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  1. I'd go with O'Reilly. Matthews still seems like a frat boy and MacKinnon has a serious temper (I like that about him, but it works against his case). O'Reilly was charged back in the day with a DUI but the charges were dropped because there was zero evidence that he was the driver. Since then he has done a lot of good things for a lot of communities and helps a lot of players get in touch with sports psychologists (I'm pretty sure that's his Dad's occupation).
  2. This. Sometimes you have to be okay with a relationship failing if you believe that there is something that you need that your partner won't change. Recognizing that it is not going to work and dealing with the fallout of that might be an easier and healthier path than trying to spend effort changing a person that does not want to change.
  3. I think Stetcher's shot might be harder than Krajicek's... smooth skater though.
  4. Martin Frk had concussion issues, was supposed to be a higher pick dropped to the second round, but somewhat recovered. Alex Galchenyuk barely had a junior career due to injuries. Virtanen missed a fair bit of his D+1 year and lots of people were worried about chronic shoulder problems. McDavid broke his hand in his D+1 year and then got hurt in his rookie year.
  5. My compliance buyout is officially for sale to the highest bidder.
  6. I won't add another review, but I totally agree with this. Great movie. Perfect pace.
  7. There aren't a lot of likeable guys at the top of the 170lb division. Gilbert Burns I guess?
  8. I thought it was probably 3-2 Holloway but it wasn't like an absolute robbery either.
  9. You should never say that. Ever. But when you've got a mustache like that? Fire him into the sun.
  10. To me, certain refs just have a total lack of awareness of when a fight is over. There was absolutely no indication that Aldo was going to do anything to get out of the position he was in.
  11. Rose deserved that win based on the rules for how the fight is scored... but she definitely took more damage. You can say that she has a great team around her... but her coaches also are so well known that they get to pick and choose who they want to be their student. Rose might be one of the most coachable MMA fighters in history.
  12. Official Secrets: 8/10 This is a pretty incredible story of a 'spy' that 'betrays' her government to reveal some information that the public deserves to know. I just don't know if the story is best told through a movie... but Keira Knightley is pretty good and the movie was directed by the same guy that did Eye in the Sky, which was phenomenal.
  13. Usman Volkanovski (but man do I want to see Max win) Yan Andrade (feel the same way about the Volkanovski fight)
  14. Coherence: 10/10 I think this was my third time re-watching. Probably my favorite low-budget film of all time. Rather than give actors a script, the director gave them cue cards with 'goals for the day' and just let them act out the scene in whatever way came naturally. One of the actors was also the writer of the script and so was able to sometimes steer scenes in the direction they wanted things to go in. Not bad for a movie shot in 5 days on a $50,000 budget, $8,000 of which was spent on a wig they had to buy because they had to do some reshoots and the actor cut her hair. I haven't talked at all about the plot because it is really just something you need to watch.
  15. @Ryan Strome was in the George Floyd thread trying to learn how rates work and then disappeared. He might be lost in Alberta looking for a library that Kenney turned into an Arby's.
  16. Pretty much how I felt. I got to see it at the drive-in during a starry night, so the ambiance was definitely there; unfortunately the plot felt like the writer just discovered that they have Daddy issues and was expressing themselves for the very first time.
  17. I don't get this logic at all. If the Canucks were to win the cup this year, do you think that it somehow would decrease their probability of winning the cup next year?
  18. Dustin Poirier really poured it on. Mostly defensive/desperation takedowns from Hooker the last two rounds.
  19. It's almost unfair that these guys all have to fight in the same division. About 4-5 guys that are legit contenders.
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