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Libraries have two ways to react, first is to try to change user behavior through information literacy or altering the library catalogues and databases to fit user expectations. If one goes by the famous "User is not broken" meme, the later seems to be the way to go.
That said how is Google different from typical library catalogues or even library databases?
In particular Web Scale Discovery products which are pretty much Google like search engines have the potential to be exactly like Google but what exactly are we talking about and if it's possible should we do it?
I was inspired by a recent exchange in a Summon mailing list, between Librarians and many Library IT people (so called Shambrarians) on how exactly Summon should work which led to a disgression on what additional feature sets should be in there to support searching.
It seems to me we are discussing two different matters and that the most traditional library catalogues and databases differ from Google in two main ways.
- Firstly the default search works differently from Google.
- Secondly they have additional options not available in Google.
My thesis is that increasingly there is much less debate over the first type of difference (though there are still some holdouts for some features) but still plenty of disagreement about the value of the second as an option. In particular many of the defaults we take for granted in library catalogues and databases today have *already* being impacted by Google.
It's a long blog post so here's the summary
Library OPACS and databases generally already
- rank using relevancy by default
- do "implied AND" by default
They are slowly moving towards
- autostemming (for databases)
- covering full-text (for Web scale discovery services)
- Do a "soft AND" , where occasionally search terms might be dropped
In short, the further away your library search is from these characteristics , the more difficult your users will find the search to use due to different expectations. Trained by Google, their searches are created based on the expectations such features are built-in , lacking any one of them will result in difficulties and poor quality results.
Of course implementing these features means losing control and predictability of searches, librarians don't want to be surprised and for sure they don't want to see a result they can't explain. Being able to do a precise controlled search would enable a searcher to be *sure* he has done a exhaustive search that he wants.
Google works on the opposite paradigm, aiming at getting a few good relevant results never mind if the searcher can't explain how it got that result, so there's a tension here.
Even if a library search ever achieves all five points, a second battlefront opens... what about adding more advanced options for librarians and power users? This is a pretty contentious issue....
But for now let's discuss the differences in default searches. Let's start from features that are totally accepted
1. Traditional Library catalogues and databases do not rank by relevance even for keyword searching
This is an area where Google web search engines have completely won. The idea that you could get results without any relevance ranking at all is one that is hard to wrap your head around in this day and age.
Even newer librarians find this concept alien. I remember explaining to a colleague in 2007 that traditionally Boolean searches did not rank results by relevancy as in theory all results can be considered equally relevant as they meet the search criteria but she didn't believe me.
The older OPACs, merely ranked in system order (date the record was entered) or if you were lucky by author, title or publication date.
Of course today the newer OPACs and next generation catalogues have relevancy ranking as the default (relevancy ranking is one of the signature characteristics of a next gen catalogue).
Still there are some older OPACs out there that don't do relevancy ranking at all for keyword searching.
An example would be the National Library Board ageing classic catalogue (note : they also have Primo as well) , according to the help file
"The default sorting order for the list of titles is in reverse chronological order, that is, the most current items first. If your retrieval set is less that 300, you may also choose to sort your list by author, title, call number, date, or original order." - no mention of relevancy ranking at all.
Even our classic catalogue Webpac pro, IIRC turned on relevancy ranking by default fairly late in 2007.
Still doing advanced field searches like (a:twain) and (t:huck*) , disables relevancy ranking as an option (probably a technical reason). Something that surprises even librarians sometimes.
In general though I think the idea of ranking results by relevancy has met with very little resistance by librarians (if they even knew of a time before relevancy rankings), most of whom are happy with somewhat unpredictable rankings as long as they can explain why a result is found.
Still there is some loss of control to the searcher, you might be able to explain every result (assuming strict boolean) but you can't explain why this result is on top not another.
As such I know of librarians who are a little unhappy with the limited amount of information available on how relevance ranking works.
In the case of OPACs and next generation catalogues, like our own Encore it is fairly easy to figure out.
There are 5 levels only -
- "Most relevant" - exact phrase match in title $a subfield,
- "Highly relevant" - exact phrase match in title but other subfields
- "Very relevant" - exact phrase match in any field
- "Relevant" - No phrase match but all terms appear in title field
- "Other relevant" - No phrase match but all terms appear, but not all in title field
Then again with the limited amount of information you have in OPACs, you probably can't get more sophisticated then that.
But when it comes to databases considering full text it obviously gets complicated (here's EBSCOhost's explanation) and all you get is a sketch, typically will state what fields are heavily weighted (title, subject heading typically, if you are lucky might order the fields by importance), weighted toward exact phrase match, and some general explanation of tf-idf.
For librarians myself whose knowledge of search relevant rankings extend just to tf-idf weighting I probably wouldn't understand everything if they bothered to explain it all, not that they would. :)
Still that doesn't stop librarians from asking if they can alter the relevancy rankings for Web Scale discovery tools. This is something that is usually not possible, typically you can ask to "boost" the results from your location collections or Institutional repositories but nothing beyond that except maybe Primo Central (self-hosted version only?).
Though one wonders if most know what they are asking for.
2. Traditional Library catalogues and databases do not do implied AND
Again this is one area where Google has slowly chipped away at what traditional databases used to do. In Google when you enter a search say Singapore History , it is implied that you are also happy with results that include Singapore AND History, instead of just Singapore History as a phrase.
Correct me if I am wrong but in the past, most databases did not do implied AND. If you typed in Singapore History the database expects that you want articles that have the two terms in that order next to each other aka a "phrase search".
But now pretty much every library database from Scopus, Web of Science, JSTOR all do implied AND.
I am hard pressed to find examples where implied AND is not on by default. So far for us, I have found Lexisnexis academic that does not do implied AND.
Of course, some databases have various modes and/or allows you the option to set the default to whatever you want, in Ebscohost platforms you can in fact choose between a pure "Boolean/phrase" mode (so if you don't enter AND it assumes a phrase search) or a "Find all my search terms" mode which is doing implied AND.
For databases with multiple modes, it's common to have the "basic mode" with implied AND but the advanced/boolean mode do implied phrase search.
Still, I know the lack of implied AND was very common in library databases in the past, as I can still find mention about how "some databases do implied AND" or similar statements in older books on database searching, my thesis is now implied AND is more of a norm than exception.
