The Great Regression

exactly. My guess is he gets a call up next time the injury bug hits us, as his play has been really good as of late (didn’t he only get 1 or 2 points in his first 6 games back in the AHL? Now he’s over PPG).

he seems to be shooting a lot more in the AHL. In the NHL he was more of a playmaker, but he’s got a great shot too.

We have done very well with our drafting actually. Its extremely rare to get a repeat allstar after the top 10. A lot of our first rounders are pretty damn good players around the league (not all stars, but good), just on different teams (Steen, Rask, Boyes, etc). Our 2nd+ picks have also panned out pretty well over the last decade.

yeah I wouldn’t do it for Suter, why not just wait until July 1st? (AKA. Brian Burke’s “Draft”)

Ask NSH for permission to speak to Suter’s agent before the trade. If there’s no deal to be made with Suter, don’t make the trade.

Yandle isn’t going anywhere, he’s one of the few really really bright spots in PHX whose name isn’t Tippett.

He had a lot of potential (and actually did stuff in the NHL) and now seems to be shitting the bed. He is the epitome of someone who could benefit from a “change of market”.

I would guess Carolina, Ottawa, NYI, Fla, Winnipeg, Colorado, Anaheim may be the types of teams interested. I just checked though and his cap hit is quite high for what he brings though (3.2 million), so I can’t imagine he brings back much of anything.

Tim and Sid are back, this time on 590 from 1-4pm weekdays. Their Tim and Sid Uncut podcast was fucking incredible and I’m hoping they can bring back some of that hilarity with this new show. It sucks that it’s live on the radio now and they can’t be vulgar like they were on the podcast.

Shit 6th overall.

Trade deadline, eh?

I’ll say 2 more go by then.

As far as the frontrunners to be fired, I’d go with Capuano in Long Island and Martin in Montreal.

/miming head banging on desk

Wilson’s a big boy and has proven to be pretty capable of taking care of himself with the Toronto media.

The problem, however, is Burke has only fired one coach mid-season: Mike Keenan. I don’t think he fires Wilson. He lets Wilson have the season. If he makes the playoffs, he’ll be extended. If he doesn’t make the playoffs, he won’t be.

I would have been more concerned if Burke had already offered Wilson an extension

I think Wilson has had a lousy team every year he’s been the coach other than this year, and I wouldn’t expect anyone to win many games with Toskala or Gustavsson as their starting goalie and Matt Stajan or Joey Crabb as 1st line forwards.

To be honest though, this isn’t a traditional Burke style team. (where’s the truculence?)

As for being a defensive coach he should be able to have a better PK than we currently do. I’ve never been a Wilson fan. I think he’s a Paul Maurice like coach, in that his reputation isn’t deserved based on his record.

the amount yes, but the act i find a bit harder to watch than in pro.

but a 40 year old chirping a 17 year old just seems silly.

Tell that to the kids’ parents.

The correct response is to chirp the 40 year old.

So it’s not really worth worrying about.

As a neurology student (are you done your degree?), you feel that gloves are a benefit to boxing? Gloves mean that the opponent takes more blows before going unconscious, once they’ve already sustained one or more concussions.
The other factor is that a boxer can hit much harder and always aim for the jaw, since you aren’t going to break your hand.

Just for the sickness of it (from BMA) :

At least 140 boxers, including two women, have died worldwide due to injuries sustained in training or in bouts since 1990 [written in 2008]

Eighty per cent of professional boxers have serious brain scarring

It just bothers me that there is no point to the “sport” besides hurting the other person. In boxing specifically to give brain damage.

I mean I’d rather if not be a part of hockey because of the potential for injury and the fact that it doesn’t accomplish much.

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Boxing gloves protect the boxer’s hands, allowing them to do more damage.

I would also say that the vast majority of casual hockey fans are dumb knuckle draggers who yell obscenities at Cindy Criesby, hate pussy Euros, and want to keep fags out of hockey. Basically fuck those people.

This makes sense. Most of my anti-fighting sentiment has been the result of exposure to the havoc it can wreak in the lives of enforces, as well as the many quality studies done by people like Nikota and ‘67 Sound to show that it has little impact on the outcomes of the game. Casual fans are likely not familiar with these things so it’s just exciting to watch.

I don’t know if I would say that it will never go entirely. Its really hard to predict the course a sport will go in 20-30 years. I don’t think we’ll see it gone in the near future (next decade or so), but I doubt it will be around when I’m watching hockey with my grandkids.