Angry Goose

Its been merged into Off-Topic.

Some kid offered to sell me the new Xbox for $950.  No thank you

^^^ thats when you know a new team core has arrived. 

He's got no cap space to go the free agent route that much and it also makes trades extremely difficult.....so it's not like he has alot of options available.

Not doing anything might be the best move he can make.  Let's see what the drafted guys can do & fill in the rest of the positions with cheap UFA's.

What this club doesn't need is another franchise killing Loui E type of contract.

He probably won't be signed here. Benning's gonna cost too much and I think the nepotism factor between him and Jim may mean he avoids signing Matthew. Watch him end up in Pittsburgh or something.

His likely QA would've been around $2 million.  That's WAY too much for us (given our present cap situation).  If he's looking for the league minimum (which would fit our structure), the Coilers could just as well beat that by half a million.

Oooof Coilers get 13 games out of Athanasiou for two 2nd round picks. Benning would have been drawn and quartered for letting that happen.

Time to see what Demko can do.  If Toffoli also walks I want us to go all in for Pietrangelo.

@King Heffy I cant see them losing Markstrom and Toffolii- I would be very surprised.  Markstrom is the lynchpin holding things up.  If it looks like Markstrom is priced out I bet they get Toffoli signed asap & find someone to split duties with Demko

$10 million/ 2 year contract ($5 AAV), no clause, but a statue to immortalize him outside Rogers Arena for his MVP seasons.  Hope they don't give him more than Lehner, and certainly not more term.  

isn’t this site the total opposite on every issue though? Either way isn’t great 

@Zhukini I dont know about opposite.  Id say there are a lot of cooler heads on this forum, and of course the ra-ra types as well.  Pretty fair balance btw the two

@Pears *Benning picks up phone*

CDC: *sh*ts itself, site crashes*

Jim: "hello?  Rhonda?  I'll be home for dinner.  K Bye"

CDC: *still out cold from shock*

What about the media person that hosted the draft lottery yesterday? I'm like could you be a more corporate shill? 

This is the problem with media. People will give anything to make money, and be on TV. 

They will sell out all their principles to make a buck. 

Regarding food, look at the first few ingredients.  They should all be meat.

@brilac my wife and I are crazy animal people.  I had the sense your cats stayed indoors- just wanted to ask.  I'm guessing boredom and inactivity isn't an issue for u?  I just went out and bought the smallest harness possible.  Tomorrow is day 1 of outside leash training.  As far as outdoor cats go, I completely understand.  Had to save a small cat the other night on my way home from an owl stalking it.  

@King Heffyfor sure.  We only buy good quality pet food from our pet store.  Wet food only for this little guy 

@SILLY GOOSE, Georgie is a lot of fun! I got her at the perfect time in February.  She loves all her toys, has taken over the living room, demands being petted, only drinks water from the sink, enjoys watching TV, and thinks the Yoga mat is hers.  She's laying on it right now. 

Portable air conditioner = Best $400 I ever spent.

Although I think they cost more now.  We bought ours 4 years ago and never regretted it.  Even if we only use it a couple of weeks each year, it is worth it.

When I was in my early 20's, single and had no food in my freezer - I used to cram my sheet and pillows in it on hot days.

Lived in a old south facing, top floor apartment overlooking a parking lot.

&^@# that place used to get so hot.

You could have a fan at the end of your bed on high.

Factory farming is a disgusting industry. I considered a vegetarian life but instead I started to take hunting and fishing seriously or buy from local, small scale farms with practices more aligned with my ethics. I know that's not the answer for everyone, especially people who live in cities or people who are living at or below the poverty line. 

Its a complicated subject but there must be a better solution than extreme suffering.

@KristoffWixenschon that's a thoughtful response.

I agree with you, like many other horrific things going on in the world, there needs to be change.  Transparency and people trying to put their best foot forward is a good first step 

Well I hope my response to this reality was thoughtful. I hope to always put thought into my actions. I'm sure we both approached this issue with the best of our intentions and consulted our inner ethics. I think we achieved different outcomes but I deeply respect the thoughtfulness in your decisions!

Thatcher was telling Ian MacIntyre that he doesn't believe in pressure.

Sounds like a deep thinker. It'd be neat to get a coffee with him and hear his thoughts on philosophy and morality. 

@-AJ- I would be curious to see him on weed. (In a world where legality is not an issue whatsoever)

I believe this is an earlier photo of Bryan Hayes...

Leafs have been brutal since 1967

Who? 

officially 12:01 and i don’t know.

As Webster used to say. 9 AM precisely!

@ReggieBush He’ll retire or be traded with Goldobin imo. He shouldn’t risk getting another concussion and Goldy is just too inconsistent to be given a spot. 

No I think Leivo can though.

those 2 and baer shore up the l wing nicely

let's focus on improving the d in the offseason

a bit more quality in the d will improve the offense group

in fact, that will improve the offense more then adding any individual offensive player

A bit early to be giving Hughes top 4 minutes.  Pair him up with Guds (who can at least protect him if opposing forwards take too many liberties on the small rookie).  Guds has worked well will an offensively skilled D partner (in Florida) so it could be a good fit as well.

Evan McEneny has done a terrific job down there in Utica. He needs to start seeing some action with the big boys. Pouliot hasn't been cutting it.

I agree with @Odd.

McEneny for sure. 

No sense rushing him in.  Oilers are horrible so we should still be able to beat them even without Pettersson.

With or without Petey, I hope they play the same way they did against Florida.

I'd love to see Guddy lay a beat down on Lucic. 

^ And another 3 point Eriksson night. 

hutton and him were definitely going at each other pretty hard.  i lol'd when I saw mccann try to challenge beagle to fight right as the game ended

Hutton could easily drop McCann dead

He's got only one fewer point as Virtanen (and plays center).  Seems to be doing 'ok' for the Panthers.