Apricot

I miss Ohlund, a healthy Salo, and Lumme. 

And wish tragedy never struck Luc Bourdon. 

Hilliard Graves was the best.  

Salo with a ruptured testicle wasn't half bad either.  OJ reminds me a lot of Bourdon prior to us losing him.  He was finally showing signs of reaching his potential too.  Hard not to cheer for his friend Letang to do well in Pittsburgh.

Messier is going to Pass the C on

I was thinking the same thing the other day. It’s only right. 

I tweeted to aquaman that it should be done during the Sedin jersey retirement night.  Would put a nice little "bo" on things..

@Apricot https://www.nhlpa.com/news/1-12980/hockeytalks-launches-to-raise-awareness-for-mental-health

It seems like Kevin Bieksa is the spokesperson/public representative.  He was the person to initially announce Hockey Talks back in 2013.  The article also mentions that the NHLPA is involved.  This is a stretch but I think it would be logical if every Canadian team is funding their respective Hockey Talks campaign.

Hopefully I was able to help you and your nephew out.

Thank youuuu, this helped a lot!

Happy New Year!

“Shutout ... shutout ... shutout”. May your Christmas and New Year be full of magic. 

merry xmas

did you get up to much ?

Merry Christmas Apricot!

Are you back for good or just visiting?

@-Vintage Canuck- just visiting! Here to spend Christmas vacation with the family!

Nice!

I decided to start counting my age backwards at each coming birthday.  This year, in October, I will be 66.  It’s kind of a nice feeling to be getting younger.  Now, when hockey starts up again, I should have a better chance of staying awake for the third period of our home games!  

We seriously need hockey.  

Show me Pettersson and Boeser together.

I can't wait to see that line *drool* 

That's the spirit

Welcome back...place just wasn't the same!!!

@debluvscanucks Thank you!! Nice to be back  

I lived in Toronto for 5 years. Much happier here in Vancouver. I didn't mind the cold and snow, but getting around town is a pain especially if you live in the suburbs. Ok if you're downtown and can take the Subway or Streetcar. 

Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't you crave CDC even more? If I moved away from BC, I'd crave the companionship of my fellow Canuck fans all the more.

We'll hold a moment of silence for you after you become a Laffs fan. 

That's how sports ought to be. 

Me too, honey, me too....

And I can say that, as much "sadness" that I felt and tears that flowed, I can't feel anything but good about that.  That was a special night and to experience it was amazing.  

mY post count is 6666 do i stop posting?

get it to 6969 like me brudda

I'm nearing 10,000 myself. It's been a long journey.

Apricot, I wasn't going to say anything, but I guess I changed my mind. Here's Bell's idea of "Let's Talk":

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Maria McLean was an afternoon radio host at K93 FM in Grand Falls until she was fired on Jan. 12, just one hour after sharing her struggles with mental illness with her colleagues and giving her supervisor a doctor's note stating that she needed two weeks off work to adjust to her new medication.

 

"It's like a nightmare I can't escape, I think about it all day, I think about it when I sleep," said the 24-year-old.

 

McLean said the irony of the situation is that the New Brunswick radio station she was fired from is owned by Bell Media, part of Bell Canada Enterprises, the company behind a national fundraiser for mental health initiatives called "Bell Let's Talk."

 

But McLean feels that talking and sharing her struggles is what caused her to lose her job.

"I took that note from my doctor to my supervisor because I was admitting I needed help. I said, 'In two weeks I am going to be better. I just need this time.' And I was punished for that."

 

The former afternoon radio host and ad writer said she was caught off-guard because she thought things were going well at work. McLean said her supervisor, Kirk Davidson, suggested she take over hosting the morning show the summer of 2017.

 

"That was the day before I was fired."

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bell-media-host-mental-health-1.3950097

Mental health and the reality of mental health struggles are real, but Bell and their 5 cent contributions are a pittance. 100,000 tweets would yield a mere $5000. For a company the size of Bell, even 1 million tweets would yield a pittance. I have no problem with raising awareness of mental health issues, but unless I have this all wrong Bell is clearly using this to buy cheap publicity instead of actually caring about the issues. 

For those who might think I have some bias here, well, it isn't toward Bell. I'm a Rogers customer (Rogers sucks) who has had positive interactions with Bell customer service over the years. This just feels crap though. 

Sorry for countering your positive intent with such cynicism, but 5 cents is 0 cents, and although I don't know Bell's side of Maria's story the whole thing smells like a $&!# sandwich.

Do you not know what you say?

Ya we all watch hockey too. You contribute nothing.

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@SILLY GOOSE Its slowly happening Goose 

@Dazzle I have 67 reasons why I'm *cheering* for Barzal  

@Western Red Wth dude...you need to chill out. Its a joke between me and 95% of CDC. Even then, you don't need to be rude about it. Chill the f out, guy.