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  1. Yes it's The Great Gadsby(ultra-sexualized, on steroids).. Trouble is, society will no longer be able to produce a Steinbeck to beautifully document our downfall(Grapes of Wrath; Mice & Men), or Picasso to paint Guernica, after they war over the spoils. Life IS a gamble, & that was always enough, I'd figured. BTW: substitute the roaring 20's, for the gilded age(in posts above) Frenetic capitalism & monopolies, at any rate...
  2. & 4 lil' pigs(in Hogtown) used their excessive cap $$$ to build houses of brick!
  3. I don't wanna turn this into a SiggyFreud-session..but I bet most of the folks who eschew gambling are mostly satisfied with their lives..imagine that applies universally. The roaring 20's era featured a lot of these emerging societal trends before the dirty 30's, SHTF. Feel like we're on a similar path..but then I've felt that for a number of yrs.
  4. That's why they were smart to go with the ham-&-egg'ers in Oct. Drop the flowery players on the farm. Anyone can grab some pts from Oct-Dec. Just hope our depth holds up in the 2nd half. League will allow hits like the one that maimed Leivo. Almost saw EP take an 'accidental' knee to the head yest, (from some anonymous LA-stiff)..boys will need heads on swivels.
  5. Really hoping we can get Sutter FULLY healthy here So we CAN but his asssout in June! We need to clean up the excess cap-commitments squandered away.
  6. Grat-sex, drugs, violence, gambling & booze ..am I old fashioned, to see these things as (mostly) unnecessary habits/vices? ***************************************************draw the line*************************************************:but they try to blend these things I saw sport(esp the one I grew up loving) as something a little more honourable. For Chrissakes, they use it as a platform for medical fundraising, Kid's hospitals, etc You try to be too many things for too many people..& guess what happens? They sure have ramped up the cash-grab, now that the BOG (that would be a dirty F***in' bog, literally, eh?) & NHLPA have carved their 50% cut, in granite. Now it's a game of, "how do we INCREASE the pot of spoils(to fight over, etc...)?" Do they CARE if they drive away fans of 4, 5 decade-devotion(like yours truly), by wh*ring themselves out to such degree? Prob not. My demographic is likely SHEER HELL :^) to sell things to. All this crap is likely tailored to gullible markets, decades younger. Ah well..HellinnaHandbasket, will just get me out on my road bike more, I s'pose?...
  7. Maybe start a new thread at page 665? Kid don't need more bad luck!
  8. Why stop here? Why don't players have mistresses/gf's shovel snow(at stoppages), bikini-bottomed & topless? C'mon..need eyeballs to MAKA'BUCK!!!
  9. I'm really surprised there's no outcry. Guess both sides(BOG & NHLPA) are doing all they can to increase rev, eh? Am I just a person totally outa' touch with societal priorities & values? Full disclosure: Am a guy in my 50's who's never set foot into ANY F***ing casino, & never will(does that make one a unicorn? seems like it)
  10. Shots 17-0 !!!

     

    That's 10 mins into game, Habs/TBay..game's IN Tampa!

     

    What's wrong with them?

    1. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      The jinx StatU^

       

      Habs lose 5-4.