In short like relevancy rankings this is another area where web search engines like Google have impacted how library systems work.
Again similar to relevant ranking, my impression is that this change has being accepted & absorbed by library community without much resistance. Sometimes you do need exact search, but phrase search using quotes is generally sufficient and a worthwhile price to pay for the gain. Thanks to relevant rankings that prioritize phrase matches, so you seldom need that anyway.
This change involves a little loss of control to the searcher since the search tries to be "clever", but you can gain control back by adding quotes (or + operator until Google changed it due to Googleplus).
3. Traditional Library catalogues and databases generally do not do stemming by default
Relevance ranking and implied AND has being generally absorbed into library databases and opacs without much dispute but what about auto-stemming? Here I use stemming loosely to mean including word stems (e.g run finds running) . Closely related is the ability of search engine to include synoymns and other related words (e.g automobiles finds cars).
From what I observe auto-stemming by default is currently still in the minority but the tide is turning.
Traditional databases like Scopus/JSTOR generally give you exactly what you search for. If you search for librarian, it won't give you librarians (note extra "s"), library or even information professional. In this sense it is totally predictable.
But cracks are appearing, the new web of science platform "automatic searches for over 7,000 spelling variations such as British/US English (colour / color) as well as name variants (mice / mouse)"
OvidSP's default basic search by default includes related words ("included related terms") - typically plurals but occasionally synonyms.
Ebscohost database has options "Applied related words" , though it isn't turned on by default on my version.
Lastly Summon itself does autostemming unless you add Boolean operators in which case it does exact searches. I believe Summon also has a list of proper names so it will by default search for those as well.
From the reaction seen on the Summon list autostemming by default is more controversial.
Add autostemming without a way around it such as adding quotes or a Verbatim mode in Google? You will have a librarian revolt on your hands.
Google of course does autostemming for word variants but according to Googleguide (which is not official) it does not find related terms (cars vs automobiles) unless you add the tilde (~) operator. Personally I think the later portion is a simplification.
It you look at what verbatim mode actually turns off, you can see Google does more than just does word stems.
Personally I think if you have a choice it is good to turn on stemming by default. Particularly if stemming is of the form that searches the root-words. In most cases, a searcher looking for car is also looking for cars . It is just a bit cruel to make him use truncations, wildcards or even the Boolean OR just to achieve this. In the rare case, he isn't just add quotes.
I am a bit more on the fence if it is of the form that throws in additional synonyms. On one hand, I agree with Iris that the greatest difficulty students face when searching is what she calls "term economy" , where adding the wrong keywords get you bad or even no results, so if the search can help by entering appropriate related terms to expand the search it would be great.
As with all the cases where the search tries to be "intelligent" (and hence less predictable), how useful this feature is depends on how good the system is at throwing in the right synoymns.
Our library databases and OPACs generally rely on authority records and thesauri and in cases of very technical areas when the right term , lingo or technical term can break or make the search, this can be useful. Google probably as a even more sophisticated system to find related words but either way, this can be decided by empirical tests on whether to turn this on by default.
Regardless of whether autostemming improves results on average, turning it on by default means losing more control.
Typically Librarians would prefer for such features to be an option. Even more control can be had if searchers get to choose what synonyms & related words to add.
Something like OVIDSP's "Map Term to Subject Heading" or Ebscohost's "Suggest Subject Terms" is what would be ideal since one can decide what extra search terms to add, instead of immediately adding keywords without any control.
OVIDSP's "include related terms" in basic search mode automatically dumps all related terms but at least the search isn't opaque and you can understand why a certain result is found.
4. Traditional Library catalogues and databases generally do exact searches ("hard implied AND) and will not drop search terms (except stopwords)
Google is generally very very unpredictable despite the impression given by http://www.googleguide.com/
For example, in a long search query, it may randomly drop a search term if the search term causes the results to drop drastically. In the UK Phil Bradley and Karen Blakeman has done quite a bit of experimentation on Google searches, in particular the comments at the end of this blog post is enlightening by a googler.
"When you do a multi-term query on Google (even with quoted terms), the algorithm sometimes backs-off from hard ANDing all of the terms together. It's a kind of "soft" backoff. Why? Because it's clear that people will often write long queries (with anywhere from 5 to 10 terms) for which there are no results. Google will then selectively remove the terms that are the lowest frequency to give you some results (rather than none)."
That's just one oddity among others due to the various optimizations done by google, for now though databases and web scale discovery services are still not at this level of opacity and unpredictability.
The closest function to this I know of in library databases is ebscohost's SmartText Searching which allows you to enter a chunk of text (up to 5000 characters) and it will try to match the best article which may not have all the words.
Google also tends to "autocorrect" your searches and will automatically without prompting give you a search it thinks you want, though it does tell you about it and gives you a choice to change back. And this happens even if your inputted search has some results!
In terms of library related system analogues, I know of some library catalogues if it finds no results will automatically switch to ORing the terms and showing the result but that's the closest I can think of.
If relevancy ranking and implied AND were accepted without much dispute and auto-stemming caused some grumbling, unpredictable searches similar to doing "Soft AND" would be the end of the world. If Summon or library databases started to work like Google where you couldn't tell most of the time why a search result was retrieved, all control is thrown out of the window and the library apocalypse would be here.
Still I wonder while the typical librarian or serious searcher would care, as the comment in Karen's blog indicates 99% of people wouldn't care as long as the results were relevant. Again we are back to control/predictability vs quality of results.
5. Traditional Library catalogues & databases which used to be I&A do not have full-text
Similar to relevancy ranking, the fact that OPACs search terms just cover the bibliographic record and not the full-text is something that is very alien to today's searchers thanks to Google. The library database version of this is of course Indexing & Abstract databases, like Scopus and Web of Science, and I often field queries from users who are stunned to realize that Scopus does not have the full-text.
Somewhat related to this that confuses users is the idea of indexing and searching only certain fields ("Keyword search" in many OPACS/next generation OPACs/databases search a subset of available fields) or worse do things like inverted author names.
The idea of full-text search reigns over all, so concepts like index browse, pre-coordination of subjects or controlled vocab are totally alien to users, even if explained to them, they will just probably think it's is a strange weird idea.
