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I liked Christopher Nolan's approach in the Batman movies bringing back people you haven't seen in ages, one in each movie. Rutger Hauer, Eric Roberts, and then Matthew Modine.

Yeah, what I'm seeing is that he didn't think he'd be on the show. I'd love to see him back. I love everything about Hank except the spelling of his last name.

Am I crazy or do I remember the actor who played Hank saying that he has no interest in coming back?

I just watched about 1 minute of it and had to stop due to the heavy editing. It may as well have been this old Simpsons scene.

Did he just throw a frisbie or something? I wonder how he scored on that test.

Yeah, that's kind of odd. I know I can't commit to a second (let alone a third) viewing of something until I've seen it and I know whether or not I like it. My neighbors were trying to set that up already this week, with the adults going opening day and then taking their kids on sunday. These kids all seem old enough that the parents probably don't need to check it out first. But anyway, I decided to go with the sunday option since the opening day one was a bit too late for me.

That's the exact stuff I'm talking about. They show a name and then follow it up with twitter posts and videos before moving onto the next name. I have no idea why no one can do this anymore: -Name 1 -Name 2 -Name 3 ... -Name 100

I have zero problem with his approach. You're absolutely right that they need more of that. As for your third point, I hope you didn't think I was implying that. It's actually the exact opposite. Once he became the guy teams would focus on, the results weren't the same. I know it's a bit of an oversimplification since so much goes into winning a championship, even luck. For Colorado, it was the perfect storm of superstar talent paired up with a strong group of younger guys.

12 episodes that fast. Does that mean they gave up on it right away?

I've gotten good at heading to the bathroom as the credits start to role so that I can be back in there for the post-credits scene. They're really screwing over that approach by throwing 5 scenes in the credits.

The thing that always bugged me about Chris Drury was all that "he just knows how to win" hype. That BS was never his fault, just the media's. Being a supporting guy on a team full of stars is a great way to win, but more than likely, you're not the one bringing them to the top. It's much easier to score a couple OT winners when the other team is focusing on the five hall of famers on the other side of the ice (plus a damn good d-man in Adam Foote). Then there was the national championship he won as a freshman on a deep team. There's no shame in any of this, but he was never the guy they made him out to be. Once he became the leader of a team, those teams ultimately did not win. And I have no idea how to even translate a little league world series into all of this.

My main problem with the latest movie was Apocalypse himself. Lazy is right. It felt like he was given whatever power was needed to advance the story at any given point.

Wasn't there some kind of scandal with Skinner? That's a sport I never pay attention to but I remember hearing talk somewhere around that time.

I just got to Bakuto and have about 3 episodes left. I have no problem with Danny as a character, but he's just kind of meh as a hero. I'm not really sure what he brings to the table other than a fist that glows once every ten days or so. I'm really hoping the Harold stuff goes somewhere, but from your post, I'm guessing it doesn't. I will say one thing, the show has held my attention better than Luke Cage did.

Maybe she did something stupid and wound up being relocated to a Cinabun in Saskatoon.

His name looks like a legal case. Is that what happens when you leave espn?

Is there an actual list of layoffs anywhere? Everything I see that says "list" winds up having name followed by twitter post. Does everything have to include twitter now? I just want to see a list and not have to waste my time scrolling through 90% of the crap on the screen.

I'm too lazy to look it up, but I'd imagine that they've been an older team than most so far. Bring in those older guys who are guaranteed to use their full four years of eligibility and may not have gotten a shot somewhere else and you're going to have a physical edge over the teams with younger high draft picks. I may dig into their roster later when I have some free time to see if that's the case.

I haven't watched Breaking Bad in a while. Was/Is Jimmy's new receptionist there during the Saul days?

I've never been to one where Denver played, so I can't really say. They were always a bit more of a vocal fanbase online, but that's my only encounter with them. I'd imagine there were more Notre Dame fans in Chicago thanks to the location, but that's a pure guess. I've had no encounters with Penn State hockey. They didn't exist when I was going to games. With their quick build, I bet they'll have a very good following. I used to play beer league hockey with a guy who went to school there and I know he was very excited when they decided to go D1. Don't get me wrong, I love taking shots at Boston, but I think this one is more about the school than the city itself. They've won 4 national championships over the last 17 years and are in the frozen four essentially every year. If that can't draw the attention of their student base, nothing will.

Even if they go with that "czar" approach, he's still going to have to be the one that hires that person. If the GM is going to be the one in that role, then so be it, but he (the GM) then needs to be the one to hire a coach.

That was a very paint by numbers press conference when it comes to Pegula. He didn't bring the trainwreck element at all. This thing was coming for a few days now because he was clearly prepared. This is probably the first time he feels like an owner to me. Now let's just hope things progress from here and he finds the right person.

I'll throw this one out there for those who think David Quinn from BU might be an option here for coach. This comment was posted last week. I just read a very good comparison for Quinn, saying that he is essentially the John Calipari of the college hockey world right now. I can't see him having any interest in leaving that.

At some basic level, he's going to need someone with a much better feel for the NHL world to help him weed through those picks. I don't think you have the luxury of time to first find that first guy. You'll then have to go through that same process again for the GM and then for the coach. Lombardi is the obvious guy right now. I don't know who else is out there, but the organization is going to need a head of hockey ops type person as soon as possible. It's all going to flow from there. Coach can definitely wait. They've got plenty of time there.

I'm going to have to listen to this one this morning. It's got the potential for trainwreck given Pegula's past talks in public. If he doesn't have a big time hockey mind lined up already, it will get ugly fast.