I think Duchene is very over rated
- homiedclown

x2

Same with Landy....

and Mackinnon

x2

Same with Landy....

and Mackinnon
- chilliard77

I'd kick the tires on Landeskog

Yet, Tomato is a New World food. Italy didn't even use the Tomato in it's cuisine until the 18th century.

Seriously, look it up. You might also find that Vodka sauce isn't actually Italian, it's American.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Pretty sure it was the mid1500s when tomatoes were introduced to Italy (& the rest of Europe) from Peru

Not that Italians did anything groundbreaking with it...
but u can't deny that tomato sauce & Italian cuisine have become synonymous

I'd kick the tires on Landeskog
- homiedclown

Doesn't seem like Sakic is gonna Landy or Duchene

Doesn't seem like Sakic is gonna Landy or Duchene
- jdfitz77

wait til Zads goes to KHL

Underrated
- chilliard77

I would have loved to have gotten him on the Sabres... but at 5.35 per? He may be under-rated but he's not 5+ million a year under-rated.

I would have loved to have gotten him on the Sabres... but at 5.35 per? He may be under-rated but he's not 5+ million a year under-rated.
- BeadyEyedDouche

I think that's a good number for them. He'll play the same role as Stepan for 1.15 mil cheaper

I'd kick the tires on Landeskog
- homiedclown

I'd love Landeskog here. Forget Douche. Landy is the player I want. DDM says he isn't going anywhere, but who knows at this point. That team is a mess.

wait til Zads goes to KHL
- homiedclown

For Colorado's sake, I hope that doesn't happen lol

That Zibanejad contract is a joke. 5 years 5.35 per.

Evander Kane's agent is smiling somewhere.
- BeadyEyedDouche

U think?
20goal, 50point player
Seems about right to me

Should hopefully keep Kane in line around the 6mil mark

Pretty sure it was the mid1500s when tomatoes were introduced to Italy (& the rest of Europe) from Peru

Not that Italians did anything groundbreaking with it...
but u can't deny that tomato sauce & Italian cuisine have become synonymous
- jdfitz77

Tomato were introduced in the 1500's, yes, but they were mostly ornamental and only used in Italian cuisine starting at the end of the 17th century/start of the 18th century. Let it be synonymous, but its only a 300 year old staple in a 2000+ year old culture.

Italy

The recorded history of tomatoes in Italy dates back to 31 October 1548 when the house steward of Cosimo de' Medici, the grand duke of Tuscany, wrote to the Medici private secretary informing him that the basket of tomatoes sent from the grand duke's Florentine estate at Torre del Gallo "had arrived safely". Tomatoes were grown mainly as ornamentals early on after their arrival in Italy. For example, the Florentine aristocrat Giovanvettorio Soderini wrote how they "were to be sought only for their beauty", and were grown only in gardens or flower beds. The tomato's ability to mutate and create new and different varieties helped contribute to its success and spread throughout Italy. However, even in areas where the climate supported growing tomatoes, their habit of growing to the ground suggested low status. They were not adopted as a staple of the peasant population because they were not as filling as other fruits already available. Additionally, both toxic and inedible varieties discouraged many people from attempting to consume or prepare any other varieties.[28] In certain areas of Italy, such as Florence, the fruit was used solely as a tabletop decoration, until it was incorporated into the local cuisine in the late 17th or early 18th century. The earliest discovered cookbook with tomato recipes was published in Naples in 1692, though the author had apparently obtained these recipes from Spanish sources.[26]:17

Unique varieties were developed over the next several hundred years for uses such as dried tomatoes, sauce tomatoes, pizza tomatoes, and tomatoes for long-term storage. These varieties are usually known for their place of origin as much as by a variety name. For example, Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio is the "hanging tomato of Vesuvius". Five different varieties have traditionally been used to make these "hanging" tomatoes. They are Fiaschella, Lampadina, Patanara, Principe Borghese, and Re Umberto. Other tomatoes that originated in Italy include San Marzano, Borgo Cellano, Christopher Columbus, Costoluto Genovese, and Italian Pear. These tomatoes are characterized by a relatively intense flavor compared to varieties typically grown elsewhere


per wiki

America created chinese food, pizza, the missionary position and hockey, too.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Pizza WAS created in Italy
Flatbreads (dough without tomato sauce) were first done in the Middle East

I've worked in bars/restaurants all my life
Kinda my thing to know about food & drink

U think?
20goal, 50point player
Seems about right to me

Should hopefully keep Kane in line around the 6mil mark
- jdfitz77

Unlike Kane, he's a center. He's hit 50 points a whopping 1 time and just barely cracked 20 goals, twice. Kane hasn't ever gotten to 50 points but he's had seasons of 30 and 28 goals. And can score 50 goals between January and December.

It just goes to show, consistency (Lee Stempniak says hello) isn't rewarded in the NHL. And yeah, that includes not being injured.

Another lockout is almost guaranteed at this point, just like these albatross contracts.

Zibanejad has 188 points in 337 games. Kane, 300 in 496. Could be wrong, but Kane's ppg is better than Mika's.

The problem here, of course, is that this gives Kane a higher number, ultimately.

Sorry, that Zibanejad contract is terrible.

