DaneykoIsGod

I don't believe models predicted a massive rise in C02 coupled with a flattening of temperatures for the last decade.  IF CO2 forces temperature rising then an 8-12 year pause in warming during continued increase of CO2 seems unlikely.  I know people re-did their models to explain why this pause is happening, but that doesn't mean these models are any better at predicting future events.  If we can't come up with models that can predict 10 years into the future then it seems hard to believe the models that predict 100 years into the future.

Reminds me of what happened from the 1940s through '70s? During the post-WWII industrial boom, CO2 pollution was ... well ... booming. Yet temperatures fell for nearly 40 years.

I still think that Lou, as much as he may be past his prime as a GM, is still our best option. Look at who other teams have gone through in recent years. Glen Sather? Neil Smith? Garth Snow? Bobby Clarke? This General Managing thing ain't easy. Lou's recent moves may not have him in the Kenny Holland league anymore, but he's still among the best.

It's his job til he doesn't want it anymore, IMO. In Lou I trust.

I missed last night's game but I don't see a conundrum - kovalchuk is going through a rough patch.  But his line has the team's last five goals. He'll get through this, stop turning the puck over so much, and the rest of the team will pick it up as well. We went through this nonsense last year.

Bolded because, IMO, it's the most important part. If the coaches can really hunker down and get him to improve on this one thing, there wouldn't be much left to complain about. He's shooting well, he's passing better than most of us ever really expected he would, his positioning has improved, he's actually been a positive factor when he's out on the PK, only Elias has a better points/game average, so on and so forth ...

1. Cut the turnovers
2.   ?
3. Profit

Are there any dyslexic GMs in the league? They might give him a shot, thinking they're signing Forsberg.

Well, that Forbes article seems to legitimize the Post's piece and kinda makes it seem like it's just a matter of time. Which, of course, begs the obvious question ... will the logo's J trade in its horns for pigtails?

Also, I really do not appreciated being constantly asked before and after every game to buy sh!tty candy on the streets as well as seeing a drunk homeless guy literally lying face down next to the arena.  My gf and I have called the police for this reason twice in the past year alone for this as we did not want the guy to die out there.

Jeez ... if you think that's bad, I hope you never go to a game at MSG. I've seen a crusty old crackhead jump in front of traffic and flash her growler to unsuspecting drivers. And she wasn't even the craziest homeless person out there that night.

2008-2009 - 209 Goals Against
2009-2010 - 191 Goals Against
2010-2011 - 209 Goals Against Even with our atrocious start.

This years defense and last years defense pretty much rank up with the 08-10 defense, hopefully we will be even better this year.  That was a pretty dumb staement from manta

The funny thing is that Manta is actually right. The 2009-10 defense was good enough to help Marty (who put up career average numbers) take home his fifth Jennings. But what makes it funny is that he'll attribute that to the individual players on that blueline way before giving any credit to the coach. Consider that Martin only played 22 games, Mottau logged 22+ minutes/game and Fraser took up space for 61 games. Any logical person is gonna look at that and say "Wow, the coach squeezed a lot out of that barebones defense." But all Manta ever gives Lemaire credit for are player-ruining mind games.

It's still too early to judge this year's blueline on results alone (they're currently 8th in the league in GA/G), but on paper they appear to have better horses, subjective as that may be.

Bottomline: We aren't going to be making the playoffs for the next few years and will probably resemble the Islanders of the past decade. We are probably going to lose Zach, as this is no longer the franchise that drafted him. As the losing continues and the attendance will continue to decline and the rumors about the team moving will become more pronounced.

this is terrible....quickly lets mince his words into something more optimistic

Phew ... that's some serious turd polishing you're looking for. Here goes nothing:

Bottomline:  

or

Bottomline:  Paint thinner is delicious.

Take your pick.

Booing santa, now that's just plain wrong. I can only imagine all the kids that must've went home crying that day.

It being Philly, the kids were all probably too drunk to care.

I see the plusses are back. Me gusta.

Ha! Sean Waivery.

Ah, that's so lame. Such a shame that it would get used like that. Oh well. Thanks for the insight.

It may have just gone un-noticed.  

If there's debate on turning it back on, I'm in favor. Though, from the looks of how much use it got, it doesn't look like many others would be too. And that's fine.

I guess this little feature failed its trial run?

At times, it really seemed like I was one of maybe two or three people actually using it, but I liked it. It was a way to +1 someone without taking up an entire post to write "+1". But, at the same time, it didn't seem to be catching on.

Anyway, it was fun while it lasted ...

And once again, you make a claim about something I supposedly said with no quote to back it up. I am done with having words put in my mouth so please just drop it.

Your very first post in this thread:

You picked probably the least-liked Devils over the past two seasons to appreciate, what did you expect? Did you expect everyone to suddenly be in love with the guy after 10 decent games? You can't just forget about the 150+ mediocre-to-very poor games he played before that. Obviously everyone wants him to continue to be successful, but I'm not surprised that few people are ready to bow down to him after what a disappointment he's been during 95% of his games played here.

And that, my friend, is defending the naysayers, the thing Rowdy said you did and you claimed he put words in your mouth.


Rowdy's 100% right that an appreciation thread really isn't the appropriate place for naysaying. It's like giving a eulogy at a funeral saying that the departed was an @sshole. The speaker may be speaking the truth, but it still isn't the proper forum for such sentiments and the speaker will get grief for it. What you did is basically the equivalent of saying, "The speaker wasn't lying, this dead guy really was an @sshole!" And you're allowed to do that, but you should expect to catch the same grief as the person who gave the eulogy.

It's just etiquette. Almost every single other thread on this board has, at one point or another, devolved into Rolston-bashing at some point, and deservedly so. Is it too much to ask to keep that kind of negativity out of a thread intended to be positive? Hell, that's why I kept my distance from the Langenbrunner appreciation thread. If you don't have anything nice to say ...


Are we ready for that group hug yet?