1984Echoes

I have a better idea than just "locking down" or "freezing" Russian assets held by US Banks and other US entities: https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-discuss-freezing-russian-gold-002710655.html Confiscate all those assets, gold and otherwise. That includes all these oligarchic mega-yachts. And transfer ownership of all of those assets over to the Ukrainian Government as war reparations. For Russia's extensive war crimes. That should be fun...!

Bon Jovi bores me to tears, I hate them. Funny story... About 15 years ago, a Marketing girl (only 23 I think, at the time) about 20 years my junior is leaving the company for a better job offer. Everyone is hanging out at a bar just having a drink or two at a table and somehow she's directly to my left, next to her boyfriend. She's going on and on about how much she loves 80's music and, in particular, Bon Jovi. I, on the other hand, am ripping Bon Jovi apart: regurgitated weak-kneed insipid pop rock that I've heard 1,000 times before by better bands than Bon Jovi, etc., etc., etc. This goes on for most of the time I was there. She wasn't very pleased with my ripping on them. She even had a depressing look of annoyance on her face. I couldn't stop though, Bon Jovi sucks, and she couldn't talk me out of that, defending them as bravely as she could. But after a socially correct drink or two, I stand up, wish her a successful and happy career, etc... And then belt out several lines of Livin' on a Prayer, loudly, including the higher pitched chorus... Almost the entire bar started "whooping", the table bursts out in laughter... She nearly fell out of her chair, hysterical(ly laughing). A quick hug, "good luck", exit stage left.

Hmmm... I thought there was more than that due to trying to compress the season. And not till mid-May means moot point anyways. But yeah... I'll stick with the tandem/ split starts idea for now...

At the start of the season I'm pretty certain they could schedule a tandem start. Either Manning or Peralta scheduled to go 5 innings, with the plan that Alexander comes in and finishes the game... 4 innings or otherwise. It would keep him stretched out at the beginning of the season, give the BP a "rest" day, and within the first month, that would allow the team to figure out any adjustments needed. Which may or may not include pushing Ty into the BP as a long reliever, or slotting him in the 5th spot (if Manning or Peralta falter...), etc... Isn't there a boatload of double-headers scheduled this season? He may even be needed as a scheduled 6th starter.

Hilarious. And show it as the joke that it is.

Dude... You're supposed to stick around for the pending Palace Coup.

It would be interesting to say the least.

Overthrow Luka (by the Byelorussian people...) and immediately request admittance into the EU and NATO... Joined by Sweden and Finland requesting entry into NATO... Putin would blow a gasket.

And also the ability to get off the line and break any jams or other/ similar....

Detroit Red Wings, 26-30-7, 9-18-3 AWAY ESPN+ 3/24 7:30 PM New York Islanders, 27-25-9, 16-12-4 HOME

If we're getting a King's Ransom for the #2 pick I'll take that too...

Early returns on Yzerman's deadline trades are... Not too bad.

And now it's Tuzzi's turn!!! 6-3.

Empty Netter by Sundqvist = 5-3...

But we give up another goal for a 4-3 score...

But on a 2nd line Center, yeah, we need one. I have it in my head that Berggren could turn into one. He's played Center before... but the NHL is harder and there's a lot more responsibility that would be dumped on his shoulders so I'm not really certain about that... But I'd like to see Berggren between Vrana and _______, just to see what happens...

I am prematurely optimistic that Sundqvist could turn into a Holmstrom, or even another Bertuzzi...

PS: To put that more explicitly, If I'm running for office against any of Putin's western political apologists, I'm straight up calling them "Bought and Paid for by Vladimir Putin". "You're obviously a Russian Stooge". I think any accusation like that that sticks in a campaign, is an auto-lose for Putin's Russian Stooges.

Vrana has 13 Goals in 18 Games (sss) for the Red Wings ... we need to keep him healthy.

I'm crap on ice so... I have a hard time criticizing sometimes especially with the speed the NHL plays at... So while I defended Raymond; you are correct in that the simple and less dangerous play would have been to chip it against the boards just to get it out of the zone... He was probably trying to "make a play" and, as soon as he turned away from the boards in the attempt, ... he was screwed. The right play was probably to chip it out... I'll agree with you on that. But I'm still reluctant to put everything on him as, again, I know he was trying to "make a play".

Sweet puck control and pass by Larkin... But DAMN is Vrana a fucking dangerous shot!!! (please excuse the language...)

I think that just got flushed down the toilet along with the rest of Russia's international influence. Even though there are still a few PAID Russian Stooges in the west like MTG, Galloway, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, etc... It's gonna go out of style right damn quick. Thank Zeus.

How in hell does Oesterle have the most TOI for defenseman?

Yeah that's not the competition at all. It's E-Rod-Mize-Skubal-Manning locked into the rotation, save injury. The Tigers will decide who is their 5th starter: Pineda or Alexander. Probably Pineda and Alexander is the swing guy in the BP and 6th starter... But I wouldn't bet money on that either...

I don't think that was necessarily Raymond's fault as he was looking for an outlet pass and couldn't find one... he was trying to skate to a passing lane and ended up getting himself trapped by 3 Flyers...