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Albino Squirrel
Apr 25, 2003

Miosis more like meiosis

Starsfan posted:

Try to escape to Russia / the Eastern block then.
Sharing an apartment with Edward Snowden > living in Edmonton


checks out.

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fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
laine is one goofy looking dude

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.

fits posted:

laine is one goofy looking dude

He's very unfortunate indeed.

GuavaMoment
Aug 13, 2006

YouTube dude

fits posted:

laine is one goofy looking dude

He looks like a cancer patient, or a Make-A-Wish kid.

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



Laine is so very Finnish

Albino Squirrel
Apr 25, 2003

Miosis more like meiosis
This was on TSN last year, right? It seemed... less bad.

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.

Albino Squirrel posted:

This was on TSN last year, right? It seemed... less bad.

Rogers taints all it touches.

GuavaMoment
Aug 13, 2006

YouTube dude
Albino Squirrel, what's your opinion on literally anything regarding hockey?

Albino Squirrel posted:

This was on TSN last year, right? It seemed... less bad.

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky

this is oddly specific

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Albino Squirrel posted:

This was on TSN last year, right? It seemed... less bad.

No, it was also on CBC last year. Although I really wish it was still on TSN.

GoonGPT
May 26, 2006

Posting for a better future, today!
I can't decide if I'd rather see the Canucks end up picking 6th or seeing Jimbo going off the board with the 1st overall.

Nairbo
Jan 2, 2005
Anything on TSN is better than CBC or SNet

Please not Oilers, please not Oilers

Nairbo fucked around with this message at 00:41 on May 1, 2016

the talent deficit
Dec 20, 2003

self-deprecation is a very british trait, and problems can arise when the british attempt to do so with a foreign culture





McDavid was just asked about his reaction to Edmonton winning last year and he said "my advice would be to smile no matter what you're feeling on the inside, whether it's the last team you wanted it to be"

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

the talent deficit posted:

McDavid was just asked about his reaction to Edmonton winning last year and he said "my advice would be to smile no matter what you're feeling on the inside, whether it's the last team you wanted it to be"

poor guy : (

Also congratulations Edmonton!

Look Around You
Jan 19, 2009

Let us go the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Club!

mik
Oct 16, 2003
oh

the talent deficit posted:

McDavid was just asked about his reaction to Edmonton winning last year and he said "my advice would be to smile no matter what you're feeling on the inside, whether it's the last team you wanted it to be"

This article was pretty hilarious: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/auston-matthews-connor-mcdavid-nhl-draft-lottery-feels-edmonton-oilers-no-1-pick/

quote:


Connor McDavid talks Matthews, draft lottery: ‘It’s upsetting’

Connor McDavid has put words to what was written all over his face a year ago at this time.

NHL Draft Lottery night. A talented teenager’s life determined by the number etched on a random ping-pong ball.

“It’s not fun.

“It’s stressful.

“It’s upsetting,”
the 2015 No. 1 overall draft pick told the Edmonton Sun‘s Terry Jones.

“I really feel for (Auston) Matthews, having to go through what I had to go through,” the Edmonton Oilers top centre went on. He spoke to the outlet from Europe, where he’s preparing to defend Canada’s gold at the IIHF World Championship next month.

“It was so stressful, not just for myself but for my family.”

The tension among the McDavid family was palpable in Toronto at the lottery, and it lingered well after his fate was decided.

The Oilers have a 13.5 per cent chance of winning Saturday’s Matthews Sweepstakes, but club CEO Bob Nicholson is confident that’s enough for Edmonton to walk away victorious, yet again.

“We’re going to win it,” Nicholson told the Sun earlier this week.

Nicholson is sending general manager Peter Chiarelli to Hockey Night in Canada with a secret lucky charm, just as he did with Bill Scott’s lucky socks in ’15.

“It’s Peter’s turn to win. We have something lucky that he’ll be given. If we win, we’ll unveil it. If we don’t, we won’t,” Nicholson said. “I know there are a lot of people out there who don’t think it’s right that we even have a chance to win, but our goal is to go in there and win it and then see what happens.”

