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even with the OT, McLellan managed to keep all the forwards' TOI under 20min, but Simon and Seider were at 26 and 28.

We just got another one today. This one has even been to independent ball and back. https://www.freep.com/sports/tigers/ I know, I know, Edman will tell me I shouldn't be snide about refilling the minors, but they keep tossing raw meat to my cynical side. 😉

It's been raised before, but oddly enough this morning I just came across a news story about how non-profits in North Dakota have a special federal carve out from paying taxes on gambling income (so called rifle shot legislation aimed at a single case) that noted that under federal tax law, income to tax exempt organizations from profitable activities not connected to their core non-profit mission are fully taxable. When does the shoe drop on that? Maybe when someone finally actually makes money out of this mess?

if you were to try the most Machiavellian take on this, it would be that Boras would just as soon lose in arbitration if that loss strengthens Skubal's resolve to refuse any offer from the Tigers and go to FA as an aggrieved party because that's where the payoff is for Boras. To me, Skubal gives the impression of young man unlikely to manipulated even by his own agent, but I can't deny that's in Boras' interest to have a deep understanding of what makes his star clients tick and Boras is pretty good at looking after his interests. 🤔

Syverud made an intro video that went up on the staff newsletter today. Didn't mention sports. 🤷‍♀️

lIf we can believe that figures here: https://www.reddit.com/r/nhl/comments/1imymae/deep_dive_on_backtoback_games_in_nhl_is_rest_day/ That's a pretty substantial differential.

I could as easily say, be serious. If you don't think that is how the system works, fine, but it is. 😉

Class continues to be dead. Celebrating yourself when you're still playing is what we would have called bush league once. Not to mention he is already wearing a big '23' on his jersey - so even weirder.

It is what its is, every dollar they borrow to day is worth 2% less (minimum - more like 3% now). It's been the secret sauce that combines with growth to prevent the debt from completely eating the debt as % of GDP figure, which is of course still rising now faster than ever because all the budget controls are gone completely with this admin - so no arg there. But that is why for the 70 yrs since WWII no-one has ever cared if the number of $ of the debt goes down. 2-3% inflation, a couple % of growth, and they've kept debt as % of GDP under control (which is how they judge it), but they are trying damn hard to completely lose control now, which is why your gov wants cheap money more than they care about inflation.

Funny thing is on the opening Canes' penalty I was going to post about how aggressively the Canes attacked the Wing's powerplay, which I would like to see the Wings do more, but of course then they gave up the PP goal so it didn't actually work out for them. 🤷‍♂️ I don't know how much of that late/leading passivity is McLellan's idea of game management or if they just don't execute what he actually has in mind, but their late/leading play is leaving a lot to be desired. I also wish we had a quicker player to use in the penalty kill than Rasmussen.

we are all very concerned.

the ref didn't miss it, he was right there looking straight at it. He decided not to call it. Sucks to give up a point to Carolina after leading by 3 but at least they got the 2.

Ghost didn't get the call because he dove as soon as he felt Cat's stick - you can see the way his weight was distributed he was helping push himself forward to go down.

WTF was Raymond doing there

this has been the challenge for Wing teams for at least a half dozen years now. Too often they can't match another team's push.

it's what we always do. At 2% inflation the debt cuts itself in half (in real $) every generation (20yr)

Uncle Sam is the only debtor that has the option of deliberately inflating his way out of debt. I guess if that is what is going to happen - go buy a house on 30yr fixed rate mortgage even if it's a stretch. One of the few ways for a middle class person to survive inflation is hold an inflating asset and a deflating loan.

I doubt it. I think it came down to Chris I and Yzerman and Sergei were all youngish together in those years and Chris knew all those guys in a different way than his father did and so didn't have those hang-ups. It was inevitable but it had to work its way through.

Nobody could have predicted it, but somehow it has turned out much more fitting for Federov to have his number retired by a team in 1st place.

Igor still lacing 'em up.

Ironically, the money and contract terms are leverage the schools could use to force them to tow the line - but do they? I imagine it's not different from the way it was before. There are schools that let prospects know they aren't expected to do anything and schools that are more interesting to guys who still want to go to school and that sorts itself out. Social media lets the players communicate the ins an outs of their programs with other to a degree never possible in the past, so few guys probably pick programs whose expectations don't line up with what they want to do in the first place.

the tigers were at least as dumpy a franchise in the years before Pudge signed than they are now. When Pudge signed the Tigers hadn't had a winning season in 10yrs, hadn't been to the playoffs in 17, had come of one of the worst losing seasons in history and were known for troubles in the clubhouse.. Today they are coming off 2 playoff appearances, 6 in the last 15 yrs and have a manager guys like to play for.

when I first saw this I thought it staged, but then it became pretty clear it was not all an act, or if it was initially the kids lost control of it. Any Adult in proximity this needs to be fired from their gig - not funny at all.

One of the great misappropriations of a song that always made me laugh was when GM was using the instrumental lead in to the Who's 'Emminence Front' in the their truck ads, when the song is as much an anti-advertising/marketing screed as has ever been penned. I guess it works for people like my SO who says she never heard/knew the lyrics on any R&R songs.

More than seems. In mid-Dec the OT rate was reported to be 27%, which would have been a record pace. It's fallen a bit in the last couple of weeks. By my quick calculation 185 of 715 games have gone to OT as of the current standings, which is a 25.9% rate, so down a little from the peak a couple of weeks ago but still. high.