The fact that Web Scale Discovery services actually
a) allows full-text search for articles (some of them anyway)
b) allows full-text search for books (some of them anyway)
is in my opinion the biggest gain of Web Scale Discovery systems and perfectly aligns with what users are thinking of and are the main reason why they are a big hit.
I have often helped students who tell me they can't find anything in the catalogue. If it's a article they are looking for, it's fine to explain we don't have articles title in there though I still get weird looks sometimes but what if he is searching for a book?
It's perfectly possible of course they are searching on very very specific topics that aren't in books but often what the user actually wants is a textbook on a specific statistical technique say a specific type of linear regression.
A search in the library catalogue typically yields nothing and so I will ask them to do a google books search and lo and behold a ton of books appear, most of which we have in the library! I then have to explain to users that our catalogue doesnt have the full text (though occasionally we have table of contents) so even though the technique might be covered in a chapter or a few pages our library catalogue fails.
Web Scale Discovery systems obviously include ebooks full text if agreement exists but even in cases where all you have is a print version and not ebook, it can still help indicate a print book is relevant because it knows from the ebook the term you are looking for is in there. Essentially you get something similar to Google books.
I would argue many cases of people having problems with OPACs stem from the fact searchers or just used to searching full-text. In google, they can happily search for very specific terms and still gets hits but fail in OPACs since we just include limited book information.
While searching over full-text doesn't mean choosing the right search terms or not important, the fact you have a bigger set of text to match over makes it more likely to get something.
I also have seen many users struggling over "subject search" in OPACS, thinking it is searching over full-text. Of course, no-one but a cataloger would ever start from using library of congress subject headings or other controlled vocab (though one could use pearl growing techniques of course from a relevant item)
In general the ability to search full-text for books and break down silos across databases for articles is still quite a new experience to librarians so I am unsure how librarians are reacting to it, though I guess most librarian subscribe to the more is better?
Of course, searching over full-text means a lot more possible hits for broad general search terms which puts greater stress on the relevancy ranking algorithm. Thus far I have seen a request on the Summon List to put in an option to search just metadata and not full text similar to what ebsco discovery service has.
Another issue specific to Summon is while it tells you that a result is obtained due to a match in the full-text, you can't quite verify it easily since unlike Google books it doesn't have a "snipplet view" to see the words in context.
Showing that a result is matched via full-text but not exactly what is matched
Even if one can agree what defaults are best, and that we should basically do defaults to simulate what users expect aka Google, what about the need to add options for more advanced/librarian-like features.
Here's a list of such features,
What's not in Google but in Library OPAC and databases
1. Boolean operators, proximity operators, truncation/wildcards
Google does have a lot of advanced operators including OR, the minus operator which is equalvant to NOT and also uses quotes for exact phrase search. Still that pales compared to a typical database.
For one thing they don't have a proximity operator though there is a undocumented AROUND function and hacks to sort of achieve that using asterisk but neither takes into account term order though.
E.g Ebscohost has NEAR and WITHIN.
While Google uses the * option it is not a truncation feature like most library databases.
In fact most databases differentiate between wildcards typically ? (replace one character or sometimes zero or one) and truncation typically * (replace unlimited number of characters or in some cases a fixed number).
That said, with tons of intelligent searching built-in including autostemming, does Google really need truncation or exact boolean operators?
2. Plenty of search modes and field searches
Google has one advanced search and it is pretty comprehensive in turns of search fields available. Including ability to narrow by language, region, last update, the site or domain it is on, file type etc.
Google "field searches" are limited to title of the page, URL of page, in links to the page (anchor text) and of course text of the page.
With library databases on the other we have tons of field searches. In business source premier on Ebscohost I see 19 fields you can search, with Psychinfo on ovidSp I count over 70 fields searchable! With so many fields available to search, it is pretty common for many databases to offer multiple search fields connected with boolean operators pull down menus like the multi-field search in OVIDSP below.
Of course we librarians love our advanced searches, and to "honour us" Google gave us this awesome advanced search on April 1 2012. Just kidding!
3. Subject/Author etc browsing & Thearusi
Related to above many "serious" library databases have subject thearusi that allow you to browse and "Explode" concepts. Examples include pubmed, psychoinfo etc. Even the most humble OPAC allows you to browse by subjects. AFAIK Google doesn't have anything close.
4. Combination of search history or sets
Many databases like OVIDSP, Scopus, Web of Science, Ebscohost also keep track of your past searches and allow you to combine them using Boolean (what else)!
Going through the differences I can see that the major difference between Google and typical library search systems is one of control and predictability. In most cases modern library systems and newer systems can in fact duplicate a lot of the functions turned on by default in Google, but the modern library systems generally require you explicitly turn on the option.
The typical library search systems also place a lot of focus on Boolean operators , leaving aside the functionality to combine search history sets, a pure library system that does not help users by stemming or adding other related terms will require Boolean operators to help get higher quality results.
Conversely, the "smarter" a system is at helping the user, the less he needs Boolean and/or truncation/proximity due to a combination of relevancy ranking, stemming and "soft AND" that knows to exclude search terms.
That said, Google's target audience is often people who just want to find a few relevant pages, while serious academic researchers want exhaustiveness and this requires high level of controls.
A big debate is now brewing over the ultimate goal of Web Scale Discovery systems. One School of thought is that such systems including Summon should aim to cater only to undergraduates and shouldn't aim to be more. David Pattern is just one of several of this view (see this blog post and comments)
If I understand correctly, this school of thought feels that serious researchers should still use normal library databases, and while Summon can still useful to them, it's just one option out of many.
They oppose any attempt to make Web Scale discovery tools closer to typical databases by adding more library type functions like ability to combine search history, giving more options to control search and more powerful advance searches (It must be noted though that while Summon is not much like a typical library database, some others like Ebsco Discovery Service are far closer.)
They fear the clean UI will be messed up and might even confuse users.
Another school of thought with includes Marshall Breeding feels that such services should evolve to support all users including advanced users. Given such systems will tend to be default searches the inability to support more than one class of users seems to be a waste...
EDIT May 10 2012. As noted in the comment below and by others include Dave Pattern himself, the disagreement here between Marshall Breeding and Dave Pattern may be over-stated. Sincere apologies for misrepresenting the two.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Deers and Bears
One of my good friends (and groomsman to my husband on our wedding day!) takes pictures for New Zealand's version of the Cobrasnake: Neon Sleep and also for his own site- Deers and Bears
Just thought I'd share and show him some love, (he's also the boy in the top picture). Always good to get a bit of kiwi talent out there for the world to see! I love that I have so many friends doing fun stuff with their lives and living creatively.
