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C-Man

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    Dallas | Pizza

    Ha, my wife and I went by there Friday night and sat out front. Eugene is such a nice guy.
  2. Gonna start this soon. Trailer looks like Present Day Chinatown. Does that seem about right?
  3. The Athletic ranked the playoff teams from #16 to #1 based on root-ability (is that a word?). Vegas was #16 and the Stars were #1. Basically, everybody either hates the Golden Knights or you should be rooting against them.
  4. Chef's kiss from Drudge:
  5. Lies upon lies upon lies ad nauseum
  6. PSA for anybody thinking of a Snow’s run in the coming weeks. They will be closed 4/27, 5/4 and 5/18. I think Kerry’s daughter is getting married one of those weekends and then there’s a town-wide event in Lexington that makes it tough for them to operate as normal. I’m not sure why they’re closed the other weekend. Would hate to see somebody go all the way there only to find it closed.
  7. The fact that Quinn has gotten hurt in each of his last three seasons of play means Arch better be ready to play meaningful minutes at some point in 2024.
  8. Olin Buchanan is a tool of the highest order. And a perfect fit for aggy.
  9. Her PMOY pictorial was something else. But everything Trump touches dies -- Karen M included.
  10. There's no golf course at Mar-A-Lago.
  11. Yeah, I think the Jets are as good as anybody in the West. I only picked Colorado (again, a knee jerk pick) because of MacKinnon and Makar and Rantanen, etc. Crazy stat from the studio show yesterday. They showed a clip from 1988 yesterday with Gretzky scoring a GW shortie against Calgary after Messier took a tripping penalty in OT. The tie-in was Grant Fuhr was the Edmonton goalie that day. That was the last season when a goalie led the NHL in wins but gave had a 3+ GAA and sub .900 save percentage before Georgiev turned the trick this year.
  12. Grigoriev is terrible. Winnipeg is damn good. That game was bananas. Coloarado has so much firepower. Can’t imagine them going out R1 two straight years but the Jets are tough.
  13. Not a chance. He’s an investment banker.
  14. I haven’t thought too much about it but knee jerk is Carolina/Florida in the East and Colorado/Edmonton in the West. Give me Carolina over Colorado in the Finals. If the Stars can get past Vegas and Colorado/Winnipeg in R2, the Stars will get to the Finals. How’s that for hedging a bit.
  15. It was pretty close. I thought for sure we were getting that taken away until I noticed the Fulham defender’s hand was ahead of his knee.
  16. Guess I’m checking this out now.
  17. Yes, good play by Elliott and nice setup
  18. "Margot Robbie" and "naked shorts" Yes, please.
  19. I still love the Musers. Always have. Always will. I'm OK with the Hard Line as currently constructed. I'm not going into the office nearly as much as I did pre-COVID anyway so my drive time with the Hard Line is greatly reduced anyways. But middays on The Ticket are just a wasteland, especially 1-3. I hate to see it but the The Ticket has lost a lot of depth like Sirois and Balis and front-line talent like Dan and Jake and it has just gutted the non-drive time shows. Oh well, nothing lasts forever.
  20. More insight from The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5428251/2024/04/19/stanley-cup-tiers-nhl-2024/ I'll pull out the Dallas and Vegas commentary for this thread: Dallas Stars Average rating: 1.3 Dallas was the highest-rated Western Conference team, earning five Tier 1 votes, well ahead of the second-best Western club. The Stars’ forward group is arguably the deepest in the NHL — their “third line” features Wyatt Johnston (32 goals and 65 points), Jamie Benn (60 points) and hot-shot call-up Logan Stankoven (14 points in 24 games). Their blue line is substantially upgraded from last year and Jake Oettinger, who struggled for most of the year, is heating up at the perfect time with a .941 percentage in his last 11 games. The GM: “They’re my favorite to win coming out of the West.” Executive 1: “They’re elite in a bunch of ways. I think transitioning the puck gets overlooked … the speed at which Dallas gets the puck up the ice is the separating factor. Their defense is elite. You’re going to have (Miro) Heiskanen, (Esa) Lindell, (Thomas Harley) and (Chris) Tanev — there’s no weak links there. They have four guys that can play 23 minutes a night, I think that might help Heiskanen.” Executive 2: “I love them — my only knock on Dallas is they don’t have an offensive player that is a superstar. They don’t really have a guy that you can say OK, with a minute left I’ll put this guy on the ice and he’s getting you a goal, he’s winning you a series. Like it could be Jason Robertson, it could be Roope Hintz, it could be Wyatt Johnston or Stankoven but they don’t have an impact (star) the way some of these other teams have — they don’t have a (Nathan) MacKinnon, a (Connor) McDavid, a (Leon) Draisaitl, even a Jack Eichel. It’s not a (huge) hole because they’ve got such good depth.” Vegas Golden Knights Average rating: 2.3 After firing on all cylinders for the first three weeks of the season, the Golden Knights haven’t played near their peak. Vegas went 34-29-7 through the final 70 games, ranking 10th among Western Conference teams in points percentage during that timeframe. Key injuries have, of course, played a major role in that. That’s why most of our panel extended Vegas the benefit of the doubt, even if there was some hesitancy. Executive 2: “On paper, what box don’t they check? I guess just kind of goaltending but (Adin Hill) is proven in the playoffs. On paper, their D is excellent with (Alex) Pietrangelo, (Noah) Hanifin, (Nic) Hague, (Brayden) McNabb, (Shea) Theodore, (Alec) Martinez and (Zach) Whitecloud. And up front, you basically added (Tomas) Hertl and Mark Stone for the playoff run. This is a high-end team. The only reason they’re not a Tier 1 team for me is they just haven’t executed in the regular season. What version of Stone are you getting? How good is Hertl going to be? How well is your team going to flip the switch?” Vegas’ goaltending is a question mark. Since the All-Star break, Hill has a 7-10-0 record and an .882 save percentage. (Logan) Thompson has been vastly superior in that timeframe but he’s never played an NHL playoff game before. Drawing Dallas in the first round doesn’t give Vegas much margin for error. The Golden Knights need to hit their elite form and get steady goaltending immediately.
  21. Some perspective of our 0-3 record against Vegas this year. The teams haven't met since 12/9. The first two games were won by Vegas after 60 mins, one in a shootout and one in 3-on-3 OT. The Knights walloped Dallas 6-1 in the final meeting at AAC. Chris Tanev was not on the roster yet.
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