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  1. 25 yrs ago, on this day...

     

    The Kobe Quake struck at 5:47 AM. I'd only been in Japan for a few months. Man, what a wake up call.

     

    Missus & I are watching old footage on TV. Almost 6500 lost their lives. Went out there 4 days after quake, to help my landlady(she had family in the next town, Nishinomiya)..saw things that are hard to forget.

  2. He's a great player, agreed. Prob has to tone it down though, after that knee to the noggin. It's sad they expect a tough lil' dwarf like BG to carry a smallish team on his aching back! Then in 15 mos they'll have to pay him serious coin. It's about when to sell.
  3. All this sizeable depth they've been adding should be helpful in the later months. Bailey, MacEwen & Graovac could wind up contributing. Schaller's 1.9 will be sweeet to dump in a ditch.
  4. Why should I? The original deal benefits both teams..name of the game, ain't it? I hope you don't look to MB for enlightenment...
  5. This open to interpretation? Not too many folks on here accurately PREDICT deals beforehand. But I'd assumed we all kick these things around, to throw in the ol' 2 cents, & also get insight on player-valuations?
  6. Retain on Price & add a sweetner like BG, just to dump that lousy contract! :^)
  7. Their D seems pretty solid & reasonably young. Canes have had questionable 'tending for many a yr. I'd guess taking both vets is just too risky for a GM
  8. Tbh, don't watch them too often. But I'm skeptical that Mrazek can deliver the straight goods in Spring. I think they could handle a GT hit of 8.5 mill. Aho is relatively affordable. Also Gallagher is a 2 yr bargain.
  9. Few days back, saw a journo suggest Price to 'Canes. Interesting..guy deserves a shot with a decent outfit. So here's a variation I dreamt up: Habs: Price(retain 2 mill, x 6 yrs), Brendan Gallagher, some AHL depth D-man outgoing cap-hit: about 12.25 mill, this yr & next Canes:Reimer, Niederreiter, Edmundson, Martin Necas, TML 1st, cond 2020 2nd(if Canes make final-4, becomes 2020 1st, provided Price plays 75% of tilts) outgoing cap hit: 12.6 mill ********It's a Habs Rebuild********* & it's high-time. Here they could potentially add two 1st rounders to this strong, Mtl-hosted 2020 Draft Edmundson off books in 3 mos; Reimer in summer 2021. He's a meh 'tender(good for tanking), but a good bloke, who'd help a young group. After this, they'd pkg Weber to Winterpeg or Edmunchuk. Two locations that can't attract many UFA's. They'd like a respected vet w/term. Lastly, pkg Bergevin to Vladivostok for an old Fishin' boat. This one's key.
  10. I think there's 5 teams all stuck within 2 pts of each other. Tough to call the Cdn order this yr!
  11. Watched 2 mins..down 2-0 F*** this! Went cycling in the mtns. Just returned, turn on pc, saw score & Markstrom's quote, "If I save these 3 shots, we go to a SO." Does he need to say this? It appears the Hellish-Buck simply outplayed him tonite. The 2nd goal was pretty ghastly anywho. Haven't seen anything else, but not gonna bother. He's been dynamite for a yr, so he's earned some mulligans. If we get the next two W's before break, we're lookin good.
  12. So nice to see the Ox rounding into form. The straw that stirs the drink. This team is tough to contain, when all the lines get rolling. We took SO MUCH flak back in the day, over them two star 'tenders(& the NJ, FLO deals)..now they look like strokes of genius. Rebuilds are no picnic..but ours was so stealthy & improbable.
  13. Globally I'm quite concerned about this(approx) 250 trillion in Govt debt(with Global GDP at 80 trillion). Can they kick the can down the road forever? Can they always manipulate lending & inflation rates? Here in Japan, many of these issues are not too rosy. Watch interviews where some interesting minds warn of currency values, & whether it all defies gravity. People look for historical parallels, but in many ways the period we're in has no precedent.
  14. Impressive durability..but PM's handle doesn't deserve placement in the same sentence of absolute legend, Mr Gordie(Elbows) Howe.
  15. Quick glance at their scenario now, appears it goes one of two ways. They should decide by TDL. A- They stumble badly next few wks. In which case, they may as well sell expiring pieces at deadline. B- They tread water, & hover on PO-possibility. Then just need to dump one 3,000,000$ contract(a Barrie, Kapanen or Kerfoot) & then they'd have space to reinsert Reilly, if all other positional skaters were healthy(seems unlikely) late-season. Basically I think the Laffs are mostly moving past/squeezing thru this yr's cap-crunch..but overall, they look pretty damned mediocre.
  16. Heard some eastern hack was pairing the Habs & Canes for possibilities on Price. I think it's an interesting notion.
  17. Ironically this injury might help them there. They can now stretch 16.5 mill(approx) of LTIR to season's end. Robidas Isle had been a dreamland of pixie dust, excuses, write-offs & unicorns..now it might rightfully exist!
  18. Been out there once..nice park. Missus & I aren't into baseball, but our kids love the Tigers(they go lots) For watching sports, I'll only sacrifice precious time for hockey. Otherwise I'd prefer a long run/bike ride. Invest said time in your own ticker. It(watching pro sport) simply takes up WAY too much time in folks' lives these days..but the last place I should promote such a view is any type of sporting site, eh?
  19. ANNNNNNNNNNND Muzzin on LTIR too?! Hmm, lip-stick on a Hog-town is losin' it's glossy shine. So who will sell D to Dumbas? LA(Martinez). Ottawa? How bout good'ol MDZ to play groovy tunes?! edit: -EDM, they should sell Manning to Fleas - Minny Mild could prob sell a D (the market looks rather scarce already)
  20. vs Van, he was probably just pleased that no Tree fell on him.
  21. Not gonna stand for this..I have a right to bare arms. Gonna go down to Osaka Station with a 'FREE HUGS' sign, wearing a Tshirt. Don't care if the Japanese rarely hug, & will view me as an alien. As we blow up women & babies in poor, run-down, 3rd world hovels..it's important to know you're making a DIFFERENCE(darnitall !). Hug it out, & sell that democracy!!! WHAT a great place we are!!!
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