Carol Schram: Vancouver Canucks: NHL Gears Back Up Wed, What the Boys Have Been Up To As Olympic hockey heads into the knockout round, the NHL prepares to start getting back to business on Wednesday. A look at how the non-Olympians have spent their vacations.

Hello

Hello
- VANTEL

- Yeti1181

When are you trading Miller? He turns 34 this summer and you're rebuilding.

When are you trading Miller? He turns 34 this summer and you're rebuilding.
- Nucker101

He probably won't trade him in the pool until he actually gets traded in the NHL. I've tried to land him a couple of times. His value will be a lot higher if he ends up on STL rather than as EK suggests; EDM

Burrows should be on Team Canada, he's better than Kunitz.

When are you trading Miller? He turns 34 this summer and you're rebuilding.
- Nucker101

When I get a good young goalie back and high first

When I get a good young goalie back and high first
- Yeti1181

If they have a high first they can draft luindqvist

If they have a high first they can draft luindqvist
- VANTEL

True, but why not have a great goalie AND a rock star forward?

Did someone say trade?

Did someone say trade?
- LeftCoaster

It's been a busy day in that capacity.

It's been a busy day in that capacity.
- Chest Rockwell

I think I added 11 new players today

And a first and a second

Interesting that the Babooshka Ice Dome/Perogie Processing Plant's ice is apparently very poor. Especially given this is supposed to be one of the prime venues and a showcase of Russian engineering/construction.

So, where exactly did the $50 billion dollars go? (other than Putin's stable of young boys fund and Siberian Goolag theme park

Here he is demonstrating 1) the new upcoming summer Olympic event - the ten meter boob-grab 2) the alleged length of his kielbasa

Interesting that the Babooshka Ice Dome/Perogie Processing Plant's ice is apparently very poor. Especially given this is supposed to be one of the prime venues and a showcase of Russian engineering/construction.

So, where exactly did the $50 billion dollars go? (other than Putin's stable of young boys fund and Siberian Goolag theme park

Here he is demonstrating 1) the new upcoming summer Olympic event - the ten meter boob-grab 2) the alleged length of his kielbasa


- Zogg

What's the point here, you want to crunch some numbers take a look at the 1976 Montreal games

Perogie's are Polish.

What's the point here, you want to crunch some numbers take a look at the 1976 Montreal games

Perogie's are Polish.
- Whiskey-Tango

1976? Don't need to go back that far. A friend was in ticket management for Van's winter games and he said the abuse was absurd. So much money just disappeared. Problem is that the Olympics are not subject to any type of creditable audit.
I work for the government managing health care capital construction projects and anything over $10 million gets an automatic audit. And it's brutal.
How a Federal/Provincial/Municipal project like the Olympics avoids this is astonishing.

Interesting that the Babooshka Ice Dome/Perogie Processing Plant's ice is apparently very poor. Especially given this is supposed to be one of the prime venues and a showcase of Russian engineering/construction.

So, where exactly did the $50 billion dollars go? (other than Putin's stable of young boys fund and Siberian Goolag theme park

Here he is demonstrating 1) the new upcoming summer Olympic event - the ten meter boob-grab 2) the alleged length of his kielbasa


- Zogg

Looks like his motorboat'n face, so I'd guess the boob-grab event...

Yeah, some interesting comments from the Canadian snowboarder about Putin and the budget for the Olympics.

Sounds like a good chunk of the $50-billion went to a Bluth-like approach to building—make everything look good on the outside and screw the foundation and interior. Putin's model houses...

Apparently some of the recent building is already showing damage.

Putin's definitely getting a reputation boost with some of his jovial behavior in the media, but we'll see several years from now when all the buildings are crumbling from not having the money for upkeep, and the conditions are even worse than they are now throughout the rest of the country...

What's the point here, you want to crunch some numbers take a look at the 1976 Montreal games

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- Whiskey-Tango

There doesn't seem to be an absolute consensus as to the origins of pierogies (with quite a few Eastern European countries staking them as their own - although Poland, Ukraine and Slovaks are at the top of the list). That said, there are theories that they actually originated in the far east - China/Japan (the 'pierogie' being inherited from the gyoza/dumpling)

As far as Montreal, at least there is the legacy of the marvel of engineering that is the Olympic stadium . Free concrete for all!

Edit: now I'm @$#@@#$ hungry

Interesting that the Babooshka Ice Dome/Perogie Processing Plant's ice is apparently very poor. Especially given this is supposed to be one of the prime venues and a showcase of Russian engineering/construction.

So, where exactly did the $50 billion dollars go? (other than Putin's stable of young boys fund and Siberian Goolag theme park

Here he is demonstrating 1) the new upcoming summer Olympic event - the ten meter boob-grab 2) the alleged length of his kielbasa


- Zogg

Kind of makes biatching about Gillis pretty petty.

Looks like his motorboat'n face, so I'd guess the boob-grab event...

Yeah, some interesting comments from the Canadian snowboarder about Putin and the budget for the Olympics.

Sounds like a good chunk of the $50-billion went to a Bluth-like approach to building—make everything look good on the outside and screw the foundation and interior. Putin's model houses...

Apparently some of the recent building is already showing damage.

Putin's definitely getting a reputation boost with some of his jovial behavior in the media, but we'll see several years from now when all the buildings are crumbling from not having the money for upkeep, and the conditions are even worse than they are now throughout the rest of the country...
- Fosco

It will indeed be interesting what sort of 'legacy' these games leave (other than, as you said, a bunch of crumbling buildings and subsequent peasant uprising)

lol@ motor-boatin face and nice Arrested Development reference!

Kind of makes biatching about Gillis pretty petty.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Indeed, makes Gillis look like an intellectual colossus/savant

1976? Don't need to go back that far. A friend was in ticket management for Van's winter games and he said the abuse was absurd. So much money just disappeared. Problem is that the Olympics are not subject to any type of creditable audit.
I work for the government managing health care capital construction projects and anything over $10 million gets an automatic audit. And it's brutal.
How a Federal/Provincial/Municipal project like the Olympics avoids this is astonishing.
- bloatedmosquito

who needs back-door shenanigans and corruption when you can merely chalk things up to 'legitimate' government expenditures. Ahh, we are truly blessed to have such prudent stewardship of resources and finance

Edit: but as long as we have our Big Macs and a steady supply of Viagra, it's all good

Not exactly a blockbuster, but I'm looking to trade one of my young D for a 2nd round pick in the pool.

Couple guys like Dillon and Gudbranson get great peripheral stats, and both have some offensive potential.

Or would package one with a F in a 2 for 1 deal.

Just throwing it out there.

Not exactly a blockbuster, but I'm looking to trade one of my young D for a 2nd round pick in the pool.

Couple guys like Dillon and Gudbranson get great peripheral stats, and both have some offensive potential.

Or would package one with a F in a 2 for 1 deal.

Just throwing it out there.
- Fosco

Are you just looking for a pick in return?

Are you just looking for a pick in return?
- Chest Rockwell

I'd consider other returns.

But I am trying to free up a roster spot, so I don't want to take on extra players.

I suppose I'd do a one for one if the deal made sense.

I'd consider other returns.

But I am trying to free up a roster spot, so I don't want to take on extra players.

I suppose I'd do a one for one if the deal made sense.
- Fosco

Any interest in Downie?