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[Pickles the Firecat]

I dunno if joking, but we have an extremely modern city. Due to my work, I have been traveling around both countries, and the only comparable city I've seen is Toronto except Toronto is way too hot / cold and once you leave Toronto, you don't have amazing nature, you have the same sprawl you see in most American cities.

I've been to Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas, Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Boston, New York, Raleigh, and Atlanta. And the only place I would consider moving instead of living in Vancouver is San Fran (and only if downtown) and New York (and only if downtown), and only if I made enough money to get some space.

Veering off the FA/World Cup conversation a bit. Ranking those cities, in tiers, I would go:

San Diego
San Francisco
Vancouver
Los Angeles*
Portland
Seattle

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Toronto
Denver
Minneapolis
New York
Atlanta

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Boston
Phoenix
Ottawa
Raleigh
Baltimore
Omaha
Edmonton
Dallas
Las Vegas

*Los Angeles could also be first. Our city sucks, but it has things you literally cannot experience in other cities. It's impossible to leave, you hate living here, but at the end of the day it's unbearable to be without what LA provides.

Sidenote: I have a college friend who never lived outside of So. Cal and is on a roadtrip through the Pacific Northwest right now. She is absolutely floored by the fact that homeless people exist. Like, had no idea homelessness was a big problem in the region, or at least the stark reality of confronting it. Which is crazy because downtown Los Angeles and San Diego both have large homeless populations. She visited San Francisco earlier this year and is convinced that homelessness was not as large a problem there...which is absurd, as someone who lived in the city for five years. Of the three cities (SF, Portland, Seattle) and Vancouver I would say San Francisco has the lead in homelessness being present and in your face.

 

[Kave_Man]

Brad Richards to the Hawks.

 

[Crazymoogle]

LETS TRY TO READ HIS PHONE

So many caps I just assume this is Pierre trying to translate again

 

[DopeyFish]

richards to chicago

thefuck

 

[KingHenrik30]

Richards to Chicago. Knew it.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Brad Richards to the Hawks.

Yay.

 

[Merguson]

richards to chicago

thefuck

The Hawks found their 2C!

 

[DopeyFish]

senators working on a trade

 

[KingHenrik30]

Richards grew up a hawks fan

 

[cube444]

Richards to Chicago. Knew it.

They addressed their 4C spot.

 

[Fei]

Goddamn that's a great pick up for the Hawks. What a roster.

 

[Tabris]

Hey dum dum look at what I bolded. This is what I took issue with. Unless "a couple miles from downtown" is you referring to Oakland? Which is also stupid.

My comment on Oakland is you referring to it as a ghetto. It isn't. Has rough parts though.

I was referring to Oakland. It's a bridge across from downtown SF.

I consider Surrey a ghetto, so I don't know what Oakland is then if it's not a ghetto:

Surrey Murders 2013 - 25 (2012 was 21) vs Population 396k
Oakland Murders 2013 - 92 (2012 was 131) vs Population 390k

 

[Unhandled Exception]

senators working on a trade

Kadri for Anderson.

 

[Merguson]

I'm not a big fan of that podium. It should be black. The wood just sticks out.

 

[Pickles the Firecat]

Chicago found literally the one man who can make their playoff PP less consistent.

 

[DopeyFish]

Kadri for Anderson.

orrrrrrr

Clarkson!

 

[Roflobear]

Any word on the terms of the Richards signing?

 

[Cake Boss]

senators working on a trade

If its not for Kane or Oreilly or a Babby type player then who gives a fuck.

Probably gonna be a Stweart deal or some stupid shit.

 

[DopeyFish]

If its not for Kane or Oreilly or a Babby type player then who gives a fuck.

Probably gonna be a Stweart deal or some stupid shit.

they made it sound like it's going to be a scorer

 

[Socreges]

I was referring to Oakland. It's a bridge across from downtown SF.

Surrey Murders 2013 - 25 (2011 was 21) vs Population 396k
Oakland Murders 2013 - 92 (2012 was 131) vs Population 390k

You resort to logical fallacies so often that I find it disturbing that you apparently have a good job that requires some intelligence.

