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only the MAGA cult could believe this: Iran has fired at us; we have fired at Iran; cargo ships are on fire in SOH; ceasefire remains in place. We don't need any help in opening the SOH; but we have begged China, South Korea and our other allies to open the SOH. We have already achieved all our goals; total victory; but we are not leaving until we achieve all our goals.

This admin is wearing out the old cliche that it would be comic if it weren't so tragic.

I think I was wrong on Cossa's waiver exemption, he may have missed it by like a month since he turned 19 before the end of the year he was drafted, wow. Hopefully I was right but I don't think I was based on digging into it more. People seemed very confused by it so when I went to look at the rules again I noticed the "waiver age" clause: If a player turns 18 between Jan. 1 and Sept. 15 in the entry-draft calendar year preceding the first season of the player’s entry-level contract, they are considered 18. If a player turns 19 before Dec. 31 in the entry-draft calendar year preceding the first season of the player’s entry-level contract, they are considered 19. November 21st birthday. Sheesh.

If that is the case, I would trade him in whatever is faster than a heartbeat. Because he was drafted #15 overall. So Yzerman would be crazy not to trade him for a #13 overall this year, for example. I'd be shocked if any GM would part any 1st rounder at all for him.

Is one side of his face drooping, or is that the angle of the picture?

in retrospect it was pretty silly to deal for a player for 3AB.

We treat these players like the disposable commodities they are.

Short stay.

Agree on both counts. I think the fan base is down on Cossa a little more than we should be. His value on the trade market would be well above his draft position. Lots of teams would see him as an immediate upgrade, and one with room for development.

McKinstry returns...Short DFA.

once again, success in sweden doesnt translate to the smaller ice/more physical north american game. a year in GR would do ASP good. time to bulk up a bit.

if they dealt a goalie, i imagine its as part of a package for ep40 or some other established nhl player. i dont think the wings would deal cossa for prospects.

Short is out of options, so probably hedging against him not making it through waivers or sticking around if he does.

I expect to see JB keep Ausar on the bench like he attempted in Magic series early on. Ausar on the floor is a instant double on Cade. This is the same logic he used chaining Holland to a urinal in the locker room.

Ya this would be along the lines of what I was thinking. If you look at Askarov and Cossa's AHL stats they are eerily similar.....down to both not having great playoff stats though Askarov has twice the games. Cossa's value is most likely a little less than Askarov just purely from the standpoint that Askarov was a better prospect and had slightly better playoff stats .906 vs .893 save percentages.

Heard it had something to do with forgetting to put a cover sheet on his TPS report, which is unforgivable.

With how things have been going in the AHL I imagine we see ASP in Grand Rapids next season and Wallinder + Anton Johansson being more likely to make the NHL MBN is having a great playoffs right now too, if he can translate his improvement over this season to the NHL next season that would be great

I wouldn't be so happy about Cade's matchups. Against Tyson he was 5-18. Against Mobley he was 5-15. Not sure about Wade, apparently he didn't guard Cade much this year so maybe that's a better matchup this year even though it hadn't been in the past. Struss is a decent defender with size. Hopefully JB will run screens to get some of the weaker defenders on Cade. Problem is that Mobley will be lurking and Cleveland's big men eat up Cade's drives. In order to prevent Mobley from roaming, they'll need to do what they did to Orlando and pull Ausar into the screening action. But Mobley isn't Suggs who Cade can dominate in the paint. You don't want that switch. A smarter move might be to run off ball screens with Ausar and Duncan to force Cleveland to switch in order to prevent the open three. That will lock Mobley on a guy he can't leave. Now you're free to run your offense, pull Ausar into another screen to get Cade a mismatch, or whatever. Mobley can't leave the shooter or you make him pay. Overall though I think Cade will need to have that three point shot and the middy rolling like he did in the last three games against Orlando otherwise it could be a long series for him (and us). Your point about Harris being guarded by Harden is a good one. In general, the Pistons should do everything they can to target Harden on defense over and over the same way they'll try to target Duncan. He's decent at deflections but not much else on defense because he gives zero effort. He can't really guard anyone on the court. You're point about Duren being stronger is a good one as well. I was surprised to see he actually had some really good games against Cleveland's front line this year. But so did Allen, going for 20+ in 2 out of 3 games. Mobley had some killers against us as well, averaging 18 pts, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, and nearly 45% from three.

We would hear even more "but land CAN vote!" statements! What If The US Had The Canadian Electoral System (~100k per district) The map above shows what the US House would look like if it had 100k people per district vs the over 750k people per district today. Overall, you’d have a house with 3,350 members, which in this map would mean 1692 Democrats and 1658 Republicans. INSETS (if you have a hard time) Alaska: Anchorage inset; Hawaii: Honolulu/Oahu inset (easy enough, but I put them here on a technicality) LEFT, Third row: Los Angeles/San Diego; San Francisco Bay Area; Seattle/Puget Sound; Portland, OR; Minneapolis RIGHT New York City Second row: Philadelphia (and Trenton, NJ), Boston Third row: Atlanta, Hampton Roads, Washington DC/Baltimore Fourth row: Miami, Chicago/Milwaukee, (top) Tampa Bay, (bottom) Orlando BOTTOM ROW: Sacramento; Las Vegas; Phoenix; Denver; El Paso; San Antonio/Austin; Dallas/Fort Worth; Houston; St. Louis; Detroit; Cleveland; Columbus, OH; Pittsburgh

U.S. Counties With A Life Expectancy Above 80 Years Only six states have zero counties (or parishes) that qualify.

if someone wants to pay duren north of $30m, let them. of course, we all know were going to pay duren. were just fooling ourselves.

Their parents could not be prouder that President Trump is teaching their children about real life, I would imagine the mental gymnastics they engage in to be.

I still haven't quite figured out what he is trying to accomplish by constantly making the most outrageous braggadocio claims possible. I think it might be related to the overall distraction strategy, so that we end up talking as much or more about the style of his brags versus the actual gravely important substance of topics he's bragging on. It's a way to mask the abject awfulness of the things he is doing, because it puts less pressure on him to defend the actual substance of his actions (beyond "you're a terrible person for asking me that"). I acknowledge that some will counter that Trump has a brain equivalent to a drain fly so he's not simply capable of conceiving or carrying out strategy or tactics, and that everything he does is statistically random and incapable of direction.

“It’s for sure a white man’s world in America. Yeah, I raised that boy since he was the size of a pissant. And I’ll say right now, he never learned to read and write. No, sir! Had no brains a-tall. Was stuffed with rice pudding between the ears. Shortchanged by the Lord, and dumb as a jackass. Look at him now. Yessir, all you gotta be is white in America to get whatever you want. “Gobbledygook!”