Post-Game Talk: Caps vs Ducks 7:00 PM EST

[Alexander the Gr8]

Does Hagelin scoring an own-goal count?

It does. I am convinced that the puck is physically incapable of entering a net right after touching him. It's like there's a force field around him

 

[Calicaps]

Well the problem is the virus doesn't care about its own survival, its not sentient. It mutates randomly and if we allow it to continue, eventually it will hit the virus lotto and become easily transmittable and ultra deadly with that dreaded combination of slow symptom development and a population still resisting vaccinations, it can find plenty of hosts. Add in the trifecta of people too weary from past shutdowns and its the perfect storm. Mother nature has already fired all her warning shots across our collective bow. The next one will be a bulls eye.

The only good news is, more treatments including oral(pills) are being developed so it doesn't have to be a death sentence for everyone.

It doesn’t have to care in a conscious way. The evolutionary imperative is still there. Mutations that allow a variant to thrive win out over those that make it harder to propagate.

 

[Misery74]

I'm thinking about putting $100 on Hagelin tonight. Maybe $200. Haven't decided yet though.

I wouldn’t bet on Hagelin to score in a womens prison with a suitcase filled with cigarettes.

 

[DWGie26]

I wouldn’t bet on Hagelin to score in a womens prison with a suitcase filled with cigarettes.

Wow! Now that is a thing!

I mean he has to score at some point. Now on the second line with Oshie and Eller. Seems like a good calculated bet.

 

[SpinningEdge]

Hags on the second line is dumbest coaching move of year so far

 

[crab]

Hags on the second line is dumbest coaching move of year so far

Ya no idea why he isn’t on the first.

 

[crab]

I'm thinking about putting $100 on Hagelin tonight. Maybe $200. Haven't decided yet though.

Just send me the money. I’ll put it to better use.

 

[tenken00]

Just send me the money. I’ll put it to better use.

 

[kicksavedave]

It doesn’t have to care in a conscious way. The evolutionary imperative is still there. Mutations that allow a variant to thrive win out over those that make it harder to propagate.

I think we're saying the same thing basically. My main point is, the longer we let it hang around (and that's exactly what we're doing, just deciding to live with it vs eradicate it) the more likely we are to stumble across a variant which will kill 150-200M people, instead of the 5+M so far. There will be plenty of hosts around for it to spread in that situation. Its just a matter of time before coronavirus hits that lotto.

I'm telling you all right now, we're heading for Planet of the Apes as we speak.

 

[Marshall]

Uh... 4 - 3 Caps.

 

[twabby]

I think we're saying the same thing basically. My main point is, the longer we let it hang around (and that's exactly what we're doing, just deciding to live with it vs eradicate it) the more likely we are to stumble across a variant which will kill 150-200M people, instead of the 5+M so far. There will be plenty of hosts around for it to spread in that situation. Its just a matter of time before coronavirus hits that lotto.

I'm telling you all right now, we're heading for Planet of the Apes as we speak.

It’s too bad that our billionaire benefactors and our political leadership have decided that it’s more important for the Number to keep going up, and for us to continue stuffing our faces with 2 for $20 meals at Applebees, than it is to eradicate the coronavirus.

 

[txpd]

I think we're saying the same thing basically. My main point is, the longer we let it hang around (and that's exactly what we're doing, just deciding to live with it vs eradicate it) the more likely we are to stumble across a variant which will kill 150-200M people, instead of the 5+M so far. There will be plenty of hosts around for it to spread in that situation. Its just a matter of time before coronavirus hits that lotto.

I'm telling you all right now, we're heading for Planet of the Apes as we speak.

Eradicate isnt an option when almost half your population isn't interested. Laviolette just talked in his post skate presser about Sprong needing 200ft game. Defense. Puck battles. Details.

 

[895]

I'm feeling a strong win tonight.

 

[txpd]

Ya no idea why he isn’t on the first.

Hagelin Eller Oshie are going to get the d zone starts and the matchup against the opposing first line. Now maybe that's the dumbest thing ever. I dont know.

 

[g00n]

I think we're saying the same thing basically. My main point is, the longer we let it hang around (and that's exactly what we're doing, just deciding to live with it vs eradicate it) the more likely we are to stumble across a variant which will kill 150-200M people, instead of the 5+M so far. There will be plenty of hosts around for it to spread in that situation. Its just a matter of time before coronavirus hits that lotto.

I'm telling you all right now, we're heading for Planet of the Apes as we speak.

I think this is basically true. The virus has no way of knowing "oh hell, I've killed off 90% of the available hosts I'd better mutate and slow down". If the right/wrong combo of traits forms from a mutation it could just rip through a population and kill huge parts of the species first time through, with no regard for future prospects. All it will "know" is "reproduce within this host".

I also think the weakening of a virus over time as a "survival" trait is more a product of the response to the virus (increased immunity, better treatment, etc), and some luck. There's probably no evolutionary means for a non-sentient entity to manage its own food supply. Predators OTOH are likely to avoid killing too many females/young so the source herd can be maintained.

 

[g00n]

It’s too bad that our billionaire benefactors and our political leadership have decided that it’s more important for the Number to keep going up, and for us to continue stuffing our faces with 2 for $20 meals at Applebees, than it is to eradicate the coronavirus.

So you haven't left the house in almost 2 years?

 

[Corby78]

I mean because why not....

 

[Corby78]

At some point he has to accidentally score

Maybe closest skater to an own goal?

 

[twabby]

So you haven't left the house in almost 2 years?

More like 10 years!

 

[notDkristich]

I wouldn’t bet on Hagelin to score in a womens prison with a suitcase filled with cigarettes.

i'll play...

Hags couldn’t pour piss out of a boot even if the instructions were at the bottom

 

[kicksavedave]

So you haven't left the house in almost 2 years?

To be fair, I leave the house from time to time, but absolutely never, ever, ever, to go to Applebees!

 

[kicksavedave]

i'll play...

Hags couldn’t pour piss out of a boot even if the instructions were at the bottom

Wait, are we saying Hags is stupid, or just that he can't score? Cause I got a lotta jokes about being stupid

 

[tycoonheart]

To be fair, I leave the house from time to time, but absolutely never, ever, ever, to go to Applebees!

 

[shtorm2005]

Welcome Ducks!

Spoiler

 

[crab]

To be fair, I leave the house from time to time, but absolutely never, ever, ever, to go to Applebees!

You’re missing out. Haven’t you seen Hall Pass? All the babes are at Applebees.