Pizza WAS created in Italy
Flatbreads (dough without tomato sauce) were first done in the Middle East

I've worked in bars/restaurants all my life
Kinda my thing to know about food & drink
- jdfitz77

Ricky Bobby says hello.

Italy

The recorded history of tomatoes in Italy dates back to 31 October 1548 when the house steward of Cosimo de' Medici, the grand duke of Tuscany, wrote to the Medici private secretary informing him that the basket of tomatoes sent from the grand duke's Florentine estate at Torre del Gallo "had arrived safely". Tomatoes were grown mainly as ornamentals early on after their arrival in Italy. For example, the Florentine aristocrat Giovanvettorio Soderini wrote how they "were to be sought only for their beauty", and were grown only in gardens or flower beds. The tomato's ability to mutate and create new and different varieties helped contribute to its success and spread throughout Italy. However, even in areas where the climate supported growing tomatoes, their habit of growing to the ground suggested low status. They were not adopted as a staple of the peasant population because they were not as filling as other fruits already available. Additionally, both toxic and inedible varieties discouraged many people from attempting to consume or prepare any other varieties.
- homiedclown[28] In certain areas of Italy, such as Florence, the fruit was used solely as a tabletop decoration, until it was incorporated into the local cuisine in the late 17th or early 18th century. The earliest discovered cookbook with tomato recipes was published in Naples in 1692, though the author had apparently obtained these recipes from Spanish sources.[26]:17

Unique varieties were developed over the next several hundred years for uses such as dried tomatoes, sauce tomatoes, pizza tomatoes, and tomatoes for long-term storage. These varieties are usually known for their place of origin as much as by a variety name. For example, Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio is the "hanging tomato of Vesuvius". Five different varieties have traditionally been used to make these "hanging" tomatoes. They are Fiaschella, Lampadina, Patanara, Principe Borghese, and Re Umberto. Other tomatoes that originated in Italy include San Marzano, Borgo Cellano, Christopher Columbus, Costoluto Genovese, and Italian Pear. These tomatoes are characterized by a relatively intense flavor compared to varieties typically grown elsewhere


per wiki

It's not that tomatoes were toxic...
it was that there was a reaction combined with the metals that were used in Italian cooking that made ppl sick

It's why it took so long to catch on

Once they figured this out,
the tomato became extremely popular in Italian cooking

Unlike Kane, he's a center. He's hit 50 points a whopping 1 time and just barely cracked 20 goals, twice. Kane hasn't ever gotten to 50 points but he's had seasons of 30 and 28 goals. And can score 50 goals between January and December.

It just goes to show, consistency (Lee Stempniak says hello) isn't rewarded in the NHL. And yeah, that includes not being injured.

Another lockout is almost guaranteed at this point, just like these albatross contracts.

Zibanejad has 188 points in 337 games. Kane, 300 in 496. Could be wrong, but Kane's ppg is better than Mika's.

The problem here, of course, is that this gives Kane a higher number, ultimately.

Sorry, that Zibanejad contract is terrible.
- BeadyEyedDouche

46pts, then 51, last year scored at a pace over 50pts
And he's young
Idk how u think contracts work,
but he's getting paid for how he projects over the next 5 years
Just like Kane did on his current contract
Just like most players do

That's just how it is sir

Ricky Bobby says hello.
- BeadyEyedDouche

I don't get the reference

It's not that tomatoes were toxic...
it was that there was a reaction combined with the metals that were used in Italian cooking that made ppl sick

It's why it took so long to catch on

Once they figured this out,
the tomato became extremely popular in Italian cooking
- jdfitz77

That could be true, but there were other reasons before this, even.

Its a member of the Nightshade family, of which, species are mostly poisonous. Italians just assumed the fruit was poisonous. Poor people of Naples started putting tomato in various forms on their bread, since fruit that grew from the ground was also considered to be of lesser pedigree. Poor people gonna poor and a tourism started when wealthier people heard of this wonderful new concoction called 'pizza' that poor folk had discovered.

wait til Zads goes to KHL
- homiedclown

Sakic will probably be fired after this year
That team is a mess

And their division is brutal
His best chance might be to convince ownership he needs to completely tear it down & rebuild from scratch

I don't get the reference
- jdfitz77

If you ain't first, you're last.

46pts, then 51, last year scored at a pace over 50pts
And he's young
Idk how u think contracts work,
but he's getting paid for how he projects over the next 5 years
Just like Kane did on his current contract
Just like most players do

That's just how it is sir
- jdfitz77

And its terrible business and why the NHL has a lockout once a decade.

That could be true, but there were other reasons before this, even.

Its a member of the Nightshade family, of which, species are mostly poisonous. Italians just assumed the fruit was poisonous. Poor people of Naples started putting tomato in various forms on their bread, since fruit that grew from the ground was also considered to be of lesser pedigree. Poor people gonna poor and a tourism started when wealthier people heard of this wonderful new concoction called 'pizza' that poor folk had discovered.
- BeadyEyedDouche

Idk if that makes sense?

If that's true...
why did they bring it back in the first place?

It also doesn't make sense,
because others were eating it & not getting sick in Peru & then Spain, etc

If you ain't first, you're last.
- BeadyEyedDouche

I still don't know what that has to do with pizza being invented in Italy,
and NOT in America

Wasn't trying to be malicious in corrections I...
but I've heard this "we created pizza" bs before,
and it's just not true