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Summer of '89
June 15 2011 09:04PM
During the 2010 NHL entry draft, Oiler fans got together to hear the big announcement: Taylor or Tyler. Over the years, Edmonton has drafted some of the truly exceptional talents in the game's history. Their draft day scouting reports still ring true all these years later.
- Barry Fraser talking about Kevin Lowe: "I had him anywhere from 10 to 13 overall. He was the best player available (at 21) a steady defenseman who is good offensively with a penchant for being tough."
- Glen Sather about Mark Messier: "He has unlimited potential."
- Fraser about Glenn Anderson: "He's very quick, probably the best player (at the Canadian Olympic camp) behind Randy Gregg."
- According to this Terry Jones article from March 14, 1979, Edmonton placed Jari Kurri on their negotiation list. This would have been about 15 months before the Oilers drafted him.
- Unnamed NHL scout on Grant Fuhr: "He's the best goalie to come out of the draft since John Davidson."
- Jeff O'Neill comparing himself to Jason Bonsignore: "Basically the difference between Jason and I is that he's chicken and I'm not. No, seriously, Jason is more of a finesse player and I'm more aggressive."
The question I always ask about scouting reports on draft day is do they reflect the player's ability? The answer is (and always has been) a resounding yes. Scouting reports are exceptional in that they describe a prospect's strengths and weaknesses and do a good job giving the reader and idea about where they might slot on the depth chart.
What don't they tell us?
Scouting reports don't factor in attitude, drive, injuries that will happen down the line, contract squabbles, drug and alcohol problems and (God love them) women. When we read a scouting report from a service (Redline doesn't like to be mentioned with the others but I'd throw ISS in there and Bob McKenzie is the Gold Standard) it does a very good job of creating a line in the sand. As fans, it's our job to document the prospect's progress after he's drafted. Let me use Sam Gagner as an example.
Redline: Plays with drive, determination and hustle. Very smart and heady player who competes hard and hates losing. While not an elite skater, he gets there just fine. Not the biggest dog in the fight, but thrives in traffic and works well in tight space. Slick hands with a quick release snap-shot that keeps defencemen and goaltenders guessing. Can hold the puck too long at times and needs to work on seeing his mates better. Has the ability to play the pivot or wing.
I think that's a fair scouting report, pointing out hiis obvious puck skills and his negatives (size, speed). With that as the backdrop, the clock starts ticking on Gagner's career beginning training camp 2007 fall. He comes in and clocks the competition, makes the team and posts one of the finest offensive seasons in Oiler history. LOTS of positive arrows for Gagner after year one.
Since that day, Gagner's boxcars have run in place (actually they've gone down slightly) and there are rumblings among the fanbase in regard to the young man's future. I think that's reasonable based on the clock we all have in our brains that begins ticking the moment a young prospect becomes a regular. We all have our internal estimates about how much elapsed time it takes for a prospect to turn into a useful player, and four years is a long time for a prospect to post the same numbers year after year.
- He's survived. Although injuries have been a factor in his career, Gagner has played in 89% of the Oilers games since 2007 fall. He started under the Mandelbaum regime, survived that and the Bermuda triangle that has been the injury bug since Pat Quinn brought the Plague of 1348 with him in a big travelling chest when flying in from Muddy York.
- He's become the best 5x5 offensive C on the roster. Gagner's 5x5/60 number was solid and there's evidence that he had emerged as a quality center before Christmas. When injuries fell, and he was assigned to the Swedish rookies (who worked well together but not with Gagner) the ship began to talk on water.
- There's a lot of battle in this kid. Despite facing an uphill battle in the season's second half, Gagner showed a lot of try until Ryan (Ron Popiel) Jones did a slicer-dicer on him and ended 89's season. There was some of that in his original scouting report and it showed this season.
- The faceoff circle. Gagner's poor numbers in the dot are magnified by an overall team weakness in this area. Gagner and Cogliano have not progressed and although there are varying opinions about the importance of the discipline it's safe to say this is not satisfactory.
- The powerplay. Gagner had a poor season with the man advantage, and the Oilers have some tremendous options available. Unless he shows massive improvement, I think he's going to lose his minutes to Linus Omark and others.
- Chemistry. Gagner had chem with Penner and Hemsky, but one of them is gone and the other one could be on the way. He had very little chemistry with MP and Omark, so I'm not certain where he fits in the top 6. Should the club decide to run Horcoff next season with Hall and Eberle, Gagner might be spending more time with men like Ryan Jones and Clem Kadiddlehopper.
Sam Gagner is a slight disappointment for us as Oiler fans based on his draft number and the clock ticking in our brains. This also coincides perfectly with the exact moment when losing organizations often trade good young players. It's a perfect storm and an excellent test for Steve Tambellini. If he trades Gagner this summer, all those at-bats will have been done for another NHL team's benefit. Unless the return is an established NHL player who can help this young team for many years, it would be an unwise move.
The Canucks, the Lions and Vancouverites need to get past their sense of entitlement and maybe they could start winning and not act like jack asses too much of the time.
Our beloved Oilers needed in the past to learn that lesson, and they did, but it only took one loss to the Islanders (whom they thought they were ready to beat) to get the plot.
As one poster mentioned, BC is a beautiful place, but living here means you get a bigger dose than is normal or palatable of drug addled, drug damaged, semi-criminal tinfoil hat wearing self-important amoral conspiriatorialists.
As for little Sam, I think people often mistake being one dimensional with inexperience.
