I f'n love that guy. Proper warrior

but probably one of the slowest players in the league last 5 years...
- 21peter

I've come to appreciate parts of his game. He definitely has guts and heart. The guy will block slapshots with his face. He can still throw a heavy hit. He is capable of making good passes (but rarely does for some maddening reason).

But, he's sooooooo slow. It's painful to watch Hedman drag him around like a ball and chain. I don't know why Cooper insists on giving him top-4 minutes. It boggles my mind. Please, please take him for free.

What would qualify as an improper warrior? Dan Girardi, but with Tourrettes?
- lumlums

tbh; pretty much everyone without Viking genes...

I've come to appreciate parts of his game. He definitely has guts and heart. The guy will block slapshots with his face. He can still throw a heavy hit. He is capable of making good passes (but rarely does for some maddening reason).

But, he's sooooooo slow. It's painful to watch Hedman drag him around like a ball and chain. I don't know why Cooper insists on giving him top-4 minutes. It boggles my mind. Please, please take him for free.
- GalacticStone

The best quote I ever heard about Ristolainen that applies to Girardi and many others in this respect:

"That guy has the balls to block the shots that other defencemen wouldn't dare to allow..."

What would qualify as an improper warrior? Dan Girardi, but with Tourrettes?
- lumlums

https://media3.giphy.com/...a5c688e6647656e6477790fbd

tbh; pretty much everyone without Viking genes...
- 21peter

Quiet there you socialist wiener

https://media3.giphy.com/media/OAw9Zm7HQyFwc/giphy.gif?cid=19f5b51a5c688e6647656e6477790fbd
- mr.sir

So that's why there was a vegetable oil shortage around 1998...



(RIP )

I've come to appreciate parts of his game. He definitely has guts and heart. The guy will block slapshots with his face. He can still throw a heavy hit. He is capable of making good passes (but rarely does for some maddening reason).

But, he's sooooooo slow. It's painful to watch Hedman drag him around like a ball and chain. I don't know why Cooper insists on giving him top-4 minutes. It boggles my mind. Please, please take him for free.
- GalacticStone

just like McDonagh did before him

Quiet there you socialist wiener
- lumlums

that hurts

that hurts
- 21peter

I just find it amazing that people in the US scream socialism while pointing at Venuzuela (which has been pretty much a dictatorship for many years), and not at like, pretty much of Europe (with respect to healthcare, education etc etc)...

Anyhoo, that's a different discussion for a different forum...

- Fruitcakenipple

Can't even make out what that (frank)er is dropping....

Can't even make out what that (frank)er is dropping....
- lumlums

C'mon buds ya nos ya can..

C'mon buds ya nos ya can..
- Fruitcakenipple

C'mon buds ya nos ya can..
- Fruitcakenipple

I'm assuming it's weed?

EDIT: Just saw the post above from GalacticStone and now I'm sure

I'm assuming it's weed?

EDIT: Just saw the post above from GalacticStone and now I'm sure
- lumlums

- GalacticStone

I just find it amazing that people in the US scream socialism while pointing at Venuzuela (which has been pretty much a dictatorship for many years), and not at like, pretty much of Europe (with respect to healthcare, education etc etc)...

Anyhoo, that's a different discussion for a different forum...
- lumlums

yeah, explaining Scandinavian 'so called socialism' to the Americans would take a while x10

- Fruitcakenipple

That would work!

Mike should we fire Babcock and hire Randy Carlyle?

Asking for a friend

Mike should we fire Babcock and hire Randy Carlyle?

Asking for a friend
- Garnie

#Tradekadri

yeah, explaining Scandinavian 'so called socialism' to the Americans would take a while x10
- 21peter

It's simple:

Country > Citizens > Corporations

Vs

Country = Corporations >>>> Citizens

I just find it amazing that people in the US scream socialism while pointing at Venuzuela (which has been pretty much a dictatorship for many years), and not at like, pretty much of Europe (with respect to healthcare, education etc etc)...

Anyhoo, that's a different discussion for a different forum...
- lumlums

It's because most people really don't know what socialism is. If a government looking after the wellbeing of its citizens instead of working to ensure the profits of its corporations is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

Mike should we fire Babcock and hire Randy Carlyle?

Asking for a friend
- Garnie

"Good one, Garnie!!!"

It's because most people really don't know what socialism is. If a government looking after the wellbeing of its citizens instead of working to ensure the profits of its corporations is wrong, then I don't want to be right.
- TrashPanda

Exactly.

Most developed European countries give everybody a chance to start on equal footing - education is free or affordable, healthcare is covered through reasonable taxation (and still costs less per capita than what the US pays), and people understand that they're paying it forward for the next generation, just as the preceding one did for them.

I swear, show up in Europe and proclaim to be a Libertarian and you're gonna go from zero to groin stomped in about 2.4 seconds

Exactly.

Most developed European countries give everybody a chance to start on equal footing - education is free or affordable, healthcare is covered through reasonable taxation (and still costs less per capita than what the US pays), and people understand that they're paying it forward for the next generation, just as the preceding one did for them.

I swear, show up in Europe and proclaim to be a Libertarian and you're gonna go from zero to groin stomped in about 2.4 seconds
- lumlums

We all know socialism works well with the confines of a structured neo-capitalist regime, but, the real question is : does socialism score goals, and does it deliver in the clutch?