Hmm, ok, I’ll take your word, but I’ve felt the opposite most of the way through. But I have no real sense of the stakes, I guess, or what constitutes good versus ugly play. I join you in pulling for Nashville, though. The “first Cup appearance” versus “defending champion” angle has to mean something, right?

So what on earth are we supposed to take from Game 1?

I agree. In addition, I’d like to see the blue line become a plane, similar to the goal line in the NFL. That goal was essentially disallowed because his toe was an inch or two above the line, which is bonkers to me, especially considering how precise the cameras are now.

Eric Karlsson, the captain of the Ottawa Senators, was asked about the play where Crosby slashed Methot’s finger, and his answer was that that is a play that happens 47 times a game, and it was just unfortunate that it caught him in a bad spot.

Exactly, especially since people forget that he has been targeted in every single game he’s played since he was 7.

Think whatever you want, but there are few players in the league that take the abuse game in and game out that Crosby does and get no penalties for it. Case in point: three Senstors just holding him to the ice in their zone on Tuesday with a ref staring right at them and nothing. It’s pretty obvious that you’re…

As I’m sure Wikipedia informed you it had to do with being either upriver or downriver from the St. Lawrence River. #grade4history

He’s young and could do with another year at Monaco. They are in the Champions League again so he will have plenty of time to play against bigger clubs while developing some more good habits on the pitch.

I, for one, have never been happier to rent!

The Busiest Highway in North America. Is not in California. It’s the King’s Highway 401 in Ontario, specifically the part that travels through Toronto. Almost half a million vehicles per day pass through the busiest part of the route along sixteen lanes of traffic. Worst. Commute. Ever.

The overall NHL product is better than it has been in ages tbh. Unless you yearn for the years when everyone played like Ottawa.

Full of young stars, and the cap has largely forced a reliance on youth, speed and skill.

Actually the Red Wings are rightly called a dynasty because of 4 championships in 11 years, but thanks for coming out. And 25 seasons in a row making the postseason is far from meaningless, only 2 teams have had streaks longer (and the Blues also had a 25 year run although no Cups to show for it). It implies a…

I see. So because of a random seat assignment, or because the tall passenger did not opt to choose seating behind unmovable seats, the person in front is denied an opportunity that most everyone else on the plane has.

I was all set to get on the Senator’s bandwagon (despite the boring) and root for them to be return the Stanley Cup to Canada for the first time in a quarter century. But then I remembered Alex Burrows plays for them.

Who are these people using laptops on flights? I fly a often, domestically and international, and I hardly ever see anyone using a laptop... Seems like most people use a smartphone or tablet..

Idk I asked a question. I didn’t make a statement.

Then why do they still manufacture reclining seats?

Tampa is amazing; it’s far closer to being a hockey town than a football or baseball town. People fly Lightning flags all over Tampa/St. Pete.

“If you were a bicycle, what part would you be?” - yup. asked that question once. Told them, “I gotta use the potty.” - I walked down the hall, pushed the down button on the elevator and left the building.