nl5xsk1

Actaully, it's spelled right. Better lucky than good ... if you gave me 5 guesses, I'd have normally gotten it wrong each time. I should take that luck to Vegas.

When I was living in the UK there was a "created" band called Girls Aloud that was doing pretty well. The difference was that they were bubblegum pop sung by a group of WICKED hot girls. That's a better combination than Da Band (or whatever they're called). So, I guess I'm saying that you can take a group of nobodies and make them famous, they just need to be really hot, and aimed at teenyboppers.

What's worse, losing outright (like I did in week 1) or losing by the tiebreaker (like I did in week 2)? If this was real life, all of nl5xsk1's fans would be booing my team like the Philly fans do to the Eagles each and every week.

I said that Miami might be going from bad to worse because of their schedule ... they'll need to have a few game lead in the division heading into December if they want to make the postseason. Plus, I have very little faith in Fiedler as a QB or Wannstedt (spelled wrong, I know) as a coach. Methinks that Buffalo and New England will be around the 9-7 mark, Miami at 8-8 and the NYJ will be lucky to reach 7 wins.

As a Patriots fan still stinging from the loss to the Bills in week 1, I'm anxiously awaiting the new power rankings (both here and at the ESPN's of the word). People will be christening the Bills as inevitable Super Bowl Champions. My prediction: Bills finish no better than 9-7, and only sneak into the playoffs because both the Jets and Dolphins are bad going towards worse.

The reason that this sucks is that if someone goes to all home games, there won't be any variety in the colors that they see. For example, if I went to all Bruins games, I'd see Black on the Bruins, White on 95% of the visitors, and the occasional Yellow when the B's wear those God-awful 3rd sweaters.

Mexican weed - for the most part - is crap. Yes, you can get some good strains, but most schwag that's smoked in the Western US came from Mexico. That's why it's all in brick form - from being snuck over the border. Right now, British Columbia is the closest thing to Amsterdam in North America, with wicked good bud available very easily. The prices aren't great but it's worth it. I'd rather drop $100 on a quarter of great weed than $100 on 10 dimebags of crap. On a personal note, I took a trip to Humboldt while I was going to school in Ft Collins CO, and after hearing about how great the grass is in Humboldt County got the thrill of someone there saying that they were envious that I went to CSU. I guess the people there talked about how great the pot was in Ft Collins the way that we talked about how great it was in Humboldt.

Max, I disagree with your assessment of Dafoe. A few of the years he was in Boston he was definitely starter material (had something like 8 shutouts one season). If the Thrashers can have some better defense in front of him, he should put up reasonable numbers. Plus, playing a bunch of games against the Panthers and Hurricanes (who don't impress me much) - and also against pretty mediocre Tampa & Washington) - should get them some points. So, in my mind, it's a good goalie + a great coach + good scoring + a weak division = potential playoffs. Of course, I could also see them being Sabre-level bad if Dafoe plays like shit (which I will admit that he's capable of)

Let me preface my statement with this is not a knock on anyone at TSM that references this song - I am not doubting anyone's love of Cash or any of his music... but I feel the same way about everyone that trips over their own dick to give props to Hurt. People on the VMAs or on some message boards that never said two words about Cash 1 year ago are now enamored with him, and can't wait to say how long they've loved his music. It's bullshit, and the same shit will happen if/when Willie goes. Cash has had a decades long career of songs that are every bit as great as Hurt, and would be much more memorable if he hadn't passed away so shortly after Hurt was released. (prepares to be shit on for saying that, but had to get it off the chest)

I've got to disagree with you, RedBaron. No way that Carolina wins the SouthEast. And even less of a way that the Habs sneak into the playoffs. They'd nead Theodore to do the ultimate of carries in order for that to happen. My picks: 1 - Ottawa 2 - New Jersey 3 - Tampa / Atlanta (depends on if Dafoe plays better than Khabibulin and Grahame, so it's most likely Atlanta) 4 - Philly 5 - Toronto 6 - Boston 7 - NYI 8 - Atlanta / Tampa (see #3 above) And I could see the Isles falling down, and the Caps taking their place in the playoffs. Washington has too much talent to stay down for long.

