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JR sues NBC for wrongful termination. Claims his firing was driven by anti-straight discrimination.

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/jeremy-roenick-sues-nbc-sports-224414977.html

JR is a Cussing douchecanoe and always has been. What an absolute turd of a human being. Diddle him.

Well, guess he's not getting into the HHoF any time soon. Better chance for Alfie.

Domi practicing with the team. Guess he's opting in.

NHL says that during the first 5 days of phase 3 (a.k.a. training camp) they had 2 players tested positive (out of 800+). Of course they won't say who, or even which team. They also didn't mention how many non-players tested positive.

Now, Pastrnak and another Bruin apparently did some public skating and are now self-isolating, but I don't think they are the ones who tested positive.

While 2 out of 800 sounds pretty good it's infinity more than 0.

wprager wrote:NHL says that during the first 5 days of phase 3 (a.k.a. training camp) they had 2 players tested positive (out of 800+). Of course they won't say who, or even which team. They also didn't mention how many non-players tested positive.  

Now, Pastrnak and another Bruin apparently did some public skating and are now self-isolating, but I don't think they are the ones who tested positive.

While 2 out of 800 sounds pretty good it's infinity more than 0.

Nobody expected it to be zero. The risk should be extremely low once they're settled in. But it won't be like NBA who actually have zero right now in their bubble. They've done an excellent job.

KHL does *weekly* testing. So now CSKA has *7* positives.

Ev wrote:

wprager wrote:NHL says that during the first 5 days of phase 3 (a.k.a. training camp) they had 2 players tested positive (out of 800+). Of course they won't say who, or even which team. They also didn't mention how many non-players tested positive.  

Now, Pastrnak and another Bruin apparently did some public skating and are now self-isolating, but I don't think they are the ones who tested positive.

While 2 out of 800 sounds pretty good it's infinity more than 0.

Nobody expected it to be zero. The risk should be extremely low once they're settled in. But it won't be like NBA who actually have zero right now in their bubble. They've done an excellent job.

Expected? No. Hoped, for sure.

Was it 2 out of 800 people or 2 out of 800 tests ? I heard it www 2 out of like 2500 tests or something along those lines

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Was it 2 out of 800 people or 2 out of 800 tests ? I heard it www 2 out of like 2500 tests or something along those lines

800+ players were tested, 2 positives. There were also non-players tested but they didn't say how many, or if there were any positives, but surely it's probable that there were some.

Would be interesting to know if the positives were on the same team.

tim1_2 wrote:JR is a Cussing douchecanoe and always has been.  What an absolute turd of a human being.  Diddle him.

good riddance. it will be funny when he gets laughed out of court.

Release the (Seattle) Kraken.

The name is great the S tentacle is ok. The colours are meh...
Blue and green would have been better but I guess that’s too close to Vancouvers colours.

I think a dark blue with another colour that it more Krakenish (salmon or peach and not red) would have looked nicer. Took me a while to understand that the S was a tentacle. Could have been better executed. But hey, it’s the NHL, teams can’t have a good jersey to start with.

I think the Kraken, colours, logos, everything...it's all good. The S tentatcle could be a little coolers, but the name is very good.

Tentacle? Then what is the red spot that looks like an eye? I thought it looked more like a seahorse.

wprager wrote:Tentacle? Then what is the red spot that looks like an eye? I thought it looked more like a seahorse.

Yes, the red spot is an eye. The black thing going up the middle is made to look like a tentacle. The logo doesn't make sense, but not many do.

If you're familiar with Strong Bad you will see the similarity with Trogdor:

lol accurate