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One of the best scenes of the entire series. Watch Tony when he walks in the house, Janice is sitting there with a cigarette and Tony is standing behind her- watch the smile that creeps into Tony's face- priceless.

Anyone surprised, especially with a $100M roster? https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/lightning-a-masterpiece-of-roster-construction-and-salary-cap-management-but-they-cant-hold-on-to-everybody Needs to be said there is a large, smelly elephant in that particular room. That the Bolts were able to power up their playoff roster with likely Conn Smythe Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov after writing off his entire regular season cap hit — a substantial $9.5 million — to Long Term Injured Reserve ranged from clever cap circumvention to old-fashioned cheating, depending on one’s point of view. Let’s settle here on “gaming the system”. Kucherov did have a legitimate injury stemming from last season’s successful playoff run here in the Edmonton Bubble, but the timing of both his surgery and his subsequent convalescence “just happened” to cover the entire duration of the regular season, during which time the Bolts employed a cap-ceiling team even in his absence. Come playoff time, with the cap no longer in force, the Bolts were free to activate Kucherov, who was a fair ways over 100% by the time he hit the ice in Game 1 of the playoffs. He’s been lighting it up ever since. It’s dicey, but it’s legal. At least it is until the NHL does something to fix a loophole wide enough to drive an 18-wheeler through. Not the first time a team has taken advantage of it — Patrick Kane and the 2015 Blackhawks come to mind — but Kane only missed a quarter of the season. This episode is unique in that the player in question had an official cap hit of $0 for the entire season with a subsequent post-season Return On Investment that is, effectively, infinite. So too is it legal to take on existing LTIR contracts as Tampa did with Marian Gaborik and Anders Nilsson in an attempt to maximize available cap. The complex machinations which ensued are beyond the scope of this post, but here for the interested reader. The net result was that the Bolts were able to endure a $6 million raise to their superstar goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, along with significant boosts on the order of $4 and $2 million respectively to emerging young defencemen Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak on bridge contracts, without being forced to unload key pieces from elsewhere on the roster as many had gleefully anticipated last summer. A tidy piece of work by BriseBois and company.

Long before the pandemic, we binged the entire Sopranos history, 1 episode per night when we were home. That was years after having to wait a week to see the next episode. It's a better series if you can watch it continuously. I'll definitely watch this.

True, but no need to go that big. The new Jeeps are running a 3.0 turbo diesel with an advertised 442 ft lbs. I drove one a month or so ago... pretty impressive. But, it's also a $70k Jeep.

Think about dropping a diesel in it. The right rear end and it'll have more torque than you could imagine.

I wasn't aware. I simply stay off trails that are rated much more than a 5. If I wanted to build a rock-crawler that probably spent more time getting wrenched on than driven, I'd do it. But at my age, I'd rather take the easier trails in Uwharrie, camp for a couple days and not have to replace axles, trailing arms, etc. Get out the hose, clean it off and drive it to work.

Sorry I don't meet your high standards.

I traded a Tahoe LTZ loaded to the gills for my JK. I love my Jeep. Don't do any rock-crawling with it, but overlanding and trail runs are a blast. Got the roof rack for the wife & gear and the dogs ride with me....

My 2014 Jeep Sahara bought in 2016 for $35k. Some minor upgrades made- 35" tires on 18" wheels with a 2.5" lift. SmittyBilt Defender roof rack, LED head and foglights; KC 5" off-road lights, upgraded speakers. Just rolled 90k miles; had 34k miles when I bought it. Was offered $30k last week.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Tepper owns very little, if any, of the private property surrounding BOA nor does he own the dirt BOA is sitting on. One of the many Richardson companies owned the parking rights and leasing revenue from the annual parking fees, but Tepper wants to own the land as well as everything he builds on it, which is why I think he wants to build new elsewhere.

Jeff Bezos doesn't need the money, either, but every fugging state in the country was willing to give him a financial blowjob in the middle of Times Square on live TV so he'd build a new hub somewhere in their state.

Former (and future?) South Carolina gubernatorial candidate John Warren continued his reemergence on the Palmetto State’s political scene this month, slamming an egregious piece of corporate welfare awarded two years ago to a liberal billionaire. This bailout was championed by his rival, incumbent “Republican” governor Henry McMaster, and other leading GOP politicians as part of their ongoing “crony capitalist” approach to economic development. Anyone who continued reading beyond this first paragraph and still believed this was honest, factual and objective reporting deserves whatever stupidity they enjoy in their lives.