In the regular season, Philly is better. Though, considering the likelihood of Philly choking in the playoffs, I'd rather a team like Tampa have the higher seed. At least there is a chance they might show up in the playoffs. Don't get me wrong, I hate Philly as much as I hate any team in the NHL. Donald Brashear is almost equal to a Claude Lemieux/Ulfie Samuelsson level of hatred in my eyes. But they're a deeper, more talented team than TB. Plus, if Hackett can play well, they might get a round further in the playoffs before they do their annual choke. (Nothing feels better than being a Bruins fan commenting on other team's chokes)

The rankings that CDNChris predicted look pretty accurate, and show how fucked up the "give the three division winners the top 3 seeds" approach is. Does anyone seriously think that Tampa will have a better team than Philly? If the Khabibulin and Grahame don't stand on their heads, the Lightning will be lucky to break 75 points. Yet, if they win their weak-ass division, they're the #3 seed. It's stupid. The league should go to the top 16 teams, regardless of which conference/division they're in, and rank them in order. Yes, it'll be wicked Western-centric this year but the tide will change back and forth. And it's not like all East or all West Cup would garner so much less interest than an East-West one would.

Monster Magnet, either Dopes To Infinity or Pill Shovel.

I'd be watching Nitro now, just like I was watching Nitro then. I'm a huge Flair mark (have been since the mid-80's) so that alone is enough to make me choose Nitro. Add in Booker, SOH, Helms, Jarrett, Storm & Chavo and I'm even more interested. Maybe add in some of the ECW guys, or those that are now TNA guys, and it's even better. Plus, when Nitro was it's absolute worst it was still "so bad it's entertaining" ... when Raw sucks, it's "so bad I might just not watch TV".

I'll probably become more hated than GG Allin for saying this, but I find Shaniqua more attractive than Molly Holly. Yeah, her body is too buff for me, but still, I'd probably still tag it.

While he doesn't have the cannon that Bledsoe has, it's not like Brady's unable to throw past 5 yards. The team just chose to make up for a lack of running game with the quick hits to the WRs. If given enough protection, and if the defense in front of him was playing with a depleted secondary, Brady can throw the 10-20 yard passes fine.

I'm pretty confident that Berard won't get offered a deal worth more than $2.08 million ... he's good, but not great. And it's pretty late in the offseason for a team to throw that much money at a player. Of course, if someone from a Cup contender gets hurt early in camp, I could see that team scrambling to replace him with Berard.

I should have added a note in my post ... I don't watch Smackdown. Thursday is a going-out night for me, so between being at the bars and watching college football, I never watch wrestling on Thursdays. So, a lot of people who might have made my list aren't an option.

As long as Berard gets an offer that's equal to, or less than, 80% of his arbitration figure, the Bruins have the right to match. His arbitration figure was about $2.5 million, so as long as he's offered a deal that's either about $2 million or less, the team can match it. I'm guessing that he signs with the Bruins in the $1.75 - $2 million range.

But it works if they make him a pretty boy heel. Other Chippendale Dancer sounding names: Ravishing Rick (Rude) Stunning Steve (Austin) Latino Heat (Guerrero) Face it, there's a fine line between "tough guy" sounding names and homoerotic names. Sugar Shane sounds like a cocky heel (no pun intended with the word 'cocky')

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins..._strike_a_deal/ The Bruins finally signed Sergei Samsonov ... just in time for camp, too. At least they're not paying him the Thornton-level money that he was looking for (hey, Serg, try staying healthy for a full year and THEN ask for Thornton money). Plus, Knuble scored more goals in his year with Thornton/Murray than Samsonov scored with either Allison/Guerin or Thornton/Guerin. If the Bruins can just find a way to get Berard & Boynton in camp soon, they have a chance of being decent again this year. Still some holes (second line center) but otherwise should be better than they were last year.

Well, The Hurricane is never really on RAW in a good way anyways. So if he's not, he will be missed. Bring back the 'Sugar Shane' gimmick PLEASE~!? why? It was just your generic pretty boy cocky heel... At least Hurricane is different. But different isn't always good ... in the "Top 3 Wrestlers" thread I just named Sugar Shane Helms as one of my three favorites. The Hurricane gimmick was a good way to get Helms over, and then at the peak of his ride he should have made changes to the gimmick and used something less cartoon-ish. Now, he's less over and saddles with the gimmick.

I go by who entertains me, and who I hope receives a push, not necessarily who I think is the best wrestler or anything like that. So, in no order: Chris Jericho Shane Helms (not as the Hurricane, though, back when he was Sugar Shane) Lance Storm Honorable mention goes to Chris Nowinski, who would have been in my top 3 but he's been gone for so long, he's dropped out of my list.

Sadly, 2 or 3 years ago he would have gotten that much. The owners were throwing money around like it was monopoly money. (hello, Marty Lapointe). Now that the CBA's expiration is imminent the owners are being a little more frugal. And that means no more marginal-to-good playes getting paid like great ones. Turco should ask for one year, and about $3 million.

Hasn't the phrase "jumping the shark" jumped the shark already?