and Gomez, they have 93 and can max at 99. So at best they will have a 5 point improvement. Philly was terrible last year but this years improvement is as attributable to Mike Richards breakout campaign and improved team speed and defense all around as it is to Briere. Yes Briere has 37 PP points, last year he had 30 and was a +17. This year he's got 7 more points but is -40 compared to where he was last year since he didn't and doesn't kill any penalties ther is no SH time to factor. There no way to hide that he has been absolutely terrible in his own end this year. He's been invisible for huge stretches of the year. For 10 million per you need to be more than a PP all-star. His PP production is similar home and away. He's -5 at home and -17 on the road. Also, there's a difference between SAYING you'll take less to stay and actually taking less to stay. Briere, Drury and Campbell all said the right things publicly but when push came to shove the money was a bigger factor. Drury and Briere got 10 million when Buffalo probably could have afforded to give them 5 and keep the other people they wanted and stay under the cap. Campbell is going to get stupid money this year and he knows it. Why would he take 4 or even 5 from us when he's going to get Pronger money from someone? These guys have the luxury of saying the right thing in public and letting the club and their agents take the fall. That's what they pay the agent for. If I was paying somone 3% and they didn't do everything they can do to get me every dime I'm worth they're fired. Serioulsy, hometown discount is maybe a million or two, but 5 is just being unrealistic.

If those moves allow you to keep Roy, Vanek, Miller and Pominville yup I'd say they are good moves for the future. For today they stink. For nnxt year and beyond, they are solid moves. Roy's new deal is a bargain already.

Zubrus has been terrible this year, Drury had an average year, Conklin played better than he ever has ond NOBODY saw that coming, and Briere has been routinely booed at home and was almost moved to wing. Oh, BTW. Briere and Drury make 20 million combined and Zubrus makes and additional 3.4 million for the next SIX years! Don't get me wrong, we'd be better if they stayed but the numbers are the numbers and for what those guys are making they are grossly overpaid. Derek Roy gave you 32 goals, 46 assists and is +14 for 4 million dollars. Danny Briere gave Philly 31 goals, 40 assists and is -23 for 10 million. There are only three players with a worse +/- figure. Dan Boyle who is -24 in 34 games (GOOD GOD!), Steve McCarthy who is -24 in 54 games, and Brad Richards who is -27 in 74 games.

Of course my understanding of the law was that it only applied to handguns and that something like a shotgun wasn't covered so you can keep it assembled which was the point of my comment entirely.

Because powerful, wealthy people never say anything stupid to reporters. Or cover their own arses by minimizing damaging evidence before it is revealed. or listen to their PR people for that matter...

And what's sad is that they've won two World Series in less than 20 years doing that. They scout and draft well, trade thier marginal players for good prospects, get good all at once, sell off everyone who gets expensive and start the process over again. They almost had a payroll of sub 10 million last year. Love it or hate it it works. I think Pirate fans would trade places in a minute. They are alomst the opposite. They have overpriced mediocre veterans who they can't unload for anyone and draft horribly.

Wasn't that the Bengals basic philosophy from 1990-about 2002? You'd have tons of high picks up unitl 2018 too, you'd have to be careful not to get good by accident with 7 #1 overall selections.

because shotguns don't prevent home invasions...only handguns do...

We're tlaking about a hypothetical man who probably doesn't exist but not all huge guys are klutzy. Yao is an example, Muresan wasn't all knees and elbows. They catch balls all the time in traffic, it's just a different shapped ball. Tell me Shaq wouldn't be a beast of a red zone TE even though he's "only" around 7'

So the guy with the big vertical, you'd bring in a WR to play defense then because even CBs with big verts are like 6'. You'd need Moss or Plaxico Burress type guys, then bury him with a safety or LB. So that's an automatic double team with an offenisve player on the field for defense. That has to make holes for other people. i like the idea more all the time. FIND ME A GIANT!

Forget the red helmet, white is fine. I wanna see the road throwback unis, white on white with the standing buffalo. now THAT is badass. Of course in Cleveland this year we'd have never seen our guys.

'cause Bruce is gonna get flak from the HOF committee... I understand the premise though

s'ok. For discussion, how would you defend that guy? I think you'd almost have to let him catch the ball then try to blow him up so he drops it. You can't really compete for the ball in the air without climbing him. not all 7'7" guys are Shawn Bradley twigs either. Gheorge Muresan (sp?) was a pretty thick guy. Andre the Giant was 7'4". If Ryan Neufeld is worthy of a roster spot I think the ultimate red zone target/field goal blocker guy is worth a spot.

run 5 yards, turn around, raise arms, catch ball, score, dance. Don't need tons of agility there.

I'd think a 7'7"" guy would be exceedingly helpful in the red zone.

Also, RE: McKenzie I would vote to have the whole Electric Company put up as a group.

I voted for Van since I'm only allowed to choose one. However, I really believ this should be a multiple year. Bruce deserves to be up right now and I'd like the team to honor Miller while he's still alive. Every year you wait on that is playing with fire and there will be worthy players for at least the next few years.

The gov't lowered the asset reserve requirement for Fannie and Freddie from 30% to 20% today. That could free up 200 billion for additional laons and might finally loosen up the credit market a bit. The federal funds rate isn't really tied to mortgage rates.

I stand corrected re: Colston; Boldin definetly ran a 4.7 though

It's hard to tell how he runs when he doesn't catch the ball Peterson had multiple shoulder issues not just the collarbone.

Right for golf, left for hockey. can write with both.

Q-Tip was pretty decent