Kragar

Insomnia's a bitch

That's what she said

I only popped back in to double check whether it was dead. Glad I caught your post, and help express the sadness goin round

I seem to recall (albeit it was 14 yrs ago for me) that we had to provide an email to get onto here. In any case, why not just create a new email somewhere for one-time use. Odds are, you only need it to validate your account creation on the new site.

Ugh, if he's suggesting the same possibility, or worse stating it as fact, I should delete all my posts on the subject

Close... Quint

Maybe management is worried that Hughes might find some appeal playing with his brothers, even if Hughes hasn't made any comments to suggest that's his goal. As we Canuck fans well know, brothers often enjoy playing together. People can proactively help prevent something, even if it the threat is low. Doesn't mean there has to be an overt problem to take some action to mitigate the risk. But, if Hughes had ever stated it or if management only just perceived it, his leaving would be a problem. I don't doubt his leadership, and I never claimed he wasn't worthy. I only suggest that perhaps management is including his captaincy in the calculation as an added perk beyond what his leadership will bring. It's also possible it never entered anyone's thought at all, and your last paragraph is completely right. I'm not hanging my hat on anything here. It was all just a spitball speculation I figured I'd share that might or easily might not have any merit. If there's some halfwit journo up there making a similar claim, in an attempt to stir up crap, I'm totally unaware and am not trying to perpetuate it.

Of course captains can leave. The C is only a piece of the puzzle. Maybe it matters a little, maybe not at all. I'm not saying anything more than that. Anyhow, I agree with pretty much everything else you say. here's hoping the team does well enough to earn his loyalty

No paranoia here. With or without the C, QH may have enough love for the team and city to stay, perhaps enough to turn down higher offers when the time comes. I'm only suggesting that the C might help.

I wonder if naming him captain is also a carrot to help keep him here, in case he thinks playing with his brothers is worth investigating

Tumultuous??? Isn't getting traded away from the Leafs a good thing?

I'm sure there's plenty of pizza joints looking for a delivery guy. MdZ's got quite the resume there

I put it elsewhere so I'll make it official and put it here... Petey and Kuzmenko both pot 50 goals this season. Damn, I love banana boy's smile, and I think we're gonna see it a lot.

Wasn't John Chayka supposed to moneyball their way through to success?

Being a Gen Xer, I'm quite happy with Simple Minds there, but I can imagine people thinking it's too weak. I don't even know what the intro is anymore... I don't catch it on TV, and it's been ages since I've been at a game in Van. While the sentiment of our outro was great in the bubble, or any playoffs for that matter, I hate that effing song. Elton is too whiny for my tastes, especially I'm Still Standing. I'll hold onto my complaints if the players like it. Ultimately, I'd like to see different outro songs, depending on whether winning or losing the game

IIRC, many whole life plans don't pay both. Maybe things are changing lately after years of bad PR. I've been out of that industry for over 20 yrs. Anyhow, even with any enhancements they have made to WL plans, odds are you are far better off getting term and investing the money saved on cheaper term. Dave says to invest 15% of your income and build up a nest egg enough to self insure. If you have enough money to comfortably retire, you no longer need life insurance, so you never pay the inflated term prices once you get to your 60s (or earlier if you are smart/lucky).

Yeah, I wondered about those two, and the Wild too... but they did have a good season. Maybe just my personal bias against the Mild. I don't expect them to cover the Cdn teams much at all. Even with McD and AM, I'm surprised they have the Oilers and Leafs so much, especially Oilers being the most broadcast of all teams. Basically ignoring the other 5 Cdn teams isn't a big surprise. I'm just happy one of the Nuck games gives me one I wouldn't normally get. Maybe if Petey takes a couple Art Ross trophies we'll get better representation in the near future

I dunno, Ducks were last overall. Maybe if they had gotten Berard they'd have more games, just cuz of the potential star power there. But some of the other teams don't make much sense. There's a few men teams there with 10-13 games on there. Maybe the Wednesdays have something to do with it? Luck of the draw.

Cuz LA is a far bigger market, and had almost twice the points last year as the Dorks.

Sweet... TNT let's me see the Ducks in Van, which would be blocked out by ESPN+