Inexperience means you make mistakes with positioning, puck management, reacting appropriately, etc.
It doesn't mean you lose your battles, can't create offense, can only play with certain people, aren't dangerous, play on the perimeter, can't win a face off, can't keep up on the backcheck. Or don't show any year over year improvement.
He was rushed into the league, but has 4 years of coddled experience under his belt. Cogliano has performed similarly, grown more, and played with the dregs.
The Canucks collapse is a perfect example of how a team needs to be very careful who they choose to lead them.
As long as hockey is a contact sport, having enough appropriately sized, aggressive and quick enough players will remain a key to playoff success.
There will always be a FEW exceptions, like Marchand this year, but will he show up every year in the playoffs or have one career year and then zippo - Pavelski, Briere, Gomez, Drury. We need players that will be effective every year in some fashion. If small (and slow) guys don't score what do they bring? Far too often not much. Shout out to Hank and Dank.
Hall is perfect, Eberle maybe because of his history, but after that I wonder - small guys who aren't fast, bigger guys who aren't particularly good scorers or tough, and other than the two mentioned no one is naturally aggressive or dominant enough.
Hey LT
In your mind would it be worth it if Gagner was traded to nab Couturier, straight across; regardless of which spot it was in the top 8?
With several players Mike Gillis will want to re-sign or add to his roster, he must be anxious to dump Keith Ballard's $4 mill per year. Now, I'm not exactly thrilled about the idea of helping out the Canucks, but then again, if the price is cheap, and Ballard can return to top 4 pairing form, then this would be a good investment for the Oil.
June 16 2011, 05:25PM
Feel a little bad for Taylor Hall this evening. Having to watch his friend lift the cup almost a decade before he'll ever get a chance to hoist it. (according to Kevin Lowes projections)
Hopefully the Oilers can expedite this process before he gets bored and looks elsewhere for his opportunity.
He can't go anywhere for 6 years. Unless a team gives him an offer sheet... even then, unless it is a 20 year deal for $13M/year, the Oil will match it.
June 16 2011, 06:57PM
He can't go anywhere for 6 years. Unless a team gives him an offer sheet... even then, unless it is a 20 year deal for $13M/year, the Oil will match it.
Just thinking he could quickly grow tired of Edmonton and its total lack of something that resembles a commitment to winning. Money won't be the issue, just feel his patience may be. If he's given up on the organization then no amount of money will keep him here.
The Oilers may want to error on the side of caution and expedite this process, i don't see him as someone who'll wait till his 4th season to just barely make the playoffs. One boobie prize every year for the next five yrs won't do it.
June 16 2011, 09:58PM
@Quicksilver ballet
If you could move Gagner to the wing I'd do that. There is a scenario's were I would in fact move Gagner, one would be Gagner the 19th plus Chorney or Plante for Florida's 1st and Gudbranson or something that can get a deal like that done. There are negatives to Gagners game that nee to be rectified soon, hopefully he has spent the summer training hard, and if Gagner next season mirrors his others, then you really have to consider moving him.
June 16 2011, 10:00PM
Not sure why it replied to Quick? wasn't meant too.
Move Gags to long island with the 19th pick for there 5th and a prospect. Tavares and Ganger would light it up, there history together would undoubtedly produce points and the oilers could hopefully snag Couturier or a top defenseman


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Rhys Finnick
February 02 2014 07:51AM
Poor Patches.
Now that we've got that out of the way, onto the Jets game.
The Jets incredible roll since Paul Maurice's hiring keeps moving along, laughing in the face of critics who say the team is bound to regress sometime soon.
This argument against the Jets is getting harder and harder to justify, as the team has picked up wins over everybody from the bottom-feeding Flames and Oilers, to the middling Canucks, Coyotes, and Leafs, to the juggernaut Ducks and Blackhawks. Depth issues still remain, but Maurice has somehow managed to keep his defence productive while the team's arguably best defenceman, Dustin Byfuglien, spends time at forward with Jokinen and Setoguchi on the third line.
Montreal comes into this contest with some mighty struggles of their own, going 4-5-1 over their past ten games, and with many media pundits calling for the head of the supposedly offensively-stifling Michel Therrien.
The Jets, most importantly, do not have to overthink what's been happening lately. Sure, some of the games have been exciting for all the wrong reasons (poor defensive play/a goalie standing on their head), but Maurice has been able to effect a kind of change throughout line, making their previous depth problems seem like something that could be solved through scouting and coaching.
The Canadiens aren't division or even conference rivals, but the Jets can't really afford to lose any more games if they can help it. Considering how tight of a race it will be to grab those last two Wild Card spots in the West, Winnipeg needs to treat every game like a game seven from here on in.
- Ladd - Little - Frolik
- Thorburn - Scheifele - Wheeler
- Setoguchi - Jokinen - Byfgulien
- Tangradi - Wright - Peluso
Maurice will keep rolling the same top nine until they give him a reason not to.
Setoguchi played very well against the Canucks, scoring two goals including the game winner after looking lost on his off-wing for the past few weeks.
Eric Tangradi finally got out of the pressbox in Eric O'Dell's place, but the young winger was barely noticeable all game - though that may be due to the fact that he's been sitting during games for what seems like months and months.
- Bogosian - Enstrom
- Stuart - Trouba
- Pardy - Ellerby
- Pavelec
- Montoya
Pavelec will likely see the start here again, as an interesting graphic that came up on the TSN Jets-'Nucks broadcast showed that Paul Maurice usually likes to ride his No. 1 goaltenders as long as he can. Pavelec is not having a great year, but the Jets are winning, so you can imagine how hard and somewhat nonsensical it would be put in the back-up when the wins are piling up.