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1 woman dead, 1 seriously injured in Pueblo West rollover crash
One woman was killed and another seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash late Friday morning on U.S. 50 in Pueblo West.
A 2003 Ford F-250 pulling a camping trailer being driven by Kaye Widger, 67, of Penrose was traveling westbound on U.S. 50 between the West McCulloch and McCulloch Main exits when Widger failed to maintain control of the vehicle, causing it to travel through the center median and into the eastbound lanes of travel, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
The truck then rolled and partially ejected Widger.
The crash happened at 11:08 a.m.
Widger was pronounced dead at the scene by the Pueblo County Coroner's Office, the state patrol said.
A passenger in the front seat, identified as Thelma Widger, 91, of Penrose, was transported by an ambulance to Parkview Medical Center with serious injuries.
A dog was riding in the truck with the two women but came away from the accident uninjured, Brad Davidson, division chief of the Pueblo West Fire Department, said. Animal services was called to the scene to attend to the dog.
Alcohol or drugs are not considered a contributing factor in the crash.
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The MySQL Librarian is here!
By Giuseppe Maxia on Jul 13, 2009
I have had a wish for a few years. I wanted to find a way to put together the valuable information that the community produces about MySQL, a way that would let me easily find the interesting content that I may have missed when on vacation, or when busy with a conference, a company meeting, or a long stream of coding.
That wish started to take shape last year, when I was traveling with Dups during the East Coast tour. I drove, he took notes. He drove, I took more notes. During meals and walking breaks we discussed and refined the idea. When we went back home, a plan was ready. Dups started coding in January.
At first, his changes were completely invisible. He was refactoring the Planet MySQL code to integrate it with the advanced features that had been developed for the main site. After a series of secondary changes, there came the substantial one. The voting system allows people to show their appreciation or dislike of a post. The tagging system makes the blog posts easy to search.
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The Librarian is the place where the community creates, collects, improves, and maintain high quality contents. What you find in the Librarian is not the result of a search engine. It's the refined outcome of cherry picking MySQL related articles, videos, presentations, and pictures, done by dedicated users. The MySQL Community. You. Me. Everyone interested.
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The Emery County Progress newspaper had a very good showing at the recent Utah Press Association winter convention. The newspaper won several awards in various categories taking second place overall in Group I for papers with a circulation under 2,500.
The Emery County Progress won the Community Service award in their category. This award was won for the many community projects the paper has been involved with this past year. The paper was involved with fund raising and promotion of the Crandall Canyon Miners Memorial placed in Huntington. The paper was involved with projects including raising money to buy food for the Emery County Food Bank. The Emery County Progress sponsored the Shop Emery County campaign which encouraged local residents to shop at home and also donated prizes for the event along with other local entities including the large prize which was a TV where the paper partnered with Earl's Furniture in Huntington to offer this nice prize for the community.
The Progress placed first for the breaking news story of the year which was the article surrounding the events where Montell Seely was killed in a handcart/vehicle accident last August.
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Pitching and flipping has a new go-to bait. The Missile Baits D Bomb is a bulky 4" creature bait with a unique, ribbed body designed to displace lots of water, resulting in a straight fall. The tails sail when left connected or flap wildly when separated. The body is thinner where the hook comes out for easy hook sets, but has a thicker head so the bait stays on the hook.
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Comments: Buy the Candy Grass DBomb, tie it in on with a shaky head & drag it on the bottom. It's that's simple. From Clear Lake & the Delta to golf course ponds in Florida, the DBomb is my go to anywhere anytime. It flat out works, smallies, spots, bucket mouths & even crappie & catfish, they love these things! Cut it in half to make an awesome drop shot bait too. Get the big pack, you'll be glad you did.
From: DW: CA 7/12/16
Comments: This is currently my favorite flipping bait, and let me tell you. They are awesome! They are inexpensive & come in a variety of colors what's not to like?! My favorite colors are Green Pumpkin, Candy Grass & Bruiser Flash, but there really isn't a bad color. Pick some up, great buy!
From: G Money: TN 1/27/16
Comments: Throw the whole bait on the back of your chatterbait & prepare to load the boat. Candy grass on a green pumpkin/gold chatterbait. They need a white one though!
From: Mike: Madison, WI 10/19/15
Comments: guys most definitely my favorite flipping bait of all time I've caught 8lber & 7lber & the list goes on with these d bombs I have prolly around 200 of these ready to go Every time I go out!! Needless to say, best jig trailer ever made for any jig football, flipping, or Ike's finesse flipping jigs made by missile as well!! I love throwing theses on a football head jig for spawning bass or on the back of a swim jig! I need a white colored d bomb or a grey metal flake d bomb both or preferably a white pearl one for bedding fish I promise you if you add this color john crews I would buy a bunch of packs of them!! White pearl D Bomb please!
From: Kaleb: Lakeland, FL 8/17/15
Comments: Best. Bait. Ever. Flippin, t rig, shakey head, whatever. I've caught everything from monster LMB to flathead catfish to snapping turtles on these. And they get inhaled, so have your needle noses ready.
From: Tony: Yukon, OK 7/19/15
Comments: Hands down the best flipping bait I have ever thrown. Have fished at numerous lakes from Falcon to Tablerock, and they catch fish everywhere. Just got back from fork where my dad was flipping a brush hog and I was flipping a super bug D-Bomb. Both were behind a 3/8 oz. pepper custom punch skirted weight. Needless to say the D-Bomb easily outfished the brush hog 2:1.
From: Blain: Weatherford, OK 3/12/15
Comments: It seems like the bass at my pond only eat senkos, Drop shot worms, or anything really finesse. I tried so many craws and jigs but nothing caught fish! My friend had a D Bomb so i put it on, it was my first time using it. 5 minutes later I caught a huge 9lber! The D Bomb has so much action and is super soft. These straight up catch fish, Big ones too! Don't hesitate to buy these, they will soon become your favorite bait!