  11. I have a rather severe disdain for gambling in general. Watched it distort the minds/lives of both my parents. You can be assured & certain there are some pretty unsavoury characters behind any gambling initiative. That ****ing A**hole bettman was talking about this(about a yr back, I recall). I realized this was coming, but had forgotten about the matter. As for other sports, I only pay attn to the NHL..not sure how much longer. Can't believe people accept this crap. No outrage, or push-back. Back in the day, recall Pete Rose turned into some sort of pariah. Now league commish & bookies can snuggle up, warmly in bed together. Almost everything will be planned & scripted in the yrs to come(as if it weren't already enough of a rigged deck)
  12. Make this short & sweet..sure don't like it. They've increasingly turned this league into an insider's corrupt casino. But who's there to complain, when it's simply a reflection of overall societal trends? Made my heart skip a beat: simply watching a random game(NHL.com streaming)..& some young face pops up, telling me all the myriad ways I CAN BET on this bloody tilt! They've ALREADY ruined/rigged what was a great league, beyond recognition. Just one more reason to turn away from all this. Sold it all to the highest bidders.
  13. Thus I proposed frozen mukluk/kicked arse emoji, Alf..& all I got were confused mugs!
  14. A one goal game now, folks...(15 mins left?) edit: & Jasek ties it on a floater ! :^)
  15. I was about to give credit to the Laffs for pulling their stinkin' corpse outa' the dirt..then they go & skate with that lil' pop tart, Cdn H**O, Beaver(whatever his handle?). Hope the curse of Ace Bailey tumbles down upon these chumps lika' pallet of bricks. 'Dem & their complicit, wh*ring, lackey media can go pound sand. I glance headlines, then look away. Not newsworthy.
  16. Maybe the kid's dumb as a farm animal? Seems to have muddled & squandered every opportunity he could.
  17. Scrolled quickly, but you've prob taken a little heat here, for this view. I've been down this path my friend(plenty!)..there are merits/demerits, & a lot depends upon what a player might fetch(who knows for sure?) I like Tanev a lot, but I agree a case might be made that the team would be wise to evaluate all options. BTW, hey all you CDC'ers..this is a the peace, goodwill, Kumbaya season eh? (we all oughta' get along for a spell)
  18. Cheers, RB..Wishing a Merry Christmas to you & yours, from this crazy, unique land. Love the Japan lifestyle, but this particular season always leaves a gaijin feeling somewhat misplaced(?).. & certainly nostalgic for an older-times, western Xmas-vibe.
  19. Just sign one..say the other one's sleepy. Mon-D, Tues-H, & alternate each day onwards. Keep'em fresh..funny I'm getting deja vu typing this gibberish...
  20. This is open-ended, you beautiful CDC'ers. Think up yer own, don't matter. Just like there being stuff to mull/toss around, as we all suffer thru the slog of no Van games for nearly a WEEK! The concept is pretty simple. Dump a buncha' cap on another team, by adding one of our beaut prospects to the outgoing pkg. I say we omit the top 2 picks from last June(Pod & Hogz)..just too soon for such an unappreciative departure. **********The Question(point #1)*********** 1- We ALL love our enviable stash of prospects..let's face it. But say you could dump Loui's hit, by attaching a primo piece? So it's a simple equation. How many million $$$ of outgoing cap is required, to justify the dumping of a choice prospect? Or for that matter, a player with x years of remaining term, that's obstructing JB's future roster-handiwork. 2- The Leafs attached a 1st to dump 1 yr of hit. I'd like to avoid this possible direction. When does Benning/Brackett's recent work attain critical mass? So many graduating/developing beauts, eventually our stash will be considered a higher currency(than simply a pick), that's also closer to the show/partly developed. Trying to say, there may be more value in various pieces(due to recent drafting performance) than many of us realize. 3- I'd be a little concerned it might deter other college FA's/drafted own from signing with us in the future. This is a potential neg which should be considered/factored in. 4- The league is 90-95% cap-maxed. The 31 buckets almost all full, so there aren't many simple landing spots. You prob have to take back some cap(likely with less term), to make it plausible. 5- What position are we strongest/deepest? Obviously easier(& likely wiser) to dump a future piece from that category. I'll leave this here, as heading out for a few hrs. Curious if there's any appetite for such notions? If so there are a couple pkg deals I've pondered, & will include later.
  21. No. Started a thread asking this, after we'd only seen EP's first coupla' games(Oct 2018). Wouldn't then..& wouldn't now.
  22. random trade idea..OTT & Winterpeg

     

    JG Pageau AND Duclair, for...

     

    Ehlers

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    2. Herberts Vasiljevs

      Herberts Vasiljevs

      I picked up Duclair in my pool about two weeks ago. I deserve a statue.

    3. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Don't know L2..this one's hard to peg accurately. Don't watch other teams enough, for one

    4. Nuxfanabroad

      Nuxfanabroad

      Just randomly(OTT's fun to armchair GM, eh..tonne of cap & picks)

       

      - Both guys are UFA's, & will need big raises.

      - They can pkg them(separately) at TDL..but how many more picks do they NEED?!

      - They will need talent in the 23-25 yo range

       

      Imagine for lame-O Dzingle last season, they got Duclair AND TWO 2nd's! Ouch for the BJ's

  23. Gotta' love this team. The negative-split(back from original post) is shaping up as a possibility. In early Oct, was really hoping we could get to mid-season, with pts in the mid-40's. Gentleman Jim has set us up with the depth to bring the hammer down in this season's 2nd half. We've got a GREAT opportunity here, & the guys have truly earned it. Very proud of this squad.
  24. It's not the bite of the dog in the fight, It's the f'in DOG of a Burke that bites!
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