buddha

one note on cossa, the fact that both goalies in gr have great stats might say more about gr's defense than the goalies. but its a good problem to have, having a lot of goalie prospects. i still think its possible augustine doesnt sign after this season and becomes a free agent. we'll see. hopefully not.

me too, but we already gave up a second for gibson. as much as sherwood would likely help them (assuming he's healthy), i think their resources will be better spent elsewhere if they choose to make a trade. mbn seems like a guy who can handle the "heavy checking forward" role, and sherwood's production this year is highly inflated and not likely to continue. they desperately need a second pair defenseman, if theyre going to give up a first or multiple seconds, it should be for that, if possible.

so can the warriors back out of butler's contract the way butler backed out of his contract in miami?

you fired tom thibodeau in order to hire mike brown. its not KAT's fault youre bad. he is who he is: soft. at least thibodeau got him to play hard for a season.

couldnt happen to a nicer guy.

tuomisto is probably equivalent to clayton. maybe wallinder. but are you giving up a first for sherwood? i'm not. plus he's hurt.

i'm 53 years old. its been that way ever since i started watching basketball. the only time the celtics dont get calls is when they play the lakers. then the refs are too confused about who to favor so they just call the game.

i really hate caris lavert. almost as much as i hate officials who call everything in favor of the celtics.

if some team wants to give a 30 year old pitcher a ten year contract, let em do it. i hope its not detroit.

the lions have had one successful offensive coordinator under holmes/campbell and that was ben johnson. hard to give them the benefit of the doubt in coordinator hirings. that said, what the heck do we know about it? the problems last year stemmed from their inability to replace ragnow and zietler more than the oc, imo. that falls on holmes, not campbell. the oc turns into a fall guy for personnel lapses, injuries, and bad luck more times than not. hopefully this guy turns into the next ben johnson without the ultra cutesy **** that got him in trouble from time to time.

true.

ben johnson took a heel turn awfully quickly. i dont know if he's on the daboll path but it wouldnt surprise me. the bears have more talent than those giants teams so it probably wont happen. otoh, the central is a harder division than the nfc least. depends on how you feel about caleb and this bears team. he's great outside the pocket and not great in it. if you keep him in there, he'll make a mistake. bears fans will learn what lions fans learned this year: progress is not always linear. its a week to week league. i doubt the bears are as lucky next year as they were this year.

the only angle i can possibly convince myself will work is the "vancouver retains a ton of salary" and "the swedish guys bring out the best in him." i can almost talk myself into it at that point. but then i still go back to him basically crying in a corner because jt miller was bullying him. the last time the canucks were in the playoffs he was a complete no show. he signed that huge deal and fell off a cliff. is that who i want? do i really need a perennial lady byng candidate to lead my team? otoh, he wouldnt be the leader of the team. he could fade into the background and produce on line 2 or 3. but if that's who youre trading for, do you really want to pay that guy 11 million per year for the next SEVEN years? i dont. if you wanted to mortgage the future for a "star" then you should have ponied up for hughes. if you want to take on a distressed asset, then find one who doesnt make 11 million per year.

war has always overly benefitted starting pitchers who accumulate innings. the fact that park effects can change year to year without any physical change to the park itself or change to the general weather patterns tells me that players who play in the park have as much or more influence on the "park effect" that season than the modelers would have you believe.