From: Kyle: Clovis, CA 2/28/15
Comments: All I can say is wow! We hammered the bass up here all summer with these. Didn't matter if we were flippin',shakey head riggin' or texas riggin' them. I caught more 4-5lb largemouths on D Bombs than any other soft plastic including my season best. Being able to buy them in the 25pk bag is a bonus. If you haven't used them give them a try, you'll be glad you did.
From: Rondo: MN 2/19/15
Comments: This thing simply catches fish. Punching in the cal delta with this thing is killer!!! Caught my biggest punch fish to date with this bait and paycheck punch skirt, the fish crunched it and almost lifted me off the deck after I set the hook. Bass flat out eat the D bomb!
From: Ricky: Hercules, CA 10/10/14
Comments: Missile baits catch fish! If you don't believe in these baits you should. We have won many tournaments off these baits and blown out so,e tournaments thanks to these baits. The thin ribbed body and the stretchy plastic allow for fishing thick cover or punching. If you haven't used these baits just buy a pack of green pumpkin and hang on tight, you won't be let down!
From: Wisconsin Angling Outdoors: WI 9/29/14
Comments: What a fantastic beaver, the smallmouth just devour these and the largemouth annihilate them. I was once a doubter about the effctivness of these soft plastics because of reviews I have seen, however, after seeing and using them first hand they are amazing.
From: Jay: USA 8/2/14
Comments: This bait is by far the best plastic I have ever used! I can throw a beaver or a jig all day long and not catch half as many as I could have with the Missle D Bomb.
From: Mason: USA 7/12/14
Comments: After 15-17 bags of these, I am starting to notice a lack of quality control. Sometimes, the dark color of the bait is just a strip. This bugs me, and I consider that bait trash. It's a confidence thing. I had a WHOLE pack with this problem, which isn't cool at all. Cmon John and the gang...these mofos ain't cheap.
From: Jay6: USA 6/15/14
Comments: Great bait. Love using this on a biffle head and comes through cover easily. Super soft not only imparts great action but also makes for better hook up rates because it allows the hook to penetrate better than harder soft plastics. As far as durability I don't think it's bad at all. I skin hook the point back into the ribs and it works great. Can catch 5 or more fish per bait if you just flip it over from time to time and re-rig it on the opposite side. Any soft plastic that stands up to 5 or more fish is more than fair I think. I would say it's just as durable as a RI Sweet Beaver or Zoom Brush Hog. These really are super baits.
From: Brett: St. Louis, MO 5/19/14
Comments: These baits are D Bomb!!! I went bass fishing VERY early this spring. Just after opening day here in Wisconsin(May 3). I was using all of my summer bass baits and was not catching anything so I pulled these things out to give them a try. When I tied it on my buddy stared laughing at me but I said that these were my secret bait but he didn't believe me. First cast and BOOM! I landed a nice 3lb largemouth near the bank. I continued to use it for the next 20 min or so before we got off the lake and caught 2 other nice 2+lb bass. Tie these things on as a trailer of a dirty jigs swim jig in war mouth at 3/8 or 1/2 and you will not be disappointed. I like the watermelon red or the super bug.
From: Ryan: WI 5/10/14
Comments: Fish the Big O with these last January. Best 5 on first day weighed 38.65lbs 2nd day best 5 weighed 35.87lbs. Stuck 23 fish over 7 pounds in 5 days. Stuck 8 over 9 pounds and 3 over 10 pounds.
Used a DBomb and a 1.5oz Flippin Jig around Tilapia Beds just like Ish Monroe does. Epic Bait.
From: Richard: Saint Francis, MN
Comments: D Bomb is simply DA BOMB!! With its perfect ribbed-texture, color selections, actions, dulability and most importantly - BIG BASS CATCHING ABILITY, the D Bomb became one of my favorite plastics ever! I often use it as a jig trailer, but punch rig works great too! Thanks Missile Baits!
From: Capt. Shark: Duluth, MN
Comments: 25 pack of super bug PLEASE! Tired of buying 10 packs at a time! IMO best flipping pitching bait out! I iust go through alot and want bulk bags. Not unusual to go through a bag a day but then again catching over 20 fish uses some plastic!
From: RHobbs: WA
Comments: Caught a bass on this bait the very first time I used it. A small one but a bass nonetheless. I fished at a pond near my house where I haven't caught anything as long as I've been fishing at this pond and I've used every kinda bait that I have.. The second I put this D Bomb on a Texas rig BAM!!! FISH!ON!! Get you some of these they work. Bruiser Flash baby... I will be getting me a Large bag of those..
From: Dalton: Swansea, MA, USA
Comments: Wow. One of my go to lures now. Put it on the back of a jig or texas rig it. Has great action. The negatives? Without a bait keeper, they are difficult to keep on hook and they do not last long (you can still catch bass after they are torn up though!). I can't wait until I order the 25 pack of Candy Grass, well worth it!
From: Kyle: Touchdown City, Morgantown WV
Comments: I now have a new favorite flipping bait. It has great action. They are a bit soft though. Use a hook with a bait keeper and maybe they will last longer.
From: Blue Perch: WI
Comments: Fished 3 tourneys with the D-Bombs on Lake Guntersville and Wheeler Lake. Fished them with a snelled Trokar Flipping hook 4/0, and a tungsten weight. Made long casts and within 8 feet of retrieve, got nailed each time. Great durability too. 4 to 5 fish on each bait!!! Grass is just a foot below the surface on Guntersville. Can't wait to start punching when the grass finally does get on the surface.
From: Pete: Decatur, AL
Comments: Awesome Bait! I tried these baits for the first time during a club tournament. I punched this bait using the "love bug" color in heavy grass with a 1 ounze weight. On the second flip, I caught a 5.08 bass, which won me the big fish for the day. These baits are extremely soft but very durable. Hate to tell ya Ryan, but these just aren't another beaver style bait, they're better! Great job on the design!
From: Tom: N. Charleston, SC
Comments: Da bomb!! Got mine the other day with some punching gear and had to try em out even though it was raining heavy outside. The water i was fishing was flooded but the mats stayed on top for the most part. First mat i punched i hopped it one time as soon as it hit bottom and it got slammed by a 5.5 lber which is a good fish for NW Indiana. I think the ribbed body really does displace alot of water and its very soft. Its really easy to rig also with the ribs. My new Beaver style baitbfor sure!!
