Cosmic

Also should be noted there's a pretty decent chance Tkachuk was trying to get away from a coach that everyone else also wanted to be free from. The GM quit when he wasn't allowed to fire the coach and then when they finally did fire him, it was reported afterwards that multiple players rescinded their trade requests.

The main piece coming back was Jonathan Huberdeau, who had 115 points last year in Florida and 55 this year in Calgary. The trade seems slanted for Florida right now, but it was a salvage job for Calgary as Tkachuk requested a trade. It was viewed as being a pretty even trade at the time, but neither team matched their regular season performance from the year before. The Calgary GM wanted to fix his team by firing the coach, ownership wouldn't let him, and the GM quit... then ownership fired the coach anyway after the reason for the GM quitting leaked.

NFL's probably not too happy about this, but I thought it was pretty funny.

I don't doubt it was the blue hairs voting, but nobody had to come out- all voters were automatically sent a ballot. It's just that nobody cares about that Coyotes.

As someone who was born after his playing days, I'll remember him best as the guy from Mars Attacks.

Happy Coyotes Election Eve to all those who celebrate!

There's been good storylines for fans, but networks always just want the QB and head cheerleader to be homecoming king and queen.

One of the best things about the NFL on TV used to be that it was predictable. Don't like the Sunday night game missing on a random week.

Six years?! I'm over here in the Chateau d'If trying to remember what the sun looks like. "The hockey gods are never in Buffalo this time of year."

Dubas and Keefe are definitely gone. New guy will probably try more subtle tweaks first. Like not having Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov as the goaltending tandem.

Presidents Trophy winners, by your numbers, have about a 25% chance of winning the Cup. In a field of 16, that's not too bad.

No way. The Lightning had only three fewer wins than this year's Bruins, and they got swept. Getting swept makes it so much more chokey.

You're right; Leafs getting out of the first round is way bigger.

Former head writer of the Daily Show and Netflix's MST3K: Just give him a Miami tan...

Going through my father-in-law's junk after he died, I found this weird promotional newspaper all about the local Fox affiliate from ~1990. They had like 20 Sabres games on a free OTA channel that year, and I often think about how backwards things are now.

Nike would call it SandSTORM.

I've had this idea kicking around in my head for a while. I'm also surprised they haven't tried it at some point in the last 40 years since moving to the desert. I had a color in mind as something they could own, like their version of the Bucs' pewter:

Kokusai Green 2: Electric Igloo

The one I've heard that interests me the most would work off of points earned after you were eliminated from playoff contention, either straight up or assigning percentages. So you can tank and build a team that gets 50 points in 82 games, but you have to actually win some games at some point to get good odds at #1 overall.

Not that I believe it was rigged, but the Penguins were in serious trouble at the time... old arena, low attendance, poor performance. They were possibly a relocation candidate.

Didn't the owners of the Hawks and arena basically leave the baby Thrashers at the door of the metaphorical fire station? Like Glendale with the Coyotes, helping new owners would have meant another, newer arena to compete for other events.

Pretty pitiful Hail Mary attempt but still a great game.

I think the 2-point conversation sealed it. Whatever happens the rest of the way, this was a damn good game.

I started cackling, and my family looked at me like I was crazy. A solid doink that doesn't hurt your team is pure joy.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/jessica-pegula-tennis I think this is the first time they've actually said what happened to Kim Pegula (co-owner and team president for the Bills and Sabres) but I could be wrong. Heart attack at home, CPR done by one of her daughters, and a really tough road back to any kind of normal. Pretty crazy to think the Pegula family watched Damar Hamlin almost die on the field 6 months after their wife/mother went through a similar thing.