Lancaster

It's sad that a player gets blindsided and is now out of the NHL because of it. The bottom line is that Sven is a top-6 NHLer.... but just 1 potentially bad hit away from not just ending his career, but impacting his quality of life going forward. Horvat is struggling offensively and we have a player who he has chemistry with... but due to salary cap reasons, potential injuries, etc... the Canucks can't utilize him.

I always vote Conservative... that being said, if he was using party funds for personal usages, it's good that he got the boot. I'm more curious about why this is suddenly new "news" after the election. Why is it that the finance people in the party didn't do anything about this? And how stupid you got to be to use money in a way you're not supposed to? I can understand if it was petty cash amount, like him charging a cup of coffee or something, but tuition isn't a small expense. Hopefully the CPC will re-invent their image. While milk and toast may be agreeable to most people, you sometimes need some flash... and JT is the master of minimal substance, but lots of flash. If the Conservatives can get a candidate that people can get excited about, they may be in for a good run. What the CPC don't need is something like this...

Hopefully the IOC and WADA will keep cracking down on every country. Russia is an easier target as it's an antagonistic country with minimal clout internationally. More investigation is required for many other "suspicious" countries (China, Cuba, etc.)

Depends.... retained salary and they take Eriksson, a serviceable defenseman and maybe a B prospect, I'd say the Canucks should go for it. As much as I don't like to give up on prospects, the truth of the matter is that not every prospect makes it and you will constantly need contract space to sign new FA and other draft picks. PK certainly isn't a #1 anymore... but how much of it is just him or just the team he's on? If the Canucks can get him to buy into the program and have him in a more "limited" role, he could be a good fit. Him on the the 1st PP isn't a bad idea as it gives them another offensive option. Whoever gets bumped down will make the 2nd PP much stronger too.

The path to wealth is by saving money, not just having more money to spend. If anything, they need to people be able to keep their money more and that means they need to be more educated about financial management and fiscal responsibility. When people are more interested in spending their tax refunds on a new TV or a vacation than putting it into their retirement savings, it's a societal issue, not a monetary one.

Hopefully they can shut down Ferland until March or something. He was brought in for the stretch drive anyways.

There was an interview with Anson Carter regarding this incident.... he mentioned one part about Akim Aliu asking if Anson can "help a brother out" in terms of re-igniting his hockey career. I believe Carter wasn't interested in using the race card.

IIRC, all profit from the toll is used towards general revenue, which is a big part of the issue. If the money is automatically earmarked for transit expansion, I think people would be more on-board to keep the tolls up.

They need to stop relying on the Expo line. In truly world-class transit systems, there are always alternate routes to travel. One line is down, just use a different one. Vancouver doesn't have the right management, revenue structure, or willpower to create such system. Yet if the GVRD really want to reduce traffic, be more green, and be able to service the ever growing population, more skytrain is required.

I broke up with a gf who I was dating for 5+ years.... best decision of my life. We got along fine, but a little too much... where we were able to know what buttons to push and how to annoy each other. We weren't unhappy per se... just content with each other. Never feel obligated to stay with someone.

Fortunately I've booked vacation time for the next couple of weeks. Live just far enough from work where walking/biking/busing is a PITA.... but close enough that I don't have any real excuses to not show up.

If someone is offering a 1st rounder for Markstrom... take it and run. As good as Markstrom is, he is still unproven in the post-season. He did play very good with Utica in their Calder Cup run, but the NHL is a different beast. Not saying Demko is automatically the guy, but since Jacob is already 29 years old, he may only have another 5 years left of high level hockey in him. Unless Markstrom really enjoys staying in Vancouver and is willing to take a team friendly contract (5 million x 5 years, limited NTC for a few of those years), it will be better to start thinking about succession planning. Having Demko as the "goalie of the future" and then have a very competent and established backup goalie (a few millions in cap space saved can be used to bolster the team) isn't a bad way to hold down the fort should another team really want Markstrom.

Hopefully this doesn't start a trend like.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

To be fair, Daigle has admitted that he doesn't even really enjoy playing hockey. He is just skilled enough to make a living from it.

I'm just now half expecting CRA to go in and tax the guy for "generating income-equivalence" or something.

It's not really speed per se... it's interactions and situational awareness. Whenever I'm driving in the US or in Japan, it always feel less stressed compared to driving in Vancouver. Maybe too many people locally are driving with a "I don't give a **** about others on the road" mentality? A tad unrelated... one thing I always found kind of weird, and it perhaps speaks about the competency of the skills of the drivers.... lots of folks tends to speed while driving on the bridge, but slow down when driving in a tunnel. I mean why the discrepancy? If anything, tunnels should be safer as you're not supposed to change lanes and you just simply drive straight. Maybe it's the cover that is making people more apprehensive.... but it's not like people don't drive at night.

Yet at the same time, large investors like Warren Buffett and Bill Gate have invested billions into CP and CN rail. Some of the biggest drivers of growth for both stocks has been the increasing use of rail as a method of transport for oil.

If Hall will re-sign and take a bit of a discount, then probably. Hall is the player who can generate offense by himself. Not saying Boeser can't, but he is more of a finisher than a driver.

They currently don't have any control over his development now. IIRC, European players aren't subjected to CHL rules as long as the player was drafted outside of the CHL.

I'm just more worried about coaches in the position of power to make or break a player, taking advantage of them.

It's already happening right now. All they need is some relative that's a legal resident to "own" the property... and then have some contract in place outside of the purview of government. Wealthy folks are the ones least impacted as they have the means and resources to find loopholes. There's a reason the same wealthy folks are able to minimal their tax liabilities too. Using residency as a requirement is useless when this is a very transient city with huge influx of immigrants. If anything, the emphasis should be on tracing the source of funds. If a student with no income is buying up a penthouse in Coal Harbour, the government should really be tracking down on the source.

2 pretty decent games by LE. Perhaps this may be the start of his resurgence. LE is a very complimentary player... he's only as good as his linemates. Wouldn't be a bad idea to have him play with Horvat or even EP more often.

Probably has to do with his medical condition making him consistently weak and unable to fully train/recover.

I wonder what he has been smoking....