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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 12:05 AM) Just got back from the bar, holy s***. Krush I'm bummed I couldn't run upstairs and cheers you. Jagr, this is for 92 f***er Next year, my friend. Although with the amount of jumping I do, I would have ended up in your place anyway. No need to run upstairs. I'm waiting to go out chasing the Cup at 3 or 4am. Because, hey, why not. Either rosemont or pony inn, we'll see. Goal: drink from the Cup this morning. QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 25, 2013 -> 12:24 AM) Wrigley has been nuts. Krush already volunteered to bail me out of jail though, no worries! Whoa, whoa, whoa. I said I'd answer the phone. Not sure about the funds...

Time killer. http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle...p-presentations

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 24, 2013 -> 01:29 PM) I'm still amazed at how people get together, date for years and years, and never talk about relatively basic "wants" in life. I have a buddy who's been with this girl for about 7 years now. They're married under the common law in Colorado. He just found out she has zero desire to ever have kids. Not like "maybe later," but never. He, on the other hand, would like to have kids and is pretty bummed about it. And he's in his mid-30's, so he has to make a move relatively soon (if at all). I can't do it now since I have a one year old, but if I were back in the dating scene I would have to think that would be a topic of conversation in the first few dates. Right? How do you go that many years without it being discussed? Yeah, that seems crazy. You don't have to talk about kids on your 2nd date...but as it gets serious and you see the relationship going somewhere, those things should start to creep into conversation.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 24, 2013 -> 11:42 AM) I agree there's no reason to rush, but the reasoning that you have an easy out just isn't true. Sure, it's more complex if you have a house and some kids, but even at 22 we were living together with "marital property" and "kids" (pets) that would need to be split up. It would have been a divorce without the paperwork. Being all of 31 and seeing how a variety of my friends grew up and now act as adults with their wives/ex-wives, I'm convinced that people who grow up in a non-nuclear family grow up with a different mindset on marriage and what it entails. When you have parents who have been together for 40 years divorce seems like the last possible option, whereas if you're exposed to it and lived through it it becomes a more attractive option. I just had a buddy who cheated on his wife shortly after they got separated and were trying to work things out. He had no patience. He just flipped a switch one day and said it was over so he could bang another girl. And I think a lot of that was living through a divorce himself at a really young age. My wife and I were lucky that both of are parents have been married forever and still like being around each other. She and I have both changed over the years but we both realize that our marriage and family are the most important things, not what she and I might get out of it personally. You have to sacrifice. You have to work at it. You have to want to work at it. I feel like with each passing generation "marriage" is just being degraded into something you do to appease your family/society so that it looks ok when you want to live with someone else. And that's sad. Maybe not in your case since you had property or whatever, but it absolutely is a trial run before it's the real thing for the vast majority of people at 20 or 22. QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 24, 2013 -> 12:07 PM) I think it's exactly the opposite. Both my parents and my wife's parents are divorced and re-married and we both hated how difficult the holidays became with two sets of parents and now really hate how difficult they are with four sets of parents. We are very determined that we are not going to put our kids into the same situation. I agree with this. My wife's from a divorced family, and she says the same thing all the time.

Toews on ice for morning skate. We'll see how much he participates, etc.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 24, 2013 -> 09:52 AM) Is it 7:22 yet? Fixed.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 24, 2013 -> 09:22 AM) Eh, I think it works for some people. Just depends on her personality (i.e., maturity). My wife and I have been together since we were 20. Living together 95% of the time since 21. We didn't get married until we were 28, but that only made it official. We were living as if we were (got animals together, furniture together, etc.) that entire time. But that's exactly it. It was a nice trial run for you. What's the rush to get married? You had a lot easier out at that point before that time came at 28. Marrying at 20 is silly...someone can think they are mature, but as we all know, you really aren't, there's so much more to learn and a lot of room to grow. I'm sure you can attest to that. I have to imagine the divorce rate for those married at age 20 is a lot higher than it is for those married at 28. Maybe I'm wrong.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 23, 2013 -> 05:58 PM) Obviously. I was just pointing out that he probably has a concussion. I know you don't think that. I just ended up using your post to lay out my whole opinion. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 23, 2013 -> 07:23 PM) Maybe Toews had a neck stinger. If you watch that video of him on the bench, he cranes his neck back and forth, like he is testing it That's what I've been hoping. Who knows.

Stay classy, Rask.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 23, 2013 -> 10:12 AM) Hawks game was great last night. Clearly Toews showed concussion syndromes after getting rattled all night. He wanted to come back in, but they wouldn't let him. I wonder if they will play him regardless of whether he passes any tests. Also a key, he's missed SIGNIFICANT time previously due to concussions. Hopefully this is not an injury that shapes his long-term future. If it's a concussion issue, no way he should play tomorrow, and likely not game 7 either. It sucks, but you can't mess around with it. He already said this year that last year he shouldn't have been playing in the playoffs. I'm hoping it's a neck injury or something that he can just play through, but I'll be pretty pissed off if he does have a concussion and they let him play. This shouldn't/can't be his choice. I don't care what he wants to do. See: Crosby, Sidney. If they do the bolded, that's completely f***ing stupid.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 23, 2013 -> 02:01 PM) Anyone who thought there would be a suspension is delusional. A stick to the mouth is high sticking. Swinging a stick and connecting to the face is totally different. They took a closer look at the hit, which was a headshot. It's not exactly delusional to think a suspension could have come from it, though with Shanahan's history, I didn't see one coming from it.

