Recent content by bearfan

I have to wonder about Marner in free agency. He will get a big contract. But I have to think some teams in serious contention look at his playoff performances and pass. I cannot see him back in Toronto and think he might end up on a more middling team. Or does the blame go to the Leafs...

Hawks ending the year on a high note, really nice game versus MTL last night ..all the college players and other prospect callups look real promising, fast as hell and solid hockey sense. Obviously things they need to clean up .. but man they are fast. Sad the season is over after Ottawa...

Yeah, Houston is perfect. The Aeros had some decent success and a bit of a following. A reasonably new and quite nice downtown arena is in place (the Rockets play there now). Houston has a massive population, lots of transplants from hockey areas, and Houston (mostly from football) has a bit of...

It is nice to see, I have been here a bit over 20 years, when I first moved here and would wear a Hawks jersey (not during the summer of course .. too damned hot) a majority of people could not recognize the sport, much less the team and occasionally confused with some kind of alternate Redskins...

I am not really a Stars fan, though with the Hawks being where they are, I suppose I will root for them in the playoffs this year. I will say however, I am super impressed with the organization. They do a lot of nice things in the community and are really developing the sport big time in...

Hey, the Hawks got Shea Weber (about 8 years too late) ... but another nice move taking on the salary to assure the cap floor for a low pick and gaining a couple young players from Utah

Got floor for House of Blues Dallas ... happy about the venue (easy train ride for me, nice venue, and many good places to eat before the show in the immediate area.

There were some interesting trades for sure. Hawks made out well trading Mrazak (contract next year at 4.75M) and Smith for Valeno (who has had a horrible season this year, but still a 1st round pick and young. I had assumed they would have to buy out Mrazak this off season ... getting...

Yeah, I think Jones will do well for Florida for a couple of years then hit a steep decline, he does have a lot of miles on him. That said, this does seem like a win-win trade. I can easily see Knight being a top 10 goalie for the next decade plus in Chicago and another 1st rounder is never a...

Trade Deadline in full swing. The most interesting to me, of course, is the Hawks trading Seth Jones. Jones got a lot of flack (unfairly I think). Yes the Hawks probably gave up too much in the trade. I never cared for Boquvist, and he is essentially out of the league. But it was the...

In the US Mhz channel (subscription) has a ton of German shows and movies. I took German in High School and College. It is surprising what comes back. At least enough to get the general idea of what is on a sign or something. Because I like the UK show The Cleaner I started watching the...

I hope that is not true, would be nice if they could find a way to do it once a decade or something like that .. but if the NHL stays in the Olympics every 4 years, I suppose it is probably not necessary.

I have a lot of vinyl (see my signature),but I paid Spotify for everything else. I download the albums there, perfect for planes, driving, walking, etc if I am in a spot with a bad connection. I have some CDs, but cannot think of the last time I actually listened to one

Yeah, considering the Dallas metro area covers almost 10,000 sq miles (~24,000 sq km) they do a solid job of covering the most densely populated areas/major commercial spots with the one major exception of Arlington

PCH would be really tough geographically and insanely expensive. I just do not see this for a long time, given the total failure of the California High Speed Rail project, which might not ever finish and is already way over budget after only completing a small portion of it in the most...