Mckinley25

I was surprised a few times that Boston wasn’t penalized. 

I thought Lyon let in 7 goals and Husso let in one. 
 

Larkin, ENG

Larks

Post exodus letsgowings, emancipated from the fair weather fans is more real, more fun and I suspect a safer place for hockey discourse. I should post more myself but I haven’t had time to watch games and have little to contribute unless the topics stray far enough from the sport.  The site malfunctions are the only regrettable feature here.  

Vrana is playing 17 min a night (top line) plus top unit PP
Mantha is playing 16.5 min a night (2nd line) plus 2nd unit PP
When you consider that Mantha is playing with Backstrom + Oshie + Sheary + a competent defense + equal play time... and doesn't have to match up against the toughest opponents. And Vrana is playing with Rasmussen + Zadina + Filppula + an incompetent defense... and does have to match up against the toughest opponents... I give the edge to Vrana here. 

If, as you suggest, the solution to the plights of a desperate class are to seize sole arbitration of their destiny, irrespective of exogenous obstacles, what then remains as the explanation for the current state?  
 
I guess I would also be curious as to how the point of opportunity can be determined, given a concession was made to some effects of discrimination.  Particularly with your added example of an exception, which seems to undermine your position as that would obviously be attributed to causal factors, and if not, then again, what alternative remains?

This isn’t an explanation of causality, it’s the result of what the explanation is demanding.   Your anecdote is an evasion of empiricism and lends itself to some rather uncomfortable interpretations.  
 
 

Color Of Hockey - By Singh Harnarayan
Here's a good read for you Fox & Friends...
Singh chronicles his rise to becoming the most formidable hockey commentator in all of Canada despite bullying for being brown, and everyone telling him he could never do it because it's a white mans sport. And he does it all with a certain panache and splash of humor. It will restore your faith in hockey. A must read for 2020. 

If the tweet produced earlier in the thread is an accurate representation of the event, and Datsyuk was asked to comment on an anti-*** law, and he responded with, “I’m Orthodox, that says it all”, he is inferring that his position is represented by that institution.  Theology can be imprecise, but the Russian Orthodox Church has been full throated in their stance on homosexuality.   It is still a weak kneed response though, in both content and delivery.  

Personal note to the denizens of this season's GDTs:  I miss you all and enjoyed our chats during the games.  Even though most were awful losses, you were there for the celebrations of the good outings... and there will be more of them.  You are good and loyal fans of our Wings.  Stay well and be safe/sane about this situation we are in, as a nation. 
I just wanted to say hello to each of you, and hope to see you soon - Dabby, Mabus, Legs, Y19, Neo -- all of you fine people.  Looking forward to next season now.
xoxo, loooo

Did Kronwall’s departure take with what remained?  It feels a bit like they must start from the first piece.   

It looks like he’s using the force to stop the puck.  Draft him. 

Hands down always my favorite paradoxical response
How are we supposed to know you're posting cancer if we don't read it first?
Not to mention: Posts on discussion board for others to read. Asks others not to read it...
Big brain. Big think.

When are they going to start giving away cars at the games again?  

HA the little ball here, wanna do lunch in 20?
Which stage are we at? Is this the belly of the beast?

It started as a push back to the criticisms of the younger generations, (a position that can be traced back literally as far as recorded history, as well as it’s corollary response) but the millennial/boomer battle coincided with the rise in internet saturation and meme culture so it may appear to be novel.  

He did.
Really feels like Disney is just trying to sell toys with some of these half-assed sub plots. Like now they can sell new boba on a dinosaur action figures for $50, instead of just a Boba for $25.

Is this to replace Pickard at the AHL level?

I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all the good people here at LGW, thanks for those of you who are sticking this out through a frustrating and painful rebuild and continue to post and keep this place afloat. I hope you eat a lot of food, drink a lot of beer and wine, watch some football, and enjoy this day with your family, loved ones, fellow Wings fans, your cat, whoever it may be. I'm glad to be a part of this site and what we all have created over the years, it's our own little hockey family and through thick and thin, i'm looking forward to the rest of the season here with everyone. 
Thanks everyone, be safe, enjoy your holiday, and i'll see some of you tomorrow for the Flyers game. 
LETS GO WINGS!! 
Happy Thanksgiving. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American LGW pals.

