NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:42 am He's a local kid from Wentzville, been playing for Andy Murray at Western Michigan the last 3 years. I'm friends with his mom...went to school together. Anyway they were out celebrating last night with a hint of some big news coming today....just guessing that it could be NHL contract related. I'm not sure he's an NHL player...skating might hold him back but he's got decent hands for a big man that somebody might want to give him a shot especially for an AHL team. Anyway, maybe another local kid with a shot at the NHL. Hopefully we hear something today.

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:12 am He went to rookie camp with the Leafs a few years ago and played on a line with Marner at the start ...he played very well but didn’t get a contract.
Grotto Grill apparently was crowded as hell last night. St. Chuck county gives no fucks about quarantine. Me and my wife are headed there tonight!

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:36 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:12 am He went to rookie camp with the Leafs a few years ago and played on a line with Marner at the start ...he played very well but didn’t get a contract.
Grotto Grill apparently was crowded as hell last night. St. Chuck county gives no fucks about quarantine. Me and my wife are headed there tonight!

Wait I thought all bars and restaurants were closed as of last night?

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:36 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:12 am He went to rookie camp with the Leafs a few years ago and played on a line with Marner at the start ...he played very well but didn’t get a contract.
Grotto Grill apparently was crowded as hell last night. St. Chuck county gives no fucks about quarantine. Me and my wife are headed there tonight!

Wait I thought all bars and restaurants were closed as of last night?

BillP. wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:38 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:36 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:12 am He went to rookie camp with the Leafs a few years ago and played on a line with Marner at the start ...he played very well but didn’t get a contract.
Grotto Grill apparently was crowded as hell last night. St. Chuck county gives no fucks about quarantine. Me and my wife are headed there tonight!

Wait I thought all bars and restaurants were closed as of last night?

No, I think the official time was 12:01 AM Friday....................and this is crazy by the way. How long can they do this?

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:38 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:36 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:12 am He went to rookie camp with the Leafs a few years ago and played on a line with Marner at the start ...he played very well but didn’t get a contract.
Grotto Grill apparently was crowded as hell last night. St. Chuck county gives no fucks about quarantine. Me and my wife are headed there tonight!

Wait I thought all bars and restaurants were closed as of last night?

Grotto Grill says they are open until 8 tonight.

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:44 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:38 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:36 pm

Wait I thought all bars and restaurants were closed as of last night?

Grotto Grill says they are open until 8 tonight.

Huh. And yeah st Charles bars have been packed the past week. Can’t say I blame people for wanting to go out with a bang before total shut down but count me out. I’ve been at home watching old movies and lots of porn lol.

barnburner wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:20 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:44 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:38 pm

Grotto Grill says they are open until 8 tonight.

Huh. And yeah st Charles bars have been packed the past week. Can’t say I blame people for wanting to go out with a bang before total shut down but count me out. I’ve been at home watching old movies and lots of porn lol.

I can blame them. If they want to risk killing themselves, great - the world is probably better off without them. But what about about their families, neighbors, friends, co-workers that they may infect?
"SELF CENTERED - HOORAY FOR ME - FUCK EVERYBODY ELSE! " Mindset.

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:17 pm There it is:

He's a big fella!

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:05 pm Congrats to the kid! I used to like the Rangers back in the Leetch/Messier/Graves/Richter 94 era.

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:05 pm Congrats to the kid! I used to like the Rangers back in the Leetch/Messier/Graves/Richter 94 era.

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:25 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:05 pm Congrats to the kid! I used to like the Rangers back in the Leetch/Messier/Graves/Richter 94 era.

You know Brian Leetch may be my best personal example of an all-time great I didn't really appreciate in his time. He obviously put up gaudy numbers and doesn't have any free space in his trophy case, but being in the Eastern Conference in the pre-Center Ice/NHL.tv days, I didn't see a ton of him. A couple of years ago however, I caught a replay of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final between the US and Canada. It was absurd how effortlessly he could just cruise the puck from behind his own net, through the neutral zone and into other team's end. Rules were different and all that, but I feel like he'd just absolutely dominate today.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:45 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:05 pm Congrats to the kid! I used to like the Rangers back in the Leetch/Messier/Graves/Richter 94 era.

Crazy stat but all the talent on the 93-94 Stanley Cup Rangers team...their regular season leading scorer was a 23 year old d-man named Sergei Zubov. His 89 that year were easily his career high.

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:59 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:25 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:05 pm Congrats to the kid! I used to like the Rangers back in the Leetch/Messier/Graves/Richter 94 era.

You know Brian Leetch may be my best personal example of an all-time great I didn't really appreciate in his time. He obviously put up gaudy numbers and doesn't have any free space in his trophy case, but being in the Eastern Conference in the pre-Center Ice/NHL.tv days, I didn't see a ton of him. A couple of years ago however, I caught a replay of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final between the US and Canada. It was absurd how effortlessly he could just cruise the puck from behind his own net, through the neutral zone and into other team's end. Rules were different and all that, but I feel like he'd just absolutely dominate today.

Yeah they were on espn a decent amount and that cup run was incredible. That was when my fandom was cemented honestly. I was more of an nba kid before that run. Prime Bure vs prime Richter. Didn’t get much better than that. And yeah Leetch was just one of the smoothest skaters, and had such a great head for the game.

NHLTIM wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:40 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:59 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:25 pm

You know Brian Leetch may be my best personal example of an all-time great I didn't really appreciate in his time. He obviously put up gaudy numbers and doesn't have any free space in his trophy case, but being in the Eastern Conference in the pre-Center Ice/NHL.tv days, I didn't see a ton of him. A couple of years ago however, I caught a replay of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final between the US and Canada. It was absurd how effortlessly he could just cruise the puck from behind his own net, through the neutral zone and into other team's end. Rules were different and all that, but I feel like he'd just absolutely dominate today.

Yeah they were on espn a decent amount and that cup run was incredible. That was when my fandom was cemented honestly. I was more of an nba kid before that run. Prime Bure vs prime Richter. Didn’t get much better than that. And yeah Leetch was just one of the smoothest skaters, and had such a great head for the game.

That 94 Cup final was easily one of the best ever. Some of the best hockey I’ve watched.

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:44 pm... I’ve been at home watching old movies and lots of porn lol.

JMC-STL wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:27 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:44 pm... I’ve been at home watching old movies and lots of porn lol.

Did you say old porn movies? Turk can hook you up with a whole mess o' those. They'll make you yearn for the good old days of girdles & support hose.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:46 pm You truly never know where these threads are going to go when you create one.

Turk Sanderson wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:45 pm

JMC-STL wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:27 pm

ratonmono wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:44 pm... I’ve been at home watching old movies and lots of porn lol.

Did you say old porn movies? Turk can hook you up with a whole mess o' those. They'll make you yearn for the good old days of girdles & support hose.

Says the dude who collects old National Geographic magazines ... "for the articles."