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  1. Ahhh...this is Canuckland....we welcome everyone (even Alf) or mistreated people with 1st world problems. People that don't belong anywhere else. Rejects from all other teams. We are the Island of misfit toys!
  2. Ungrateful considering management not only gave him a sweet contract but also every opportunity. It wasn’t so much other players beat him out for a roster spot but his wounds were self inflicted. He did play better when he was last called up but I think it’s a case of too little too late.
  3. I guess Jet Woo is just another Donna Chang...
  4. Can't make chicken salad out of chicken feces. Demko can only do so much.
  5. Just when you think they couldn't sink any lower (they must have formerly worked in management for the Leafs):
  6. If anybody deserves to be sent down to the Comets, it’s him but I don’t want him to be infecting our prospects down there with his play either. Who is our ECHL affiliate?
  7. Even a blind squirrel (Gillis' drafting) can find a nut once in a while.
  8. He's playing for a pretty bad club. Horvat was -30 a couple seasons ago. It's a stat that doesn't mean much without context.
  9. Actually, Bethesda's tactics on this game are even slimier than you can imagine (something EA would be proud of ). For the first time in a long time (at least to my knowledge), Bethesda didn't distribute the game via steam (as that method allows you for a refund if the product isn't really in a playable state): https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/ HOWEVER, Bethesda's policy is (at least with respect to this game): If you download it, tough ****. No refunds. (only way to get game is via download from them as even if you buy the "collectors edition", the DVD jewel cases are empty (eg., you still have to download the game from them). They did this as they had to know game was not playable at the launch date (you can argue it still isn't). It often takes years and/or a number of games to build up a reputation but it only takes one cash grab to destroy it.
  10. Problem is this is just pretty much the standard "MO" (method of operation) of the company. Often their games had lots of bugs after launch (their unique version of 'beta testing' - you pay full price for the price rather than releasing for free an early beta). Difference in the past, there actually was a decent game (most/all of the time) in there somewhere. Seems like Fallout 76 is just a Fallout 4 Mod (and a bad one at that). Pure cash grab (need no further proof than how they handled the "Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition" fiasco. It's like the management of EA has taken over Bethesda.
  11. You guys lost me in the demand / supply curves. "In the long run we're all dead" John Maynard Keynes I came here to talk hockey dammit! I regained my lost sleep already in Econ 101/102.
  12. The Diablo Immortal fiasco. Best marketing for POE could come up with.
  13. I'd argue they would've won nothing if not for the stupidity of the Habs GM. IMHO, no Patrick Roy, no Cups (Floppa, as great as he was [not that Burnaby Joe was chopped liver either], can't play goalie).
  14. Oh for sure (I didn't mean it should be anywhere remotely near the main card). But it would have a certain curiousity factor that could bring in some ratings. CM Punk waited too long to make the switch to the MMA.
  15. So when is the Green Ranger going to fight CM Punk?
  16. Seems like the kind of player that needs the motivation of 'playing for a contract'. No sense of urgency after he was given that multi-year deal.
  17. One year 'blip' ('one hit wonder'). Much like what Shawn Matthias did for us one season (and he got 18 goals and several years younger in his last season as a Canuck) wasn't enough to get any kind of offer from Benning. Rightly so in that case, another 'one hit wonder'. And I didn't mention Beagle and/or Roussel as they both other things to the table (the former being actually a respectible bottom 6 center).
  18. I actually don't have that much to complain about Schaller. He's what you expect from a 4th line forward. Not much. What does bother me is that he got a two year deal (granted, it ain't my money). Why give any kind of term to a replacement level player that doesn't do anything special?
  19. Sorry for wrecking the thread...it won't happen again (at least not in this thread). Peace.
  20. Good thing you have a guy in charge who has some expertise in walking away from debt and leaving others in holding the bag right Sabrefan1?
  21. Marcel Dionne was a bum because he had no Cups. Dave Semenko is a better player because of his multiple Cups. /sarcasm.... I have a more selfish motive for wishing Luongo continued success until the end of his contract (so we don’t get stuck with the cap recapture hit)
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