BlairBettsBlocksEverything

all the economic factors in the world can point to why there should be a team there but there are some realities that cannot be ignored -Gross mismanagement of the team has left a state full of people who don't care about the team that they have -The population is so largely comprised of northeastern transplants who might go to the 1 game a year when their home team comes to visit its tough because now there are several NHLers from Arizona, including a top 5 player in the league. The grassroots movement of getting kids interested in hockey was starting to work. But its too little too late. This fucking owner gets to buy a team for $400 million, and pawn it off for a $600 mil profit and a guarantee that the expansion fee he'd pay for a new team is already covered if they choose to go back. Being mega rich sounds so easy. You can constantly fuck up and they just keep giving you more money lol

Ive always had a jersey with me at work every game day and wore it on the way out. but thinking I gotta spruce it up this year

SLC Stormin Mormons

Not a great price but Seth Jones O1.5 blocked shots at -140 I think should be a lock. He's been getting a ton of ice time, playing around a 40% ice time share pretty consistently. He's been over in 3 straight, 9 total. Chicago has also been badly outshot in those games, by an average margin of over 16 shots per game. St. Louis has also averaged 38 shots per game in that span. They're desperately trying to stay alive in the playoff race and its a must win so I assume they'll be firing plenty of pucks. Jones being on the ice as much as he'll be, constantly in the D zone, he might accidentally get this over.

also of note, tomorrow Boston plays Carolina. If Boston wins in regulation, we can clinch the division with a win. If Carolina wins in regulation, we can effectively clinch 1st in the east with a win (would just need 1 point from 3 more games). definitely just hope that doesn't go to OT lol. But Id rather Carolina win that game.

Man if Buffalo had just beaten Detroit yesterday they'd be right in the race and I would love to play them. Now they are basically done. If we hold on to the 1 seed I think we're a shoe in for the 2nd round at this point. Tampa is a tough matchup but Im still confident we win that series. Still, I'd rather not have to face Kucherov if he goes beast mode. Though if we contain him a bit the rest of their squad is MUCH more than manageable for us. I'd rather Pitt miss the playoffs just for the LOL Factor but they're also getting hot and while it doesn't faze me on winning the series, Id rather be able to lock up a 5 game series win against any of the other teams in WC2 contention

Runnin it back on a Rangers ML + Trouba o1.5 shots at +170 tonight

Miller posted a photo on his instagram of him beating down Marino with the caption 'Meet me in the alley with the troops' Love this Squad

3 leg same game parlay tonight with Tampa Tampa ML Stamkos o5 points Stamkos o2.5 shots +208

wants guaranteed minutes right away so can't fault it I guess

something I have said in the past about Laf/Kakko is that in that last season, Kakko at least looked engaged and like he could contribute, even when he wasn't scoring. Laf was the opposite, in games he didn't score, you barely ever noticed him Of those two players, Laf has been the one to turn around what he was lacking before (though I would say recent Kakko has been looking better in that regard, with production starting to come)

Because the nhl is stupid

Jeff SKinner's 1000th game (no playoff games in that span lol) and his shot total prop is +105 for O2.5

Going with Marty Straka for Trivia Wanna crush these fuckers tonight. If those PItt players feel like they have even an outside chance of pulling off something crazy and making the playoffs, I want them leaving the rink tonight feeling hopeless and beat down. Carolina not in action tonight, big opportunity to put some space here. I want that 1 seed in the East.

that was also, i believe a 4th game in 6 nights and they just ran out of gas. Tampa's Dzone coverage has been mostly suspect this year and I think we win that series still. With that said, they're on a bit of a heater right now and if they keep this up heading into the playoffs they wont be an easy out

Panarin has 46 points in 57 playoff games in his career, not exactly disappearing. Last years playoffs he didn't do much, I'll give you that. but he's playing the best hockey of his career right now and I don't see any reason to think it will go away come playoff time. He's not been producing this much while playing 'soft' either

if we end up with Toronto in the first round I'll be happy I no longer use the app formerly known as twitter anymore

I'd rather not play Tampa but I'm not exactly afraid of them either. It might be some sweet justice to take some revenge on the way to a cup run. Philly - We win that one in 5, maybe 6 Washington - I'll say in 5 just as a courtesy but that's a sweep Detroit - that's a 5 game win Devils - Want them to miss the playoffs out of spite. Want to face them so we can finish what we should have done last year Islanders - 8 power play goals scored in a 4 game sweep I plan on continuing to use this gif as much as possible over the next few months

It's like your kid's coloring book. Analytics can provide the lines but you gotta fill it in with the eye test sometimes.

ill definitely look into that lexus. Wife and I work across the street from each other so we realistically are only really driving to work, kids daycare, errand and the occasional outing with the kids, so definitely wouldn't anticipate putting a lot of miles on anything we get.

friend of ours has that one and I took a ride and liked it but they also just had a big recall as well which is offputting

definitely one I wanna look at too. When we got our HR-V it was in the middle of a big car shortage/my wife was gonna give birth in like 2 months and we only had a sedan which wasn't gonna cut it so out of desperation we just took what we could get on a lease. Definitely wanna get something with a third row

probably would have been, but by the time it went out it was coming up on bed time for the kids anyway. plus we're in big-time savings mode for a new car (don't settle for an HR-V when you have twins!) so we're pinching pennies right now speaking of that topic, what car does everyone have that's good for kids? I still think I'm too young to get a minivan lol. Looking at the Toyota Highlander but we'll see what prices look like.

had a huge storm upstate this weekend and we ended up losing power, which isn't ideal when kids need heat to survive lol. ended up having to go to my S/BIL's apartment to spend the night. 4 adults, 2 kids, a dog and a cat all crammed into a 1 bedroom was not an ideal situation lol