- Pacioretty - Desharnais - Gallagher
- Moen - Plekanec - Gionta
- Bourque - Eller - Thomas
- Prust - Briere - Parros
This is as a confused of a line-up as you'll see right now.
Therrien has been the brunt of a lot of rage lately over his team's performances, with many claiming that while Therrien had slightly improved upon their regular season performance initially, his style has become too constricting for a team still trying to figure out it's identity.
- Gorges - Subban
- Markov - Emelin
- Beaulieu - Murray
- Price
- Budaj
This is a very good top four corps for the Habs, but they've struggled quite a bit as of late. Therrien's tactics seem to be geared towards getting the puck into safe places rather than risking open-ice passes, but such a mentality slows the game down quite a bit and makes it predictable even though his skilled rosters are capable of such plays.
The Jets should be able to prey upon another struggling team at the Bell Centre this morning. The Jets are doing a great job of not over-thinking things, and they would do well to continue the trend in Montreal.
"Setoguchi played very well against the Canucks, scoring two goals including the game winner after looking lost on his off-wing for the past few weeks."
Of note: The better of his two goals was, if I recall correctly, a shot as he was streaking down, wait for it, his correct wing. This seems like something to ponder.
Tangradi was not that noticeable but the one time I noticed him it was for doing something good. The 4th gave as good as it got against Van, I am hoping Tangradi gets a long look here.
February 03 2014, 10:09AM
I didn't watch the Superbowl after the reffing of the Sea-SF game. I saw the good playoff games: winter in GB and the SF-Sea game. The NHL is structured to be boring entertainment during a tie in the third period or even second period. In the regualr season. But NFL is structured as such all the time. The contracts are only annual or week-to-week, the cost of no lockouts. Because defences and offenses don't play eachother, the correct strategy is to injure QBs and WRs (they should have guaranteed multi-yr contracts). And the correct strategy as Peyton or a WR is to not risk injury. The SF lineman who recovered the fumble while injured did the bravest thing a player can do. And this wasn't rewarded. And the kicker that got contacted didn't draw a penalty. There was no reason for Kaepernick to risk a Vick-like injury but he did anyway, and the refs called the game against him. When players are clearly jacked up enough to end careers, without being exposed to hits aginst themselves, the NFL should call a tight game against such a secondary, to allow players to be considered role-models. In the CFL, there isn't an incentive to KO players as you are making maybe 20% more than in the non-sport workforce. The main problem is that with 22 players, camera angles become important. In hockey, you get head shots if you are a bad role model. Or you have to fight. It is a fairer system. I don't think the 80% guaranteed contract is fair, but certainly 50%. Smashmouth football works in the CFL because there are more players, more field, more sets and motion, and receivers can go offside. Where is inferior is the blatent homefield ref-fing. In was a chore to get the Olympics schedules. Tsn redirects to a CBC website that isn't programmed very well. You always get too many canada games and not enough other good games. The SF game was rigged and fans missed out on a good superbowl. At least they don't show their 2nd worst franchise like CBC broadcasts. It would be like a Bomber game every week. I'll go on record calling a Ticat Cup. The Grey Cup wasn't entertaining because Durent was just so much better than the other QB. The NFL has the same problem the NHL did when Lemieux retired: not caling pass interference (NBA doesn't call trvelling or offensive charging). I got a fix for the NBA: two assists are necessary for a 3pt play. When the NFL guarantees contracts to players that take hits, those players will take hits. Right now, Peyton is smart to not try.

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I also been looking for new place to read air gear after it was removed on all my sites I used.
Psyren and kekkiashi Glad to hear they getting some justice as well.
hey when is psyren and kekkiashi coming out
Don't mess with the rubberman cause he will always bounce back and kick some A**
Blackbeard must DIE!!!
Actually I wanna ask, is there something wrong in manga reader because I can't get full page when I read previous manga issue for manga title such as one piece, fairy tail, naruto etc and more often or not the manga will stuck at half of the page and after refreshing it's still the same
Fairy Tail 202 is not viewable along with credit pages for previous chapters but the latter's not important.
Fairy Tale 202 in the reader.. seems normal to me, which images aren't loading, try hitting F5?
"I'm working on it - GAARRR"
sorry to bother, but the latest one piece and naruto manga chapters are not online yet! >:O
The Page for SaHa/Kodomo no Jikan is hopelessly outdated.
SaHa is actually active, their website can now be found at http://sahadou.com/ .
Their Kodomo no Jikan releses can be found at http://sahadou.com/?cat=19
Chapter 89 is the latest at the moment of writing. On the MangaShare list it still says chapter 83 is the latest ...
So yeah, please update xD
Hey Guys, where can I get translations for some of my japanese comics?


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How Much Has The Oilers AHL Goaltending Mattered?
Jonathan Willis
January 28 2010 09:05AM
The Oilers goaltending has been a point of controversy since the summer. While the majority of the fans were supporters of the acquisition of Nikolai Khabibulin, a vocal minority spoke against the move, arguing that both his ability, health and age were all legitimate points for concern. Since Khabibulin's injury, a pair of untested prospects in Jeff Deslauriers and Devan Dubnyk have covered the goaltending. How many points has that trio cost the Oilers?
