It's just embarrassing how Sid gets handed everything.
- roenick97

Like those two cups

Did we draft yet?
- PhillySportsGuy

I want em big, I want em tough, I want em mean, I want em to be fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Really? He was 8th d man last year. Remove Meddy, add Provy. Still 8th d man. He isn't playing over Gudas, Provy, Streit, MDZ, Ghost, Schultz, even Manning. It's truly amazing. If MDZ never went down, he may never have played at all besides that 1 game.
- Mononoke

It is just an assumption on my part. Id certainly prefer he did not. I think without the cap implications and Manning having to clear waivers he wouldn't have been sent to the AHL. I think they will do what they have to to get out of that contract though.

I want em big, I want em tough, I want em mean, I want em to be fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Mononoke

You like your draft prospects like you like your women

Like those two cups
- PhillySportsGuy

And the gold medals...and the gift of facial hair

(frank) iCulture
- jmatchett383

uhhhh ...okay suit yourself

(frank) iCulture
- jmatchett383

Oh, you're one of those people. lol

And the gold medals...and the gift of facial hair
- YuenglingJagr

Did anyone hear Liam McHugh call Crosby good looking/handsome when describing his accolades after Crosby won the Conn Smythe? It was.....a bit odd.

LOL pubic I get it

LOL pubic I get it
- Not_Yan

lol

You like your draft prospects like you like your women
- YuenglingJagr

The first 3 are take it or leave it. The last 1 is non-negotiable.

Did anyone hear Liam McHugh call Crosby good looking/handsome when describing his accolades after Crosby won the Conn Smythe? It was.....a bit odd.
- Mononoke

GOOD LOOKING, GREAT PERSONALITY.

okay dude calm down.

Oh, you're one of those people. lol
- Scoob

Yes. Yes I am.

Attention world: A product is not automatically better because it has a lowercase "i" in front of it.

I have nothing against their products as stand-alone devices, but I stand firmly against a culture that mindlessly buys a product (which is seemingly upgraded every 3 months) based on a company putting a letter on the front of it. If you want an iPod, fine. If you want an iPhone, great. If you're buying and Apple TV solely because it works with your iPhone, I think you're foolish.

Company loyalty is one thing, but blind faith is another.

Yes. Yes I am.

Attention world: A product is not automatically better because it has a lowercase "i" in front of it.

I have nothing against their products as stand-alone devices, but I stand firmly against a culture that mindlessly buys a product (which is seemingly upgraded every 3 months) based on a company putting a letter on the front of it. If you want an iPod, fine. If you want an iPhone, great. If you're buying and Apple TV solely because it works with your iPhone, I think you're foolish.

Company loyalty is one thing, but blind faith is another.
- jmatchett383

that is a pretty hot taek for someone who appears to know nothing about them

that is a pretty hot taek for someone who appears to know nothing about them
- YuenglingJagr

I've used iPhones before. They're okay. I didn't see much difference between an iPhone (5, I think) and my Samsung. They both seemed to allow me to access my internet, download apps, make phone calls, and text people.

I've used iPods before. I find them to be very, very good MP3 players.

I've used iMacs before. I found them to be good, but not great, computers. They allowed me to play games, download software, and access most programs that I would require. I find them to be virtually useless in an engineering facility.

If you like them because you think that, individually, they are great products, then by all means buy them. If you're buying them all because you believe that a lowercase "i" makes a product better than its competitors, I find that to be unwise.

I've used iPhones before. They're okay. I didn't see much difference between an iPhone (5, I think) and my Samsung. They both seemed to allow me to access my internet, download apps, make phone calls, and text people.

I've used iPods before. I find them to be very, very good MP3 players.

I've used iMacs before. I found them to be good, but not great, computers.

If you like them because you think that, individually, they are great products, then by all means buy them. If you're buying them all because you believe that a lowercase "i" makes a product better than its competitors, I find that to be unwise.
- jmatchett383

i have an iphone because i like it and an apple tv because it is the best product for use with my iphone. so does the fact that i couldve spent 200 bucks more on a receiver for it to have an iphone/ipod input or 80 bucks on an apple tv that plays music wirelessly make me a mindless apple sheep or an informed consumer?

I would have given it to Kessel or Martin Jones. The Sharks made it to 6 games only because of Jones, he was phenomenal.
- ravishingone

I'd have given it to Kessel. Crosby winning was recency bias. They never make it to final without Kessel.

I'd have given it to Kessel. Crosby winning was recency bias. They never make it to final without Kessel.
- bodiva88

iConcur

Yes. Yes I am.

Attention world: A product is not automatically better because it has a lowercase "i" in front of it.

I have nothing against their products as stand-alone devices, but I stand firmly against a culture that mindlessly buys a product (which is seemingly upgraded every 3 months) based on a company putting a letter on the front of it. If you want an iPod, fine. If you want an iPhone, great. If you're buying and Apple TV solely because it works with your iPhone, I think you're foolish.

Company loyalty is one thing, but blind faith is another.
- jmatchett383

I agree with your last line but you're generalizing in your prior paragraph.

Seamless integration between and among devices is pretty important.

I'd have given it to Kessel. Crosby winning was recency bias. They never make it to final without Kessel.
- bodiva88

Or Murray.

Crosby was good in the playoffs but I think either of those two, and even Letang played stronger roles throughout the playoffs than did Crosby.

i have an iphone because i like it and an apple tv because it is the best product for use with my iphone. so does the fact that i couldve spent 200 bucks more on a receiver for it to have an iphone/ipod input or 80 bucks on an apple tv that plays music wirelessly make me a mindless apple sheep or an informed consumer?
- YuenglingJagr

Depends. How much more did you Apple TV cost as opposed to a regular TV with comparable specs?

Seamless integration between and among devices is pretty important.
- Scoob

That's why I bought a hockeybuzzTV. I'll tell you though, the pop up commercials are brutal

Depends. How much more did you Apple TV cost as opposed to a regular TV with comparable specs?
- jmatchett383

Is ignorance any worse than blind faith?

I think it actually applies to hockey as well....with Phil Kessel for example. People have uneducated opinions on certain aspects of the game and they become so popular that people take them as fact. Some GMs can look past that and get a player at a great value.

Like our very own Steve Mason

I agree with your last line but you're generalizing in your prior paragraph.

Seamless integration between and among devices is pretty important.
- Scoob

Well, I'm also against companies trying to monopolize products. For instance: if company A can offer a superior product, but company B can offer a product that integrates with one of their other products, people with that other product will/may buy from company B simply because "it works with this other thing."

It's not a bad thing, and it's smart of the company. And if you do your due diligence and find that advantages of buying a lower-quality product is still better due to the integration factor, then great. But several people that I know (not a lot, but some) will buy iWhatever's because, "It's Apple, it's better," and need that brand-new iPhone 75 or whatever they're up to the day it comes out. I also know a few who bought iPads, even when they didn't have a reason to buy one, because, "It's Apple, it's got to be good."

Is ignorance any worse than blind faith?

I think it actually applies to hockey as well....with Phil Kessel for example. People have uneducated opinions on certain aspects of the game and they become so popular that people take them as fact. Some GMs can look past that and get a player at a great value.

Like our very own Steve Mason
- YuenglingJagr

That did not answer my question any way, shape, or form.

And no, they're both pretty bad. Of the two, I'd probably choose ignorance, assuming you're willing to become informed.