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Longhorn_Fan68

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  1. they're not allowed to remove their helmets. if they come off, fine, but the player is not allowed to remove them to fight
  2. Don't put words in my mouth. You said that, not me. I said we avoided his substance abuse (as far as we know) and that he had low character because he tanked his play while he was with us (or was he lit like a christmas tree? - we may never know). it was obvious he didn't want to be in Dallas and there was hesitance drafting him in the first place in large part due to the reputation of russian players but also because of him specifically. he's done nothing buy prove them right. whatever, I don't care enough to continue this. you like having him on your team, great. I'm just as happy with him off of it. everyone wins. moving on.
  3. It's an average of every non-advanced metric you can name. Yes, i included all forwards because players bounce around. For instance, Val is listed as both a LW and RW. Anyway, we can agree to disagree on finer points, but character matters and Val has demonstrated he has little. He didn't want to play for us, so why would I want him. I'd take a bag of pucks over a good player that doesn't want to play for my team
  4. shit. I guess the border crisis is over and all rapes averted. well done, govner!
  5. Well, since you asked. I'm in week two of my fantasy hockey playoffs so I'm chock full of stats. Right now Val is rated as the #102 overall player in the league based on average stats (I prefer average stats per game over raw stats when analyzing players). If I were to go up and down that list five skaters, I come up with: Nazem Kadri(94)-$7M Andrei Svechnikov (96)-$7.75M Wyatt Johnston (97)- $8.4M Artturi Lehkonen(100)-$4.5M Dylan Holloway(101)-$2.29M Valeri Nichushkin(102)-$6.125M Jordan Kyrou-(103)-$8.125M Kevin Fiala(106)-$5.1M Travis Konecny-(107)-$6M Shea Theodore Dmitri Voronkov(110)-$925k Mason Marchment(111)-$4.5M The bolded represent 6 players just in that list I would take before I signed Val - especially Fiala and Marchment. Provide the same game without the baggage. But even on his own team I think Lehkonen is a better bargain. He's been off and on my roster while Val hasn't because he isn't reliable.
  6. maybe is doing a ton of work there.
  7. I believe you're looking for the comic relief thread. most political cartoons should not make you chuckle. if they do, you should probably seek help
  8. well, sure, but placement matters, of course. for another sense of scale that would wipe out everything north of the river to 183 and from Mopac to I35. so it's also not an insignificant area.
  9. ok, so we've heard the B-team argument. moving on.
  10. just took a look at the web version of watch duty and you can superimpose the fire area over google maps. anyway, there are clearly some structures that are likely now gone. it doesn't look like many, but I would guess several dozen structures or so just by my very quick flyover
  11. well, in honor of st patrick, here's what I'd say to them
  12. that's not how that went down, but whatever. I won't cry over lost russian players. he didn't want to play in dallas - it was pretty clear on the ice and in the locker room. at least we dodged all the substance abuse and suspensions.
  13. yeah, that's been my observation since Rantanen came over - just looking a little out of sorts. Clearly missing Miro and I hope we're not overworking Harley, but getting Segs and Miro back will be huge (assuming we do). but in the meantime the coaches need to zero in on some forward lines and d-pairings that work. doesn't help when Bichsel sits out a game sick (and who knows if he was ill prior). I would try something like this: Robertson-Hintz-Rantanen Benn-Johnston-Granlund Marchment-Duchene-Dadonov Back-Steel-Blackwell Harley-Lindell Bichsel-Ceci Lyubushkin-Dumba Whatever the mix, I would stick with it for a few games. We can't afford many more losses, but we need to find some chemistry too, so we gotta balance experiment with results. I think today was a practice day - hopefully they use it to gel a little better. They'll get there.
  14. one of my clients told me they plan to spend the summer visiting various national parks with their kids in a rv. I didn't have the heart to tell them they should probably plan a different trip. They'll likely figure that out on their own soon enough
  15. Not at all. Got a point, and that's never not nothing. It's hard to win in that barn. It's basically a cheat code for the home team because of the altitude
  16. Terrible call to end the period. Gonna need a cup caliber period to win this one
  17. Makar trying to sell that. He doesn't need theatrics. He clearly wasn't hurt.
  18. Thank jeebus they fixed the sound. This feels very much like a playoff game
  19. I'm assuming this is not retroactive as this would apply to dotard's crotch demons, no?
  20. you wouldn't find that kind of cruelty in the basest grindhouse film.
  21. are we sure it's him? I haven't really kept up with it. seems like there was doubt early on, but maybe that was just internet bs
  22. not even jesus could do that!
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