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Morgan is the kiss of death. At this point, I hope they do exactly what you're suggesting but leave crazy Morgan out there roaming around by himself.

No spoilers: best mid-credit scenes ever! edit: Did anyone else get a couple red band trailers before the movie?

They missed an opportunity with this one. They should have had Laura/Naomi reveal at that point that she had John’s revolver by shooting that walker. That would have been the perfect explanation for why they were all over the car. On top of that, it would have emphasized John’s message about gunshots attracting more walkers.

I wonder how they replace Rufus.

I know you've questioned the possible return for O'Reilly, but if you could move him for some prospects and/or depth guys and replace him with Tavares, I feel like that actually fits with that top to bottom approach. It's a completely different story when you have to trade for that top level guy, but this situation is very unique. It won't be easy, but there's a chance here to help the team on both fronts. We can talk the Pittsburgh model all we want, but we're already missing the most important part of that system, the two hall of fame centers.

I can't believe the got Alex Winter for this. He's been incredibly busy over the years.

Deadpool on saturday! I don't know why, but the promotion for Solo has done absolutely nothing for me. I don't have much desire to see that one.

Luckily she actually knows all about Deadpool. There's no way the kids could trick her into going to that movie. The two of us are seeing it Saturday.

Fortunately they chose a different movie for the charity thing with the kids. All I could picture was some crying kid asking my wife “why did they kill Spider-Man?” Her response would be “which one was Spider-Man?” instead, she’s taking them to see Deadpool. ?

I'm still waiting to hear his opinion of Tim Murray and Robin Lehner.

I'm pretty sure they had someone back in the Superbowl days. I want to say it was a guy from a place near the corner of South Abbott and Armor Duells.

I didn't mean to suggest that any of that is happening next year. I'd expect at least 3 years before Mittelstadt could be a true impact player. It's nice to have both him and Dahlin joining the team at the same time and then hopefully hitting their prime together. So at that point, that is when you hopefully can get to a plug and play scenario with many of the future young players.

They absolutely need Mittelstadt to come close to his ceiling. It becomes so much easier if you have those two stud centers. I hate making the Pittsburgh comparison because those two are other worldly, but if you find yourself in a spot with two stud centers, they make everyone else better. The forward core is going to look a hell of a lot better if he pans out.

He is. But still, I wish they'd pick one time point and stick to it. This thing is dancing around way too much.

I haven't used mine in a little while now. Thanks for the reminder. Wednesday sounds like the perfect day for a steak. I still haven't tried anything fancy, but I'm more than happy using it just for steak and chicken, maybe the occasional pork tenderloin.

And that's exactly where Murray went wrong. He tried for that one shot fix, all while dealing off those picks which would have helped to replenish the depth significantly. So he didn't address depth concerns and then also missed on his swing for the fences. It was the perfect storm of screwups. As for Bogosian, at 27, I'd say he is what he is at this point. I hate that I'm saying it, but he's practically a senior citizen already at that age in today's NHL. He also happens to have the fragility of a senior citizen as well. Looking over his career stats, they look very consistent. He's never going to change. Nylander, you're right. There's still time there, with two years left on his entry level contract. This year really feels like it could be a make or break year though. If there's little progress, I won't expect a thing from him beyond that.

Lives in a trailer park

I think those acquisitions look a bit different if he had made any attempt to work on the blue line. I know there usually isn't too much available at that position, but shopping at the bargain bin for the likes of Franson and Colaiacovo was never going to fix that issue. He did make two serious attempts at adding actual NHL level d-men and failed miserably with them (Bogosian and Kulikov).

You will never find a more pessimistic person.

He has essentially done nothing but lose during his entire time in the NHL. Now I know it's not fair to blame that on him, but at the same time, you can't help but wonder how much of a role in it that he plays. This is his second stop where he was on a team that was supposed to be making that big step forward, but stalled out. He didn't put those teams in that crappy position, but he also didn't help them get out.

I still have a 716 number even though I haven't lived up there for at least 15 years. It works really well for weeding out the scams and garbage calls. Most of the time they mask the number with an area code to match yours. So if I ever get a call from a 716 number, I know it's fake. If I get a call from an NC area code, it pretty much always is legit, so I can answer them when I get them.

That's not how math works. Dropping from 532,000 to 256,000 is just over a 50% decline.

It's amazing how much things have changed and how quickly it has happened. There are so many more top end players who are NHL ready almost immediately and they're coming from everywhere now. This will be the third year in a row where a non-Canadian goes first overall. Finland and Sweden have become factories for top end talent. Over that same time, Canada will probably wind up with only 3 total picks in the top 5 of each of those drafts combined. It has to drive them crazy.

What's going on with different colors? Has there been more than the flower stuff? But anyway, one thing I did like was the scenery at the end of the episode last night. That was one hell of a creepy looking shot.

Do we even know that the place doesn't hand out that card with every single menu?