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Speaking of the kids, I can't wait until everyone is healthy (ok, that probably never happens). They need to get Fasching down to Rochester for some development time. It'll be much better for him in the long term.

The other day, the idea popped into my mind of how they could work in a lot of strategy if they ever did wind up trying to add in the DH. I haven't really taken the time to think it through too much, so it may be complete crap. But anyway, I thought about tying the DH directly to the pitcher. Once you take the pitcher out of the game, the DH is out too. At that point, you have the choice of either making the pitcher bat or selecting a new DH. You have the same choice at the start too, whether or not you want to let your starting pitcher hit. But anyway, I can't remember a single deciding game in any sport where I genuinely do not care who wins but yet still want to watch. There's nothing better than just kicking back and enjoying.

I actually watched a win!

I haven't heard anything to suggest they'll move away from the divisional format. They want to boost rivalries and this system lends itself to that.

I think I had heard that this kingdom episode was originally planned to be the 3rd episode, but they flipped it with next week's. That could give you an indication of what kind of ugliness is in store if they did in fact decide to lighten the mood between those two episodes.

Both of these points really go hand in hand with what I want to say. Just wait until Okposo doesn't have to be the top guy on the team anymore and when Ennis gets bumped down one line. This team is going to have so much more scoring talent once/if everyone gets healthy. It sucks that we have to wait, but you're getting hints of what they're trying to build long-term.

I couldn't help but wonder what the hell is going on throughout most of the episode. That sit down between Carol and Ezekiel made it all worthwhile though. We've been handed a character with the potential of being the male version of Carol. I hope he lives up to that level of badassery.

I'm getting really sick of this thing where buffalo teams only win when I'm not watching.

I bet it gets explained during the show.

With all the stupid clown stories, how have I not heard about this 31 movie until now? It always felt like a crazy promotional scheme for some movie.

I guess so. Basically what I need to happen is for this guy to yell out "get me a hacksaw" after going vampire on some guy's neck and all will quickly be forgiven.

I don't know what it is, but that guy is not a very badass looking Jack Bauer replacement.

To me, it's still more about next year than anything. That was the point where I expected them to start making some noise. For now, they just need to tread water and gel a little bit until they get the fire power back. Longterm, the front office needs to focus on strengthening the blue line. That's what will really help them if they're ever going to make the leap.

I'm with you 100%. Guys like Moulson who routinely wind up in the right places, that's not luck. He's a very smart player and he's exactly the kind of guy that can help a team thrive as a secondary scorer. This team would look a hell of a lot better if he was putting up these goals while the team wasn't missing at least 50 goals from their roster in the form of Eichel/Kane. I hope he can keep it going whenever they get back.

Sniper is just about the last word that comes to mind after seeing Moulson's goals yesterday. He's a garbage collector, but that's exactly what he needs to be.

Is it too much to ask that if NBC is going to air a game nationally, they actually put together a national broadcast? That thing was painful to listen to from start to finish.

I was about to say that only the most annoying characters won't die there, but then I remembered Chris. Still, I can't stand Nick, but unfortunately I think he's that show's Rick.

Especially Gudas.

Ha, that's exactly who I thought of when I saw Glen. And I'm really going to miss the Abe-isms. They should have a website dedicated to them.

I think the visuals of the trough from a few seasons ago were worse than this one. It probably has a lot to do with it being a huge surprise though. We knew someone was getting a baseball bat to the head here.

And clearly he hasn't run into many hockey players over the years. I had my share of beers with some other BU players back in my day and a picture with bud light in hand is beyond tame

I don't think he says it if they hadn't mentioned the poll earlier. He was trolling those people.

And that's exactly why he said it, to piss those people off. I hope they have him on more, the heel act could be fun.

I thought he was trying to play that up a bit on the show. It's obviously never going to work with that format, but he was definitely heeling it up a bit out there... "it's Daryl's fault that Glen is dead"

Nice. That probably would have worked really well, especially since they did actually show it from his point of view last season.