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C-Man

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  1. Let’s fucking go!
  2. Diddy Pardon: Donald Trump “Certainly” Would Consider Clemency For Sean Combs As Old Pal Faces Sex-Trafficking Trial & Life Behind Bars https://deadline.com/2025/05/diddy-trump-pardon-possible-1236414415/ Of course he would (assuming Diddy pays).
  3. I'll willingly eat an Egg McMuffin but I'd rather make them at home now. Last time I ate at McDonald's was last Thanksgiving as we drove my daughter back to Oxford and to go to the Egg Bowl. It's all that we can could find that was open between Texarkana and Little Rock. (It was not good, buddy.)
  4. If memory serves, the Janmark goal came as a result a really, really lazy line change by the Stars.
  5. Uh, try 1992.
  6. Exactly. Neither the Killers or Foo Fighters are all that memorable.
  7. Absolutely nothing would've happened, nor should it have. Games end all the time with scrums like that.
  8. That kind of thing happens all the time after the final whistle and there's not any action taken by the league. Nor should there be. It was actually relatively tame compared to some post-match brouhahas. Issue some pointless PIM if you feel necessary but that wasn't worth anybody getting disciplined over.
  9. I don't disagree. Best not say too much in the heat of the moment. Even if you don't believe it, you say you pulled Otter because the team was not ready and you were trying to light a spark. Like it or not, Otter is this team's goalie going into next season. Let the players say stupid off-the-cuff stuff that can be walked back later. Coach is supposed to be the adult in the room. I like DeBoer a lot. Would love for him to finally get a championship and do it in Dallas. I trust Nill will continue to do smart things for this organization.
  10. Cattleack is terrific. Haven't been in a bit but I love it. Not a huge fan of the pork ribs -- they have an odd glaze they put on that I'm not a huge fan of. Also, if you watch the Weisman video above, Cattleack was in the top five for meat and sides. I haven't been to Dayne's since he was serving out of the food truck at Lola's but a good friend of mine who is a BBQ savant said he's serving killer BBQ in the space in Aledo. It's just in Aledo and fuck that place. I loved Dayne's the one time I've had it.
  11. Tom Homan's financial ties to private prison locking up immigrants raise questions New disclosure forms revealed by The Washington Post show Trump's border czar was paid thousands of dollars by a company making money from deportations before he joined the administration. https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-border-tom-homan-private-prison-immigrants-rcna209544 I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
  12. According to this, the Stars have more money currently allocated for 2025/26 contracts than any other NHL team. https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/cap
  13. I think the Stars need to resist the urge to throw everything away in response to last night and this series. (I don't think they will. Nill is the best executive this team has had since Bob Gainey. DeBoer is the best coach we've had since Hitchcock.) Edmonton is a fantastic team -- and the Oilers played a great series. I was worried about them coming into the series and it played out just as I feared. This is a Stars team that's been in the final four three consecutive years. They are close. Extremely close. Benn is a UFA as his $9M annual contract ended last night. Seguin's $9.85M annual contract runs through the 26/27 season. Here's a look at current contract situation: https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/dallas-stars/overview Those Dumba/Lyubushkin contracts aren't great, buddy, and they run through next season.
  14. This reminds me that I need to go back and watch the two-part documentary that HBO ran of Shandling after he passed away. Those of you that never watched it, should watch The Garry Shandling Show after you finish with this. It's not nearly as good as Larry Sanders but if you like Garry, you'll like it. This is the theme to Garry's show, The opening theme to Garry's show
  15. Benn's contract is over soon enough. At that point, nobody will pay him very much. Same with Seguin. They'll either sign team-friendly deals to chase a Cup, go somewhere else or retire. Nill isn't stupid. He will not overpay for those guys. Duchene should be a #2 or #3 center. Great guy to have on the team but he cannot be your leading scorer, at least not the guy you depend on to get goals. I like what we did to get Rantanen. Elite players like that don't come available very often. And it just cost us Stankoven and a draft pick. Make that trade every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
  16. Benn was an elite power forward up until about his age-28 or age-29 season, which IIRC is about when power forwards historically start their decline in the NHL. He was a top-10 overall point shares player in the NHL for three or four seasons there. He was an elite player. Was. Hasn't been for a number of years. After tonight, Robertson has 44 career points (18G, 26A) in 55 playoff games. Seven of his 18 goals and 11 of his 26 assists have come on the power play. That's 40% of his production coming on the power play. Compare that to 29.4% of his career regular season points coming on the power play. Your top scorer(s) need to be able to get it done on 5-on-5, with a man advantage -- whatever. I said it back during his first swim through the playoffs in 2021-22 when he had 41 regular season goals and got one in a first-round loss to the Flames (the aforementioned Otter series). I wondered if he could ever become a consistent postseason scorer. Three seasons later, we still don't really know.
  17. Man, I forget that Nugent-Hopkins was a 1-1. I looked it up. We've had four top 10 picks since the Stars moved to Dallas in 1993: 1993: Todd Harvey (1-9) 1996: Ric Jackman (1-5) 2009: Scott Glennie (1-9) 2013: Val Nichushkin (1-10) 2017: Miro Heiskanen (1-3) I liked the mix of this year's team better than last year's. I think we're getting closer. This is why I want Edmonton to win the Cup. Get it out of the way. If the Oilers are still hunting for the elusive Cup next year, I fear more of the same is in store for us -- and the rest of the West. Just rip the band-aid off and let them get it. The hangover will be so bad for them, they might not even make the playoffs next season. (They will but humor me. Maybe they're a wild card that gets in -- and then nobody wants them in Round 1.) I know we can't bring everybody back but I didn't feel like there was a black hole on the blue-line this season like last year when Hakanpaa went down. I like Duchene quite a bit. I don't like him being our leading regular-season scorer and then scoring ZERO points in 18 playoff games during 5-on-5 play. That's practically impossible.
  18. I disagree on Robo. But I haven’t looked at any of the advanced stats. It’s just my gut. At one time, Benn was a premiere power forward in the NHL. Those days are long gone.
  19. Those guys don’t exactly grow on trees. Jury is out on Rantanen for me. I want to see him get a full year with this team. Roope is a nice player. He’s fast as hell but he’s hurt a lot. He should probably be the #2 center on a Cup winner. Again, I’m really, really disappointed in the egg laid by Wyatt this postseason. I hope we hear that he was battling something because that needs to be our guy. Our trouble is that we don’t get top five picks often. We got Miro at #3 and I can’t think of another top 10 pick in all the years we’ve had the team in Dallas. We aren’t going to get a shot at McDavid, Matthews, Bedard, etc.
  20. Agree with this. I keep waiting for Otter to become that shut-down goalie and he just can’t get there. Another year where he gets outplayed by somebody he should be better than — Jordan Binnington/Blues, Adin Hill/Knights, Skinner/Oilers x 2 and so on. The best playoff series I think he ever played was against the Flames in the bubble. He hasn’t gotten back to that level since.
  21. Robo was hot garbage most of the playoffs. He needs space to score. The trouble is that space disappears in the playoffs unless you create it yourself. He doesn’t have that type of game. He played well tonight but the first goal was a terrible turnover and he wound up in the slot with no one around him. I’d trade him in a heartbeat if we could get a good return. Benn was a great player at one time. He won the scoring title one season. He’s got nothing left at this point, though. He was simply invisible against the Oilers because he can’t keep up with their best athletes.
  22. Finals start Wednesday in Edmonton
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