I've been wondering how to make the comparison, but I hit upon an idea I liked this morning. The New York Islanders signed two free agent goaltenders this summer, Dwayne Roloson and Martin Biron, both goaltenders who were suggested as possible starters for the Oilers. The idea I had was in the form of a question: hypothetically, what if Steve Tambellini and Garth Snow had been reversed this summer, with the Oilers picking up two veterans and the Islanders snagging Khabibulin to cover for DiPietro?
Just for comparison's sake, I stacked the game-by-game performances of Biron and Roloson up against the game-by-game performances of the Oilers trio. I multiplied the save percentages of the Islanders' duo against the shots faced by the Oilers' goalies, game-by-game (in other words, I didn't just multiply Roloson's .909 SV% against all his starts; if he had a 0.773 SV% night (and he did) or a 1.000 SV% night (he had that too) I multiplied it against the specific date. For games that now resulted in a tie, I did a 40/60 weighting between wins and overtime losses, to match the Oilers OT/SO record this season.
I had some very interesting results, which I'll break down here.
Oilers Actual Numbers
- Overall: 16-29-6, 38 points
- Pre-Khabibulin Injury: 8-10-3
- Post-Khabibulin Injury: 8-19-3
- Nikolai Khabibulin: 7-9-2, .909 SV%
- Jeff Deslauriers: 9-15-3, .896 SV%
- Devan Dubnyk: 0-5-1, .869 SV%
Simulated Numbers
- Overall: 21-24-6, 48 points
- Pre-Khabibulin Injury: 9-10-2
- Post-Khabibulin Injury: 12-14-4
- Dwayne Roloson: 14-17-3, .909 SV%
- Martin Biron: 7-7-3, .900 SV%
Lots of interesting stuff there.
For starters, the notion that Nikolai Khabibulin was the team's MVP is hogwash; the team's record with him wasn't especially good and it turns out the team would have done better with the cheaper Biron/Roloson tandem, despite the fact that Deslauriers was spectacular in his first few starts.
Secondly, all those people who point to win/loss records as being terribly significant are simply deluding themselves. A goaltender has very little impact on how many goals the team scores in front of him, and the way Martin Biron's record improves in this context shows that. He's had the misfortune to start on nights the Islanders have been unable to score, and while I know there's a theory out there that it's a result of the team 'lacking enough confidence to play their game', I'll toss out a quote that fits: correlation does not equal causation. Normally that term is bandied about by people who don't know what it means, but it fits here because anyone who has watched more than one NHL game knows that Martin Biron can't go out and score two goals to power the Islanders to victory.
Thirdly, as it happens we probably ought to be thankful that Steve Tambellini went with such a lousy goaltending plan. I say that because even though his choices have cost the Oilers in the neighborhood of 10 points in the standings (i.e. 20% of the team's failings this season can be directly attributed to Steve Tambellini's goaltending choice), those 10 points aren't enough for the team to climb up to even 14th in the Conference; they'd still be three points back of Columbus. Even with superior goaltending, this is a lottery team.
Fourthly, AHL results matter. It would be nice if I could get a nickel's worth of backpay for every time someone reminded me the Oilers hadn't given Deslauriers a chance in the NHL yet, because I'd be at least a few dollars richer. Jeff Deslauriers has been an average goaltender in the AHL, and while he'll probably still have an NHL career as a backup somewhere, his AHL results have been a very good predictor of his NHL results. The Oilers have jumped through waiver-wire hoops for two years to see if the seven years of development they've sunk into this kid were a worthwhile investment, but they could have saved themselves some time by asking themselves how many goalies in the AHL were better than Deslauriers (Is the answer 10 or more? Yes? Move on). Meanwhile, Dubnyk's two years younger and probably has a higher ceiling, but he's almost certianly never going to evolve into a franchise-calibre goalie.
That's what I see. The most interesting points to me are a) simply how miserable Tambellini's goaltending plan was and b) even if his goaltending plan wasn't miserable, this team still wouldn't be near the playoffs. The logical conclusion of those two points is that Steve Tambellini should be fired at the end of the season. This was a collossal, predictable screwup that has cost the team not just a season, but has possibly cost Daryl Katz his new, publicly-funded arena and further eroded the credibility of the Oilers organization with fans and players across the league.
January 28 2010, 07:26PM
Might not want to get too carried away -- a new arena will be built, finally landing a player like Hall or Seguin helps that more in the long run than finishing 10th again this year (which is what having Roli + Hemsky would've netted the Oilers).
Maybe Khabby is just gold for rebuilds, lol. In Chicago they locked up a ton of cap on him, he got hurt and then they tanked for Toews and Kane. Then once the team was looking OK again, he was able to help them out of the gutter.
Lets face it ... the Oilers were never going to willingly tank for a top 3 pick. Khabby (plus the Hemsky injury) basically has given them no choice.
The goaltending issue is troublesome going forward, but at this point, it's probably going to net the Oilers a far better player in the draft than they could've gotten otherwise.
Maybe some of that ineptitude is finally paying off.
@Jonathan Willis
Roloson's also 40. And being "fairly sure" doesn't really mean a whole lot. I mean, saying it's a skater issue means that there's a qualcomp issue. Qualcomp means nothing with regard to goalies? It's only how much you score, not how much they score against you? I don't get where your "fairly sure" is coming from.
Answering the point about zero experience with "Tyler's a lawyer" means what? There are a lot of educated people in a lot of different professions. Does it follow they should enter middle management with an NHL team without any experience?
