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  1. I am a fiscal conservative. Does that make me a nazi or a Trump supporter? It would appear so to most. Why am I a fiscal conservative? I have seen a lot of liars and BS'ers in my day. I thought balanced budgets would force people to sit down and weigh the pros and cons of how the country was run. Give and take. Well that philosophy has pretty much died. Most people are takers now and government is no exception. Politicians punt the responsibility for their spending to future generations and accountability does not exist. I am a community volunteer. Always believed you give back and help build community. Well that is dying as well as young people are not joining service clubs anymore. The expectation is that government will do it.
  2. Ya, the Abby offence has to have a big game. Calgary has a lot of older and experienced players. A big offensive game might get them to step back a bit and give Abby a bit more room.
  3. Hoping Boston gets it together and finishes Florida and then eats the Laffers.
  4. Vegas goals against 2.79 vs Oilers 3.17 per game; Vegas goals for 3.32 vs Oilers 3.96 per game. Oilers played much better d-side over the last half of the season and then got Ekholm. That guy will take them to the Cup finals. Oilers take this in 6 games.
  5. Oilers in 6. LA d-side game was very impressive. Oilers simply have too much team speed and roster depth. Vegas tender is somewhat untested.
  6. We haven't seen any video of his play in the KHL. My opinion of the KHL is not good on the d-side. Kozmenko's season suggests my concerns are questionable. That said Tocchet's concern over Koz's d-side game validates my concern somewhat.
  7. I suspect Barzal and Horvat will do very well playing together next year. If Lou can survive a summer purge then the NYI roster probably takes another crack at it. As much as I wish Bo well the Canucks could not sign such a deal to keep him. The package they got for Bo looks good. Fans should remember that Bo was a hot TDL target. There are a few teams who probably regret not finding a way to get him.
  8. Abby is more than capable of winning 3 straight games. One at a time!
  9. After + 50 years it is time for a little bit of Canuck luck. Unlike the roulette wheel the Canuck ball will pop up!
  10. Oilers finish the Kings tonight! That long a layoff is inexcusable. The break will help players with their injuries. Oilers will overwhelm LA in the 1st.
  11. Agreed. I always thought the Jets management did a pretty good job. My impression was that Bowness laid it out back in January and Chevy decided to stay with the core he had built for these playoffs. Bones obviously had pretty candid talks with management about the problems he saw. Making changes based on those conversations was more of a gamble than they were willing to take. We will see who gets moved but I assume Schieffle is a start.
  12. I liked that piece where Tocchet said he phoned Gretzky to talk to him about the HC with the Canucks. RT said Wayne told him to take the job. That Van was a beautiful city. That Van had some good pieces. Tocchet said he thought Gretzky was rooting for the Canucks.
  13. I am pretty surprised with this series. I thooght the Rangers would walk away with it. Not a fan the NYR.
  14. Not sure if any of their injured are coming back? What I find interesting is Brindamors play of Kotkaniemi. He continues to give him lots of TOI. He is only 22 so playing him makes a lot of sense. You have to admire how the Canes are patient as players develop. Chatfield a case in point. I bring up Kotkaniemi because he was a name associated with a possible Miller deal at the TDL. The Canes might regret not making a deal for Miller as the injuries likely end their run in the 2nd round.
  15. Geez, if Try thought Willie was harsh then how will he deal with Tocchet? Tocchet will want a lot of physicality from Tryamkin. Is he up for that? Van has to get more size on their back end. The NHL is certainly not the KHL so Tryamkin would have lots to prove. Might be worth a 1 year show me deal.
  16. How much money? CFL doesn't strike me as that financially stable. CBA of $5.51 million. My interest in football has regenerated over the past 2 years. BC Lions with Rourke and Seahawks and Steelers in the NFL. The level of play in the CFL has definitely improved.
  17. I will admit I only use Twitter when posters use it on the Ukraine war blog. No Twitter or FB account. I thought Musk would be to busy to spend time on this?
  18. I think Keeper goes in unless Johansson is really impressing in practice.
  19. I can see why ownership wouldn't want to pay 3 coaches at one time. If ownership has questions then management has to be able to explain why their option is the best.
  20. If Tryamkin thought Desjardin was a hard ass where does that leave Tocchet? I think Allvin goes bigger on the d-side but that has to be in a package that plays physical. Try is capable not maybe not motivated.
  21. Cooper's post game last night was enough on its own for me to cheer for T-Bay. The talking heads at SN are pathetic. They come out pumping the Laffers and as T-Bay scores they start couching their Laffer support in prep for a defeat. What surprises me is that one of Marner, Matthews, or Nylander haven't been tagged and put down. Taveres kinda disappears.
  22. If Boudreau was so hard done by why didn't he quit? No he didn't do that. It was Boudreau's bench and he wasn't able to turn it around. Someone characterized the Boudreau coaching style as 'pond hockey' which is what it was. I agree that management could/should have fired Boudreau but the org was already paying Green and would have added Boudreau to the do not coach category while adding a 3rd coach. Yikes. The Tocchet surge was not something I wanted as a 'tanker' but it happened. The positives is that RT got to start is culture change with the roster. If exit interviews mean anything the players seem to appreciate the direction.
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