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4 minutes ago, CapsSkins said:

 

FA OT is about depth and allowing rookies to redshirt if need be, not necessarily finding a long-term solution

Certainly good practice to have at least a passable O-Line while trying to properly build it.  Don't want to get a QB killed while you're still building the line.

4 minutes ago, Rex Tomb said:

Are there any LTs out there to be had now?

 

David Bakhtiari was released.  His career has been sidelined for the past several years due to a knee injury resulting in multiple surgeries, but if it's actually fixed this time (big if), he's about as good of an LT as you can get.

3 minutes ago, TheGreatBuzz said:

 

Any update?

Read something about a standoff with the SWAT team.  Suspect now in custody.

Apparently something's going down in Falls Church.

5 hours ago, dfitzo53 said:

 

 

If we want some Yazz Flute, I recommend the Amazing Flight I posted back on page 355 featuring Thijs Van Leer from Focus.  But I've also got this dude head-banging while flouting:
 

1 hour ago, zCommander said:

They added a banana for scale.

Frogge.

6 minutes ago, purbeast said:

I don't support that **** either.  I'm not paying extra for some manufactured limited run physical copy. 

 

Literally the ONLY game I paid more for physical was Dead Cells on Switch.  It was $25 in store and $20 digital (at the time).  I had never played a rogue like game prior so I wasn't sure if it was something I would enjoy, so I got the physical in case I didn't like it and could at least sell it to get some money back.

 

In general though those little indie games are basically one and done for me anyways, I never go back to them, and since they are so cheap, I'm not worried about selling them if I don't like them to recoup some of my money.

I meant limited run like the publisher, but also including others of the type like Signature Edition Games, Super Rare Games, and some others.  I don't think it's fair to call it a manufactured limited run.  We're talking indie games with a limited market which already released digitally months earlier further limiting the market as most who were interested already bought digital.  Usually there will be a pre-order period where they take as many orders as they get, and then the remaining copies they manufactured in addition to the pre-orders will be sold while supplies last.  If not for these small run publishers, these games simply wouldn't get a physical release at all.

33 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said:

Y'all are always welcome. I ate some mushrooms last night. Quick trip to the beach at sunset.

You have a script for a Star Trek episode you wrote last night?

22 minutes ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

Wouldn’t it be weird if there was some creepy guy on this site who had strange fantasies like moving to @Koolblue13’s Island where they would do mushrooms and write science-fiction screenplays together? Even if he does have some kick ass ideas for a science fiction movie called The Simulator and another one about a person who never stops growing. That would be weird right? Or no?

I would like to meet this person if he exists.  And then book an island flight.

1 hour ago, purbeast said:

The only time I get a digital game is if it's the only way it is available, like the smaller indie games.

 

Anything that I can purchase in the store though, I get on physical.

With the indie games, I often hold out to see if they get a release on one of those limit run type publishers, too.

https://electrek.co/2024/03/08/tesla-shipping-cybertruck-tent/

Just now, capcrunch98 said:

 

IMO, this team has no business bidding on top-end free agents.  We're not even close to being "a player or two away" from competing.  I know things are complicated because they're still trying to field a competitive team in Ovi's final years, but even if management won't commit to a full rebuild, they can't be foolish enough to jump into free agency.

I expect them just to fill out the corners with low-risk FA signings this summer, and allow for the prospects to earn roster spots and develop.  And I am fine with that.

We shouldn't be pursuing 30+ "finishing piece" type players, but why would you oppose a 27/28 year old (around Dylan Strome's age) who can step in immediately and still be very effective in 5 years when our new young core is taking the reins?  If Sam Reinhart, who's 28 and currently sitting on 45 goals this season, hits free agency after this season, would you not be interested in adding him to the team?  Or the previously mentioned 27-year-old defender Noah Hanifin who would shore up our D now and into the future.

48 minutes ago, capcrunch98 said:

Overall, a decent trade deadline for the Caps. Got a couple good draft picks for Mantha, who they couldn't give away for free at the beginning of the season, got back basically the same return for Edmondson as we gave up to Montreal last summer to acquire him, and we even found a taker for Kuzy which none of us thought was possible. Eating salary doesn't mean much right now because we're not signing any significant free agents anytime soon.

I don't think we'll be opposed to opening the wallet in Free Agency, just needs to be for a talented player on the right side of 30.  If Noah Hanifin reaches Free Agency, I'd hope the Caps would be in on trying to sign him.

48 minutes ago, capcrunch98 said:

In what was clearly a buyer's market, we did okay.

Really glad they didn't trade Dowd and Lindgren in this down market. Giving either of them away for a 3rd round pick or whatever crappy return GMBM was offered would've sucked.

Yeah, I was in no hurry to get rid of them.  My only interest in moving them was the hypothetical returns we'd get.  Without high returns, I'd rather keep 'em.  Still have another year on their contracts.

1 hour ago, Renegade7 said:

NYC looks desperate and blew right past probable cause in am attempt to show that they were doing something about this.

 

You've made your point, but you better be doing some root cause analysis to thr original problem, not jus blowing off the new ones you created.

 

I'd be shocked if this lasts more then a couple months...im empathetic to Governor trying to send a message of trying to take safety seriously, but at what cost?

This is the same city that Stop-And-Frisk came from, no?

If my company sends me on another business trip, I'm definitely taking Airbus.

12 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said:

 

I think you have other problems if you are getting iced coffee flavored ram milk...

Hey, if they wanna pay me $18 to pour it down the sink, who am I to say 'no'?

Getting a 3rd round pick for Kuznetsov is fantastic.  Don't care that we're retaining 50%.  Saves us an extra $2.75 mil (after subtracting our savings from stashing him in the AHL) next year and unlike a buyout, takes him off the books after that rather than having his salary affecting us for an extra year.

10 minutes ago, capcrunch98 said:

On a related note, I tuned in to the game after it started, and I didn't realize Kuemper was injured. When I didn't see him on the bench, I was practically doing cartwheels and moonwalking across my living room, thinking some desperate GM took him off our hands.

No such luck.

He's sick

2 hours ago, Bang said:

Maybe there's dust on it.

 

Send the Enterprise.

(Look, I still think Star Trek The Motion Picture has one of the coolest sci-fi plots ever.)

 

~Bang

It's nice when they can make a plot that doesn't require a villain.  Though it does lose a little bit of style points for being a bit of a repackaging of The Changeling.

8 minutes ago, Jabbyrwock said:

In my defence there's a cat in my lap, and another one on the remote.

I see, you are being held hostage.

Y'all are watching the fascist response?

Shutout from Lindgren the night before the trade deadline can't hurt his trade value.