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Jonathan Quick has a piece in the Player's Tribune on snipers in the NHL. It's a good read an an interesting perspective on goaltending. He picks Datsyuk as one of the snipers to highlight. http://www.theplayerstribune.com/jonathan-quick-kings-snipers/

Rousey could wreck a lot of male MMA fighers, and I say this as a huge UFC fan. McGrattan would be in an arm bar pleading for mercy before he knew what happened.

True. Half the reason McCarty performed less point wise in the 2000's is because we basically had an all-star team at that point. I still believe the salary cap exists almost solely because of us.

So weight classes are irrelevant? I agree she'd beat Abdelkader in an octagon, but the 6'6 tough guys she may have an issue with. Some of those guys do train in boxing and kickboxing. LOL. Good one.

I agree completely. Screw the Rangers. As far as Stepan goes, it's really not too much of a gamble though. Even if he never improves, you're still getting a 50 point, top six center, who plays great defense, for the prime of his career. And you'd only be paying him about a million more than his actual value if he never improved at all. A 50 pt. guy, at Stepan's age, is generally worth 5.5 on today's market, so it's a mild overpayment if does doesn't improve, and a quality contract if he does. It's not like they're paying for potential here, he's already a very good player, they're just overpaying slightly under the assumption that he'll take the next step. I'm always happy to slightly overpay for a good player, rather than slightly overpay for an unproven guy. The risk seems less.

Thank you all for the kind words and well wishes. Means a lot.