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All on the Blues... could've/should've finished the Hawks in five. Could've finished the Stars in 6. Their early round lolli-gaging caught up to them physically. I disagree on Bouw, or at least on who needs to go. Get Shatty outta here while you can still get something for him. He actually got worse as the playoffs went on if that's possible. -8, 19PIM, and 21 giveaways this playoffs. Geez...

That's been the storyline for pretty much the whole time Hitch is here. Look like world beaters one day/period, look the egg beaters the next. Lots of times, periods are almost like a game within a game. Just like some football teams come out and dominate one half, then fall flat the next. Part of it too is the type of players on the roster, typically Hitch has liked bigger physical players who can implement a variation of the left wing lock/trap system. when the forecheck isn't working the back end gets exposed. This year, additions of guys like Fabbri, and Parayko have given the blues some much needed speed and better passing, but other teams still have better speed and passing than us. Our answer is to outcheck and force turnovers on those type teams, and when they can out hustle or win the battle on the boards, we get beat. I agree with you on the hustling. Lots of times it looks like were just getting outworked, nothing to do with skill or speed, but when you lose battles on the board, thats bad. Also, I'm fine with dumping the puck in the zone, but if you just dump the puck with 3 guys standing at the blue line of course the other teams D can handle the puck. We need momentum and speed going into the zone before the dump. Not gonna beat a dman to the puck standing still at the blue line.

Yeah i was gonna get the Exceler, but American Legacy had the Ballistics marked down to $129.99 (vs 199) around Christmas time and that was just too good to pass up. Spent the extra cash to get the sealed reel for the occasional salt water trips I take.

I like Daiwa Reels, personally use a Ballistic, but the Exceler looks nice for under $100. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Daiwa_Exceler_Spinning_Reels/descpage-EXE.html

Vodka, need more vodka.

Hell of a first period, keep it up.

I hear you man, not saying you have to change the world. Just that it doesn't hurt to offer knowledge if somebody will listen.

I agree, but would have to point out a little bit of a flip-flop in regards to your OP. A lot of these people fishing are first timers, or just inexperienced and maybe trying to take their kids out and learn for themselves or teach their kids. Spent the weekend at the Lake with a friend's family who wasn't very familiar with fishing. Sure I would have loved to spend a couple hours on my own not having to show them what to do, baiting/unhooking fish, but I took some time to show them a few things. They weren't familiar with regulations and wanted to keep anything they caught. I had them buy licenses and taught them about length regulations. They were happy to do so, just didn't know about it before bc no one was there to teach them. I feel your pain when it comes to relaxation/getting away, but you gotta be proactive in education if you want people to learn your philosophy. They're will always be people that are inconsiderate, but there is a large group who just don't know anything about it, but will learn if they have someone to show them the ropes.

Getting some penicillin? HA

Not too worried yet. If we can win the next one its a whole new series. But geez, what a terrible stretch of 7 periods. Apparently we think we can win by cycling the puck along the boards for minutes at a time without shooting. San Jose is definitely the best defensive team we have faced so far and it is showing. Gotta figure out a way to crack their D or we're in for some long nights.

Outplayed. weak on sticks. terrible passing. Couldn't win any battles.

Ness, Where's the meat? lol

This game has some weird voodoo goin on Ham.

If he didn't take his little hiatus to the KHL he could have been right under Gretzky on the all time leader boards.

I agree too much vegetation and lots of shad not too...

My bracket in the west looks pretty good, the only one i missed was Nash over Ana. Now the east on the other hand...

And again in the playoffs... 14 goals in 7 games. I love when I'm right. HA! Good game boys. It felt weird watching a game and not being stressed out the whole time.

Yeah cut in half zinkerz are the deal, basically 12 baits for 3.89 if your shopping at TW.

I've found the colors without flake are the most durable. The colors with lots of flake and glitter almost seem to dissolve after lots of fish.

Agree. Just sepculating on lineup changes. Schwartz, Stasny, and Fabbri all had chances to tie that game that they needed to bury.

I'm gonna need to make sure I refill the vodka before tomorrow night. I think the Blues can and probably will win tomorrow night, but winning three in a row on the road is tough. I think they'll go back to Edmunson on D, and I bet they put Ott in there on the fourth line. I don't think Hitch trusts Reaves enough not to take a stupid penalty, and Jaskin wasn't exceptionally noticeable last night. Heck I'd like to see Rattie maybe get a shot, that forward's only playing like 7-8 minutes a game anyway.

Blah. Terrible.

Thats awesome man. Sweet fish. Congrats.

I'm just saying that people catch longer fish than the one caught, so the potential exists that if a longer fish would eat/get as fat as the one in the picture then we could have a monster lurking in some MO lake. No ones denying the fish is big, no ones crapping on his catch. Just hoping for a monster in our lakes. As for the length/weight question... no one is denying that a fish that weighs more is bigger, but weight is typically determined by two components - length and girth. In almost every fish weight formula I have seen, length is given a greater significance in the calculation... so using formulas that have been around for a long time as well would put emphasis on length when searching for a big bass. But so goes the internet, where you have losers trying to pick out an argument in anything they can.