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Dunno, don't pay any attention to the Dolphins.

Lol... I used your quote as a reference to those who claim the Panthers will be just fine, this is a preseason game, no worries, etc. But yeah, what's your assessment of the Panthers after yesterday?

The reigning SB champs lost on a last second FG and put up 24 points without their starting O on the field and they look abysmal. Panthers put their starting O on the field and got shut out, but don't worry, it's only preseason!

Drop ceiling. Very popular in finished basements with a little headroom to spare. A grid is hung from the ceiling by wires and either 2x2 or 2x4 panels are dropped into the grid. The light fixtures used in drop ceilings (suspended ceilings is another term I've heard) are called troffer lights. Armstrong is probably the largest manufacturer of drop ceiling grids, panels, wire, etc. Matter of fact, you can draw the basement space on their calculator and it'll give you a material list of everything you need: https://www.armstrongceilings.com/drop-ceiling-calculator/en-us/

Moving Skjei right now is a mistake. The team is overloaded with right-handed defensemen and Skjei is but one of the 3 true lefties on the roster. Sure, Caleb Jones claims to have left and right experience like Chatty, but both of them combined from the left side aren't scoring more than Skjei from the blue line, so it's a loss no matter how you look at it. Think of it this way- if Slavin, Orlov or Skjei go down with an injury, their replacement is Caleb Jones. Really?

Great, he scored as many goals last year as the Canes did in 5:20 of a single playoff game against the Devils.....

A stroke of pure luck and good fortune allowed me the opportunity to attend "The Last Waltz," one of the premier concerts of all time. One of those life-changing moments in life that influences so many aspects of thought processes, attitudes and beliefs. The last few years have been very difficult for the music world with the loss of so many musicians I grew up with. It just comes with the territory of getting older. Robbie Robertson, five-time Grammy nominee and celebrated songwriter, singer, guitarist and film composer, has died, according to an announcement sent from his publicity agency Costa Communications, Inc. to CNN. He was 80 and died after a long illness. In a statement, Robertson’s manager of 34 years, Jared Levine, said “Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s partner Kenny. He is also survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel, and Seraphina. Robertson recently completed his fourteenth film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.’” Born in Toronto, Ontario, Robertson had roots in both the Mohawk community at the Six Nations Reserve, as well as the Jewish enclave of his home city’s downtown. He began playing guitar at the age of 10, and six years later joined drummer Levon Helm in the Hawks, the backing band for rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins. It was there that Robertson received his rock ‘n’ roll education, which would eventually include future bandmates Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, and Garth Hudson. Robertson would go on to play with Bob Dylan on his legendary “Going Electric” tours in 1965 and 1966. Moving to Woodstock in 1967, Robertson and his bandmates recorded the groundbreaking “basement tapes” with Dylan before changing their name to The Band and releasing their seminal “Music from Big Pink” album the following year. The album, featuring the Robertson-penned classic song “The Weight,” is still considered an inflection point in rock history. In 1969, The Band performed at the legendary Woodstock Festival before releasing an eponymous album that included the Robertson-composed “Up On Cripple Creek” and equally classic (and much covered) “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” As a testament to their newfound fame, The Band became the first North American rock group to appear on the cover of Time magazine. More albums followed, including “Stage Fright” in 1970, “Cahoots” the following year which included “Life Is A Carnival,” and the double live set “Rock Of Ages” in 1972.” The next year, The Band performed before what became the largest rock concert audience in history with an estimated 650,000 people at the Watkins Glen Festival in New York. In 1976, The Band bade farewell to live performing with “The Last Waltz” concert on Thanksgiving night. Guests including Dylan, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell joined the group at San Francisco’s Winterland and the concert film, directed by Martin Scorsese, as well as a three-record box were released in 1978.

Why not leave the cinder block perimeter walls, just seal and paint them? Interior walls and soffits to hide duct work, plumbing etc., I get. I think at the most, I would estimate about $3-3.5k total for what you're having done.