-- There aren't any other people out there as educated as your friend Tyler who also happen to have at least some experience on the job? He's the guy? He's the best candidate?
-- Using a smart-assed jab by Rob Tychkowski isn't exactly fair. Rob gets beat by everybody and he'd rather write something sarcastic about something like Jagr than do the work to see if the rumour has legs. Likewise, using Staples as an example isn't fair ball either. He's a reporter by trade, not a pajama-wearer, and he's got Peter Adler, who used to be the Czech welcome wagon around here, whispering in his ear.
Tyler Dellow, from website to NHL front office, eh? That's a big peck on cheek for a friend if ever there was one.
Don't forget that Tyler invented concepts like "Supply and Demand," "Financial Bubble and Crisis," and "Balanced Roster." I mean, these are super-complicated observations that it could only take a lawyer or someone with amazing foresight to come up with.
I mean, when people getting paid millions of dollars don't act 100% along the lines of those things I try to figure out what their angle is, rather than assuming they don't understand Econ 101.
But that's why I'll never be elevated to hypothetical assistant to the GM. I'd spend too much time looking at why things aren't the way they "should" be than just acting Rightly and steaming forwards.
January 28 2010, 08:45PM
@ Peter:
Yeah, bringing a guy on board (let's say at 100K/yr, although that's probably high) to say 'don't sign Khabibulin because the market's flooded already' and 'by the way, Kevin, the cap's going up' would totally be a waste of money.
Hell, at this point if the Oilers paid Dellow 4MM a year to get medical records on their signings it would be worth it because a) it doesn't count against the cap and b) it would hvae saved the Oilers the millions their blowing on Khabibulin.
Totally a waste of money.
As for not understanding the emotional side of the game, Peter, what side of the game would you say the current management understands?
Would 'none' side be accurate? ;)
Even you could run the Oilers into the ground ala Steve Tambellini last year. Any idiot could do it. You could write an MS-DOS program capable of doing it.
But to each their own. How did you stand on Khabibulin, btw? With Tambellini?
"Even you could run the Oilers into the ground ala Steve Tambellini last year. Any idiot could do it. You could write an MS-DOS program capable of doing it."
To be fair here, theirs a 30th place team every year. That doesn't mean some joe blow off the street would be a better GM then the guys that ran the ship to 30.
January 28 2010, 08:48PM
I was actually too kind to you above.Yes hire someone who has zero experience because he supposedly wrote a few things about the Oilers...
For starters, Tyler's a lawyer, which means he has more education than most of the guys brought on in the assistant to the GM role. Secondly "supposedly" wrote? Do you know what supposedly means?
Here's four years or so worth of writing. Read it. Better yet, pass it on to Oilers management. Because it's a hell of al ot brighter than the strategy they've been running.You sit-at-home-bloggers drink your own bath water so much it is comical.
I love the sit-at-home line. It's the same line Rob Tychowski used to deride a Jagr rumour - a rumour that was not only accurate, but one that he was cleanly beat on.The fact you think it is that easy to run a team just proves that you don't understand any emotional aspect of the game. Crunching numbers is one thing, but who said the Oilers didn't know where the cap was going??? Every team has bad contracts.
Kevin Lowe said he didn't know the cap was going up, shortly after the Ryan Smyth trade.
Going off memory here, but I think Lowe said he didn't think the cap was going up that much... which I would bet would have been the same expectation of most GM's of the time.
January 28 2010, 09:04PM
Going off memory here, but I think Lowe said he didn't think the cap was going up that much... which I would bet would have been the same expectation of most GM's of the time.
You've got it right. Big difference.
January 28 2010, 10:21PM
Speaking to the point of experience in NHL jobs, the names Jimmy Devellano and Chris Snow come to mind.
Speaking of reaching -- two examples in how many thousand hockey jobs over the last 20 years? In any case, your friend Tyler is not them.
Again, I ask, is your friend Tyler the best candidate or is "I'd hire Tyler Dellow" an overstep that must have made even him shudder to read it?
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@Jonathan Willis
I thought Snow can't be the least qualified person to have a hockey ops job because Doug MacLean drew an NHL salary for years.
There's also a media guy here in town who is highly regarded enough by some people that he could make the jump to a hockey ops job in the next year or two.


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Palermo Flights
Palermo is often talked about: a city full of history, overlooking an idyllic sea, where it is impossible to do nothing. This city also boasts fantastic traditional cuisine, which is always a bonus on a good trip, whether you're traveling for business or pleasure.
If you have heard even once about the Mondello area, the coastal area between Monte Pellegrino and Monte Gallo, why not take a trip there for a day of relaxation, rounded off with a chilled aperitif? In addition, if you love windsurfing this is where the Windsurf World Festival is held in the first two weeks of May.
There are so many seaside resorts to visit here, each with its own unique and special character, like the beaches at Cefalù, favored by the Palermo residents, as well as beaches from Salinelle to Lascari, which offer sandy alternatives to the rocky beaches.
Palermo is one of those cities that has to be explored on foot, due to the number of interesting places that are all within walking distance of each other. While wandering along Via Maqueda and Corso Vittorio Emanuele you can enjoy many of the city's main attractions, such as Palermo Cathedral with its unique mix of Norman, Saracen, Gothic and Baroque influences, and Piazza Pretoria, situated right in the center of Palermo. Continue on to the Norman Palace, also known as the Royal Palace, and its Palatine Chapel, whose mosaics have been listed among the finest in Italy.
