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Punisher season two was released today... which means you can expect to see it canceled in a couple weeks.

No Matt Cameron?

Technically he already holds the record

I'm blanking on their name right now, but I've been having them show up a bit more lately (currently in Chapter 4). My personal favorite was when I started a camp fire to craft something. You walk up and threaten me? Yeah, that always ends well.

I would have thought him to be higher than a 3rd pair d-man, but at 28, he's probably already on the down slope of his career. It's amazing how early they get there in today's game.

I wanted to stop and check it out after I killed those idiots, but I wound up wanted and had to hightail it out of there.

What about Hunwick if/when Scandella sits out a game and they're the extra pairing in practice?

See, I'd be scared to say a single word. If I did say something, it might make him kick back to the "right to remain silent" part, restarting the whole thing.

I did find a random body hanging one time. I stopped to check it out but then some crazies ran out of the woods and attacked me. I'm guessing it wasn't part of the serial killer quest.

I had one show up relatively early and haven't run into it again since then.

Are you required to read a person their rights when making a citizens arrest? I'd love to see how tangets EII would go off after just the first sentence.

I wish the game kept track of how many rabbits have been killed when they stupidly run straight into my horse.

I just watched it now thanks to John's link. I'm not so sure I'd call it a fake line change. It seems more like a player biting on what he thought would be a drop pass, creating the opening.

He dominated against his own age but didn’t quite show that same level against older opponents. That feels like an analog to making that jump to the pro game. I’m not so sure any of that means he’s ready right away, at least not for the role he was thrown into from day one. But hey, all part of “the plan”.

His control key is broken.

Carve up the AHL the same way he carved up the NCAA? Seeing as how it didn't happen at the lower level, I'd say it's a pretty tall order for it to happen at the higher level. But let's pretend for a second that he would be some sort of juggernaut down there, he's at a point right now where a little stretch of that down at that level could actually do wonders for his head. But anyway, as I said earlier, I'm sure they made some guarantees to him and to back out now wouldn't sit well with the agents and prospective signees.

I'm not so sure that this type of player actually exists, the guy who doesn't have all that development to gain by spending time in the minors. Obviously there are the elites of the world, but it's a very short list. Mitts and Thompson aren't anywhere near it. I'm sure with Mitts some promises were made when he signed, so that is what it is. Sadly, he's probably the one who could probably use a decent stretch of controlling play down at that level.

I love doing the missions in games like this, but yet I find myself so easily distracted by all the side stuff in this one. I'm currently early in chapter 4 and every time I'm ready to knock off a bunch of missions, I discover some new challenge that completely distracts me.

Making the team better today and making them better for the future are not mutually exclusive.

I'd love to know why it's better for some but not for others. Nylander at 20 is better off in the AHL while Mittelstadt (also 20) and Thompson (21) are better off in the NHL. I don't mean to claim that Nylander should be here now, but that explanation really doesn't add up to me. If anything, he should be the most familiar with the Sabre system (and I don't mean that stench of losing) of the three.

But we all know they're not going to do this. These ideas may as well be residing as safely in dreamland as those old "Roy for Malkin" style trade proposals that were always thrown out there by a few select winners over on sabrespace. So far, this current group management group has shown no interest in making even the most minor of shake ups. John wants to keep talking about "follow the plan, follow the plan". I don't understand why that plan wouldn't call from giving more than just a 3 or 4 game shot to a Smith or Nylander type. It's not that hard to make that happen. No one's claiming Elie if you waive him. Hell, if you want to sit out Pilut, send him down for a day or two to make room for a fresh blood forward call up. It's not happening now while they're on the road, but they really need to do something like this after the break. And how much of Jack's window do you want to throw away? If we're counting on these 3 upcoming first round picks to fill these big hole in the lineup, Jack is at least 25-26 once they're even close to making it into the lineup. Just look at Nylander's career path. That's much closer to what you should expect from a prospect as opposed to Mittlestadt stepping in after one year... and even still with very marginal results.

So you're suggesting that Wetteland and Clemens had a little fling back in the day?

Plans need to adapt over time though based on results. They appeared to be ahead of schedule for a while, but apparently that was a mirage. They could get back to that with a little kick start to secondary scoring and once Eichel returns to form post-injury. You don't plan for any of that, but you need to react on the fly. Was Berglund bailing early part of the plan? Of course not, but you need to react to it. I think it's safe to assume based on that contract that the plan involved him being around for a bit. But hey, if they did plan on that, well then that's some incredible foresight. And as a side note, only in Buffalo could both Berglund and Vontae Davis happen in the same year.

Is his name Gavin by any chance?

My concern is that we're not seeing team growth as a whole. What we thought was growth has turned out to be just a couple guys standing on their toes for a few weeks. It goes right back to why I wanted to see them add an additional center to this roster. The stench of losing is still all over this team and I'm starting to wonder if certain people can ever wash it off and if the newbies will settle into it as well.