Mr.TaterSalad

If Bergeron doesn't return to Boston who is your way too early favorite to win the east?

So is the kicking job just going to be given to Riley Patterson during camp or are the Lions expecting some level of competition between him and John Parker Romo?

I think the Mims trade is just ok since we are getting a pick back in the deal and likely didn't surrender a a pick higher than a 5th or 6th. I'd be quite upset if we somehow gave a 4th round pick or higher back. Once Jamo is back I expect nothing from Mims other than to be our 4th guy in the rotation behind both Jamo and Jones. I'm not seeing that Mims has any punt return experience, which surprises me a little given his straight line speed.

It just ain't gonna happen. The party and 85%+ of the voter base have cemented in their minds that Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee and so it shall be. I'd love a younger candidate to run too, but I've accepted that Biden will be the candidate again and so I'm not even going to bother hoping from an alternative. Joe Biden it is.

It's the same with every sport. Until we have something of their own to go off of, we as fans nearly universally like to try and project what their teams new shiny toy might be like. Makes us feel better (or in the case of Bob Quinn and SVG drafts worse) about the player our team has drafted. It also gives us something to look forward to stat wise.

Is Ausar Thompson a Gerald Wallace type player with more playmaking ability? They're both 6'7 G/F hybrids. I also saw someone mention on reddit that he's a tough nosed, smart, high BBIQ, defensively sound player as Wallace was. Someone like Wallace during his run in Charlotte who will average you 16-18ppg, 2-3 assists, and 2-3 steals. I remember watching Wallace during the Goin to Work era when I watched a lot of NBA because the Pistons were actually worth watching night in and out. Is Gerald Wallace a fair comparison?

No, he still supports a guy who says his daughter's nicest feature is her ass and who fantasizes about having sex with his own daughter. You aren't missing much.

If you love the songwriting from Jason Isbell than you'll love John Moreland too.

Regarding William Nylander, I'm not saying the Wings should trade for him at this point, but does he end up resigning and staying in Toronto or do folks think there's a better than 50% chance he gets traded?

What qualifications do you want him to have that he doesn't? He's smart, affable, likeable, charismatic, and can relate to voters well, seemingly. He also has the connections to raise the money necessary to win from the many different personal and professional networks he has as an actor, activist, union member, and friend of Obama's. As well, he served on President Obama's cancer research panel. He's lived in Detroit since 2016, so no, he's not a lifelong Michigander. But I think he's got as good a shot as Slotkin at beating the presumptive Republican nominee. The best candidate the Republicans have been able to recruit as of now is State Board of Education member Nikki Snyder and no one else even remotely serious. Congressman Bill Huizenga and former Detroit Police Chief Hollywood James Craig have expressed some interest in running, but have not declared. If they don't, barring some repeat of 2016, it should be a solid year for our Senate Democratic nominee. They don't have a John James type candidate to run this year that we need to be as worried about. For me, it's about picking a quality candidate who can win and has been on the right side of history. Slotkin was a CIA Analyst in Iraq. She would be yet another candidate who was a supporter of the Bush Administration's unlawful and immoral War in Iraq. I think you can look at that as a judgement-based critique of Slotkin.

https://hillharper.com/about/ He's been a leader in his union, he's a single father, a Harvard graduate whose clearly smart enough to handle the job, an activist whose worked with non-profit organizations. Raphael Warnock and Elizabeth Warren both had no prior legislative experience and are doing more than fine in the Senate.

Nice launch video from Hill Harper. I like his messaging in the video and think the freedom message from a black candidate is solid. If he can fundraise and get good support behind him I think he ahs a shot to overtake Slotkin. He already has Warren Evans and former Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence behind him, which is a solid start to help build credibility. https://www.facebook.com/100044553724448/videos/972890097362641/

With Debrincat in a winged wheel uniform now, are your expectations for them to make the playoffs? And if they don't, is the season a failure for you?

The entire Czech National team all gone in one season.

Some of the folks on HF Boards were calling it a robbery and while I do think the 1st round pick protections are definitely to our benefit, I think it's still a decently balanced trade for Ottawa.

Do we know the conditions of the pick yet? Seeing any speculation out there about it?

Who do you think we are the Lions?

Darren Helm retired. Good for him for winning a Cup and fleecing Kenny for a great contract.

I am slowly weening myself off Twitter and the Red Wings section on HF Boards. I'm tired of being on pins and needles with this. if Yzerman makes it happen then fantastic, if not, I'll be bummed but accepting that the rebuild moves onward and hopefully upwards. I'm not waiting around all day with Twitter and HF Boards open. I need to get some actual stuff done at work at some point.

Sean O'Brien and the Teamsters are about to kick UPS' ASS BABY!!!

"Time moves slow when you're seventeen and then it picks up steam at twenty-one. Pretty soon you'll remember when you could remember when you loved someone." - Jason Isbell, Streetlights What lyrics. This guys songwriting never, ever ceases to amaze me and bring out all the feelings.

I don't think I've been too critical of Stevie directly. Disappointed that we haven't gotten it done yet, but not critical of him in the way I was of Holland for years. I have said numerous times in this thread that I still believe in what he's doing because I genuinely do. What I have questioned and wondered allowed, along with others, is where the goal scoring is going to come from to catch us up with the rest of the league and get us out of the bottom 10. If he pulls off this trade I'll give him all the props in the world for it. Debrincat is a good, highly skilled player, who fits our biggest need and fits our timeline. Make it happen Stevie!