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I am now Happy halifax chose to shut it down so early before we even had confirmed cases. It has definitely made a difference

Seriously. I work in the Mooseheads arena and we paid our hourly's 4 weeks before they have to worry about EI. As Salary I continue to get paid regardless. And the owner, rich as hell, of a real NHL team, just send them packing? This **** should go viral. People are going to shame the hell out of him into backtracking this

I say since I was champ last year, Like Jammer in NAHANA, I get to call myself defending champ till this is all sorted

No. If you want to credit players with accolades, feel free. Certainly everyone will consider Matthews to have been on pace for 55 and Ovechkin to tie Gretzky for 50 goal seasons. But it will not go on recordbooks anywhere. Should we be prorating Gordie Howe as the first 100 point player because the NHL only played 70 games the season he set the record with 95? We don't need to. We all know how amazing a feat it was back in the day of all the best players in the league concentrated on 6 teams who knew player habits. Should we adjust Joe Thornton's total to reflect that if he played in the 80's he likely is at worst 4th all time on the all time points list? I mean jesus he's 14th all time now and not a single player ahead of him started in the dead puck era like he did(Gordie Howe played in a worse era for scoring tho). In fact, he likely would be easily #2 all time in assists behind only Gretzky. He lost a full prime season to the 05 lockout and a half season to the 13 lockout and he is still close to 2nd all time in assists, less than 200 assists short. Point being, we know Matthews was having an amazing season and we don;t need to stencil it on paper to say so

Except for that little tidbit about how most players slow way the efff down in the last 15 games usually. Prorating isn't a workable idea. Although I agree he would have hit at least 50 and Ovechkin would be tied with Gretzky and Bossy for 9x50 goal seasons. I don;t mind you crediting him with it.

He should be. he has been on the sharks for several years

WTF? We were given a 1st round pick for Barclay Goodrow???? Thank you but....Why? you just gave us a 1st for a grinder.

The whole league is weird this season. Leafs are still in a playoff spot. Who was expecting Vancouver to be near the top of the west? Or Columbus to be near top of the east after losing Bob and Panarin? Who was expecting Winnipeg, Nashville and San jose to suck this bad? At least you get Ottawa, NJ and Detroit for easy points. on paper they were expected to be where they are. The hard fall of the ducks and LA kings is hilarious to me but now I am joining them with a team on paper that should have been way better. With even league average goaltending the sharks are likely in a playoff spot. We have had league worst goaltending

That's my favorite line of the week FYI

The isles also added the Stanley cup winning defensive coach.

I dunno. Klingberg is off lately but has twice come in 6th for the Norris and had a 58 and 67 point season. Hamilton was showing signs of getting there this year, but Klingberg's overall body of work is above his

I don't want to have to explain to my daughters watching hockey "Daddy what did he mean by that?" And I like Roenick and his outspoken funny comments. But this was not something to be on TV. Since it was on a podcast, I have no idea what the big deal is

Neither did I considering Poile said a week ago he wasn't going to fire him

I can attest. I'm currently in the hospital with my father during his final days. We had a family reunion in July. First time all the kids and grandkids were together in the house in 20 years. Dad looked a little thinner but was still normal and active. By september he was throwing up on the golf course and my sister had to urge him to get checked out. By the time it was too late. Symptoms with a lot of forms of cancer are too late most of the time. We tried whipple surgery to remove the tumor but after surgery they said they saw spots on his liver and colon. He lived with me for a month in October and the start of november during surgical recovery then went home to moncton with my sister. Hoped whipple would buy him time but it barely did. He has signed papers to end his suffering and asked us to be by his side during. I will add this young man to my prayers with everyone else I have met in this unit in halifax and moncton and everyone who has ever had to face this anywhere.

I just spat my drink all over my keyboard hahaha