Just outside Palermo city center is Monreale Cathedral, in the town of the same name, famous for its Arab-Norman style and dedicated to the Virgin Mary, which attracts tourists and worshipers from all over the world.
After all that culture, it's time to visit the four markets (Vucciria, Ballarò, Il Capo and Borgo Vecchio) to enjoy an intoxicating sensory experience of colors and aromas.
Palermo cuisine fully reflects the influences it has been exposed to during invasions throughout history. The spices and flavors of land and sea are perfectly fused to create a truly varied menu.
The highlights of Palermo's typical dishes include pasta with sardines, arancini (rice balls), squid ink pasta and "pasta 'ncasciata", a macaroni pie. As in any self-respecting maritime city, there are plenty of fish specialties, such as tuna with onion stew and stuffed sardines, but there are just as many flavors of the land, like eggplant caponata and Palermo rolls.
It is always the right time to visit Palermo, so what are you waiting for? Book an Alitalia flight and enjoy the delights that only this city can offer.


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The wide range of investment choices available provides multiple options for different types of investors. For some investors, a consistent rate of return takes priority while others look for larger returns on their investment. When comparing bond versus stock performance, the level of risk and rates of return play a pivotal role in their earnings capacity.
Bond Performance
Bond offerings provide government and corporations with needed revenue without handing over controlling interest to bondholders. As a result, bondholders do not receive any profits made by a company nor do they share in company losses. These factors affect a bond's performance in the market in terms their rates of return and the level of risk involved. Any return rates generated by a bond investment equal a percentage of the bond's original price. This means, a bond's rate of return remains relatively consistent so there's little risk of losing the initial investment amount unless the company goes under.
Stock Performance
When a company offers shares of its stock for sale, it's offering potential investors a certain percentage of ownership in the company. As partial owners, investors share in the profits and losses made by the company. As a result, a stock's performance can fluctuate more so than a bond investment, especially when companies experience large profits or losses. These aspects reflect the increased level of risk involved when purchasing stock versus bond investments. Ultimately, the level of risk involved with a stock depends on a company's financial history and standing in the marketplace. Investors can choose between blue-chip stocks offered through established companies or small-cap stocks offered through less-established companies. In effect, a larger earnings capacity may exist with less-established companies since these stocks carry a higher level of risk.
The market performance of bonds provides an ongoing return on investment, though certain factors can influence payment amounts along the way. Interest rates and inflation affect bond values in much the same way as they affect other areas of the market. How a bond investment responds to changes in interest rates and inflation depends on how those changes affect the performance of the bond's issuing company (or government) in the marketplace. With stock investments, there's virtually no limit on how high or low they can go in terms of market value. As with bonds, market interest rates and inflation effects affect how a stock performs.
Because of the way they're structured, bonds function as another debt obligation for their issuing company. As a result, a company's credit rating affects how it can price its bond offerings. Investors can check a particular company's rating to determine whether it will make good on its bond offerings. Unlike stocks, bonds remain active for a set period of time, such as 10, 20 or 30 years. Once bonds reach their maturity date, bondholders receive their principal investment back along with any accrued interest gains. Ultimately, a mixture of stock and bond investments can provide a source of stable, recurring income and the potential for growth depending on how particular stock investments fair in the market.
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Sorry Microsoft, the Future Is Not Built on a 20-Year-Old Platform.
Fact #3 - Virtualizing the Entire Data Center >>
According to Microsoft, Windows Hyper-V is built for the future. The problem with Microsoft's future? It's stuck in the past. It's really a 20-year-old operating system retrofitted with virtualization. That's a future filled with more bugs, more security holes, and more headaches.
VMware built a secure, reliable, purpose-built platform that's optimized to help your business go forward. You'll be building on the platform trusted by hundreds of public cloud service providers and proven in thousands of private cloud deployments.
When you're not trying to maintain a legacy monopoly in server operating systems, like Microsoft is, you can really build for the future.
Best Virtualization Platform: VMware vSphere
VMware helped JSR expand their operations to the cloud and deliver a competitive edge
VMware came top of our evaluation in terms of cost effectiveness and we were very impressed with the tools and features available with vSphere. Other solutions, such as Microsoft Hyper V, were overly complex and unsuitable for a business of our size.Richard H
VMware delivered to The National Institute of Education (NIE) a flexible, robust, highly available infrastructure for their critical applications
Our proof of concept—which involved testing and creating virtual machines, conducting a physical-to-virtual migration for some of our servers and testing the vMotion feature for high availability—convinced us that VMware had the most mature and flexible product.Tan H.
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Our lips are very important in many ways:
- Visual look of face
- Food intake, drool prevention
- Speech articulation
- Playing musical instruments
- Tactile sensory organ
There are many phrases related to the lips. Here are a few:
Read my lips--meaning "pay close attention to my words" (link)
Lip service--meaning "minimal compliance only" (link)
Hot Lips -- usually a nick name ; Major Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan (MASH); Oran Thaddeus Page (jazz trumpeter known as Hot Lips Page by the public and Lips Page by his fellow musicians).
Fat Lip--(idiom) A swelling on the lip
Don't give me any lip --meaning "insolent talk" (link)
My lips are sealed --meaning "one will reveal nothing, especially about a secret" (link)
There are many emotions invoked just by looking at someone's lips/mouth. By the look and by the movements. "Thin-lipped" is most often used to describe someone who is strict or stern. In general, fuller and thicker lips are seen as more youthful and more attractive. So I hope I don't ruin the sensual, pleasurable aspect of lip psychology for you by delving into the anatomy of lips. (It hasn't for me.) I want to cover the anatomy prior to moving on to future posts on lip reconstruction and augmentation. The picture above is of Louis Armstrong blowing his trumpet. You can hear him here (A Kiss to Build a Dream On).
