Toews

@Tystick Trump supporters should be distinguished from Trump voters. I understand that someone might be inclined to vote for Trump based on their political inclinations. Trump supporters the majority of them are just certified morons who are pointless to debate with. 

Make an example out of him so that the next idiot doesn't dare coming within 6 feet of EP.

And we have a verdict.

@DADDYROCK An 80+ year old xenophobic man is not someone I would want touching this subject lol.

"Every tush has at least one d involved.  They create odd man opportunities..."

-Alf (2019)

Pettersson will light up Hutch like a Christmas tree.

I stopped gaming a long time ago. I found that it sucked up too much of my time and I was a completionist so the trophies and the easter eggs, I had to have everything. So I gave it up cold turkey and decided that I wanted to do more with my life than chase pixelated achievements. But I won't judge anyone else who enjoys it. You only live the one life, how you choose to spend it is your business and no one else's. 

I am in that age range currently and I can't say that I have heard of it so it can't be all that common. Then again there maybe a few things that I do that other men normally may not. 

As a matter of principle I have no issue with anyone dressing or looking the way they want to. Nothing gives you more confidence than knowing that you are looking your best so damn the haters and dress and look the way you want to.

Complaining about the refs after a loss is a time honoured hockey tradition. It should only be reserved for message boards though. You have to own the loss if you are the coach.

In order to extract any value for Demko you have to at least give him a cup of coffee in the NHL and then you have to hope like hell that he performs. But really it makes absolute no sense to shop him considering precedence. 

Unproven goalies don't get much on the market. We need to see through Demko's development and see what he can do at the NHL level. 

The obvious answer for why they get coverage is because they get ratings. The more interesting question is how they get those ratings. You don't have to be good or even popular to drive ratings but you have to be something that people care about. I think the hatred for the Leafs actually drives ratings for the networks. In response we should treat them with indifference. Now how do I convince people to stop hate-watching the Leafs. 

Sorry Alf Nylander is a good player and I would love to have him on the Canucks. I would take that midget Gaudreau as well

@48MPHSlapShot

Quite honestly? It's an ad, the whole purpose of an ad is to sell product. My knowledge of ads and marketing is limited to watching the TV show Mad Men (an excellent series which I encourage you to check out if you haven't).

Therefore to me the only intelligent argument against the ad has to be that it alienates certain customers by using a controversial figure to deliver it's message. But clearly Nike seems to believe that the buzz the ad will generate will attract more customers (especially younger ones) than it will turn away. They also have a global customer base, ones who don't have any vested interest in American politics. 

If you are asking about the messages in the ad, neither of them contain any intellectual or political message to critique. 

Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.

Just do it.

The ad and the message is only powerful because of the athletes it invokes. Otherwise both messages are way to ambiguous to logically refute. 

I am curious to see where our viewpoints diverge.

@48MPHSlapShot 

Let's be honest. The reason he's really being jumped on by the internet mob is because he's a conservative. 

Nah this is just more conservative victimhood. Expressing any political opinion is opening yourself up for criticism on the internet. Remember that Twitter has a large conservative audience.

I highly doubt that Twitter would be any kinder to him if he expressed his issues with the ad in a more intelligent way.

I disagree, when you thoroughly debase yourself with a stupid, illogical argument, you will get called a moron by the masses and memes will be created in your name. Put forth an intelligent argument and you will still be criticized but at least you will leave with your dignity intact.

I think we can both agree that this is literally the stupidest criticism to that ad. He was promptly dunked on by the internet because he is a moron...

Also let's be honest the only reason conservatives are up in arms over that ad is because it features Colin Kaepernick, if it didn't feature him, not a single snowflake would have burnt the stuff they already paid money for. 

This reminds me of my time in university, when one of my friends lent me a DVD of a Cameron Diaz movie "The Box". After a couple of other friends who were present at the time also gave rave reviews, I decided to watch it.

The movie actually had a decent hook but the eventual execution and ending just made you go "WTF did I just watch". I immediately texted my friend making clear my displeasure including some choice words. Soon enough I learned that I had been the victim of a prank.

Suffice to say the DVD made its way around our residency. When you have been burned, it makes you all the more amenable to pass it on to next person.