Can we talk about how great this win was? It was pretty great.
Some hiccups, for sure. The last five minutes or so of the 2nd were dreadful. Total hold-on-for-dear-life deer-in-the-headlights hockey. Took our foot off the gas. Can't do that, ever.
Other than that, pretty good.
Bertuzzi was absolutely loving life. Setting up Fabbri's goals. Finishing checks. Getting under people's skin. Shutting down the best line in the NHL. Ho-hum.
Speaking of shutting down Boston's top line...yeah, that was a thing. The Larkin line won that matchup. Pastrnak had an assist on the Krug goal. Nothing for Bergeron. (Larkin more than held his own in the faceoff circle.) Nothing for Marchand, who got frustrated and probably hurt his team more than he helped it. I don't think he liked that Hronek dropped the gloves. I don't think he liked that all the jawing in the world didn't seem to rattle a bench that was supposed to be lacking confidence and composure. I don't think he liked that Mantha is actually a better shutdown (or, power-versus-power) player than people give him credit for.
Speaking of Mantha...I think I finally get it. I think he finally makes sense.
Dude was playing like he was sleepwalking last night. Except, he wasn't sleepwalking. He was engaged.
"We've always known that's a thing with him. He's big, so he can cover a lot of ground without exerting as much energy as a smaller guy like Bertuzzi. People see it as laziness. It's not."
Right, sure, but that's not really what I'm not talking about. It's more that he looked like he was stuck in slow motion while everyone else was playing at normal speed...and yet, it was more than a few times that the Bruins players playing at full speed seemed to struggle against him. It looked like he wasn't putting a ton of effort into anything he was doing...and yet, he seemed to cause some serious problems for the Bruins.
I guess the word I'm looking for is..."effortless"? Sure. At times last night, he looked effortlessly effective.
Maybe it's a fine line between A) not putting in enough effort and B) pulling stuff off so well that you make it look like it's nothing. I think what's finally clicked for me is the notion that an Anthony Mantha who has realized his full potential is a guy who routinely makes big-time plays look effortless. I'm thinking the challenge he's been facing is figuring out how to walk the line between playing hard, hard, hard and trying to become a Zetterberg-esque playmaker who's so freakishly good at slowing the game down that he can stand still with the puck in an o-zone pocket for what feels like ten seconds without the opposition swarming him and stripping him of the puck.
He's doing that Zetterberg thing now where he just holds the puck and then maybe loses the puck but then gets it right back and just kind of circles around the o-zone like a shark, and the other team isn't quite sure what to do so they just kind of cautiously shadow him and wait for him to give a sign that he's about to make a play, at which point they try to close him off and shut him down. I think Mantha realizes this and I think it's exactly how he's always wanted things to be. He wants to be big and dangerous on the ice, yes, but just as big and dangerous in opposing players' heads.
I think players are starting to treat him as a legit dynamic offensive threat who can burn you in a second, in any number of ways. While that means tighter checking and less time and space, he's hitting his prime and really coming into his own, which I think sort of offsets things. "Power versus power."
Does that make any sense? I feel like I'm doing a s*** job of explaining this.
The following (Mantha's empty-net goal) is absolutely not a perfect example of what I'm talking about, but I like the contrast between exhausted-looking Bergeron and confident-looking Mantha:
https://www.nhl.com/video/t-310452140/c-4553264

One day you leafs will pay for your s*** posting

Be actually me
Seattleite
Get tix for the new hockey team, the Seattle Sustainably-Sourced Organic Free-Range GMO-Free Sockeyes
Only $400 a seat
Hop in my Tesla because I'm environmentally conscious
Smug virtue swells my petite frame
Head down I-5
Sit in 4 hours of stand still traffic to go 3.2 miles
Only have to pull over 3 times to check my cis-gendered white male privilege
Park in an Amazon sky rise with robot valet
Only $75 an hour
Spot the window of the 150 sq foot studio I once lived in as I'm walking to the arena
"Women will still want to sleep with me if I live here" I had said
Women did not
Finally arrive at stadium
Can't believe the taxes Johnny Law stole from my crypto block-chain investments built such a nice arena
Team loses, but I hardly notice because sports are an archaic form of primitive male tribalism not worthy of my attention
"I'm vegan!" I randomly exclaim so as to alert those around me of my high level of virtue
Try not to step in human waste from meth-ed out homeless gutter-punks on my way back to my car
Pick up a locally sourced gluten free pizza on my way home
They're only $65 now
It's ok, money isn't even real I assure myself
 
Be @marcaractac and/or @krsmith17
Newfoundlander
Get tix for Newfie music jig contest down at the local one room school house
Only one loony
Hitch up the horse and buggy
Stale beer swells my lonely, lonely depressed gut, momentarily keeping the darkness at bay
Head down yee ol dirt trail
Pass no one on the way because population 5
Only have to stop 3 times to feed n water Dan Cleary, my horse
Park the horse n buggy at the general store
Only one loony
Spot the igloo I was born in, and my father b4 me, and his father b4 him on my way to the school
"This here snow house sure is cold" I had said
It was
Finally arrive at one room school house
Can't believe it only took the community one week to come together and build such a fine structure
Lose the jig contest, but it's ok because I'm falling down drunk at this point anyway
"jsfdgasksdhgflaks" I exclaim bc I'm hammered
Try not to sleep with any 1st cousins on my way back to the buggy
Pick up a mince meat pie for the ride home
Only one loony
Remember that I should bring grain to trade next time