The Upper (Labium superioris) extends from the base of the nose superiorly, to the nasolabial folds laterally, and to the free edge of the vermilion border inferiorly.
The lower lip (Labium inferioris) extends from the superior free vermilion edge superiorly, to the commissures laterally, and to the mandible inferiorly. The lower lip is usually somewhat larger (for youthful lips approximately twice as full as the upper).
The vermilion is the "colored" portion of the lips. The skin here is very thin. In light-skin people, the underlying blood vessels appear more readily through the skin which leads to their notable red coloring. With darker skin color, this effect is less prominent.
Around the circumferential vermilion-skin border, a fine line of pale skin "(the white roll") accentuates the color difference between the vermilion and normal skin. When repairing lacerations, it is crucial to match this "roll". A 1-mm discrepancy can be noticed at a distance of 3 feet.
Cupid's bow is formed by the two "peaks" of vermilion of the upper lip. The philtrum is located between the two raised vertical columns of tissue, from the vermilion to the columella above.
The labiomental (lip-chin)crease passes horizontally in an inverted u-shape across the lower lip, which intraorally corresponds to the depth of the gingivolabial sulcus
The inferior and a superior labial artery are branches of the facial artery. They follow a course beneath the orbicularis oris muscle and anastomose with the contralateral vessel. The superior labial artery usually branches from the facial artery 1.1 cm lateral and 0.9 cm superior to the oral commissure. The inferior labial artery branches from the facial artery 2.6 cm lateral and 1.5 cm inferior to the oral commissure. The facial artery then ascends in the nasolabial groove as the angular artery, forming branches to the nasal ala and anastomosing with the dorsal nasal artery.
Lymphatic drainage from the upper lip is unilateral except for the midline. The lymphatics coalesce and drain mainly to the ipsilateral submandibular nodes, with some drainage also going to the periparotid lymph nodes. Occasionally, some drainage may be available to the ipsilateral submental lymph nodes.
The lower lip lymphatics also coalesce and drain into bilateral submental nodes from the central lip and unilateral submandibular lymph nodes from the lateral lip.
The submental, submandibular, and parotid lymph nodes are the first level of lymph drainage for the lips. Submental nodes secondarily drain to ipsilateral submandibular nodes, and both submandibular and parotid nodes secondarily drain to ipsilateral jugulodigastric lymph nodes.
The upper lip is innervated by the terminal branch of the maxillary nerve. It supplies sensation to the lateral nasal sidewall, ala, columella, medial cheek, and upper lip.
The lower lip and chin receive sensory innervation from branches of the mandibular nerve. The mental nerve supplies sensation to the lower lip skin down to the labiomental fold and, occasionally, down the chin as well. The nerve is located in the submucosa as it exits the foramen and frequently is visible in this location. The inferior alveolar nerve, a branch of the mandibular nerve, inconsistently supplies the chin and region immediately lateral to it.
The motor innervation to the perioral musculature uniformly is from the seventh cranial nerve (CN VII). It is the buccal and marginal branches of the facial nerve that primarily supply innervation to the perioral musculature.
The perioral musculature (link shows muscles and discusses phonetics) can be classified into 3 groups based on insertion.
- Group I -- insert into the modiolus (a tendinous thickening at each commissure that serves as an attachment site for several of the upper and lower lip muscles)
- Orbicularis oris --forms a sphincter around the mouth. This muscle purses the lips and presses them against the teeth upon contraction.
- Buccinator --functions to press the lips and cheek against the teeth
- Levator anguli oris -- acts to superiorly elevate the commissure
- Depressor anguli oris -- functions to depress and laterally move the commissure
- Zygomaticus major -- elevates and laterally moves the commissure
- Risorius -- draws the commissure laterally and produces the sardonic smile (Warren Oates, 1928-1982)
- Group II -- insert into the upper lip
- Levator labii superioris -- elevates the upper lip
- Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi -- dilates the nostril and elevates the upper lip
- Zygomaticus minor -- elevates and pulls the commissure laterally. Its contraction contributes to the nasolabial fold.
- Group III -- insert into the lower lip
- Depressor labii inferioris -- depress the lower lip and pulls it slightly laterally (outward)
- Mentalis is a paired central muscle of the lower lip. Since its muscle fibers pass in an inferior direction, the action of the mentalis upon contraction is to elevate the lower lip. The insertion site of the mentalis fibers into the dermis can be observed in the pout expression.
- Platysma is a lip depressor.
The picture below is from the second reference article. If you begin with the upper muscle beside the nose as A, then they are as follows: A – m. levator labii superioris, B – m. zygomaticus minor, C - m. zygomaticus major, D - m. risorius, E - m. depressor anguli oris, F - m. labii inferioris, G - m. orbicularis oris
The picture shows the muscles which are important for movement of lips with the vectors of muscle action. The article begins a discussion of relating the 1) implementation of the function of facial muscles and 2) the interconnection with the voice synthesis application in the world of Animation. Isn't it disconcerting to have the sound and picture of a television show not synchronized? It is for me. I have to just listen and not watch when that happens.
