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I really enjoyed Death by Lightning on Netflix. It's about US President James Garfield, the "reluctant President", and his assassin, a cuckoo by the name of Charles Guiteau. Both were attorneys, although Guiteau something of a failed attorney (mostly did collection work). The actors are Michael...

Quinn Hughes Traded to WIld for 3 players, all former 1st round picks! https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/47289816/canucks-trade-hughes-wild-three-players-pick

Final USA and Canadian Olympic Hockey Teams Predicted By ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/47257140/nhl-2025-26-olympics-hockey-rosters-projections-top-players-lineup They have Cole Caulfield making the U.S. Team as a 4th line right wing! USA has much better goalies than Canada does.

When I bring salads for lunch to work, I bring them in a plastic container, Such a photograph would be well beneath the photographic standards set forth in this thread, and the thread starter likely wouldn't appreciate the denigration. So the description is always going to sound a lot better...

I eat salads like this every day for lunch, sometimes varying the ingredients to include Manchego cheese (which comes from sheep), pistachio nuts, corn, sun dried tomatoes, celery hearts, carrots, Kalamata olives and red cabbage.

Montreal was out of the wild card before last night's game was even played- by 1 point. There are a lot of teams bunched in the standings, so I would not worry about wild card standings too much at this point in time.

Very disappointing loss by Montreal- both goalies were terrible, 3 goals by TB defensemen including 2 by Raddysh, who was allowed to make a salad whenever he wanted to instead of being eaten.

I have read that they have looked at rinks in Switzerland but you have to remember other rinks can't just give a 3 week commitment, when other pro leagues in Europe are playing and they have contractual commitments with those teams, and/or other entertainers. We are not talking about one game...

NHL: Ice Needs To Be Safe https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/47251828/bill-daly-olympic-ice-unsafe-nhl-players-take-part There will be a test event on January 9, assuming the rink is finished by then.

This is an issue that goes beyond the Olympics. The NHL, theoretically, instead of playing 82 games, could have shortened the season by the 3 weeks of games they could be losing to the Olympics. It's up to the NHLPA and the players to object to being treated like cattle. If they don't object...

What an embarrassment! They have had how long to build this rink since Milan won the bid for these Olympics?

So if the NHL/NHLPA pull out, will amateur teams be sent, or is it way too late in the game for that?

The NHL has made some noise this week about pulling out: https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/12/04/olympic-hockey-rink-problems-could-see-the-nhl-pull-players-out-of-event/

Is this a director's cut version?

Not really. Montreal is #15 and Toronto is #25:. Why don't you just say in English what you were trying to say in French: Montreal is the better team. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/47203142/nhl-power-rankings-2025-26-best-teams-standings-best-stats-projections-pace-december-game