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  1. I have weird dreams. First Anderson .Paak shot me in the wrist with a pistol last night. And tonight, some guy wearing a skull mask shot me through a door multiple times with a sniper rifle :ph34r:

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    2. thejazz97

      thejazz97

      The funny thing is it did :P 

    3. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      well, the clock in his dream read 2:60

    4. Alflives

      Alflives

      Maybe it's acorns tossed at your door now, instead of your window?  You might want to check what Heritic's been up to. :lol:

  2. VANCOUVER -- Vancouver Canucks goaltending prospect Thatcher Demko gained new levels of mobility after recovering from hip surgery last summer, and it showed. Able to move freely for the first time in his college career, Demko went 27-8-4 with a 1.88 goals-against average and .935 save percentage in his junior season at Boston College. He had 10 shutouts, breaking the school record set by former Canucks goalieCory Schneider a decade earlier, was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the top player in college hockey and won the Mike Richter Award as the top NCAA goaltender when he led the Eagles to the Frozen Four. Demko, selected in the second round (No. 36) by the Canucks in the 2014 NHL Draft, turned pro by signing on April 20, and said he was a different goaltender after having his hip repaired. "I tweaked my style to fit what I wasn't able to do [before surgery], and when I got back on the ice [after surgery], my entire style changed," Demko said. "I was able to be more on top of pucks, be a little bit quicker and I was just more mobile from different positions, where previously if I got into certain positions I could get stuck and just couldn't move. I feel quicker now. I feel more flexible. I feel like there is not a shot I can't get to if there is a rebound." That athletic ability was on full display at the Canucks' recent development camp, with Demko providing a handful of highlight reel moments, including an out-of-nowhere left pad stop to deny an apparent backdoor tap-in. Thatcher Demko gets mic'd up 02:16 • July 18th, 2016 "His flexibility is better. He can make those desperation saves now," Canucks goaltending coach Dan Cloutier said. As Demko prepares for his first pro season at the age of 20, the one thing more impressive than his newfound mobility and flexibility is what he has done with it. Demko consciously tried to move less last season, fully aware his eventual transition to the professional game would require more reliance on moving his 6-foot-4 frame around the crease more efficiently, and less on the raw athleticism others have praised. "The more mobile my body is, the less I have to move, if that makes sense," Demko said. It does for goaltenders that understand early arrival to proper position keeps the play coming at them, that over-aggressive positioning makes it harder to beat passes and leaves some chasing the puck instead of letting it come to them. Developing that understanding is usually a part of the transition from college, where most play outside the edges of their crease, to the pro ranks, where the trend has been toward deeper initial positioning. It's a philosophy Roland Melanson stuck firmly to during a six-season tenure as Canucks goaltending coach that included the development of Schneider, Eddie Lackand Jacob Markstrom. Demko will be exposed first hand to that ideology with Utica of the American Hockey League, now that Melanson is Vancouver's goaltending development coach, effectively swapping jobs with Cloutier this season. That Demko got a head start on the process in his junior season at Boston College comes as little surprise, in part because Cloutier talked to him about it during development camp last summer, but also because of Demko studies the position. That includes keeping notebooks on NHL goalies, something that started any time he watched hockey growing up and evolved to include video sessions with Boston College assistant coach Mike Ayers. "I study the game quite a bit," Demko said. "I love watching NHL Network, and it's just always been part of my nature to look at the highlights and see 'he did this here, or he didn't do that there,' and pick things up as you go." That analytical mentality continued when Demko was the No. 3 goalie for the United States at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia. "That was more locker room etiquette," Demko said. "It's a lot different. We're going out to dinner and Matt Hendricks [of the Edmonton Oilers] is facetiming his two twins -- you don't see that in college. Guys have families and other responsibilities outside of the rink. It's not like college, where you are in the locker room together, you go back home together, you go to eat together, you go to class together. So you learn about being a rookie, and watching your boundaries." With Markstrom signed for the next four seasons and veteran Ryan Miller under contract for one more, Demko's lessons will continue with Utica this season. Even with Miller set for unrestricted free agency next summer and no backup plan in place yet, Cloutier said the Canucks will not rush their top puck-stopping prospect, singling out Demko's need to get smoother and more efficient in his movements, and pointing to the three-year development curves for Lack and Schneider in the AHL. When Demko is ready, Cloutier isn't worried about him adjusting to life in a Vancouver market that has traditionally been tough on its goaltenders. "He has already played in a big school, in the big tournaments, in front of big crowds, as 'the guy,'" Cloutier said. "Playing in this market is different, but he's already a mature kid and I think he's got the makeup to handle it." That includes already understanding there will be more time -- and adjustments -- required to get to the League, no matter how promising the "new" Demko looks already. https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-thatcher-demko-improving/c-281236002?tid=277729154
  3. There's a massive forest fire in Siberia right now.