This needs to happen or he's outta here at the deadline if there's someone who will make the team better. Look at his point totals since coming over from Chicago: 42, 64, 76, 63, 15 (bubble/injury season), 65, 37. Needs to step up to his 40+ level

Not to mention the fact the Pens are still 2 guys shy of a full roster, are still over the cap and the youngest winger in their top 6 (Jake Guentzel) is on LTIR. They will have 3 forwards of the 12 currently under contract under the age of 30. They've been slow for the last 2 seasons, how will they not be even slower this season? Crosby's contract expires when he's 38, Malkin's at 40, Rust's at 36, Rakell at 35, etc. The best is blue liner Kris Letang- his contract is up when he's 41.... Last year was a blow to Pens fans as it was the first time in years they missed the post season. I don't know how they avoid that same fate, except on a much larger scale, this year.

And Pittsburgh just got a lot older.... holy fug, look at the age of this team:

Best night game ever at BOA (that wasn't a playoff game when the Panthers trounced the Cowboys). When Jonathan Stewart did this to Ronde Barber. I'm sure this didn't make Barber's HOF highlight reel this weekend.

I bought a pair of tickets yesterday for the Packers game and got a hotel for a couple nights not far from BOA. This will be the first time we've been back for a game since we sold our PSLs almost 10 years ago.

This team never functioned well together. Wheher it was coaching or something else, but they never gelled and looked like a cohesive unit. Prior to the Sweden loss I never thought they were a serious contender to three-peat, based on how they played in the earlier matches. This loss does not surprise me.

Tuch is under contract for another 3 years with a NTC. Wasn't he wearing an "A" last season? The reason I brought up Olofsson is because he hasn't been extended and Buffalo obviously has the money to do it. So, without a NTC, Buffalo's need for a top 4 blue-liner to likely replace a 35-year old Erik Johnson, and Buffalo needs to send a couple guys down as they're over the roster limit. The Sabres have 24 guys on the roster and still have over $6M in cap space. No doubt in my mind the Canes would extend Olofsson.

Based on DW's and RBA's comments recently, I have to believe more changes to the roster are happening.

So, let's look at the Buffalo Sabres roster and see how Pesce's name is being linked to trade rumors. Not hard to figure the first name that pops up: Yeah, I'd take Victor Olofsson. In his 4 full seasons with the Sabres, he's put up 42, 32, 49 and 40 points. Don't know is this is the rumor, but Pesce is considered a top 15 defender in the league and Olofsson is a UFA after this coming season. A little strange given the Sabres have enough cap space to extend him now, but nothing has happened?

Also read Pesce's name linked to Buffalo Sabres. Will look at their roster to see who may be the trade bait.

I had better seat selection last year before they went to assigned seating. I suppose I could manage each game, sell my seats and buy better on the resale market. I think I'll probably opt out of the season tickets next year and just buy seats on the open market for the games I want. That is, unless I was able to get in with a group of fans wanting to split an entire season.

I prefer club level. Better to see the whole ice and watching plays develop.

If this isn't the best indication of just how far ESPN's fall from grace measures...

If it was a full season package, you and your partners got first shot at seat selection. The rest of us with partial season tickets had to wait until the schedule came out.

Liam Noesen.... I see what you did there.....

One of the original 4 founding members of the Eagles along with Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Bernie Leadon. He had writing credits for almost everything the Eagles recorded in their first 4 albums and was most famous for his lead vocals on "Take It to the Limit." He left the band after the success of Hotel California, as did other members along the way (Leadon, Don Felder) thanks to Don Henley's ego, which wouldn't fit on an aircraft carrier. I got to see the original version of the Eagles when they were still part of Linda Ronstadt's backup band in Los Angeles in 1971 and later saw the Eagles following the release of their second album when the appeared at the first California Jam at the Ontario Motor Speedway in April 1974.