smithers joe

eastbound and down  gerry reed

i was born under a wandrin star  lee marvin from paint your wagon

your love lyrics  ennio morricone dulce pontes. i never did make out the words during the movie.

florida pp is always in motion, much like the old russisn teams and even the sedins. the sedins were masters at cycling the puck. i remember our pp was  good during their time here. my pet peeve last year was the lack of creativity. tocchet will encourage more of that, this season.

loving her was easier by kris kristofferson. my tribute to my wife.

does this mean the silly season is over or is it still being silly?

42 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said:

No way I'm giving Demko an 8.5x8 extension.  That would be suicide for Allvin.  

 

I'd go hard after Askarov right now.  I'd easily give Nashville a 1st round pick.  IF Demko is ready to start the season, then you simply send either Silovs or Askarov to Abby for now.  You then trade Demko next summer.  IF he is healthy...

how much luck have we had with russians, bure, mogilny and larinov. zadorov is the other that comes to mind. how has askorov's game been so far.

13 hours ago, Cerridwen said:

Asking the doctors in ICU to lighten up my Dad's  meds so that his condition could be explained to him so he could make his own decision about further care. He had always been a very active, vibrant man... a fisherman, a hunter. He'd had an undetected abscess eat through his cervical spine and render him a quadriplegic who could not breathe on his own anymore in less than 48 hours. And then, saying goodbye to him after he'd made his decision to discontinue treatment.

There is a second one... in the past 15 months or so.... that I just can't talk about out loud yet...but it's been a very, very difficult year that turned life upside down AND inside out.

can you translate the scottish line?

neil lavang's ghost riders in the sky.

35 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

 

Sorry to open old wounds, but I thought the topic was a bit heavy.....

sorry, i'm just trying to get us through the silly season.

i still think, they want to bring in another top 4 rd man.

what happened on the worse day of your life?

broken record here, but i still think they should have a look at soderstrom even for abby.

1 hour ago, Spur1 said:

I joined the heart attack club in late April 2023. Was at the neighbours (flames fan) letting the dogs out for a bathroom break. Suddenly felt nauseous and started getting tight in the chest then the left arm started getting numb followed by the right. Got the dogs in the house and climbed the hill back home. My wife said get in the car let’s go to the hospital 30mins away instead of calling 911 as they would take at the very least 30mins to get to me and then another 30mins back. (Unlike a long time friend who headed to the hospital but stopped for a beer on way. Made it to the morgue)

I arrived at the hospital emergency just in time to crash into the emergency holding my hand on my chest saying I am having an attack. The nurse led me to a bed. I said I am going down and proceeded to flatline. Got jumped on by the nurses and had to be zapped twice. 
(Always dreamed of having a couple nurses jumping on me. Careful what you wish for.) 10 minutes later I was on the phone letting the extended family know that I was on my way to Kelowna. 
There I had 2 stents put in. 90% blocked in the main line off the heart and 70% in a smaller vein/artery. Widow maker term was used. 
I am really hoping the Canucks can get as lucky and win a cup before I go. 

when i first went into the hospital, they were going to put in stents but i had a huge lump on my groin, where the would go in to. three nurses saw that and were pushing on it to see if there was a growth there. one nurse said, you must love three women poking around in your groin? i said well it be a long time since that occurred.

25 minutes ago, Devron said:

Exactly. Obviously there’s a chance we got a 4th round pick for nothing. But why even risk that to a division rival. Dumb 

so your saying, we need a new gm?

10 minutes ago, -dlc- said:

I bet you did.

 

Maybe some kids didn't have a father figure who took time for them. You may have provided some of that.

Maybe some kids needed structure in their life - dependability. You likely provided that.

Maybe some kids felt like they had a full count in life and you stepped in and they hit a home run.

 

Coaches can be much more than teachers of the sport. They show up. They devote their time. They listen (or at least the good ones do).

 

I bet you did.

thanks or those words, good lady/ friend. i nothing to look forward too, so i look back and try to remember what my life was all about. the wins, the loses and the break evens. funny how when you get old, you remember somethings but not others.

i just listened to my fav from high school, unchained melody by the righteous brothers. oh, the memories.

my wife's favorite song was, love grows by edison lighthouse.

i need to be in love. my favourite karen carpenter's song.

6 minutes ago, -dlc- said:

You just needed a shot to prove yourself, Joe. Taught that coach a few things, didn't ya? 

 

That's awesome. 

i might be out to lunch but i've always believed that baseball teaches, youths about life. i use to give all my players a copy of john wooden's pyramid of success. i'ld love to go back and see how each boy made it through life. did my teaching help them at all?

i have a silly one, but near the beginning of playing organized baseball, i was mostly a bench sitter. we had 3 extra players and i was one of them.. i rarely played more than an inning. one game the other team had just 9 players, then one kid got hurt. their coach came over to see if they could borrow a player. i jumped up and said, i'll go. our coach said yeh, take pratte. i went 2 for 2 at the plate, drove in the winning run and made a game saving catch in the outfield. the only reason it was memorable was from then on i started every game and usually was the first batter in the order. if that hadn't happened, i'ld probably be still sitting on the bench. it also helped set the direction of my life.

discounting stats, bo gave his heart and soul to the canucks. he should be remembered for that.

the fureys and davey arthur's  when you were sweet  sixteen. this song helped me through the grief of losing my wife. loved finbar's banjo picking.