 

[Merguson]

Any word on the terms of the Richards signing?

1 year deal. Richards has the cup thirst.

$2 million, 1 year deal. Nice pick up by Chicago!

 

[Kave_Man]

Any word on the terms of the Richards signing?

Nothing yet, McKenzie just tweeted it's a one year deal though.

edit: 2 Million

 

[Unhandled Exception]

I just opened up the leafs pc stream you guys weren't lying. This is fucking hilarious.

You resort to logical fallacies so often that I find it disturbing that you apparently have a good job that requires some intelligence.

That's what nepotism gets you.

 

[ZeroGravity]

1 year, 2 million for Richards

 

[T.M. MacReady]

Good signing for Chicago

 

[Cake Boss]

they made it sound like it's going to be a scorer

Stewart is a scorer.

 

[Coldnoodle]

1 year, 2 million for Richards

Good enough.

 

[DopeyFish]

I just opened up the leafs pc stream you guys weren't lying. This is fucking hilarious.

we traded away the media

perhaps we traded away all the management too, by accident

 

[KingHenrik30]

A good deal for them.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

we traded away the media

perhaps we traded away all the management too, by accident

I love the random dude just scanning the counter on the right. When do the looters show up?

 

[Tabris]

You resort to logical fallacies so often that I find it disturbing that you apparently have a good job that requires some intelligence.

Not only do I have a good job but I've been exceeding my performance / revenue targets by a considerable amount last 2 years in this new role.

 

[ZeroGravity]

Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC 16s
Orpik gets a limited NTC from WASH...his signing bonus totals $5 over the life of the deal.

It gets even better!

 

[cube444]

A good deal for them.

Yep. 2M is a great deal for the Hawks.

 

[MeBecomingI]

I'm real happy with that Richards deal. Just as long as they don't try dumping off some of the core for cap room.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

It gets even better!

What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

 

[DopeyFish]

DETECTIVE GAF GOOOO

 

[Tabris]

Bryan Murray is in 100% defensive mode.

 

[zedge]

Zedge, what you think of these moves? I'm relatively happy with them.

Happy with all except for Engelland, not sure about that one. Seems pretty steep for 4th liner.

 

[cube444]

It gets even better!

The original contract itself made it a NMC right off the bat man.

 

[ZeroGravity]

The original contract itself made it a NMC right off the bat man.

Fair enough lol

 

[DopeyFish]

maybe leafs are going in on patrick sharp

 

[Merguson]

maybe leafs are going in on patrick sharp

James Mirtle @mirtle
Nonis presser delayed. Leafs still hard at work apparently.

Guess they're still busy.

 

[Cake Boss]

Bryan Murray is in 100% defensive mode.

Yeah he must be related to you with all the spinning he has to do and the false hope with a pinch of dumbassness.

 

[ZeroGravity]

"We obviously put the C on the wrong people here."

Shots fired.

 

[Yawnier]

Guess they're still busy.

Shanahan still trying to get Gorges to come to Toronto confirmed?

 

[DopeyFish]

Shanahan still trying to get Gorges to come to Toronto confirmed?

or still trying to wake up nonis to do the presser

 

[ZeroGravity]

Rangers signed Cedrick Desjardins. Third former Lightning player they've signed today.

 

[Cake Boss]

Murray looks like hes gonna cry or fart.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

I guess looking at it like we replaced Parenteau with Iginla it's not as bad. I think that his speed is going to make things confusing a lot of the time and I think we overpaid by a lot but overall I'm starting to feel better about it. If something doesn't happen with O'Reilly and Barrie soon I'm pretty sure I feel an ulcer coming.

 

[Merguson]

Shanahan still trying to get Gorges to come to Toronto confirmed?

Gorges "Dude, I'm in Buffalo"

Shanahan "Well, stop by Toronto next week and I'll show you the city"

Gorges "No. I moved there."

Shanahan "It's good to hear that you're moving to Buffalo. We can definitely help you find a condo to buy in Toronto. We're very supportive of the players here."

Gorges "fuckfuckfuckfuck"