It is important to all the functions of the lips/mouth that these muscle work well. I know this first hand from my episode of Bell's Palsy. With poor control over the right side of my mouth, some words were not easy to pronounce (plosive constant's need a good lip seal). You may know it somewhat from the lingering (temporary) effects of local numbing at the dentist office and the lack of drool control.
Lips and Perioral Region Anatomy; Babak Jahn-Oarwar MD, Keith Blackwell MD; eMedicine Article, October 9, 2007
Visualization of Talking Human Head; Martin Simunek; Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague / Czech Republic


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Italian-born, London-based DJ/producer, Solo, has garnered much attention from House and Tech House music lovers in the past 3 years, including Claude VonStroke, who picked up Solo to his Dirtybird label in 2009 after hearing Solo's get-on-the-map track, Congaloid. Since then, the band member turned electronic producer has also been signed to Deadfish, remixed the likes of Underworld, Depeche Mode, and Wiley, and was commissioned for the DJ Mag Mix last month. Can't wait to hear more from this one.
SOLO – DJ Mag Mix July 2011 by mrsolo
Solo – Midgets Go Deep
Agaric – Who Made Up The Rules (Josh Wink Remix)
Hector Couto – Creampie
TradeMarq – Dirty Girls (DC Bonus Pass)
Housewerk – Clockwerk
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Apparently, something is also wrong with me because I detest mustard and thus omitted it from my crab cakes. I promised a few of my followers the story of my relationship to mustard. The first thing you must know is that my brother is 14 months older than me. The second thing you must know is that I was a horrifically picky eater when I was a child. I don't recall why I didn't like mustard, but I just didn't. My brother, however, was in love with the stuff. He put it on anything and everything--from the typical burger to potato chips to even cantaloupe once. I think the cantaloupe was to freak me out. Basically, he'd be squirting tons of it onto his plate while I'd sit there grossed out. Somewhere along the line my distaste and his overuse morphed into a fear of mustard. I did not want it anywhere near me. My brother had to sit a few feet away from me along with the mustard. If we went to dinner, the mustard had to be moved onto the other side of the table. If it even possibly touched my food, I wouldn't eat it. And then there was the one time he chased me around the house until he cornered me in the kitchen and squirted mustard all over my arm. I cried.
Mustard is gross. While I am still traumatized all these years later, I have grown out of the no-mustard-on-the-table requirement (though my brother continues to put it right in front of my seat when at a restaurant). I, however, am steadfast in my refusal to not eat a piece of food that has possibly been contaminated by mustard. We're all entitled to our quirks.
|Look at all the big chunks o' crab.
In a large bowl, quickly beat eggs. Add all ingredients from red onion to panko, and mix thoroughly. Gently mix in crab meat, trying not to maintain large pieces. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. In a shallow dish, mix flour and cayenne. Scoop about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of crab mixture into your hands, tightly shaping into a patty. Lightly dredge in flour mixture and set aside. Repeat.
To cook crab cakes, heat 1/8 to 1/4 inch of oil in a large pan. Gently place a few crab cakes at a time into the oil. Do not check doneness or flip over before 3-4 minutes or they may fall apart. Check, and flip when golden, browning the other side. Drain on paper towel and serve warm.


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(jah-lahn-DHA-rah bahn-dah)
jala = net (for catching birds or fish)
dhara = bearing, supporting
bandha = bond
Step by Step
If you're a beginner, don't hold this bandha continuously throughout your practice. Begin your inhalation with your head upright. Apply Jalandhara as you near the end of the inhale, hold during the retention and the exhale, then raise your head to a neutral position for the next inhale.
Avoid this bandha if you have a neck injury
|Pose Information
|Sanskrit Name
|Jalandhara Bandha
|Pose Level
|For All Levels
|Contraindications and Cautions
|Approach the practice of all bandhas and body mudras cautiously, especially without the direct guidance of an experienced teacher.
Avoid this bandha if you have a neck injury
|Prevents the retained breath from "leaking out" of the torso through the throat
Protects the brain, eyes, and inner ears from the internal pressure of the retained breath


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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
By a unanimous vote at the June meeting, the Emery County Public Lands Council approved a motion to develop a county wide land use plan and federal legislation which would finalize wilderness designation and solidify county positions regarding other land use issues, including motorized recreation, livestock grazing and oil and gas development.
The intent of the plan is to preserve the historic resource uses and also to determine the extent of wilderness designation within the county. A similar bill in Washington County was passed recently and officials who put that plan together are optimistic that other counties in Utah could benefit from similar legislation. Emery County ran two bills in 1998 and 2000 that failed to be enacted for various reasons. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance recently introduced its current version of America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, which proposes the designation of more than 1 million acres of wilderness in Emery County and 9.4 million acres of wilderness in Utah.
The public lands council will hold a series of meetings to garner public input. Bruce Wilson, public lands council chairman will develop a number of subcommittees and assign each public lands council member to be in charge of a different area of concern including grazing, oil and gas exploration, roads and transportation issues, water issues and several other land use areas of concern. Many of the concerns to be addressed are areas identified in the Price Resource Management plan which is under litigation by SUWA and other environmental groups.
The meetings will serve as education for the public as to what the lands council will be pursuing. There are common misconceptions on what activities are allowed in wilderness designations. One idea the council would like public opinion on is the possibility of recommending the current Wilderness Study Areas as wilderness. The WSAs have been managed as wilderness since 1983.
The council would like all grazing rights and transportation through such areas to be left intact.
The council feels they would like to guide the public lands use processes in the county instead of being driven by outside agencies and organizations.