[The Workout Thread]

Does anybody have any suggestions for a protein powder without any artifical sweeteners (sucralose, aceslulfame potassium, saccharin) that taste relatively good?

Thanks

[Gillis silent while Canucks need him most (Bold moves my ass)]

Chicago never traded away any of their core and they have a great core that is very young and much better than Vancouver's. On top of that the NHL gave them a gift when they were able to "loan" Huet out to a european team so they wouldn't have his horrid 5 million dollar cap hit and then the NHL gave the Black Hawks another gift with the Hossa deal when it should of been voided and they should of been fined and had draft picks taken but it didn't even get investigated until the after they won the stanley cup and Luongo was signed to his long term deal which is no where near as bad Hossa's.

What I mean by bad is Hossa's contract starts at 7.9 million and continues to pay him that for 7 years and then after that it drops to 4 million for 1 year and after it drops to 1 million for 4 more years. There are 5 clear years on his contract that are not meant to be played and are purely there to bring down his overall cap hit which should be 7.9.

If the league would of done what it did to NJ to Chicago, like it should of, Luongo wouldn't have his horrible contract; he would likely be getting 5.5 to 7 million a year. They didn't though because punishing chicago, one of its poster boys, would of ruined its image and likely prevented them from winning any of their cups of late.

What MG should of done that many people here are completely against, they believe that a player needs to stay with an organization for life regardless of whether he is an all star or not, is trade away the core he didn't draft and get younger players back and rebuild a team of his vision on the fly. What he did instead was play it very safe and try to keep all the players happy and give them whatever they asked for and only asked they signed at a reduce cap hit in return. Kesler had an unbelievable season that he will never replicate again MG should of seen that and traded him that summer and gotten a kings ransom for him. I remember that summer there was huge talks about Corey Perry being traded and the way Kesler played that year a Kesler for Perry trade would of been very plausible and he is the perfect player for the Sedins. MG then should of traded Burrows who had a very cap friendly contract and has hugely inflated stats due to the Sedins so he could of gotten a pretty decent return.

I can go on and on but I've made my point and now that MG has handed out all his NTC's to undeserving players he can virtually do nothing but watch the team fail and then wait some more for players to ask to be traded.

[The Workout Thread]

Depends how often/intense you are exercising

I usually do some sort of HIIT or Tabata work twice a week and weight training twice a week

[The Workout Thread]

Sorry if this is a noob question but I wanted to know how many calories I should be eating a day to lose weight.

I have read some information saying to keep a calorie deficit to lose weight, and other information saying to create a calorie surplus, because a calorie surplus with allow for muscle growth and a higher metabolism.

Any input would be appreciated.

[***The UFC/MMA THREAD***]

I just saw Quinton "Rampage" Jackson walking around town. I saw him in the West End on Denman Street.