With all those young players in the line up, the fact that they lose only by one goal is an improvement, right? Where did I hear this before...
- Symba007

(frank)ing guys. They aren't even the youngest team in the league.

so i have all these aeroplan miles... try to book a flight, of course there's no availability for the return flight. so i try to book the outgoing flight only, won't let me book a one way trip to that destination.

it's just a wonderfully flexible program.
- DoubleDown

You can't use these to book travel it's pointless

just buy random shotthat you need with it like I do.


that's why I have like 7 grills in the backyard.

so i have all these aeroplan miles... try to book a flight, of course there's no availability for the return flight. so i try to book the outgoing flight only, won't let me book a one way trip to that destination.

it's just a wonderfully flexible program.
- DoubleDown

Well that blows.

You can't use these to book travel it's pointless

just buy random shotthat you need with it like I do.


that's why I have like 7 grills in the backyard.
- dt99999

I read "girls".

so i have all these aeroplan miles... try to book a flight, of course there's no availability for the return flight. so i try to book the outgoing flight only, won't let me book a one way trip to that destination.

it's just a wonderfully flexible program.
- DoubleDown

Welcome to Life Story Friday!!

I read "girls".
- hscesq

Nice.
I've never been able to do that.

Jiri Sekac has played for four teams in less than two seasons.
- hscesq

that's what happens when you are highly coveted

that's what happens when you are highly coveted
- drexel

GM's hear the sound of him skating and can't help themselves. They need it.

I read "girls".
- hscesq

Haha no that's in the cellar.

Nice.
I've never been able to do that.
- StormCloud

Oh that's for sure.

15 shots last night...glad I didn't make any effort whatsoever to watch.

Welcome to Life Story Friday!!
- StormCloud

It's time for a new bus ride story day telling.

the ice needs emergency surgery

so i have all these aeroplan miles... try to book a flight, of course there's no availability for the return flight. so i try to book the outgoing flight only, won't let me book a one way trip to that destination.

it's just a wonderfully flexible program.
- DoubleDown

My mother-in-law booked a round-trip ticket from Atlanta to Toronto about a year ago, but ended up having to cancel the return trip because her father became very sick and was hospitalized for a couple of weeks. Aeroplan said they'd give her a credit for the unused flight. By the time she was ready to go home to Atlanta, her husband had driven into town so they just drove back.

About 9 months later she tried to use that credit on a one-way flight from Atlanta to Toronto (with the intent to book a return flight after she got here) and they wouldn't let her, saying the credit only applied on the Toronto to Atlanta flight, not the other way around.

15 shots last night...glad I didn't make any effort whatsoever to watch.
- 3M

Had they shot 15 more times, they would have won!!

Trump assures America he has normal-sized hands and genitalia http://www.cbc.ca/1.3475752

bingolady will be happy

My mother-in-law booked a round-trip ticket from Atlanta to Toronto about a year ago, but ended up having to cancel the return trip because her father became very sick and was hospitalized for a couple of weeks. Aeroplan said they'd give her a credit for the unused flight. By the time she was ready to go home to Atlanta, her husband had driven into town so they just drove back.

About 9 months later she tried to use that credit on a one-way flight from Atlanta to Toronto (with the intent to book a return flight after she got here) and they wouldn't let her, saying the credit only applied on the Toronto to Atlanta flight, not the other way around.
- 3M

Airlines are worse than the mafia.

Trump assures America he has normal-sized hands and genitalia http://www.cbc.ca/1.3475752

bingolady will be happy
- Symba007

I am still not sure if he said he had a big Richard or if he was a big Richard. That still needs clarification...

Results don't actually matter, that's fallacy number 1. Process matters.

This is because of a little friend called variance.

And yes, some players have different shooting percentages, but the average NHL player shoots between 8-10% so if you see someone with a 3% that's an anomaly and when it's that low it is always bad luck.

Keep in mind that if one player is scoring a lot, but tends to allow just as many chances against as he gets, that over time things will balance out and he won't be giving your team much of an advantage.

Getzlaf's team gets far more out of him because he scores close to as much as Kane does (once you adjust for the fact that he can't, won't and isn't maintaining his early season pace) but also provides elite defense.

Plus, the NHL really shouldn't be giving an award to the Ben Rothlisberger of hockey.

Trump assures America he has normal-sized hands and genitalia http://www.cbc.ca/1.3475752

bingolady will be happy
- Symba007

With all those young players in the line up, the fact that they lose only by one goal is an improvement, right? Where did I hear this before...
- Symba007

Sounds familiar, but I can't quite place the reference...

A solid ten minutes before Octagon's hockey camp session is set to get underway, Jiri Sekac gets the sheet to himself. He saunters down to secure the nets, not wanting to wait for targets. His blades cut the sounds of NHL strides. His shot blisters off the crossbar at NHL speed, transferred from wrist to stick-tape with the ease you expect from an NHL sniper. He dangles, smoothly and precisely. He smiles when Tampa Bay Lightning forward Jonathan Drouin steps on the ice, as the two exchange saucers and bullet-paced one-timers before the heavy lifting of intense drills play out over the next hour and a half.

Sekac takes on the drills with determination, aiming to perfect them. It's play, but for Sekac, it definitely looks like work. The others--prolific NHLers like Milan Michalek and Martin Havlat, Michael Frolik and P.A. Parenteau take the opportunity to catch their breath in between the high intensity drill circuits while Sekac hunches over his stick for a second before grabbing six or seven more pucks to shoot. There's a hunger there, and it speaks even louder than the impressive skillset he displays.

By the time these guys are done with this boot camp, the ice needs emergency surgery. Sekac is among the last to step off, no worse for wear.
- Symba007

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Had they shot 15 more times, they would have won!!
- hscesq

Results don't actually matter, that's fallacy number 1. Process matters.

This is because of a little friend called variance.

And yes, some players have different shooting percentages, but the average NHL player shoots between 8-10% so if you see someone with a 3% that's an anomaly and when it's that low it is always bad luck.

Keep in mind that if one player is scoring a lot, but tends to allow just as many chances against as he gets, that over time things will balance out and he won't be giving your team much of an advantage.

Getzlaf's team gets far more out of him because he scores close to as much as Kane does (once you adjust for the fact that he can't, won't and isn't maintaining his early season pace) but also provides elite defense.

Plus, the NHL really shouldn't be giving an award to the Ben Rothlisberger of hockey.
- AdamFrench

Luck.

The mulligan of NHL Stats.

Epic
- Aetherial