...if Joe Horn Jr. was on another team wearing a different colour jersey...

Guy LaFleur

You went to a game “there”? L.A. or San Diego?

My interest in the NFL vanished the moment they left San Diego.  Like my interest in MLB volatilized when they took my Expos.

The San Diego Chargers had a great location and lots of fans, they were just missing a sufficiently well-endowed owner.

No probs, bro.

It never rains in California.

“smoldering Browns”

...that leaves the Dolphins free and clear to run the table, get the first pick in next year’s draft and take a long snapper from Florida Atlantic.

I think you’re underestimating the amount of work the stick hand does when goaltending.

I did address this point in my post, I’m not sure if you’re reacting just to the first sentence. Left-handed kids back in the day didn’t grow up to be goalies, since they didn’t have access to equipment for them, rightie trappers and leftie blockers were mostly unavailable. In the Canadian minor hockey system, the…

Goalies who catch right look so odd. It might make sense to use the right hand, the dominant hand for most people, to do the fine skill work of catching 100 mph slapshots, but it used to be rare if not nonexistent.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

You had me at ‘professional baker’.  You keep blogging I’ll keep reading.

Sure, sure, okay... But let’s not forget about his failson Charlie too.

I had him flagged in my fantasy league, was aware of all the hype, but I figured he’s playing on the Sabres, we saw Casey Mittlestadt run up the same hype and shrivel up last season, so I just sat and waited.  After he rang up his fourth goal, I tried to pounce, but my buddy beat me to him by minutes.  And then I saw…

I remember the Canadiens in their 70s heyday were in a division with the Penguins, Capitals, Kings and Red Wings, and all four teams were horrid, just rotten teams, and the Canadiens would win in a cakewalk.  Those were indeed good times.

Yes, Connor McDavid is playing with linemates worse than career malcontent Josh Ho Sang.