The pens-bruins series probably felt smoother, at least from the bruins perspective, because the penguins didn't execute at all on defense (aside from their top two pairing, which was suspect at times as well). These teams are more evenly matched in playing style, so I don't think we're going to see much…

Slow ice is a thing, but I believe the pace issues of this game were more related to the "playoff style" of hockey being played: hard forechecking and grinding in the corners, quicker coverages in the open-ice, and much more defensively minded schemes. It's essentially an entirely different game when comparing the…

In related news, the '92-'94 Dallas Cowboys have been diagnosed with HPV.

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I know there's a bath salts joke in here somewhere . . .

"Hazardous challenge by the defender, surely a booking . . . will the official produce a gray card or a slightly darker gray card?"

Given the setting and likely reagents available, I'm assuming 'Steve' was trying this through the mixed acid route. The tri-nitration of toluene is extremely difficult, considering the stepwise addition via electrophilic aromatic substitution of nitro groups severely deactivates the ring to subsequent additions. I'm…

Why would they waste the guaranteed crowd enthusiasm for something like this, which has sentimentally 'mattered' for quite some time, on a Wednesday day game (albeit the last of the season)? I know they're still trying to secure 1st in the NL, but doing this in front of the more-than-normal count of empty seats seems…