Warren got better as the season went on. There were games this season when he looked like the only guy on the ice with any legs under him, going in hard after corner dump-ins and getting aggressive behind the net. I think he's just beginning to come into his own and I'd keep him over Fast or Bean.

The assessed tax value of the land alone is $366k, the building is another $233k. 15 years ago the total tax value was less than $200k... so yeah, he's going to clear a nice chunk of change.

The in-ground we had in Greensboro was my stress reliever after a day at work. Come home, change clothes and go vacuum and clean the pool- I found it very relaxing. I made a snorkel with about 20' of attached hose so I could hand-scrub the bottom or clean the drain in the 9' end without coming up for air.

Seen plenty of the new trendy axe throwing places that also serve alcohol......

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2172836/seattle-expansion-draft-predicting-metropolitan-division-protected-lists "The biggest piece of Carolina's expansion-draft puzzle is Hamilton. The Hurricanes will reportedly let the star defenseman test the free-agent market, opening up an extra protection slot - which we used on Skjei. That would make Bean, who Kraken general manager Ron Francis drafted 13th overall in 2016, a suitable option for Seattle. If the Kraken want a forward, there are some attractive role players available from Carolina's group as well."

42 points in 55 games I think (without looking) is one thing, but when your team is getting beat up physically and you're a 6'5" blueliner who won't get in the scrum, I'll happily give up that 42 points for someone who'll protect my young stars and scrap a little when needed. I'll say this- if Dougie Hamilton played with a little more grit, there's a chance the Canes don't need to get Hakanpaa. And we won't even get into how many times he got burned while trying to jump into the zone and make an offensive play...

Without a goalie under contract, I don't see it.

It was okay. There were times when I thought they could have done the entire thing in about 4-5 episodes. But look, they did leave a few loose ends out there.... The baby-daddy ex-boyfriend was another piece of poo, regardless how his redemption portrayal came across. Baby-daddy's current girlfriend- another piece of work. Her own son's suicide- her daughter dealt with that far better than she. Interesting little twist at the end, but I don't think it did enough to save what I saw as pretty mediocre.

FTW. Well done and the funniest thing I've read all week!

So, 59-year old guy is banging his mother-in-law (they are closer in age) and his son, the 20-year old, is banging his 33-year old sig other. It's simple, you don't need to be Suze Orman to figure than one out.

https://theathletic.com/news/hurricanes-dougie-hamilton-on-lightning-we-lost-to-a-team-18m-over-the-cap/z0dG0hBqAH8n Hurricanes defenseman Dougie Hamilton had high praise for the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, but also pointed out how the team that eliminated Carolina in five games in the second round of the playoffs used the salary-cap rules to its advantage. "We had a great season. We lost to a team that's $18 million over the cap or whatever they are," Hamilton said during exit interviews with the media. "I feel like we played them pretty close." Hamilton made it clear he wasn't criticizing the league's rules or the Lightning specifically, but added that the situation made him wonder what the Hurricanes could do with extra money to spend on salary. "I wasn’t knocking the rules or anything. You realize how many weapons they have, and if you think about how many more players you could have with the money, you realize how much deeper you’d be," Hamilton said. "That’s just how it worked out. I know it’s happened with teams in the past, I don’t have a problem with it. You just realize how good that team was." The Lightning were tight to the salary cap all year, even with 2018-19 Hart Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov spending the regular season on long-term injured reserve following December hip surgery. Kucherov returned for the postseason, where his annual salary of $9.5 million does not impact the Lightning's cap, and leads the NHL with 13 assists and 18 points this postseason. The NHL's salary cap remained flat at $81.5 million from last season to this season due to the financial impact of the pandemic. It is expected to remain flat or near flat for the "immediate future," commissioner Gary Bettman said in March. Carolina, which won the Central Division with 80 points in the regular season, opened the playoffs with a series win over the Nashville Predators in six games. The Lightning will face the New York Islanders in Round 3.

Also be interesting to see what Tampa Bay does in the off season. Not a lot of free agents on their roster, so how do they get under the cap with 5 guys making up over half of their cap?

Why, because he's considered a 2nd year player, although he's played in 4 seasons (2 full, part of 2017-2018 and 2018-2019)?