Wrong Brian Anderson

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 07:27 PM) I see there was an article about fans being worried about Crawford and how he's on the hot seat entering Game Five. I think that's f***ing stupid of fans. The guy has one bad game in the playoffs after so many great games and some are doubting him and want him pulled? I will be one pissed off fan if he gets pulled. Crawford has been excellent. It's OK he had one bad game. I'd be pissed if I was him n heard the criticism. What do fans want??? Perfection? There was one "fan" in this thread questioning Crawford and if they should go to Emery, etc. Of course it was silly. Consider the source.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 03:47 PM) Now you're being petty. I scored 56 goals in one D1 high school season and got a scholarship to Northern Michigan University. I think I can follow the f***ing puck. Oh yeah, and our championship game that year was played in the United Center like it is every year. But good call. I can't follow a f***ing hockey puck. Who the f*** do you think you are, Adam Banks? f***ing cake eater.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 04:25 PM) I had season tickets from 1994 until one month before Johnny Toews was drafted, center ice, 10th row, 300 section. They were great seats. Man did I waste some money and then bailed at the wrong time. In 1994 seats were $25. When I got rid of them they were $20 Brutal.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 03:02 PM) lol. Sure dude. You couldn't follow a game there, so no one else can. You can't see the far end better than you can if you were elevated. I've watched plenty of games from behind the glass - the far end is a guessing game on depth perception in the slot, rebounds, etc. Also watching breakouts and forechecks on that end is tougher. It's not a better "hockey" view. It's for 6 year olds, as someone said. Again, scouts, coaches, etc...none of them want to watch the game from the glass for that reason. I guess they don't follow the game you can follow. I can follow a game there, but not as easily as with a different view. That's the point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 01:48 PM) So now you are a hockey scout? lol. OK, as always you have to find some extreme to justify whatever rant you are on. I'm a scout? I said that where? How is "scouts prefer to watch the game NOT from ice level" an extreme? It's a fact. Thanks though, great argument you came up with there.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 01:03 PM) About 20 rows up is the best look in my mind. The glass is neat if you are 6 but other than that the back rows of the lower bowl and the 200 level is perfect. I've sat 2nd row 200 level right on the red line. It's basically hockey heaven. I prefer the 300 level to almost anything (top rows are good) in the 100 level due to sightlines and atmosphere. Years ago I sat 5th row 100 level because a friend got free tickets, and I absolutely hated it. Literally watched half the game on the scoreboard, puck comes back our way, you can see the offensive zone in front of you and that's about it. It's brutal.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 10:27 AM) Alain Vigneault has been hired by the Rangers. Maybe my Canuck-hate has clouded my judgment, but it seems a strange choice for a team that just fired its coach over a lack of playoff success (among other things). IMO, more of the blame for Vancouver's struggles lies with Gillis...but I don't think ownership wanted to dump the whole staff and the GM, so AV took the fall on that one.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 11:31 AM) You can see play development from the ice if you know what you are looking for. Except you can't see through the glass, it's all distorted. And if you're behind a net, so you can see the whole ice, you can't see the other end very well at all. I guess there's got to be a reason scouts prefer to watch the game with some elevation, even as high as the press box, instead of right on the ice. That or none of us have any idea what we're looking for.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 10:18 PM) If you know how to follow the game, there is nothing better than the sights and sounds, along with the extra chill in the air. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 21, 2013 -> 07:46 AM) You can get all that stuff 8-10 rows off the ice, without all the view obstructions that come with sitting on the glass. Exactly. If you literally have Pierre's seat and can lean over the ice with no glass, great...otherwise the close rows actually suck. You also can't see play development that well when you are right on top of everything. I'm more about seeing the game than the sounds (which you can hear from SRO anyway). It's the same as football - watching from field level isn't the best place to see the game.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 05:15 PM) There is nothing better than watching hockey from ice level. Elevation to see the play > seats on the glass

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 04:31 PM) I'll see you back when the White Flag articles start. Who's going to be writing that it's a "White Flag" when they are 15+ games out? Do you think the average Sox fan is that dumb that they will think the team is good (and not look at standings), will see a guy or two traded, then (presumably) see some BS article and say "yeah, white flag! I'm never going to a game again! We could have been good I can't believe they traded guys to try to make the team closer to winning a championship!" I mean, enough already with this nonsense. No one's going anyway, "White Flag" or not. The team sucks, no incorrect misconception is going to affect it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 20, 2013 -> 11:33 AM) What an idiot. I've gotten away with all of my murders. You've gotten away with Kim Johnsson...so far.

That's awesome. "Nah, don't worry about pants, they need you now"