From: Jeff: Rensselaer, IN
Comments: boom goes the d bomb in a fish ... shut up its not stupid lol... no for real these are killer as punch baits, bed baits, on the back of a flip jig, my favrite is a manns stone jig with a d bomb both green pumpkin ask my 5.5#er about it... or just texas rig with a pegged weight. best beavers out there. good luck and may the force be with you, always.
From: Michael: san jose, CA
Comments: Went fishing today and threw a jig all day. Okeechobee Craw color jig with a reaction innovations beaver in dirty sanchez..nothing. Switched out the trailer with a D Bomb in watermelon red and within 3 casts caught a nice 2lber. Great Bait and Great price. I love them. my new go to jig trailer!
From: Giuliano: San Jose, CA
Comments: Great bait. Candy grass and love bug are awesome. One of the baits that I will always have tied on. They last a long longer than other baits and do not tear easily.
From: Tom: IL
Comments: I wanted to try something new. Bought ONE pack of these and I am impressed how well these things work. The durability is AMAZING. I caught big bass after big bass on this bait. The only reason why I had to put a new D-Bomb on was because Northern pike seem to love these things as well.
From: Peter: MN
Comments: Oh. My. Gosh. This bait is the real deal. It catches fish like nothing ive ever seen plastics wise. Rigged weightless it has the most tantalizing fall - nothing can resist. The durablilty is simply unbleivable. I kid you not, I got at least 18-20 bass per BAIT. I used 5 other brands of beaver style baits in the same day where I was killing them on these and couldnt even get a limit with the others. Buy the D-bomb. You will NEVER want to go back.
From: Cobi: MI
Comments: Gave away a gallon size freezer bag full of beaver baits and replaced them in all flavors (colors) of these things. Damn talk about durable, I like to use the Gambler Ratlin' Goop weights with them on a 2/0 Gamakatsu braided line off set worm hook on 25lb. test Seagar Abraz-X. That setup works pretty good when the bass are a little line shy of the noise that braid makes when you're flipping around grass and wood.
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The Eldorado girls' basketball team picked up a Black Diamond Conference win late last week, knocking off Carmi-White County 53-40.
Kourtney Phillips led the Eagles in scoring with 16 points, while pulling down seven rebounds. Taylor Goodley wasn't far behind with 14 points and handing out five assists.
Erica Graczyk also finished in double digits with 10 points and seven rebounds, while Ashton Unthank had eight points and five rebounds. Paige Zertuche finished with four points and Cassidy Morris tacked on two points.
Eldorado jumped out to an 11-6 lead and took a 22-15 lead into the lockerrom. The Eagles were able to keep CWC at bay, outscoring them 12-7 in the third quarter to take a 34-22 lead.
Eldorado, who just beat the Bulldogs less than a week ago at the Harrisburg Invitational, had better tempo the second time around according to head coach Josh Bradley.
"Right from the start we were pushing the ball up the floor and taking good shots," he said. "Last week we played in to their style and walked the ball up the floor with them and never got in to any offensive flow. Phillips came out very aggressive early and got herself in to a good flow, Goodley got herself going after she took a fingernail to the face and got cut, from that moment on she played a really good game.
"Graczyk and Unthank were aggressive around bucket and both knocked down some nice jump shots. Carmi gave us trouble in our first match up with late full court pressure and in (this) game we did a much better job attacking there press and got some easy buckets out of it."
Eldorado is scheduled to play at Pope County Tuesday night in a non-conference matchup.
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I'd never thought I'd say this, but... Sakura kicked some ass in this episode. Fighting Sasori's puppets, the run to throw the seal on Sasori, the dawning realization that she didn't kill Sasori, the run to save Chiyo... All very well animated and directed.
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A little bit of Benton, a little bit of Marion.
That's the mixture and combination of what Jason Roper expects to get when his team goes up against Columbia Saturday in the second round of the IHSA Class 4A playoffs.
Columbia (9-1) out of the Cahokia Conference is a relatively unknown opponent for the seventh year Bulldog head coach as his team is looking to escape the second round of the postseason for the first time since the state championship season of 2000.
Columbia, who knocked off Mt. Carmel last week 57-22 in the first round of the playoffs, did so by getting four touchdown scores from Eric Read, who scored on a punt return, caught a touchdown pass, ran for a score and returned an interception for a TD.
The crux of what Columbia does however is more than just one person.
The Eagles, who like to run offensive sets out of the spread formation, will give Harrisburg a look to something they have seen with Marion and Benton this season.
Quarterback Logan Santanello has passed for over 700 yards this year and has nine TD's. But the converted running back is more of a threat out of the pocket, where he has picked up 600 yards on the ground on 55 carries with 10 touchdowns.
Countering Santanello is Columbia running back Charles Farris has 23 touchdowns this year with more than 1,600 yards on the ground.
For all intent and purposes that will be Roper's point of emphasis come Saturday.
"When it comes to Santanello, I really see him as being more of a running threat than a throwing threat," he said. "Our job will be to contain him and keep him in the pocket.
"I feel like Santanello is a lot like Benton's (Matt Buntin) as far as running the ball," Roper added. "Santanello is a little bigger and a little better and he's a senior, where as Benton's kid is a junior. I would compare the (Farris kid) to Dylan Sheeks at Benton and a little bit of like the Henry Jones kid at Marion. All three have the ability to cut and do some things with their speed. All three are also good blockers."
Roper added that when in spread formation on offense, they're more likely to actually run the ball as opposed to throwing the ball, which Roper agreed make them a "real threat."
"It's going to be a challenge for us. No doubt," he said. "Being in the spread offense, with a running back and quarterback that can both run, is going to pose a problems.
They have real big splits on offense, so we're going to have to do a good job of tackling in space, wrapping up. Their running back is a guy who can break tackles and their quarterback has excellent speed."
Page 2 of 2 - If there is a positive for Roper and the Bulldogs, the head coach believes the strength of his offensive and defensive lines could give Columbia fits Saturday at 2 p.m.
"We may have a slight edge as far as size on the offensive line, but as far skill players, their quarterback is very similar to Ryne (Roper), their running back is similar to Dylan (Hathaway) and their wide receiver is similar to Capel (Henshaw). I think in a way, as far as size, speed, ability, we are very comparable. For us on offense, we just have to keep moving the ball on offense and not shoot ourselves in the foot. Keeping the ball away from them is going to be a big key."
