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  1. That article is totally out to lunch. It's not like they planned for the pandemic to happen. Considering public education has been face-to-face for longer than any of us have been alive, I would say that they pivoted fairly well. Asking teachers who have been teaching on chalkboards all their career to suddenly start teaching remotely with little to no lead time was a monumental ask. From what I have seen, teachers have responded extraordinarily well. They haven't been trying to salvage the current year at all. Everything they have done has been about preparing for September. They already have one and have been using it very well. Right. And that doesn't happen by not teaching. It happens by trying things out, seeing what works and what doesn't and sharing those results with their peers. Like they have been doing since the disruption started. The article goes on, but just keeps re-hashing the same points, all of which are missing the point.
  2. I see what you did there. Or at least my unspeakable wife, Queen Lisa, did.
  3. That Sportsnet image of the bracket looks wonky with the West on the right side. What kind of an evil madman does that?
  4. Price promoted to GM & Head Coach. https://victoriaroyals.com/article/royals-promote-dan-price-to-general-manager-head-coach Personally, I think this is a bad idea. There is a reason most organizations have them as separate positions. I hope it works out for them.
  5. Is this anyone here?

     

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    2. JM_

      JM_

      no but it could have been back in the day, we used to do that all the time :lol:

    3. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      ain’t they got no learnin?

    4. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      I'd suggest leaving them in there for 24 hours but certain people like the elderly or individuals with mobility issues require the use of that elevator.

  6. I'm happy to give you the excuse!
  7. I was worried people might take my post seriously as I didn't use my sarcastica font.
  8. Thank you for your concern. Are you sure that I am the one that missed the joke? Or maybe you missed the joke in my reply?
  9. Fair enough. Personally, I think that if it wasn't for the money, the season would have already been called off.
  10. Big picture though, it's not about you. It's about TV contracts. Sportsnet paid humongous dollars for the rights to broadcast games. NBC paid something for the same thing in the U.S. I don't know how these deals are structured, but I am sure the NHL does not receive any of these dollars for games not played. So this whole exercise of trying to squeeze in a playoff of some kind is about fulfilling those contracts. It's in the players best interest to go along with it as TV deals are part of Hockey Related Revenue. Without the revenue from all the missed games, their escrow will go through the roof.
  11. Why would we sign him? The kid couldn't even score on a cat. And I bet neither of them can skate.
  12. Apparently we had an EF-0 tornado (the weakest kind) here in Victoria today. This is not far from my house.
  13. I have a bird feeder in the yard. But now a bigger bird has showed up to eat the little birds. It wasn't quite what I had in mind.
  14. It will be really interesting to see who they get as players. You can count out everyone with an NHL contract. So that leaves, AHL & ECHL guys? Maybe some that play in Europe but come home to North America for the summer?
  15. There is a group of people putting together a professional 3-on-3 hockey league and it is starting to look like they're fairly serious about it. The league is supposed to kick off next summer. It's going to be an 8 team league, with no city affiliations. They are going to play in a bracket style tournament over 9 weekends. Each team will have 7 players dressed for each game, 6 skaters and a goalie. The league announced Wednesday that the teams will be coached by Guy Carbonneau, Grant Fuhr, Joe Mullen, Larry Murphy, Angela Ruggiero, Bryan Trottier, Ed Johnston and John LeClair. That's some serious name power. What do you think? Will they make it past a single season? Could this gain traction? Or will it wind up as a side-show like American Gladiators or Wipeout? Personally, I think the toughest part to wrap my brain around is the no geographic representation part. I cheer for my home teams. Canucks, Lions, Royals, etc. With 3ICE, do I cheer for the Grant Fuhr team? Or based on the players? Or who has the best jersey? Still, I would really like to see this happen, if nothing else, just to see how it plays out. https://www.3ice.com/ https://www.tsn.ca/carbonneau-among-hof-coaches-for-3ice-1.1477355 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/hockey/2020/05/20/3-ice-new-3-on-3-hockey-league-coming/5209480002/
  16. Ya, my wife's school had a staff meeting today and I think they left with more questions than before it started.
  17. Three was what I was thinking too, but for each spot. 1st place vote worth 3 pts, 2nd = 2, 3rd = 1. Whatever one player gets the most points gets in. Wash, rinse, repeat.
  18. It would be an interesting experiment to see how this would turn out using a different voting system like ranked ballots.
  19. My wife works in SD62. They haven't been told that's the reason but it makes sense as a theory. Better to test their setup now than in September which is usually chaos on its own.
  20. Second reason: Test run for September.
  21. According to hockeydb, not for the past two seasons. Can a retirement be retroactive?
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