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  1. Goldy + Pouliot should definitely net a prospect D that is an upgrade on Pouliot. Goldy has been showing improvement, but he will probably never play a complete game. Unsure who we target as a D replacement. But there has to be a good fit for this line of thinking.
  2. My 2nd build of the Betrayal League. Didn't make a video of the 1st, as it was a clone of my last league build. It couldn't handle the Betrayal boss encounters, so I made something different.
  3. With how advanced knee surgery technology has become, I fully expect Olli to be back stronger than ever. This could actually be a blessing. Several MMA guys have said that whatever the docs did, made their knees stronger than nature.
  4. Rome's hit was 0.6 seconds after the puck left Horton's stick, and it was North/South hit. Clean. The league is a joke.
  5. Striesand effect is real. Just rescheduled, not cancelled. UFC is still by farrrrrr #1.
  6. He will get his chance with next bottom 6 winger injury. Strong on the puck. Improved skating. Can score. I liked him in Penticton 2017, even more in 2018. He has a very high compete level and has the size and speed to make the NHL.
  7. xereau

    Mitch Eliot | D

    Late blooming dark horse. I like.
  8. They are good but they still have shaky goal tending and shallow D. They will collapse in the 2nd round probably.
  9. Scheifele maybe style wise. He is very fast, and talented at puck handling, shooting, and set ups. And he is getting better. Another home run depth pick by Benning by the looks of it. Not sure what his defensive game is like, as all his highlights are scoring related.
  10. New league starts tomorrow (Friday Dec 7th 2018). BETRAYAL. This is one patch. They do these every 3 months. This new meta game will be incorporated into the core game.
  11. Yeah I know. I hear they are really nice phones. But I do not doubt either for a minute what the Pentagon says about them either. The evidence is classified. Was all over the news in like January 2018. The CFO was arrested for part of bank fraud investigation regarding skirting Iran trade sanctions.
  12. The Pentagon banned all of the Huawei products in the US because they apparently have piggyback chips that snoop, phish, and listen to your other apps, spy, steal your personal info, and send it back to China over the internet. Considering how the Chinese government treats western intellectual property, is any one really surprised at this? I am going out on a limb here, but the behavior of Huawei is probably only the very tip of the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Chinese spy tech in our homes. And I am kind of disgusted that the Canadian government has allowed these devices with such open arms. China is not a nice place.
  13. That's what happens when you go on a Long Walk.
  14. He still played in the NHL! Not many people can say that.
  15. Heh... nope. Its just a good game, thought I would share something I cared about. Butters.
  16. Heh... they released PoE on console last year. XBOX. And coming to Playstation soon.
  17. Path of Exile is pretty much the only game I play regularly. This game is massive. And complex. AND 100% FREE (will explain MTX below). In addition to being a complex, grindy loot based isometric ARPG, the main reason is they release a new "League" every 3 months. Periodically, two new leagues are created and the previous two challenge leagues are removed. These leagues are intended to introduce and test new content while providing players with a fresh economy. Challenge leagues have been three or four months long. In addition, each pair of leagues has a set of optional challenges that can be completed for several prizes. The current league, Delve, is set to end in a week. You can enter horizontally endless mine with a couple dozen types of encounters at each node. There is 6000 depths currently, after about 500 its basically impossible but some hardcore people have made it to 3800! Challenge League mechanics are often incorporated into the core game moving forward, either in whole, or in part as the devs see fit. The next league, Betrayal, is set to start Dec 7th 2018. Betrayal is coming along side an old mechanic rework, Forsaken Masters. You will encounter members of The Immortal Syndicate, and form alliances, pit one against the other, or execute the syndicate as you sleuth your way towards determining who is the hidden leader. This internal meta game will resolve itself after you finish off the syndicate, returning anew so you can play it over and over, while inside of the core game itself! The game itself is a 10 act Lore-rich dark fantasy story following you, an exile, in Wraeclast. Dumped on a beach, you fight your way through 4 acts to a giant organic machine that is keeping the Old Gods in limbo. Once you destroy the machine, you return to the homeland of Oriath and exact vengeance on the corrupt Emperor, who it turns out, is just a pawn of one of the freed elder gods, Kitava. You then return to Wraeclast to face the Gods you unleashed, and eventually, put down Kitava forever. The endgame is vast. And endless. You put "maps" into a machine, and open up realms that you clear for loot and experience. There is an "Atlas" with around 165 maps or so. Will be more with Betrayal as it is a never ending and reconfigured meta game inside Path of Exile. You can collect maps and endlessly clear them. It is similar to Diablo Rifting, but, its far, FAR better. There are multiple meta games inside this Atlas meta game too, with more being added every expansion. In the very end game of the Atlas, you can fight the Shaper , a Lovecraftian villain that was twisted by his discovery of the dream lands (maps). His arch nemesis, the Elder, can be encountered along with his guardians along the way, and you can create a war on the Atlas between the Elder and Shaper. This has consequences in encounter availability, and special loot tables! And with the new patch coming, there will be master encounter meta games on the Atlas. And Delves. And Breaches. And Abysses. And a dozen other league mechanics integrated into the core game! The game itself is played with 7 classes. The 6 original classes have 3 sub classes each. The 7th class, can be any combination of two (pared down) versions of any of the other sub classes! The game is all about loot. Swords, and armour, and shields, and jewels, and gems. Loot has gem sockets. From 1 to 6 of them. Body Armour, and 2hand weapons have 6 sockets. Helms, Boots, Gloves all have 4 sockets. 