Like McDavid with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Matthews has a chance to land on his hometown team, the Arizona Coyotes, but odds are the Scottsdale, Ariz., native will be heading to Canada.

“If I were to say anything to Matthews, it would be to keep an open mind,” said McDavid. “But I know how hard that is to do.

“The reason it’s so stressful is that when they open one of those envelopes, your fate is being decided for the next how many years.

An 18-year-old’s future — where you live, which friends you meet, your chances of winning a Stanley Cup, where you might find love — rests on which logo is on that golden card.

“It even affects the taxes you’ll pay,” McDavid said.


Oh please, you went to Alberta don't complain about taxes!

The Dirty Burger
Aug 24, 2007

1st team all star
+
2nd degree manslaughter
=
3rd world clothing line
Craig Button gives Matthews the edge in the heart category, but Laine is a 6/5 in the "flair" category. Could go either way in June!

Scaramouche
Mar 26, 2001

SPACE FACE! SPACE FACE!

Albino Squirrel posted:

ITT we list all the things that Auston will enjoy in Edmonton while he's stuck here


...we have some good Ethiopian restaurants?



OK one

And it's actually Eritrean

I've eaten there, assuming it's the same one. It was p good. That said I think Matthews would enjoy Vancouver more.

Pornographic Memory
Dec 17, 2008

Look Around You posted:

Let us go the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Club!

:yeah:

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.
I don't think I've ever seen bangs slicked back into almost a mullet before.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Stretch Marx posted:

I don't think I've ever seen bangs slicked back into almost a mullet before.

Burke's hair defies the laws of nature.

fits
Jan 1, 2008

Love Always,
The Captain
burke owns

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
lol Mcdavid really complained about taxes? gently caress off with that poo poo you're gonna make more money than god over your career

Mike_V
Jul 31, 2004

3/18/2023: Day of the Dorks
God Burkie just does not give a poo poo

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
i respect burke on most issues.

Ergo Propter Hog
Jul 21, 2014



Go Pens for hockey and go Habs/Coyotes for lottery :toot:

Nairbo
Jan 2, 2005
Hahah why the gently caress would you wear a tie if you were going to take it off before getting on TV

GuavaMoment
Aug 13, 2006

YouTube dude

Mike_V posted:

God Burkie just does not give a poo poo

I bet you Auston Matthews knows how to tie a tie.

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

I don't think he's really complaining about taxes so much as making an observation about them.

Stretch Marx
Apr 29, 2008

I'm ok with this.

Vincent Van Goat posted:

Go Pens for hockey and go Habs/Coyotes for lottery :toot:

I thank you for your contribution to our cause.

Zoran
Aug 19, 2008

I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!
Go Oilers for hilarity

Ceyton
Oct 9, 2004

YOU'RE DEAD ARMITAGE!
YOU'RE DEAD ARMITAGE!
YOU'RE DEAD ARMITAGE!

Mike_V posted:

God Burkie just does not give a poo poo



Ah yes, the "anime combover"

cenotaph
Mar 2, 2013



Go Pens

mik
Oct 16, 2003
oh

yellowcar posted:

I don't think he's really complaining about taxes so much as making an observation about them.

Montreal's obviously the worst place to go tax-wise, but which state is the best?

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
what the gently caress is this montage

yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

Godinster posted:

Hahah why the gently caress would you wear a tie if you were going to take it off before getting on TV

at this point he knows it pisses people off and he's doing it on purpose

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Jack Eichel posted:

I think everything happens for a reason

Poor bastard.

Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
i want a draft prospect whos willing to dress like burke. thats a guy who gets 6/5 on flair

Koopa Kid
Aug 21, 2007



mik posted:

Montreal's obviously the worst place to go tax-wise, but where is the best?

Bunch of states have zero state income tax, I don't know how it breaks down federally

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yellowcar
Feb 14, 2010

mik posted:

Montreal's obviously the worst place to go tax-wise, but which state is the best?

Texas I think?

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