The Swamp

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ETA: exactly what did Saad do? Is being a punching bag a 2:00 minor? Nah, they were both guilty there. Off-setting minor penalties was the right call. Quincey's helmet didn't rip itself off his head. Really, though, less than two-minutes to go in a tied game seven and those two are playing waltzing...

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This is the stupid rules of hockey sometimes. The refs will never ever ever call a single penalty that late in the game, especially a game 7. It's really the only sport that does this. In football if it's pass interference on 4th down or the last play of the game, it's pass interference. Ask the Mia...

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howard wrote:Oh, this won't be popular

ETA: exactly what did Saad do? Is being a punching bag a 2:00 minor?

I think he threw one punch when he was down on the ice.

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Surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but Torts was fired today. I think it was a hasty move. Were this a full season, or had the Rags not made the playoffs, it would make more sense. Think the players and management are just tired of his schtick and negativity. Benching Richards (one of his great...

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DSafetyGuy wrote:Gentlemen, do we have a preferred streaming site at this time? I had previously gone to firstrow.eu, but that is no longer in service. I and a few bleeping Blackhawks fans thank you in advance.

livetv.ru streams everything sport on the face of the earth.

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The Pope is wrong! http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/27/vatican-confirms-atheists-still-going-to-hell_n_3341368.html?utm_hp_ref=uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Vatican has clarified that atheists will still go to hell if they reject God, after Pope Francis broke...

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brian wrote:As of right now there are 6 teams left in the playoffs - the last 5 Stanley Cup winners and San Jose.

If Chicago and LA win their home game 7s, it'll be the last 4 champions in the final four. That's probably never happened anywhere.

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Wasn't the Cold War a continual thing with the arms race and everything?

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If the Avalanche take Jones, if I were the Flames I'd throw everything at Florida to take MacKinnon. The Flames have 3 first round picks (6th, 20th and Pittsburgh's (30th). Trade them all plus next years 1st for Florida 2nd overall. Think they would take it? I'll even take Brian Campbell's contract ...

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When I was in Hawaii I tried Longboard and thought it was crappy, is it like that?

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I thought Yeungling was a masseuse.

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Then the Germans burned down Lapland.

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Scottie wrote:The Avalanche would be completely out of their minds if they don't take MacKinnon with that #1 pick.

Yup!

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Would the last time the US wasn't in a conflict be the Great Depression?

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brian wrote:In Michigan on vacation and get to watch the Wings game on CBC. Good times.

Yes Bob Cole is still alive.

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I believe Mao and Ho never happen if Roosevelt is there. It's really difficult. If your premise is that the French reclaiming their colonies is absurd then there has to be US influence/interference in the region, the very thing you're arguing against today. Who knows, I could have been a Vietnamese ...

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Clearly on the same page here. See, Sianook gets a bad rap from history, because he 'switched sides'. He was one of those master politicians who in the process of threading the middle, prevented the popular support for the Khmer that swelled once Sianook was out and the American puppet military gov...

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Edit: If Nixon doesn't intervene, the Khmer Rogue take over even sooner. Just advance everything 10 years. Saigon falls in 1965.

Either way, Sihanouk is toast.

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What could the Americans have done in Cambodia? They had just withdrawn from Vietnam. Not invaded in the first place. Incredibly destabilizing. Even cost deaths at home--Kent State and Jackson State. A bad idea all around. I disagree. I would argue it was a different time where war was more prevale...

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What could the Americans have done in Cambodia? They had just withdrawn from Vietnam. Could they have prevented 1 million deaths? Maybe. But at what cost? More American lives from the already 50000 lost in Vietnam? More money and more protests back home? And for what purpose, for a new puppet Cambod...

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Finland just put 160,000 photos from WWII on line. http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/05/finland-in-world-war-ii/100519/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://sa-kuva.fi/neo?tem=webneoeng" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Finland's participation ...

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Problem is these new governments after the dictatorship are so fragile and unmotivated. If you were the new president of Testicistan with American support, would you do a good job so that the Americans leave? The chances of you getting assassinated the day after the Americans leave goes up 100 fold....

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ha!

couldn't even get to the house.. she shut everything out of her life.

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Broke up with the Hong Kong girl. She's frustrated at work and can't get motivated at her job. Mad at her boss and co-workers etc... I was hoping to support her through this and be the person she could have fun with when she wanted to forget about work but she takes her frustrations out on me too. S...

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But I really see nothing special about Seth Jones so far, looks butter soft and rushes passes when pressed. I am always leery of players that dominate junior because of their size. He simply won't have that size dominance in the NHL and he will be tested physically on a regular basis nothing I have...

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Saw Star Trek 2 in glorious 3D, and it was decent. 7 degens out of 10. I took away 2 for ridiculous plot holes, and 1 for cheeziness. Then I added 1 for Zoe Saldana, but took 2 away because of someone bringing a small child into the theatre who kept going up and down the stairs. Then I added 1 for S...

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Arena not full bout it's over 10000 for the first time in years.

Great game so far, 1-1 after 2. Blades just killed a 4 minute penalty at the end of the 2nd period.
A win for the Blades and they go directly to the final.

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Hyori Lee is back

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sancarlos wrote:Funny Sharks/Kings game last night. Sharks dominated the first half of it and L.A. dominated the second half of it. But, I'll take the win and now we move to a two out of three!

I thought something was wrong with my tv. I don't need a colour tv for this series (games played in SJ anyways)

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Head-head is used to determine 1st place but it cannot be used to determine 3rd place. There must be a tiebreaker. So the scenarios are The two losers will play in a tiebreaker for sure. If Portland and London win, Portland is first If Portland and Halifax win, Halifax is first If Saskatoon and Lond...

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Scottie sees much more WHL hockey than me so I'll defer to him. But I really see nothing special about Seth Jones so far, looks butter soft and rushes passes when pressed. I am always leery of players that dominate junior because of their size. He simply won't have that size dominance in the NHL and...

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Grapes made better points yesterday

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockeynightinc ... 2386181414" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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There's no "long reads" thread anymore, is there? Don't believe so. This article about South Korea would belong there, if that was the case. South Korea: The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world It's a nice primer for folks who haven't had a Korean experience, as it were. One great ...

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Paid.

When does this start now that we have teams? When everyone declares for or against?

June 1st?

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oh boy

anthem botchery aside, it's been a bit of a disaster attendance-wise for the organizers.
Portland vs. Halifax, Jones vs. McKinnon, the two best junior teams there are.

They couldn't even get 9000 into a 15000-capacity arena.

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$25,000 was automatic for making a formal statement within 48 hours of the suspension.
The other $75,000 was because it hurt the NHL's feelings.

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sancarlos wrote:Sharks' GM, Doug Wilson issues a fairly strong statement re the suspension of Raffi Torres:

Doug Wilson fined $100,000.

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CBS tribute before today's 3rd round.

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54% of Canadians have faked sick to skip work

In related news, 46% of Canadians lied about not faking sick to skip work..

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North Miami mayoral candidate gets an endorsement from JC. If only he were allowed to vote in her district. To be fair, I don't see anything in her platform that Jesus would be against. I find it much more annoying when gun-toting "freedom-loving" xenophobic nutjobs invoke Jesus, as if he...

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