Wilson is a slightly more talented Chris Simon type. Gudas and Rinaldo are a tier down with Cooke, with Marchand at about the same level as Burrows on the tier where most talented but dirty players sit. If we expanded to beyond the modern era, you’d have hundreds of guys between these 3 levels and some above Simon,…

Then I mispoke, he was borderline for a few years with the Bruins and Leafs, but never developed into a player you could build around, just promising talent.

Unless more progressive policies are put in place to provide services mostly paid for by a separate tax base...

A superstar that no playoff team would put on the first line? A superstar who is a -80 career player (-4 last season)?

He’s also a career -80 player and was a -4 last season.

42 points on a very good power play and ~40 points in the NHL against favorable match ups does not make a superstar. David Krejci put up 73 points in 08-09 while playing the third line with Blake Wheeler with 50 of those even strength. I don’t think Krejci is a superstar, nor was he ever. Just good second line players…

This write up is absurd. Yes these three teams have dominated, but your analysis is way off. Letang has never been close to Karlsson at any point in the meaningful part of their careers. Kessel is no longer a superstar. Crawford has only ever been great in the playoffs, but he can’t win you enough games in the regular…

It will never work until the server minimum wage is abolished and general minimum wage is increased (possibly even in a tiered system to keep employing seasonal high school workers attractive to employers). Yes some servers make much more because of this system, but that is partly due to under reporting tips which…

While I’m sure this is in the food theme of big beef, I was actually recently informed that the colloquialism is actually accepted as baloney. Not correcting you, just sharing absurd facts.

I think you downplay the role of the recession a bit here. Yes jobs are available now and unemployment has fallen, but jobs that pay well have not bounced back.

I’d wager to guess that most meth addicts would do cocaine if it were available or they had the money.

Career earnings? Definitely. But annually I don’t know, 95,000 fans at the game and average AFL pay is ~$270k US per year. If I had a real talent for a sport that paid well (or really anything) in another part of the world, I would’ve been there in a heart beat after college. Plus he can always go back to an oil job…

Ah, the old Schrodinger’s Flacco thought excersize. If you observe him, he sucks, but you can’t know if he sucks until you observe him.

They likely make a lot of money from it and the industry is likely very low margin without it, due to the amount of real estate it requires and fixing/buying new games.

Pretty sure he could decompose into nutrients that would help grow plants too, no?

Syracuse and a few other J-schools stack the summer league’s announcing booths. Worked a summer in the Cape League and our booth was stocked with Syracuse students.

Yeah, by being able to build your top 3 lines around Crosby, Bergeron, and Toews certainly make the job easier with at least 4 HOF D-men and 2 HOF goalies. Sure there were tough decisions to be made around older guys like Thornton (kept on for the 4th line) and St. Louis (left off), but when Russia can’t field a…

I believe that was Melmac

What about french toast bagel with peanut butter and bacon?

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