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    2. Green Building

      Green Building

      @Nuxfanabroad I haven't seen those specific ones you are referring to, no. Yes, methane is worse than CO2, but who knows what the results will be? We'll only find out in real time.

       

      @Wilbur 

      "Huge amounts of methane aren't released over short periods of time"

       

      And that's the million dollar question isn't it: how much is too much for the atmosphere to deal with? Combine the additional methane release with the slow eradication of the boreal forest and we may be in some sort of trouble. 

       

      If bees disappear, we're screwed, if the boreal forest disappears, we're in pretty rough. 

       

      Overall, we're hopefully going to be juuuuust fine.

       

       

    3. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Historical precedent

      Unprecedented history

      Religious beliefs

      Hearsay

      Gut feelings

      Gallows Humour

      Denialist tripe

      Misleading Info

      Hard Scientific data

       

      The problem is, we're mostly ALL swayed, influenced, or misled by these varying factors(& infinite combinations).

       

      YES, we'll find out. But since about 1750, humanity's been undertaking a mighty dangerous experiment. Might cost us a livable planet.

    4. Green Building

      Green Building

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      Speak for yourself.

       

       

  4. You're back!

     

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    2. Roger Neilsons Towel

      Roger Neilsons Towel

      Whoa.. It's supposed to be a pencil? I always thought it was some crazy ass banana thing...

       

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    3. Roger Neilsons Towel

      Roger Neilsons Towel

      Found it. Lol

       

       

    4. Alflives

      Alflives

      What that pencil face has to do with Ritchie Valens I don't know? 

  5. Baby lion, where the islands go...

  6. I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride.

    1. Drive-By Body Pierce

      Drive-By Body Pierce

      Too much Bone for you???

  7. Higgins in his prime was a solid 3rd liner and a decent second liner but didn't score much. Still a bit high for Gaunce IMO, but time will tell.
  8. You might think you've peeped the scene; you haven't - the real one's far too mean.

    1. Kazmanian Devil

      Kazmanian Devil

      How you say broke in Spanish?

      Me no hablo

  9. Is it legal for me to shorten "it would have not" to it'd'ven't?

  10. Heavens to Gretzky, JR, use the Oxford comma
  11. Really? Even though it's reasonable for their GA to come down, I can't see their GF totals going up too much.
  12. Or the fact that Florida is a playoff team???
  13. Why does twitter seem to turn everyone into children??

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    2. Mr.DirtyDangles

      Mr.DirtyDangles

      made by children for children  ;P

    3. Kazmanian Devil
    4. Brad Marchand

      Brad Marchand

      Twitter doesn't make people children, it just reveals who the childish people out there are.

  14. Really? Out of everything I said, you pulled out time zone? lol you a funny dude
  15. Ok, and? Florida has no state income tax. It's also in the same time zone as Montreal and the Panthers have actually made the playoffs once in the last 9 years.
  16. What if Demers didn't want to go to Edmonton?
  17. I think Yandle and Demers will fill their shoes admirably.
  18. Actually? Can we put him up front instead of Grenier next time?
  19. Is it just me or does Tiffany Trump remind people of a badly botoxed Miley Cyrus? Also, there's way too much Trump going on. Should be the ReTrumplican party.

    1. Kazmanian Devil

      Kazmanian Devil

      she looks like a ghoul from the Fallout series

    2. Blue Jay 22

      Blue Jay 22

      Plastic Surgery will do that to ya.

       

      Actually thought JR's speak was well done. No cards or teleprompter was used so gotta give him props for that.

       

      He was the only one I could listen to while keeping a straight face.

  20. I mean, probably if Sbisa both doesn't make the team and Larsen/Pedan is 7/8D
  21. Full story here: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/willie-desjardins-looking-forward-after-vancouver-canucks-disappointing-season-095303784.html
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