Rossi has done everything asked of him here. Being shown the door after this last season kind of slaps the kid in the face. He will have Wild killer written all over him once they ship him out.

The gap between Colorado and where the Wild are at makes the Grand Canyon look like a sidewalk crack. Billy really did Duhaime a solid by landing him in Colorado. Kid could wind up with his name on the Cup.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Good lord Matt Rempe is just a beast!

I was listening to the Sirius broadcast of the Rangers game last night on my way to the Wilderness game. Rempe laid a nasty hit on TVR and put Washington on the power play. The announcer went off on Rempe for a stupid penalty and said all the Ranger fans who want to send Tom Wilson to the electric chair better look in the mirror at Matt Rempe. I got a kick out of that!

I’m guessing the wolves went pretty hungry this winter with the deer being able to run through the woods with no snow. Seen one out ice fishing this year. He was about 40 yards from the fish house. I stepped out to urine and looked to my left and there he stood just looking at me. No fear, no panic in him. I zipped up and he just trotted off.

Wolves have been losing their fear of humans. Not a good thing.

Kings tonight. I’m all for a Fiala hatty to keep those two points away from the Wild.

Nope no floating dock. I’m not too concerned with this. If we get some rain and they close the dam it will bounce back pretty quickly. I have a few rocks I want to move and some general clean up that’s about it.

jwellsy wrote:

I would make rock piles and gravel beds for fish attraction. Good time to haul in a few trucks of sand and make your own little beach. Is that your boat ramp at the bottom of the pic?

Not mine exclusively but shared by 12 other property owners. So a private launch that we all share in the upkeep of. Only a few of us have docks down there in addition to docks on our property. It’s quite nice. Never any boat launch drama or critics watching your boat launch procedure. Rarely is anyone there using it. Most of the use is from people who have guests visit for the weekend who bring a boat to put in the water.

Kaprizov is the only somewhat comparable player the Wild have to Stone. If the Wild put him on the bench for the season with thoughts of bringing him out for the playoffs they would be more likely of maybe hitting the lottery for a number one overall than even making the playoffs.

I begrudge Vegas nothing they are the only ones with big enough balls to take advantage of the league rules. If other teams think the rules only apply to them then prove it by doing what Vegas does and see what happens. I gotta wonder if Stone doesn’t feel a bit sheepish about the whole thing though.

I bet people wind up with a lot more sandy beaches next year.

Ceiling mount. I used a couple pieces of lattice I had left over from skirting the bottom of the garden shed. Just space the lattice a couple feet apart on the ceiling and run the rods through the holes. Works great.
This isn’t mine but the same idea.

Given Fluery’s relationship with Billy I would not be surprised to see Fluery get a couple more years in the crease.

Those kids demonstrated the FAFO theory. You never know who someone is or what they may do.

supercat wrote:

Oh my this has got to be a joke. When has a bicycle become something that the taxpayers need to help with?

The government’s obsession with electric everything and using our tax dollars to support whatever it is they think we should be doing. Because they always know what’s best.

picklerick wrote:

What varieties of potatoes do you grow? I have two 35-40g stock tanks that I drilled drain holes into and thought I’d try taters in at least one of them.

This being our first year trying potatoes I’m not sure yet. Start with the simple varieties and see how it goes. Most likely russets, reds and yukons. Same stuff we buy in stores. If things go well we will branch out into other varieties.

They are 10 gallon size and are 13 inches tall. Sounds like 3 to 4 potato plants per bucket is what should work. Hoping for good results. If they work we will probably add more next year.

We do bucket gardening and this year adding some grow bags for potatoes. I heard they do better in the grow bags. This is done at the lake place we have no well so we use rain barrels and haul our own water up. This year I’m adding the Grow Bucket self watering system in the buckets. Sometimes I may not be there for a few days so they need to have water available. We also have a self watering raised bed that works pretty well.

The raised bed soil is always very wet but things grow great in it. This is our third year of doing it and have had mixed results. Any tips or tricks would be great. I buy starter plants I don’t have the room or desire to work from seeds.

I alluded earlier that I draw a pension from Cargill. I was there for eight years. They dissolved the division I was in. Me and two other guys developed and installed grain bin temperature monitoring systems. Remember the grain bin fires and explosions of the eighties? When was the last time that happened?

I take great pride that we were able to bring that to a halt. They paid us very well to develop and travel the world installing these systems. I get more pension from Cargill for those eight years than I do from another fortune 500 company that I was at for 15 years. Cargill did a lot for me. When they laid me off my manager had me in his office to give me the news. With tears in his eyes he told me. My wife was 6 months pregnant at the time. He told me Cargill had to let the insurance expire and told me to submit all the bills directly to him and he would push it up the line.

