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  1. Barring a Karlsson signing, Stralman should be the target. Gardiner and Myers have buyout written all over them.
  2. no worries. The best way to look at this is that your dad at least has a way to hold the mesh company accountable by forcing them to react to the suit. If it ever turns into a payout thats a bonus.
  3. I want to vomit. Please let this be Benning playing the media
  4. I'm pretty hopeful about Rathbone becoming an eventual top 4. For sure there are some interesting d options in the 2nd round we should have access to.
  5. panic is a symptom of being on CDC Goldy.... yeah I'd love it if he came back better, he should have all the tools and he's not really a small player either.... dunno, hope for the best i guess. I wonder with Soderstrom showing a growth spurt at the combine if someone picks him ahead of us. I could see Edmonton going d.
  6. best case scenario Mikey is Demko's backup in 2 years, and that would be a nice accelerated pace. We don't have to worry about where Mikey fits other than in Utica for a good while yet.
  7. it does, no doubt. I don't have a problem with the 510(k) process per se, but both of our countries badly understaff the auditing function. If the FDA simply had a few more auditors on the job it would save people a lot of grief and companies would be forced to not try to get away with improper testing. Same thing in Canada, people would be shocked to know just how few people at Health Canada are approving devices.
  8. this is my work area so I'll clarify this a bit - Oliver is talking about the way certain classes medical devices get approved in the US and its quite different from how Canada does it. It doesn't mean that crappy products don't get through, they do a lot, but the two systems are very different between Canada and the US. But there are not two FDA systems of "approved" and "cleared" for medical devices. The problems are in a process called a 510(k) where you can argue that your new device is 'essentially equivalent' in function and risk to a previous device. Whats happening is there have been so many iterations over the years that some devices are very different from the original approved device. But its still supposed to have a lot of documentation for safety that comes with it. But, the FDA approval panels don't necessarily go in and audit companies right away to make sure that the documentation submitted with the device was done properly and sometimes companies get away with faulty or inadequate testing and people get hurt. Its a problem of too few staff at the FDA to audit companies properly.
  9. yeah but then we'd have to take Kadri back in the deal to make room for Sutter But i'm just fine with them having to hang on to Lucic and having Sutter mentor AG for another year. Win for us either way.
  10. thats true, but Dubie is also under a lot of pressure to not let Marner get to the state of receiving offer sheets. Marleau is still serviceable and has a low salary for 1 year but given the RFA bind TO is in I do think this is a case where Jim could get that 2nd rounder this year and maybe the 2020 as well if other GMs are asking for the moon right now. Jim can slip in there and help out TO a lot. Maybe something like Our 2019 3rd for Marleau, their 2019 2nd and 2020 2nd could work for them. TO drops 53 to 71 this year which is better than losing the pick entirely.
  11. thats exactly the line i want to see. AG has great potential but he's not ready to take over as a full time 3C. Sutter for one more year is great training wheels for him and AG can be given harder match-ups as he gains experience.
  12. man thats ironic, nabbed trying to take a professional improvement class. This story doesn't surprise me at all, healthcare is so systematic now that its very believable that someone could pop in and figure it out on the fly, particularly starting out as an entry level LPN.
  13. No the Leafs have Kadri so there's no need there but I do agree on Sutter and Edmonton. I've had this discussion with others who disagree and think he doesn't fit the 'new NHL' style of 3 scoring lines but I disagree, you need guys that can close out a game too. And Sutter can actually score off the rush too (17 goals one season where he did a lot of that).
  14. I'd rather send Sutter to Edmonton for Lucic and the 8th oa.... only problem is Chiarelli doesn't work there anymore.
  15. Same thing with my dad. For him it has been multiple ICU trips, repair surgery and a lot of ongoing issues. There's a class action suit going on related to the hernia mesh products - if you want to check it out (this is the firm I have my dads case with): https://www.siskinds.com/class-action/physiomesh-hernia-mesh/
  16. I actually kind of like this idea, thats some real value for taking on a guy thats probably still capable of scoring 20 goals with Petey.
  17. I wonder if this guy is next? Philippine President Duterte says he 'used to be gay' before he 'cured' himself https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/02/asia/philippines-duterte-gay-intl/index.html
  18. from the rumour yap I think thats exactly what Benning is trying to do. I do wonder if Virtanen is still on PHI's radar... we'll see. I just can't see them going off the board and going for a Seider or someone like that, not this year.
  19. I think so - decent shot at Cozens, outside chance at Byram too, I've seen a few mock drafts with F's going 3 and 4.
  20. I guess it depends on LAs scouting but this would have to be a swap of the 10th and 5th picks to make this worth it for us. I suspect the buyout story is being floated to get Dion to open up that 12 team trade list of his. We'd maybe have to add a bit, but the 10th + prospect for the 5th and Phaneuf could be a thing if LA is desperate enough and thinks Byram will be gone by 5.
  21. sure, thats a trade for filling a need if it could work out that way and MS is scouted very highly, but to just blanket "move AG for a 1st" doesn't stand on its own imo.
  22. No one is going to offer a top 15 for him, and below that the chance of anyone becoming a top 6 player is a long shot. I don't get it either, AGs a found wallet.
  23. don't kid yourself, they all like to spend our money and all have put us into more debt.
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