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Burung Indonesia leads Wallacea profile team for CEPF
BirdLife Partner Burung Indonesia is coordinating the development of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) ecosystem profile for the Wallacea biodiversity hotspot in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
When completed, the profile will identify priority areas for conservation action, and guide CEPF in the disbursement of up to US $5 million (50 billion Indonesian Rupiahs) in grants over five years. Grants will be awarded to civil society organisations (CSOs) to enable them to engage in conservation activities in the region.
The Wallacea region includes the Indonesian islands east of Bali and west of Papua (Sulawesi, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara), and Timor-Leste. CEPF has chosen Wallacea because its rich biodiversity and natural resources are threatened by conversion, over-exploitation and invasive species.
Wallacea is home to species found nowhere else in the world, many already listed as in danger of extinction by the IUCN. BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority on birds, classifies more than 50 species as threatened in Wallacea. BirdLife has also identified ten Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in Wallacea. EBAs have been shown to be equally important for restricted-range species from other animal and plant groups.
"Wallacea has incredible biodiversity that needs to be preserved. Unfortunately, investment in conservation in the region is still far less than elsewhere in Indonesia, such as Sumatra and Borneo," said Burung Indonesia's Executive Director, Agus Budi Utomo. "The ecosystem profile which we are developing will help make sure that CEPF funds are spent on the most urgent priorities."
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GDFD No. 77: Oddly positive
Ryan Lambert
March 31 2010 05:16PM
Welcome to the Game Day Fire Drill, for this, Calgary's 77th game of the season on March 31, 2010.
At this point Calgary needs to basically win out. So let's have a look at the schedule.
Oh look who Calgary plays tonight. Phoenix. The team with the third-most points in the NHL. So we're off to a good start.
Look, I don't expect Calgary to make the playoffs. I almost don't even want it to happen just so it kind of scares the organization into making some much-needed changes and all that kinda fun stuff. But that doesn't mean the Flames need to lose every game, and certainly this one seems winnable.
"WHAT?" you ask. Fair point by you, but let me explain.
Phoenix has been a very, very good team this season, yes. They clinched a playoff spot, they have 47 wins, all that. But do you know how many road games they've won in regulation this month? Two of eight. Against Carolina and Tampa. Do you know how many of their wins have come in overtime or the shootout this season? A whopping 17! Do you know how many goals they've given up in their last seven games? It's 20. Do you know what their scoring margin in road games is this year? It's minus-7 (compared to plus-10 at home). Do you know what their power play is ranked? It's 28th.
Like I said, winnable.
The Calgary Flames (38-29-9 for 85 points. Ninth in the West, third in the Northwest) and the Phoenix Coyotes (47-24-6 for 100 points. Second in the West, second in the Pacific).
7:30 p.m. Mountain time and 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. All other time zones should order off-menu fast food.
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Calgary is 19-16-3 at home this year, and are somehow 6-2-0 against Pacific Division opponents in Calgary. The Coyotes are 20-14-4 on the road, but haven't won a road game against a Western Conference playoff team in regulation since Oct. 3, the first day of the season.
What (to hate about the Coyotes)
Matt Lombardi — He's the Coyotes' second-best scorer with 16-34-50. Olli Jokinen's total output in Calgary? It was 19-31-50. Great. That's great.
Lee Stempniak — Since coming to Phoenix he's done pretty alright. He's played 13 games, and has scored 12-3-15. In case you were worried that I'd made a terrible typographical error, I'll spell it out for you: that's twelve goals in thirteen games. For Lee Stempniak.
Radim Vrbata — He sure loves playing in Phoenix. He has played 153 games there and scored 51 goals, or 0.33 per game. In the other 364 games of his career, he has 78, or .21. If he'd played his entire 517-game career in Phoenix and scored at the same rate, he'd have 172 career goals instead of 129, or an extra five goals per season.
Because Staios knows there's still a glimmer of hope! Enjoy the game, and make new friends in the comments section.
I remember when Staios used to see glimmers of hope up here. Now hope is gone (bad) but so is Staios (good)
heh heh heh.
March 31 2010, 09:15PM
OK, hands up anyone who back in September predicted that Jason Blake could potentially play a pivotal role in anything in particular.
No takers either way.
March 31 2010, 05:58PM
The person I feel the most for is TLP, first his team loses to Canada for the gold and now his other team won't make the playoffs.
*stands in a superman pose*
analysis this: cgy wins tonight, col losses
cgy beats col on Friday and the flames are TIED for 8th
March 31 2010, 06:30PM
Dear Hockey Gods,
Please have Reggie destroy Lombardi.
Thanks in advance,
March 31 2010, 07:33PM
No Charlie Simmer tonight.
I'm oddly disappointed.
Ducks up 1-0 on Av's late in the 1st.
Flames Starting Lineup:
No Charlie Simmer tonight.
I'm oddly disappointed.
So we're starting off with a positive... that's a good sign.
March 31 2010, 07:41PM
Doan on a line with Fiddler and Pyatt? Weird.
Twitter Alert from Adrian Dater...
Adam Foote giveaway, 2-0 Ducks. Night folks, see you Friday for the game that will tie up the point standings between Colorado and Calgary
March 31 2010, 07:48PM
Mikael Backlund is struggling a lot in the first.
Kipper sharp yet again.
March 31 2010, 07:54PM
Not a good start to the game.
March 31 2010, 08:02PM
Flames are getting their asses handed to them at ES so far. Thank God it's still tied.
Giordano with beauty stretch pass to send Stajan in all alone.
March 31 2010, 08:08PM
Chances were 7-3 for PHX in the first.
March 31 2010, 08:08PM
Giordano with beauty stretch pass to send Stajan in all alone.
Man that was incredible.
Shots 11-9 PHX.
More tweets from Dater...
Avs don't talk to each other on the bench. just stare straight ahead.......... avs can't get a goal on sieve curtis mcilhenny - as low as it gets.
LOLZ, Dater's getting bitter.
March 31 2010, 08:13PM
corsi was -11 in that period for the Flames. ES shots were 9-3 for PHX. On home ice, against a team that played last night.
March 31 2010, 08:15PM
@RC - Dater's always been bitter.
