Coconuts

They're closer though, next game is huge

Vegas = clinch Dallas = clench

A truly historic moniker

Salt Lake Arizona Coyotes

Well it's 2-2 now

If they do go back to Arizona I don't think it'll be sooner than later The natural rivalry with Dallas and the state's population and wealth make Houston an appealing landing spot Atlanta's the same, large untapped market, big TV market If they go back to Atlanta you know the NHL will do their best to make sure they're competitive off the hop I'd love to see Quebec get one but it's hard to see with Bettman at the helm

I know they're playing the Hawks but the Preds are on fire, Forsberg in particular They will not be an easy out for anyone

3-0 Knights, it'll be surprising if they don't clinch

Annnnnd the Canes are up 4-2

Vegas up 2-0, St. Louis down by 1 with less than three minutes to go

I've read that as well, but I think a lot of things would have to go right for it to happen. Supposedly there's chatter that executives around the league don't think he'd be able to meet the targets. Maybe the NHL will return to ARizona someday but I don't think whatshisname being the owner is guaranteed. I think the NHL returning to Atlanta is inevitable, Houston makes too much sense too.

I've been posting in the expansion thread but I figured this deserves it's own thread https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/arizona-coyotes-players-told-team-is-moving-to-utah/ https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2891550/report-coyotes-players-informed-team-moving-to-utah

The Coyotes have shown flashes of being legitimately competitive at times this season, which is a step forward from where they have been the past few years. They'll probably be competitive sooner than later once they move, as they'll likely have an ownership group actually willing to spend and fill out the roster with talent. Factor in their bushel of picks, large amount of cap flex, young talent on the roster, and higher tier prospect pool and there's really a lot to like. The Coyotes as they are allow for a GM to put his mark on things, there's lots of flexibility to be had.

That'll be very neat experience for you, I'm glad you're being exposed to a lot.

Gotta wonder where Fox would be without his injury, he's only played 70 games to Hughes's 79 and Makar's 74

I'm well aware of the disproportionate incarceration rates, it's neat to hear what you've just said from someone within the institutional system though, that's an encouraging sign

Democracy is a western construct, one that is intertwined with the history of Canada but maybe not one necessarily intertwined with various traditional and modern Indigenous ways of knowing and doing I'm not sure one can jump right to democracy is the goal is to have dispute between Indigenous Peoples largely resolved by said Indigenous Peoples I don't have an actual answer besides deferring to Indigenous nations and communities themselves, they are the ones best suited to know what approach to conflict resolution works best for them imo Given the diversity amongst Indigenous Peoples it stands that there is likely a vast range of ways conflict, disagreement, and disputes are resolved

Was it this one? Because I've been meaning to take it for a while, just haven't had the free time to pursue leisurely studies on top of my actual classes. https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

I think that has to be approached on a nation by nation basis, because Indigenous Peoples are not a monolith. I do think that the solution would have to largely be driven by Indigenous Peoples themselves as you've stated as well, in many cases I do think solutions need to be Indigenous driven. This isn't to say that Indigenous Peoples will make all the decisions, the fact that Indigenous Peoples are willing to reconcile after the history they've experienced speaks to their willingness to collaborate though.

Agreed, and actual Indigenous People need to be involved in concluding what that justice is. One can utilize the disability rights slogan "nothing about us without us" and it'd apply quite nicely. I think a lot of what we can do is already mapped out in the truth and reconciliation report, and the calls to action. Historically, since closer to the advent of colonization really, Indigenous Peoples have been one of the most marginalized demographics in Canada. Any semblance of Canada's Indigenous Peoples being on anything resembling equal footing has to involve actual systemic and legal changes. Equality shouldn't necessarily be the aim, because that treats everyone the same, the goal needs to be equity, which aligns more with justice. A great deal has been done to Canada's Indigenous Peoples over many years, resulting in modern issues like intergenerational trauma, languages at risk of extinction, a massive loss of culture, widespread poverty, institutional racism, and a great deal more. Addressing this in a reconciliatory manner was never going to be an easy, straightforward process, and it's a process that involves various levels of government playing ball instead of stonewalling. This isn't to say strip away everyone's property, something like that simply won't happen, but it's about a lot more than just land. I think we're absolutely making progress on it, but it'll likely take a long while yet. That being said, there's been a lot of shifting happening over the past several decades that would have once been inconceivable. Our ancestors didn't see things as we do, and things aren't how they once were, we can absolutely be better. One should look at history with context, but that doesn't mean disregard the history after and write things off as simply being how they were when how things were isn't a reflection of today's reality. We collectively know a lot more now than we did then, and we can very easily look back at the history if we choose to.

I'm pretty sure Sweden is where my last name originates I spoke to my mother, but my dad is a landed US immigrant whose lineage stems from Scandinavia, as far as I can tell it relates to living near a lime tree

It may not a popular opinion, no. But we don't have to agree on everything. I'd argue that Canada's Indigenous Peoples do have inherent rights that stem from them being stewards of the land for millennia, rights that are different than those of the average Canadian. There's a lot to unpack there, and some of it circles around the differing views of Indigenous Peoples on the Indian Act itself. As for Indigenous Peoples being incorporated into the Canadian mosaic, it's that kind of policy approach that resulted in things like residential schools, the 60's scoop, and the modern child welfare system to begin with, and the associated cultural genocide stemming from the aforementioned. They were separate from the get go, and policy deems that they still are. But it's not as if Canada hasn't tried to assimilate and extinguish rights in the past, that was what underpinned the 1969 white paper, which was soundly rebuffed. https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_white_paper_1969/ My great grandparents probably had similar stories, but that doesn't change the fact that many Canadians are the benefactors of colonization. This doesn't mean folks have to necessarily feel bad about it, or carry some sort of shame, but part of reconciliation is recognizing the privilege many of us enjoy because of what happened. None of it is simple and we aren't the only commonwealth country actively wrestling with it's origins. New Zealand, Australia, and the US are all in the same boat. The US had it's own schools, but Canada's relationship with the Indigenous Peoples that claim it as their ancestral land is rather unique. In any case, things are shifting bit by bit, and they were prior to the endeavors of the truth and reconciliation commission and the subsequent calls to action.

Vancouver be like

Hronek will be 27 in November, and 8 year deal would take him to 35, which isn't terrible. But it may be wise to assume the Canucks may not want his deal going to 35, they may prefer a 6-7 year deal that'd take him to 33-34. This would of course bump up what Hronek would ask for each year.