warrchief

He's not a bum. I do feel he's overrated. He would be a perfect 3rd line centre and there's no shame in that. 

Bo and Miller connect well together....I like how Miller can blast a pass at Bo knowing he'll redirect it in. Some Bodinery stuff there. 

a good leader recognizes the strengths in other leaders and gives space for those strengths to come to the surface where it's helpful.  Bo, obviously, is not the kind of leader who is insecure in his abilities there, he doesn't "need" to be in the spotlight as a leader.........as he shouldn't.  He's a manager of personalities and he clearly does it well.  That's a real leader, imo

I think you meant Pettersson.

All good, I've seen many questions about Ukraine's nuclear arsenal pop up lately, so I figure I'd set the record straight.

If you're interested, search up the Budapest Memorandum. You'll find a lot of useful context behind Ukraine's present security situation, including why they got rid of their nukes. I still need to dig through some of the details myself.

Regarding the EA, some people are deluded and completely lack perspective. Not worth engaging with them, honestly.

I'll make sure to add that into my reading. I am currently reading so much things for class but I feel the need to become more knowledgeable about Ukraine.

I got access to a lot databases so I can probably find them.

Thanks! It's weird to thank Brad Marchand, i know it's a user name but still weird but thanks! 

Truth be told, I don't consider myself any sort of expert, I'm piecing together what I know based off what I've read in limited doses. I certainly didn't have as much time for this sort of thing when I was in school.

I adopted my username ten years ago as a bit and was too lazy to change it back haha.

@DevronJust whenever you get a chance, give yourself a nice break. I find it always helps, listening to good tunes, drawing, writing, playing video games, watching Canucks games etc. they all help

I wish nothing but the best for you.

@warrchief ...nice post and reminder and advice.  I'm 100% with you and others who are suffering from mental and emotional issues in their lives. It wasn't my intention to antagonize you or belittle the seriousness of mental and emotional health matters in previous post so I'm sorry for that (the direction I was going with my post had nothing to do with the way you interpreted it, but I've learned from my wife that even though something that is said or done with unintended response/interpretation/consequence, if it makes someone feel a certain way, then harm has been done). 

I'm one of the very fortunate ones who lives a charmed life, so I have a myopic and black & white view of the world sometimes.  Olive branch extended...can we be friends?

@bigbadcanucksAll good, I think I got a little too heated too bud. Sorry for that on my behalf and sure I always welcome more friends. Being a Canucks fan is tiring huh? It's always good to have reconciliation!

Now lets get ready to root for the Canucks on Thursday against the Lames 

Though I agree, it's fine and dandy when you're not paying the bill.

MacKinnon? Hes a rhino/powerforward, having 2 down years prior before he exploded with 97 points at 22 years old. That's understandable. Pettersson is a totally different type of player... He is the skilled player like Kane, Eichel, Aho, McDavid, Rantanen, Crosby. You don't see these players having horrible blip years. In fact, for these players, their best years are 21-24 years old. Pettersson is 23. Although, I have seen flashes of the old Pettersson in the past 5 games. We'll just have to wait and see some more. 

I don't mind discussion about how poor he's playing, but I do think it's very likely that Petey bounces back, though more likely next year than this. MacKinnon I think is a fair example. He's a high skill player like Petey and after a great rookie year, was pretty average for three straight years before finally exploding in his 5th season at 22. The ages are a bit different and Petey is 23 and I don't expect Petey to become a perennial 100+ point guy like MacKinnon, but I do think the comparison is reasonable.

Not only that, but MacKinnon once said in an interview that his problem during those three down years was psychological and it was with the help of a sports psychologist that he found his game for year 5. I believe the issue is the same with Pettersson and that it might be wise for him also to find help from a sports psychologist to figure things out again--maybe even the same one that MacKinnon used.