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It's a shame Chiarelli isn't there. We could offer him Larsson and hope he gets confused.

The next one needs to be an accurate re-creation of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Please spare us from the obvious jokes about the little theater area where he shows the cartoons.

That's exactly why I think there will be a bit of an explosion once either he or Vesey scores. I feel like I've seen this scenario play out 100 times before.

I love Carol, but there's no chance in hell I'm leaving my kids under her protection.

If they can ever get Mittelstadt's line going, look out. It will come eventually. One thing I find interesting about that group is that people were whining after the trade about Vesey being a defensive liability. But look who is out there on the 2nd PK unit with Sobotka.

I was calling the one of the scariest movies I've seen right after I left the theater because it felt so real. Everything right down to any of the violent moments, there's no special effects, no massive explosions... each of those moments was so real. I'll spoiler tag the next part because it's as spoilery as possible: They worked in one really cool homage to Ledger's Joker later in the film. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. It's quick, but I saw it as a nice tribute. edit: And speaking of great Joker performances, we now have 3. It's a shame that Leto trainwreck actually made it to theaters.

Dan Aykroyd will show up in this one instead. I can't name a single sequel that failed after replacing Murray with Aykroyd. And Joker was great. They need to hand all the awards to Phoenix right now because he was amazing. It's chilling how real that movie felt.

I worry a bit that this is all a bunch of fools gold right now. It's been 3 consecutive OT games now and that's pretty much exactly what was happening in the streak last year. I could really use a definitive victory today (god I hate these early starts). They're playing a different game than last year, but I worry that it's still the same brains playing that different game. Until I see that more resilient group that doesn't buckle under the pressure and quit, that possibility is going to remain in my mind. And John, they can't buy out Sobotka at this point. So unless they were to convince someone to take on part of his contract, he's here he the rest of the way. I can't imagine there's much to be saved money-wise by the Arizonas of the world to make that deal since he's in the last year of a contract. At least he actually plays though and doesn't wind up as the complete cap albatross that Bogosian is. That's the contract this is going to limit them a bit if they want to make some deadline deals. He's going to find a way to get healthy for about 3 weeks, blocking the chance of LTIRing him at some point.

I wish we could get a sense for how many of them there really are. Any shots so far have made it look like a small group. So even with the herd, I wonder how they can take on 3 communities at once. Then again, it looks like Beta might as well be a one man army.

That was the impression I got from him, that he didn't really know who a few these wrestlers are. It's not a great way to sell a new product. I hope it is just that and not a health thing. Booting the arena name makes me wonder though. I'm sure I'm in a very small minority that actually noticed that since I was a season ticket holder in that building for about 10 years, but he wasn't even close.

I'd also add that he probably wasn't expecting the shot. Three defenders surrounding Eichel and he gets a shot off completely untouched. I'm not going to give the goalie a free pass, but there's plenty of blame to go around on that one.

I haven't watched this stuff in probably ten years, but I caught the opening of that AEW show late last night after watching Guardians of the Galaxy 2. My god, Jim Ross has gotten old and horrible. From his very first words where he didn't even know the name of the arena, it seemed like he had no idea who most of the wrestlers were, booting names left and right. I can't picture him lasting long if he stays like that.

I think it's a bit harsh when it comes to Housley. He was a good coach at the high school level and developmental levels. Some guys are made for that level. I hope that's what he is and he finds his way back there. He still has a contribution to be made as a head coach.

That whole thing with the subscription service really blurs things. I'm not really familiar with their other shows beyond Better Call Saul, so I don't know how many people are really flocking to that service. It doesn't feel like they produce their shows quickly enough to make it worthwhile.

The only thing I didn't like was how quickly everyone from Alexandria got there. They've never really established the distance between Oceanside and Alexandria, but this one made it seem like they're right on top of each other. Maybe I would have liked a different reason for the fire, something a bit more common, but at least it wasn't a beer bottle shaped hot air balloon or an army of children building a functional airplane.

I'll be curious to see what they do with Montour when he is back. They're obviously not touching the blue line of that first PP unit. Maybe they swap out Olofsson for a defender in a late game spot where they want to avoid any shorthanded breaks. After that, you've got a pretty solid combo on unit 2 with Risto-Miller. No obvious choices stand out to me, especially while Olofsson is producing. I'm already looking forward to any comment he makes right after they show that horrible graphic for the Instigators. That thing could not be any more awkward. He looked gassed on that last shift on the PP. I'm not sure I would have thrown him back out there after one quick shift off. They've got enough talent for those 3-on-3 situations that I don't think it would hurt to throw a different center out there with Olofsson, whether it's Johansson (who has been fun to watch so far) or MIttelstadt. As for the game itself. This is the first real test for this team. In the past, they seemed to give up pretty quickly if they fell behind early. That didn't happen last night and that's an obvious plus. I hate to say that I need to see more of that, since that involves giving up early goals, but I do want to see a solid bounce back like this more often. And now after the loss (gotta love taking a point in a game where they're badly outplayed), I want to see how they bounce back. That was much like the early deficits in recent years, they were very slow to recover and things snowballed from there. They're going to lose games, but the strong teams avoid those losing streaks.

That and they now have 5 incredibly accurate shots on that first PP unit. They should finally get back to the first year or two of Eichel where the PP unit was near the top of the league. They obviously fit that description on saturday.

I ballpark it at 10 years in my head, but I'm sure I'm round up a bit. Judith's a good measuring stick for this. Some quick googling actually lists her as 10 years old, which surprises me a bit. So I guess they're right around 11-12 years into the zombie apocalypse. I never really paid too much attention to the timeline, but since the show is in season 10, I guess that means all of this is happening right around present day for us, which is a nice little coincidence with the time jumps. Would that make it roughly at least 30 years old satellite since it's Soviet?

10 years? That thing was Soviet.

If he sticks on that line all year, it will pretty much make him a Calder finalist by default. I can't picture 70+ games with Eichel leading to anything less than that.

It's funny that you mention Grier because he was one of the first guys to come to mind after I posted that. I'm a big fan of the defensive forwards, so I have no intention of trashing Girgensons. I think that 4th line is one player away from being a very solid lock down line. Hell, I regularly wear a Grier jersey And now you have me thinking of the odd and short period of time where Moore was a Sabres. Looking up the stats now, I had no idea he actually got into 18 games. All I remember is missing time due to immediately getting injured.

Has there ever been a game where Girgensons didn't miss on a breakaway?

No more reanimation, but the blood will still kill you.

The point is clear, but it's worded about as gracefully as as a crayonz post. It drives me crazy how badly twitter has dumbed down just about everything. You don't have to agree with me, but at least acknowledge that I'm right.

So question analytics but then acknowledge where they place Sobotka as a player? That's some fine logic for you.