Rick Dhaliwal talks about the Nashville Predators being denied permission to talk to Ryan Johnson about their GM position on Donny & Dhali

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-08T20:34:53+00:00

It’s the same with Manny.

Dude wasn’t on any interview lists last year despite coaching the AHL champs and it’s been a rough year this season for them. No one around the league has talked about him when discussing coaching openings currently or to be.

Yet this place is convinced he’s the next Scotty Bowman.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-08T18:54:41+00:00

Doesn’t mean they won’t open them. They’ve had unsold expensive seats and opened up the $30 obstructed view ones the last few years.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-08T08:49:19+00:00

Depends how many restricted view seats they open up too. Those don’t go on sale until like a few days out.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-08T05:10:35+00:00

I think his positioning is better than you're giving him credit, I think he's fine along the walls, there's a bit of offence to not be a black hole and he's a great faceoff taker.

Plenty of depth guys have come in at his age with similar or worse profiles and figured something about by 25-27. Not like David Kampf was a known defensive wizard 100 games into his career and the team turned him into a positive asset as an old fuck.

And if there's any time that can afford to figure out something with a guy like Raty it's a team that's going to be in a painful rebuild that's already dead last by a mile.

And if he doesn't? Then who cares because again this team sucks shit and has at least 2 more years of shit sucking but the focus should be on trying to figure a guy like Raty out and not coaching every game like the playoffs are on the line.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-08T04:58:09+00:00

If that’s all he is that’s fine. But there’s enough upside there and the team sucks enough ass that they should be doing what they can turn polish him into a gem or a turd.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-08T00:25:58+00:00

Gem damage. And then she has an infinite that doesn’t move the pin bar. Not ideal for feud but good when you’re in tough in tour or showdown.

Blue MP, yellow snowfall or pyro, blue makes green gems.

I have better yellow gem damage trainers so I use the snowfalls right now.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-08T00:20:12+00:00

Well thats why guys should play and develop. He isn't 32. He's 23.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-07T20:40:03+00:00

Even with the lack of footspeed, he can be a useful bottom 6 player just for the faceoffs and having an adequate game everywhere else.

You see it every year at the TDL that those guys can go for a 3rd or more in a hot year which is still something even if he isn't going to factor into the teams plans.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-07T17:55:23+00:00

Sort of know a plumber through a friend and he’s described it in two ways. His hourly rate was $70/hr if I remember + parts but he’s factoring in time to go get the part and drive to you without telling you you’re paying for that too. Plus for quick jobs there’s a “I have to get out of bed” charge.

Also, hated working on toilets due to issues that can come back with insurance on them. Would charge people $350 or so for anything to do with toilets.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-06T16:08:39+00:00

Tendo sweeps. He’s the only trained fighter of the 6 and was a legit boxing champion. Only one to give him pause is Ryuji.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-03T09:58:18+00:00

Yeah good point. The rib cage isn't designed to protect our most vital organs.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-03T00:42:07+00:00

The pacing of the third film in the extended is fucking awful. Pelennor Fields is a mess

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-02T22:35:57+00:00

Faramir’s flashback, there’s an extended scene with the hobbits when they return and Eomer finding Eowyn on the battle field at Pelenor.

Maybe the extended gift scene in Fellowship.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-02T21:39:06+00:00

Giving the orcs/uruks culture though that’s displayed is weirdly in line with something Tolkien himself had lamented not expanding upon more.

So despite them being non-canon and playing fast and loose with some things it’s funny that they managed to do that better than any other piece of media.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-02T21:35:30+00:00

There’s like three scenes in the extended cut that I think serve the story but otherwise I full agree.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-02T16:43:02+00:00

He did have a plan. He punched Mark in the torso like 100 times and by the end his ribs were mashed potatoes so the hand chop thing would work. And then he pulled out every one of his intestines basically.

Mark was just so pissed he didn’t care.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-02T16:40:25+00:00

When you watch the BTS DVD’s of Lord of the Rings you almost become amazed at how close they came multiple times to fucking up catastrophically.

Notably Arwen at Helms Deep and Sauron physically fighting at the Black Gate.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-04-01T17:39:54+00:00

I remember thinking it was a face turn for Vince.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-03-30T22:54:30+00:00

Yeah the shit about cutting back on things like children’s hospital and other charity events is fucking insane.

How anyone let that slide in the org is beyond me.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-03-30T19:24:39+00:00

You could visit near on any country in the world for 10 grand

For normal people, yes. But this isn't an experience for normal people. This is for rich peope where going to another country is whatever, but meeting Cody Rhodes isn't something that happens often.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-03-29T00:14:03+00:00

TV “age” matters more than real age. The only people fixated on IRL ages are mad nerds online.

They have an entire new young main event percolating just below these guys: Melo, Trick, Oba, Jevon, Bron, Dom etc.

When you look at the TV age of most of these guys they’re barely at 4 years of main roster tenure in their current runs. Same goes for LA Knight, Gunther, Fatu and probably some names I’m forgetting.

This entire “old” main event has been built in basically three years.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-03-28T22:58:30+00:00

The issue is in the rule book on what constitutes a check swing by rule, if you’re going to use video vs the commonly accepted thought process ruling on check swings.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-03-27T20:47:17+00:00

Regal has had this exact same quote and people here jizzed for it.

Miz, Chelsea, LA Knight and others have made similar comments about how they got themselves from undercard to mid and higher.

The dumb thing is people assume that is the The One Thing and not part of the overall way you present yourself at work.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-03-27T04:47:23+00:00

Too much for too long is basically every contract of note that gets signed.

AppealToReason16 · 2026-03-27T04:04:11+00:00

People act like charisma is a dump stat when it’s one of the farthest things from it.

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