tomh009

ON and QC are indeed the two worst provinces for COVID-19. But compared to most US states, they are super safe. Nevada is currently seeing around 10% of their COVID-19 tests come back positive, Ontario is below 1%. (The amount of testing is roughly comparable.) But I don't think either provincial government -- or the feds, for that matter -- is keen on hosting this and experiencing another outbreak.

Yeah, I can't see them bringing up Brook at this point. Or Olofsson, who really struggled when he was called up. The only candidates in my mind are Alzner and Leskinen, and I think the choice really depends on what they are looking for from the 10th D.

Sergachev did?

And a UFA will only take cap space ... but it is a struggle to get them to sign up for a move to Montreal. When you send out an offer sheet, the RFA has exactly two choices, take that offer sheet or wait for his team's offer (or another offer sheet, which is not very likely).

If no arbitration, then the question for him is what would Tampa be willing to offer him (given no arbitration) vs the offer sheet.

The first season Hasek dipped to under .915 was 2003-2004, when he turned 39. But that really isn't a realistic expectation for Price. But Hasek was still doing .903 after he turned 43!

If Sergachev chose not to sign at, say, $8M, there is no guarantee that Tampa would give him $7.5M. Maybe a more relevant question is what would he get if he didn't accept Tampa's offer and it went into arbitration?

Some people complain that small businesses can't survive with higher corporate taxes. But corporate taxes are only payable by corporations that are profitable in the first place ... And, yes, I am also OK with moderate income tax rate increases.

Given the recent public health issues, long-term care problems and policing challenges (and even ignoring the environmental crisis), I think a lot more people would be willing to consider paying some more taxes now than would have been the case a year ago. If we restore the GST/HST rate, we would need to look at the HST rebates to ensure that the increase would not be too regressive and hurt low-income Canadians. And a thumbs-up for the Economist quote! 👍

That's me, too. I actually volunteered for some federal PC campaigns back in the Joe Clark era, and I still have a lot of respect for him. Martin converted me to the other side of the aisle (was never a big fan of Chretien). And then Reform took over the PCs, and their social conservatism has been a big red flag for me. Fiscal conservatism, sadly, is pretty much dead at the moment: none of the parties in Parliament promote fiscal responsibility, it's only a question of whether they want to spend more or cut taxes more. And this is really part of a global trend: I think the historically low interest rates have enabled politicians to toss fiscal responsibility in the bin and spend money like drunken sailors. We have to wait to see what the post-COVID world looks like.

That quote wasn't from an Athletic writer, though, it was from an unnamed GM/coach/scout (one of each contributed comments to the article).

He's actually admitting that there is racism in Quebec, he is arguing about the use of the word "systemic". To avoid these kinds of arguments, I prefer to say that there is bias, discrimination etc rather than using the "systemic" word. The meaning is basically the same.

"Respectable" is what I'm hoping for!

And indeed he has been working on his shot. This is from last summer, training with Tim Turk: https://www.timturkhockey.com/turk-hitting-the-ice-with-victor-mete/

The text in the original tweet is admittedly his brother's, he only retweeted it (and also retweeted the Trump ones).

I'm not stopping you. I just said that I don't want to get into it myself.

Yeah. The rioting is bad, and I disapprove of it. But it's only a tiny percentage of the protestors. And It's nowhere near the same thing as the cold-blooded murder of a helpless, unarmed, handcuffed man. And I think that's as far as I'll wade into this debate on HW. (And Poehling may want to learn to keep quiet in the future, too, and stick to playing hockey.)

Well, I have to admit, it is a good draft class this year ...

But Domi?

But for that, you need some defensive capability on the second line, and Drouin and Domi are not known for that. Lehkonen-Suzuki-Armia can play D against the Malkin line and still generate opportunities, and Drouin-Domi-Byron will have a much easier assignment against the Pens' third line.

I thought Fonstad still had potential. But I assume that it's a game of available contract slots, and the other players (that have been signed) simply had more potential than Fonstad.

Maybe they'll bring back Kinkaid as a starter to help the situation? 😆

It will probably be necessary for Canada to do the same yet.

Agreed (on conference finals). Maybe (on draft order). No one knows yet what scheme they will finally settle on.

Ssssshhhh... I really don't want this 24-team setup, I want decent draft picks in a year when we have a ton of them. If the Fear of Carey makes that NOT happen, all the better.