Hurricanes Lounge XXVIII: The "where's the rain?" edition

[Negan4Coach]

Fair and balanced fake news.

Well I'm old fashioned so I prefer the term "Agitprop"

 

[Unsustainable]

Memes are the best way to gauge the importance of a news article, no meme for it, no reason to read it.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Grandfather Mountain is the ****.



That's so Durham

I'm thinking of opening a beard lubricant salon next door.

 

[HisIceness]

Okay, is it me or did this forum get a bit of a face-lift?

 

[MinJaBen]

Okay, is it me or did this forum get a bit of a face-lift?

Not always a good thing...

 

[HisIceness]

You wanna be starting something @MinJaBen ?

 

[MinJaBen]

You wanna be starting something @MinJaBen ?

After I get my HFBoards face lift...you'll never recognize me....

 

[HisIceness]

Beat it you smooth criminal

 

[tarheelhockey]

We host Ax tossing at the brewery every now and then

I kind of scoffed at the idea at first, because it’s just about the most hipster thing imaginable. But honestly, ax tossing is surprisingly fun. Basically the same appeal as darts or beer pong. You find yourself saying “hang on, give me one more shot, I got this...”

 

[Svechhammer]

After I get my HFBoards face lift...you'll never recognize me....

 

[Blueline Bomber]

So, the Wreck-it-Ralph 2 trailer has provided the latest great meme on Twitter. Combining the Scottish princess from Brave with Scottish Twitter.

First, the original:



And then the parodies (well, the clean ones I can post on HF):

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I just moved into a new place in Buckhead last month.

Today I learned that the Heatley car crash was into a fence on the street right outside. So there's that.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

I just moved into a new place in Buckhead last month.

Today I learned that the Heatley car crash was into a fence on the street right outside. So there's that.

Reminds me of the revelation that Steve Chiasson died not too far away from my old apartment in N. Raleigh.

 

[Canes]

I just moved into a new place in Buckhead last month.

Today I learned that the Heatley car crash was into a fence on the street right outside. So there's that.

Buckhead, that's pretty fancy, eh

 

[HisIceness]

Can't believe that's been 15 years now.

Buckhead, that's pretty fancy, eh

It makes Southpark and Crabtree areas look like Rocky Mount. Okay that's exaggerating but you get the idea.

Too bad the traffic there sucks ass, it is Atlanta after all but still, it's awful. At least MARTA has a prescense there.

 

[Unsustainable]

We need another Claude Giroux adjusted stats, except for McDavid.

 

[spockBokk]

Can't believe that's been 15 years now.



It makes Southpark and Crabtree areas look like Rocky Mount. Okay that's exaggerating but you get the idea.

Too bad the traffic there sucks ass, it is Atlanta after all but still, it's awful. At least MARTA has a prescense there.

How dare you degrade the mighty Mount!

(Heh...I’m somewhat ashamed to say thats where I lived for 25yrs...)

 

[HisIceness]

Well at least you didn't live in Lumberton.....

Well, same thing I guess.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

One of our program leaders on my project at my current client flies in from Toronto most weeks. I usually get excited about that because “maybe they’ll be a hockey fan”, but after 8 months there was no indication of that whatsoever, so I gave it up (she’s still a lovely person).

But then today, on our morning call, she said something along the lines of “now I know we are all stickhandling within a tight timeline here” and I was like “yes!”

 

[WreckingCrew]

One of our program leaders on my project at my current client flies in from Toronto most weeks. I usually get excited about that because “maybe they’ll be a hockey fan”, but after 8 months there was no indication of that whatsoever, so I gave it up (she’s still a lovely person).

But then today, on our morning call, she said something along the lines of “now I know we are all stickhandling within a tight timeline here” and I was like “yes!”

...probably talking about Lacrosse...

 

[Lempo]

Lacrosse, sweetie, Lacrosse.

 

[HisIceness]

@Anton Dubinchuk you should find a way to sneak in a 1967 reference if you can

 

[sabremike]

I kind of scoffed at the idea at first, because it’s just about the most hipster thing imaginable. But honestly, ax tossing is surprisingly fun. Basically the same appeal as darts or beer pong. You find yourself saying “hang on, give me one more shot, I got this...”

Funny you should mention this because there is a gigantic ax tossing event that is going to be held at the Barclays Center on February 28th of next year.

 

[NotOpie]

Just waded through the entire "Nylander/Leafs not close on a contract" thread on the main trade board. There were all these arguments about what Nylander would sign for and what the team was looking for and potential offer sheets and how none of that would happen and.....well you get the picture. Typical TML trade thread.

What nobody really addressed was Toronto's salary cap situation. Personally, I don't see anyway that Nylander (or maybe Marner) is on that team at the beginning of next season. The math just doesn't work out....especially if they want a solid Top 4 defender.

 

[MinJaBen]

Just waded through the entire "Nylander/Leafs not close on a contract" thread on the main trade board. There were all these arguments about what Nylander would sign for and what the team was looking for and potential offer sheets and how none of that would happen and.....well you get the picture. Typical TML trade thread.

What nobody really addressed was Toronto's salary cap situation. Personally, I don't see anyway that Nylander (or maybe Marner) is on that team at the beginning of next season. The math just doesn't work out....especially if they want a solid Top 4 defender.

Things would be a lot easier for them if Matthews was signing a contract first. If a team was planning ahead, they should offersheet Nylander a sheet that was a good contract a bit on the high side, but one TML would sign. Then next year really go after Matthews. Put TML in a situation where matching hurts and forces a loss of Marner or Nylander. Marner and Nylander aren't worth four 1sts, but Matthews is if he is the last piece on a team deep with prospects already in the system and young.