7thMan

What? Many were predicting the Blue to win the Cup. They were fourth in the league...

He says his favourite goalie is Dan Cloutier. That does not bode well.

The only thing that gives me hope is Benning's relationship with Iginla and Boston's inability to sign him. Benning would need to convince him that we're a contender, and Iginla puts us one step closer. I'm probably crazy, but I could imagine us being really good next season if Benning can sign the right guys to the right contracts. We have almost $18 million in cap space, around $6 million will probably go to resigning RFAs. That leaves us enough space to sign a couple of good free agents. If we could sign Iginla and another difference-maker, and have some of the young guys step up and the Sedins return to point-per-game form, we could be pretty good. Probably not Stanley Cup good, but competitive.

The next Chara...?

Maybe they think that Markstrom could benefit from another year in the AHL.

I hate to be that guy, but....maybe you didn't get it? There's a coherent story wrapped up in its symbolism. The epigraph lets you know that it's not meant to be taken literally: "Chaos is order yet undeciphered". [spoilers] Both of Gyllenhaal's characters are the same guy, one of the women is his wife, the other is his mistress. [/spoilers] It's been a while since I saw it, so I don't remember the specifics, but I'm sure you can find a good analysis online if you want one. I wasn't a *huge* fan and it definitely isn't for everyone, but 2/10 is pretty harsh. I would give it a 7. Watch it if you like Mulholland Drive. It's for pretentious cinephiles.

Godzilla - 8.5/10 It really couldn't have been much better. I wish I had gone in IMAX, though.

It's an awesome album, but I had already heard most of the songs in one way or another. It took them forever to make that. MGMT is alright, but definitely their weakest album. Anyone listen to new Said the Whale, Grouplove or Someone Still Love You Boris Yeltsin?

In A World... - 8/10 Drinking Buddies - 7/10

Kick-Ass 2 - 6/10 Fruitvale Station - 8/10 The Spectacular Now - 8/10 Prince Avalanche - 5/10 The World's End - 10/10

I'll host a room. Password is CDC.

The Wolverine - 4/10

The Heat - 4/10 Boring, too long, occasionally funny. I have no idea what made them want to cast Sandra Bullock. Much Ado About Nothing - 9/10 An actually funny movie, and I don't consider myself the Shakespeare type, either. I laughed more in the 10 minutes that Nathan Fillion is on-screen than I did in the entire 2 hours of The Heat.

This Is The End - 8/10 Man of Steel - 6/10 The East - 9/10

Vigneault is a good coach. I hope he finds another NHL gig, soon. We need to enter a new era, though. If we were smart and feelings weren't a factor, we would trade our veterans and try to jump start the rebuilding process. Unfortunately, we won't.

The Grey - 7.5/10 The writer/director who brought you Smokin' Aces and The A-Team presents... a good movie? Zero Dark Thirty - 9/10 Even if it isn't always completely accurate, it's a very well-directed, well-acted movie. Cloud Atlas - 5/10 Yup. Another piece of over-acted, over-stylised crap from the Wachowskis. It has no substance, but much like last year's Tree of Life it is full of really pretty pictures and some really pretentious, preachy and hollow dialogue, which explains any acclaim it received. Every single beat is repeated six different times for six different stories, which makes for the longest denouement ever.