1h weapons and shields have 3 sockets. Some amulets, rings, and belts have single sockets. The sockets can be linked. Skills (spells and attacks, auras, totems, banners, etc) are all Gems that are socketed into the gear. Skills are supported by gems that are linked in gear sockets! So you can have an area effect frost nova that has a concentrated effect, and added cold damage, and a gem that gives you life leech on that spell in a 4 link glove, for example. The possibilities are nearly endless! There are hundreds of skill and support gems. Its crazy. And the devs constantly buff, tweak, and nerf skills to make things more even, and to create new metas in the economies of each league. They add new skills and support gems every league. It is remarkable. It really is. The whole economy, is based on item and game crafting orbs. These orbs give item sockets, change item socket color, link sockets, change white items with no stats to magic items with 2 stats, magic items with up to 6 stats, reroll item stats completely, revalue stats on an item, make maps better.. it goes on and on. ITS CRAZY. And with the league resets, the economies stay fresh. Amazing, honestly. You receive 1 passive skill point per level. And several along the way for side quests in the main story. You spend passive points in the PASSIVE SKILL TREE. A lot of people freak when they first see this. This tree is what makes PoE so amazing. No character you make will likely be the same. You will take different paths, from different starting points depending on your class, skill, and support needs as you build your character towards the end game. The developers of PoE are Grinding Gear Games. Started by three guys from New Zealand in a garage 10 years ago, they are now kings of the isometric ARPG genre. They were scoffed at by Diablo fans when it was in development, and even at release. But update by update, they have won over the most fans of the genre and are easily the undisputed kings. They have a couple hundred employees and are adding big names currently. Several Blizzard people have jumped ship. Several 3rd party high quality add-on tool devs have been added. They are doing an amazing job at still growing this game. Twitch streamers play this game for a living. Many of them do quite well. This game is amazing. I just cant do the whole system justice with words alone. PLAY IT. If you want. There are two clients. 1. The Steam Client. 2. Stand Alone Client. I play on the stand alone. Have been considering switching to Steam just because it has build in VOIP and other payment options that the stand alone does not. And speaking of payment options. *How does a FREE GAME with 200+ employees make money? They sell Microtransactions. And no. Not loot boxes. This is easily the most ethical non pay to win support/payment system in ALL of gaming. If you wish to conveniently collect loot, you are going to need some of the premium stash tabs. Like the trading tab. And the currency tab. And the map tab. I played for a couple years before giving them any money. When the stash tabs came, I was like, OK, they get my money now. I have put a couple hundred bucks into the game over several years. Was worth it. Best game I have played in my life. Would recommend if you like complexity, character theory crafting, and longevity.
  18. I expect a back and forth $&!#show for the whole season. Neither is capable of going on extended runs.
  19. Think more Dorsett than Motte. Burrows type player. He is a pest. I think maybe best comparison might be Roussel.
  20. Sven has taken a step back. https://www.tsn.ca/baertschi-concussion-gets-dizzy-skating-1.1214547
  21. Want a rant? History is nothing but a horror show of mad men methodically murdering millions. Those that think that these men, and their plans, just somehow went away, are deluded. War is a racket. We are called useless eaters by these men. The robots are coming and no one has any plan for what to do when they take all of the jobs, let alone decide that we are their direct competition for resources. The greatest minds of the last half century have been harping on and on about the coming singularity, and nobody that represents the people has ever had anything to say about it let alone do anything about it. Hawking, Musk, Gates, Wozniak, and many more, have all been warning that this technological singularity is by far the greatest threat currently facing humanity, dwarfing climate change, ebola, earth quakes, and comets. A close second surely has to be genetic engineers. They have very little knowledge of what they are really playing with. Monkeys with matches in a dynamite factory! Some day, wars will be fought with, and over genes. A very close third easily has to be social engineers. Humans are the most studied animal on earth. We only know about MKUltra because of a clerical error. Who knows what other programs are ongoing. Most media is straight up weaponized anti-human filth. Most people on earth willingly carry around tracking devices in their pockets! 20th century despots never even dreamed of such power. You are nothing but an algorithm, being sacrificed on the altar of efficiency.
  22. There is lots of uncertainty in a situation like this. Alex could refuse to waive. Lots of speculation in the past on this. However, I believe he said he would if asked. This begs the question, why hasn't he been asked? I think the obvious answer is that he is not easily replaceable for what he does, for the money he makes. All time franchise D records are piling up. How do you replace this? If he waives, is it limited? Assuming Alex would prefer to go to a contender. Especially if its just a rental situation. What could we expect in return? Surely he is worth a low 1st round pick to a contender, no? Wonder if we could snag a blue chip instead from someone really desperate. If Alex hits the open market, does he get a raise going elsewhere? Or about what he is making now? And for how long? Does Alex even want to go elsewhere? I kind of get the feeling he does not want to play anywhere but here. And I really respect that. Would he sign for less here to stay here? Best case scenario is Alex waives, we get a low 1st round pick or nice prospect, and then he comes back for a 'hometown' discount. 4-3-2 (9mil, 3mil cap hit)? Prediction: Alex is not asked to waive. We resign him for 2 years at 4mil per before the deadline.
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