kipwinger

Ok ladies, here we go. Kill, marry, bang. Ready? Hitler, me, Hitler.

That's because he isn't. Kindl is somewhere between the player he was two years ago and the one we saw last year.

I love how everyone hates plus/minus until they can use it to bash someone they already hate. If it's a stupid stat, it's a stupid stat always.

Am I the only one that thinks Cleary has looked fine so far this season? Better than Nestrasil even?

True but you'll also pay more the longer you wait if you're looking to trade.

And back to your old self.

It's so unpleasant to agree with such a small and obviously tangential point of your overall post. But I do. It was just a fluke.

A tough love coach who doesn't have many answers other than "compete". Where have I heard that before? And how don't you see the obvious contradiction between what you've said above, and other strongly held beliefs about NHL coaches?

We need a reliable second line center. Until that gets sorted out, nothing else can happen with our top six forwards. Helm isn't good enough, and Zetterberg and Datsyuk can't stay healthy enough to be the top two. The only move I'd make right now for a forward, without knowing the center situation, would be for Drew Stafford. He likely won't cost too much, and he'd be useful no matter how the center situation shakes out. He's Abby with better offense. You can always use a guy like that.

The little girl who reports on the Griffins. Her favorite player is Nestrasil and she unabashedly has a crush on him (for some reason). Look up "Off the Pipes with Piper" on youtube. It's adorable.

Piper is going to be devastated.

Ok, I relent. Nothing he could have done to protect himself. At least we can all agree he's better than Terrell Owens.

Again, I had to idea that the point of contention had turned into either A) he's a victim of his s***ty parents, or B) a fool and his money are soon parted. Couldn't it be both?

And I feel bad for you for feeling the need to turn this debate into a false dichotomy. Trust your parents vs. Manage your Salary Intelligently at age 25 are not mutually exclusive. No matter how convenient for your argument that may be.

Well he definitely seems to be showing that his scoring from last season was not a fluke. It's an absolute shame we can't get this kid into the lineup. I think he'd be a beast in front of the net on the PP. But you're right, they probably were waiting to see what they had at the beginning of the year. The Hurricanes, at least, looked decent on paper.

And I don't understand the need to coddle adults instead of expecting them to make intelligent decisions for themselves. I was responsible for a squad of five other guys in Baghdad, Iraq when I was 20 years old. I guess I just don't have a ton of sympathy for a guy who's not smart enough by the age of 25 to hire an accountant. Then again, that's all a matter of perspective.

I'm not so sure why it's so hard for you to pick up on the fact that if you want your money to be safe you should give it to professionals. Also, 25 isn't that young or naive. Stop acting like he's a child star or something. By age 25 Mark Zuckerberg was a billionaire. And you know what he probably didn't do? Give access to that money to his parents. Because he's not an idiot.

Why does she even have that kind of access to his money? I'm not saying he wasn't taken advantage of. I'm saying dumb people are the easiest to take advantage of. You can be stupid, and a victim at the same time. Also, not a week goes by that you don't hear about some parent taking out credit cards in their kids' names, mishandling their money, etc. etc. etc. It's not uncommon. And while I'm sure that it has happend, I doubt seriously that some joker at a reputable accounting firm, heavily regulated by the SEC and internally regulated by their desire to not lose million dollar accounts, is using his clients' money to buy houses and then claiming it was inheritance. To answer your question, I guess I'd trust...Pat Brisson. The agent he stupidly fired, but who nevertheless seems to managing Crosby, Kane, and Toews just fine. Johnson was duped, in large part because he's dumb, and easily duped it seems.

For some reason I assumed that all your investments were in the form of gold doubloons and were buried intermittently around your densely covered acreage. I'm wowed.

They shouldn't have been handling his money in the first place. I'm not sure why that's so hard for people to pick up on. Do any of you have a joint bank account with your parents? Do any of you let your parents buy things in your name, or with your money? When was the last time you looked at your bank account and thought "hmmm, mom didn't spend as much as I thought she would?". Never? That's because only stupid people let others (including their parents) spend their money.

And yet nobody claimed Callahan when he was waived to begin the season. Strange.

Well by all means, give him access to your bank account and be sure to seek his advice when investing. He's stupid for thinking that his parents could reasonably pursue his best interest financially, even if they did have his best interest at heart. I don't know 10 people who can even balance a checkbook properly, and now suddenly your parents are competent to handle millions of dollars simply because they're supposed to love you? It's idiotic. Again, if you're a millionaire and you don't hire reputable, professional, accountants to handle your money, you are stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

The last person I'd trust to handle my multi-million dollar estate is my mother too. She's a secretary. No matter how much I love her that doesn't make her capable of handling millions of dollars in assets intelligently or responsibly. I know this. Jack Johnson, however, doesn't. That's why he's an idiot. NOTE TO ALL PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES: Hire professionals to take care of your money. You wouldn't let your parents repair your car, fill your cavities, or install your water heater. Why would you let them handle your millions of dollars in wealth?

At least Piper will get her boyfriend back.

So if the score was 4-0 and Smith had taken a high stick that needed stitches, would you have kept him off the ice in that instance too?