March 31 2010, 08:23PM
That shift with Wolski's line out there was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. 3 or 4 huge Kiprusoff saves in that span.
Ah, this is much better.
Avs just scored, 2-1 Ducks.
March 31 2010, 08:29PM
@ Pat - yeah that was pure domination. Wolski seems to love to play the Flames
What was Conroy doing there?
March 31 2010, 08:35PM
Not sure. He had a good shift going up until then.
Ducks up 3-1 after 2; Av's gave up goal in final minute of first 2 periods.
Lucky that wasn't too many men.
March 31 2010, 08:37PM
Moss has looked pretty good tonight actually.
Ian White banks it in off of Rene Bourque.
March 31 2010, 08:51PM
Nice play by White. Lucky to have it go in off of Bourque though.
@Kent Wilson
Lucky, yes.
Not that I care.
I like Goals!
March 31 2010, 08:58PM
Has Stajan been given a seat on the bench?
Selanne scores, Jason Blake has 4th assist of night; Ducks 4, Av's 1 5 min. into 3rd.
@Kent Wilson
Maybe feeling the effects from the hit earlier?
March 31 2010, 09:03PM
@ Justin - could be. He's played pretty poorly though, so it might just be pragmatic.
Unfreakingbelievable! Damn near gave up a goal with seconds left in period.
March 31 2010, 09:05PM
@Kent I agree on Stajan, hasn't been good the last 7 games or so, save one good night.
Better final 8 minutes of the second period, can they carry it through into the third?
March 31 2010, 09:05PM
Chances were 5-4 in favor of the Coyotes. Kinda surprised by that, actually. Still, better than the first!
March 31 2010, 09:07PM
@Kent I agree on Stajan, hasn't been good the last 7 games or so, save one good night.
Better final 8 minutes of the second period, can they carry it through into the third?
Hopefully (aside from the dreadful last 30 seconds).
Stajan has been really marginal the last little while, but has been particularly bad tonight. Not sure if he was hurt after Hanzal nailed him or not, but his play sure is making me nervous about that contract he signed.
March 31 2010, 09:10PM
Could this be a devastating scenario? Flames come to life just enough to give their fans hope again, only to set up another crushing disappointment?
In any event, you can't help but think of all those 3-2 losses to Colorado earlier in the season when the Flames outplayed but couldn't outscore the Avs.
March 31 2010, 09:12PM
OK, hands up anyone who back in September predicted that Jason Blake could potentially play a pivotal role in the Flames' playoff hopes.
March 31 2010, 09:16PM
OK, hands up anyone who back in September predicted that Jason Blake could potentially play a pivotal role in anything in particular.
No takers either way.
No question, Blake has been the best ex-Leaf for the Flames tonight, with Ian White a distant second.
March 31 2010, 09:18PM
Jason Blake with 1G and 4A, Ducks lead Avs 5-2 with 5:00 to play.
Hey Kent, are the percentages catching up to Colorado or what?
March 31 2010, 09:19PM
Stajan had 6:58 of ice time in the first, 5:58 in the second. Overall has more ice time than Iginla and every other forward not named Bourque. Odd.
March 31 2010, 09:21PM
Stajan had 6:58 of ice time in the first, 5:58 in the second. Overall has more ice time than Iginla and every other forward not named Bourque. Odd.
Huh. I didn't notice that dude at all. Shows you how the eyes can lie.
March 31 2010, 09:22PM
Jason Blake with 1G and 4A, Ducks lead Avs 5-2 with 5:00 to play.
Hey Kent, are the percentages catching up to Colorado or what?
haha, that's the discussion over at M&G as well. Funnily enough, I have a bet with an Avs blogger that the team won't make 95 points this year (made back when they were leading the division). It'd be hilarious if the wheels fell off now.
March 31 2010, 09:26PM
It seems like the Flames' 4th line is getting owned tonight.
Kotalik! http://ow.ly/1tpth
March 31 2010, 09:27PM
haha, wow. PHX gets 4 straight scoring chances but get nothing. Flames turn it back up the ice and score.


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Jets Claim Antti Miettinen
Jonathan Willis
December 13 2011 12:44PM
The Jets added another forward to their NHL line-up today, claiming Antti Miettinen off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Miettinen was available because he was attempting to return to the NHL after playing 20 games with Kazan Ak-Bars of the KHL, and league rules required Tampa Bay to place him on waivers before he could join the NHL team.
Despite starting the year in the KHL, Miettinen is a bona fide NHL-calibre forward. He's spent the last six seasons as a full-time NHL player, hovering around the 35-point mark pretty much every season. His first three years were spent with the Dallas Stars, and the last three with the Minnesota Wild. He hasn't been limited to even-strength ice-time, either; Miettinen has been a regular option on both the power play and the penalty kill.
While Miettinen may have played in all three situations and seen extended ice-time with good players in Minnesota, the reality is that he simply isn't a scorer. Sure, he finishes each year with decent point totals, but that's far more a function of getting significant ice-time than it is of Miettinen's offensive talent. As Kent Wilson put it in this year's Hockey Prospectus, Miettinen is "just good enough to act as a reasonable stop-gap in the top six rotation, but never able to convince anyone that he's an ideal scoring option."
What Miettinen is good at is playing key minutes against top opponents. According to McKeen's, he is "often deployed as a top-line defensive foil given he is a conscientious backchecker well-schooled in body and stick positioning."
Miettinen is, in short, a coach's dream. He's responsible defensively, and because he can play a reasonably successful puck possession game against anyone, he can be put anywhere in the line-up. Is the team chalk-full of offensive talent? Miettinen can play a checking role in the bottom six and kill penalties. Is the team short of capable NHL'ers? Miettinen can pop into a top-six role, adding defensive responsibility and enough talent that he isn't too out of place.
This is a great player for the Jets to add. He comes at zero cost, and adds a reliable, veteran presence to a line-up that needs it.
Does this mean the Jets have to keep Antti Miettinen on the active Roster for the full season or else risk losing him to waivers themselves?
Wow, I actually think he would be a good 3rd-line fit for the Jets. Not a scorer but good all-around player for cheap! I would also be interested in the answer to qustion by TwoFace.
December 15 2011, 03:07PM
Does he have a no-trade or no-movement clause? I thought I read that somewhere but cannot find any confirmation.


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