We never paid a solitary nickel. Matter of fact we got a delivery of all sorts of baby needs to the house two weeks after my daughter was born. Yeah those damn heartless billionaires will do damn near anything to win your trust.

wormdunker wrote:

If you could ask Bill Guerin one question today, what would it be?

What are you going to do to keep Kevin Fiala? I always loved that one!

mike mulhern wrote:

I was just wonder when the squatters are gonna show up and demand money to leave.

One thing Duluth does well is to keep most of the riff raff on Superior street or above that. The tourists aren’t supposed to see any of that.

I live up here although not in Duluth. I never got the appeal for Park Point other than the beach. It’s been a few years but I would go there to ice fish in the bay. We would usually go out by the rowing club. The ice is always sketchy out there and lots of current so I found other places to go. I don’t know why anyone would want to live out there truthfully. You got the lift bridge that causes traffic back ups and once you’re across you have a sea of tourists to drive through. The wind off the lake in winter is absolutely brutal.

From what I remember there were some pretty dumpy houses out there at one time. As long as what Cargill is doing is not illegal or she is getting some privledge others would not let her have at it. Leave the poor lady alone she sends me a nice pension check every month!

I knew they already had lots of support on this forum but I just wanted to throw my experience out there for somebody who has not yet tried them and may be on the fence about spending that kind of money on a rod when there are so many cheaper ones to choose from out there. Take the leap and treat yourself to some quality gear and know it’s backed up. I switched to TUCR years ago and the amount of fish I miss on the hook set was reduced drastically.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

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Ovi with 25 goals now…. Remember a month ago when most were saying he’s done…

Make that 26 goals now….

It helps when the entire roster stops shooting and the focus has become just feeding Ovi the puck. The sooner they get this over with the better it will be for the entire team. I love Ovi but to me this most goals record is pretty empty. Just no comparison other than a number.

All PLD has ever done is under achieve wherever he’s been. I believe the Kings would be in a much better position now had they not made that trade. They gave up way too much and gave PLD way too much for way too long. The Kings are stuck nobody is going to want that contract.

On the other hand Fiala seems to get on the score sheet every time he shows up on the ice against the Wild. Didn’t he have a three point game last time they met? He’s going to be a thorn in the Wild’s side for a long time to come I think.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

The Clutch and Grab era is also a telling point to Gretzky’s unreal production, he had guys hanging on him for dear life 1/2 the game and still produced…Modern era hockey has a guy tap your hands with his stick being a penalty resulting in Ovi playing the entire 2 minute powerplay…

like I said, so many variables…

Don’t forget the red line was removed in 2005 I believe. I wonder how Gretzky would have fared if the two line pass was legal in his day? I always believed it was an unwritten rule in the NHL no big hits on Gretzky. He was putting asses in seats wherever he went. Complete money machine for the NHL and they needed him on the ice.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Ovi scores goals 20 & 21 last night, only 51 behind the Great One now… remember when folks said he was done with…..

He could very well break it next season and good for him. But there is no comparison to him and Gretzky. The amount of goals scored is where it stops.

brandmoney wrote:

Could’ve gone worse I guess. We kinda stole a point there.

Johansson makes me sigh every time he hops on the ice

I’ve been desensitized to how bad he is after watching him get so much ice time but last night he was alarmingly bad.

Given the current political and social climate the Indians are getting all they can. They are also trying to ban pull tab sales in bars. AKA charitable gaming. My wife works pull tabs part time at one of the local bars. She loves it. It allows her to socialize more and she can make some pretty decent money. A lot of local charities will suffer without pull tab donations.

I have no idea what the chances of it actually happening are but the organization my wife works for is quite concerned about it so that tells me the likely hood of it happening is strong. Walz never comes to this part of the state even to campaign. He knows he’s not welcome here and he gets none of these votes. Proof the metro decides for the rest of us who governs this state and the metro vote is fixed. Your vote counts only if you filled in the D dot.

Great thing you got going here B. You are raising a pair of good boys there and they will be great adults no doubt. I’m in for $50 on a mix of crappie and walleye jigs in the boys choice of colors. No hurry just let me know when you get close. You are local to me so maybe we can meet up for a burger and a beer and do the exchange. Send me a message here when ready.

Vegas has shown there is no loyalty to players. You’re gone if they find a newer shinier toy.

I said this earlier. But damn if it hasn’t worked for them. I get the whole “team in a box” thing but they have made some bold moves and played the loop holes to the extreme since then. I gotta admire them they got Cup cred and did it in six years. Six years from now we will probably still be hoping and wishing on our next prospect pool.

Vegas infuriates a lot of people the way they play the system but I think their anger is misdirected. Besides given where Vegas is sitting right now they could wind up not making the playoffs after all this moving and shaking. But they will be right back doing the same thing next year.

^^ Epic rant! It’s up to the league to fix this if they want. I’m surprised Vegas is the only team with big enough balls to play the loop holes the way they do.