The Sicatoka

What the heck is 'a degree in international political economy". Sounds like a degree where you'd better be able to play goalie in the ECHL.

Let's get this over with ... Senators censured Sabres dulled Red Wings clipped Panthers caged Devils exercised Rangers homed Flyers grounded Kings dethroned Ducks plucked Oilers Dawn'd Canucks deported Coyotes leg-trapped Blackhawks down Wild suburbanized ... more to follow as they are exited from the chase.

It's ba-a-a-ack. The rules (same as 2017 and 2018): - pick six (6) forwards - pick four (4) defensemen - straight POINTS, not goals, POINTS (G + A) scored by your ten players in the four rounds to the Cup determines winner - no more than five (5) players from a single NHL team on your team Teams must be in before first playoff puck drop Wednesday April 10, 2019. And as before, I'm not going to have much time to track scores; I'll need help with it. Thanks to everyone in advance. 2018 Game 2017 Game

(With the same smirk I asked "what's a screen pass?" in a football thread ... ) What's goal scoring? I have vague recollections but it's really fuzzy ...

That cabal won't decide that fast.

Consortiums.

The game is played on ice, not paper ... unless you put a layer of paper under the ice in your rink.

Modern recruiting?

What "NCAA rule changes" is YHH alluding to?

So you're saying a 0.142 PP and an 0.799 PK overall* isn't good enough? Whodathunkit. *Conference it's 0.124 and 0.800. <-- Abysmal.

CapFriendly is a great place to look now and then to see recent transactions. https://www.capfriendly.com/signings/all

Who doesn't love a good junta; but, I've always considered it the South American sounding version of cadre.

Not really. The defensive and goalie recruits pipeline is well set so if someone left there's someone ready to step in (albeit maybe a year early). The forwards recruits pipeline gives me more optimism that what's rostered right now (save for Guch, Mash, Senden, Smith, and Hain).

Would you rather I have used coterie or junta? Or maybe klatch?

That's how they roll ... < groan >

You can do that? Fer-realz!?!?! I think you're pulling my leg. I think that's PhotoShopped.

If Boeser was a senior and Jost was a junior I'm sure things would look different right now. However, it's on the coaches (recruiting) to have a plan for when guys turn pro early. I feel like they thought they'd have Boeser for three and Jost for two. When that didn't happen along comes the obvious hole that is the last two seasons.

Folks won't believe me, but here are my concerns going into 2019-2020: 1. 0.894 and 0.903 Those numbers are not good enough. Not much more to say; the data speaks for itself. 2. Lack of centers, offensively dynamic or not. We have Senden and a bunch of guys shuffled to center and back to wing (Weatherby, Hoff, Bowen) and back. With Gardner and Jones we'd win draws (and then do nothing with it). I suspect we'll be losing more draws and doing more chasing. 3. Scoring. My hope is that last season was a perfect storm and we return to the mean. But I really have nothing to base that on than hope.

What's a screen pass?

I get that. Byf was frustrated and unloaded (WPG was blowing a lead at the time); Caggiula took the easy counter. I'm still of the belief that Byfuglien should take his issues to the complaint department (6'4" Murphy) and ask them to curb their dog and not just kick the chihuahua. It's not a good look to see the biggest guy going after the smallest guy.

Byfuglien is 260; Drake is 175. (<-- That's if you believe the official team rosters. )

If he wants to move up the Midco food chain he needs to get back to the main studios.

The bleeding at SCSU: Blake Lizotte

It kind of takes the student out of student-athlete.