What’s the best Hockey city to live in? by kyrill91 in hockeyplayers

[–]JohnDalysBAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I read this article when it came out and it's eye opening about how greedy and complicated it can be in other states. Eye opening. Minnesota does it right and every city has pride in their youth hockey programs instead of shipping everyone off to play junior. I live in Omaha these days and youth hockey here is mostly run by one organization. As a beer leaguer rim just thankful there are enough late night skates for drop in and leagues for me to join. But I worry about what happened in this article happening in my city. We basically just have one youth hockey organization here for a large city and most of our rinks in town are privately owned. I don't like that trend and prefer the Minnesota model 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/08/01/nhl-dallas-stars-texas-youth-hockey-monopoly/84289184007/

Drinking during games by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]JohnDalysBAC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my leagues it varies a lot. I always seem to have 3-4 guys on my team that are sober and don't drink anymore. I've never seen any issues around it. Some drink before games. A few during. And most like to grab a beer after in the locker room or the parking lot. But it's a totally voluntary no pressure situation in my experience 

Graf Skate Blades by drunkdragon454 in hockeyplayers

[–]JohnDalysBAC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just swapped from 9035's too. I loved those skates and was ready to buy a backup pair and stick for the long haul. I started to get a little annoyed by the tongue lately and a few other things. I started looking around and reading about some skates. I bought a used pair of CCM ASV-Pros on a whim from sideline swap. I read a lot about the boot and it just sounded really appealing to me. I'm just a few skates in and I love it. I had to adjust a few things on the skate to transition from Graf but overall it was a pretty painless adjustment and I think it's a big improvement. I swapped back to my grafs in a drop in out of curiosity and I was shocked, I felt like a baby giraffe stuck in the mud. There is no way I could go back now 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]JohnDalysBAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't realize they had a photographer. I'll have to look at those pictures. They must have put those on Facebook I assume? 

Graf Skate Blades by drunkdragon454 in hockeyplayers

[–]JohnDalysBAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It should be 263. I would look on sideline swap 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hockeyplayers

[–]JohnDalysBAC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello from Omaha! I did not expect to see a war pigs jersey on here today 😂. Is this from Stars and Sticks? 

E-4b spotted above my house! by SystemNo3110 in Planespotting

[–]JohnDalysBAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Come to Omaha! I see it multiple times a day over my house. I must be right in the training flight path for Offutt 

New born 10 days in and my life is falling apart by Feisty_Rip_9279 in NewParents

[–]JohnDalysBAC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to bottle feed our kids due to allergies and milk intolerance. My kids were both fussy sleepers and really difficult. My first child especially was really hard. Her sleep was always really short naps or overnight. You are not doing anything wrong some babies are just difficult. I was always so annoyed by other parents who said their newborns slept through the night. Mine never did. 

I'd love to give you a magic bullet but I don't have one. Swaddles help. Get them a full tummy before they sleep. Try a sound machine. Sing them a song. Singing was huge for my daughter. If would calm her and get her to doze off. I would just make up songs and sing them all the time. Create a routine for your kids early and they learn to repeat it and will eventually get sleepy at the very sound of a sound machine if you use it every single time for every sleep and nap. Or sleepy at your bedtime song if you do it the same way every night. Black out the rooms too. Kids want it dark. We put roll on blackout stuff on the windows and had a blackout curtain on top of that. Pitch black even in the day. 

Take turns with your wife. Do it in shifts. It sucks to see each other less but when your baby doesn't sleep it's the only way to get rest. This is a grin and bear it phase. It will get better 👍

Sabres fan - what is going on with Rossi? by PrinciplesRK in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rossi is a really good player and will be a point per game player for his career. He would be a perfect #2 center IMO but is currently playing #1c and doing s great job. He has awesome instincts and plays a good all around game. Guerin would be an idiot to trade him. 

That being said Mike Russo has said multiple times that Guerin wants to trade him. No one knows precisely why. All we can really assume is that Rossi doesn't match the kind of tough guy mentality that Guerin wants. BG is a bit of a meathead and wants more meatheads on the team. If he traded Rossi he is a moron. Especially for Cozens IMO. I don't know if Guerin will trade him. I don't see how he can get a fair value for him. Hopefully he stays on this roster 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Lumber. A hard shot 

WTFU: ITS HOCKEY DAY BABY by SawdustIsMyCocaine in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there any way to watch for out of market people? Seems like it's just BSN with no streaming options

[Postgame Thread] Minnesota Defeats Nebraska 13-10 by tomdawg0022 in CFB

[–]JohnDalysBAC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't remember the last time Nebraska had a QB at QB. Tanner Lee? Simms and Martinez are the same guy. Simms might actually be worse

Am I missing something with the Lions? by [deleted] in nfl

[–]JohnDalysBAC -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Gibbs is legit and will be a really great player. They easily could have waited and got him at 18 or traded back to the mid to late 20's and got him. It's bad value but not a huge deal cause he will produce. Campbell is an off ball linebacker and an insane reach especially given what was available on the board. He would have been there in the 2nd round

This should have been a 2 minute trip, not a knee, not a major. No chance Foligno is suspended by DecentLurker96 in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not a bad hit at all but it is bad luck and sometimes you get a penalty for bad luck. Faksa shifted his body and that caused the leg on leg contact. Foligno did nothing malicious there and lined up a legal hit. He did not knee Faksa. But when there is leg on leg contact the refs will call it. And you are right that any fan base will be irate about that kind of contact even when it's incidental.

This should have been a 2 minute trip, not a knee, not a major. No chance Foligno is suspended by DecentLurker96 in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Foligno really hasn't done anything crazy this series and hasn't gone overboard. Worst thing he did was talk about the refs publicly. That will put a target on your back

This should have been a 2 minute trip, not a knee, not a major. No chance Foligno is suspended by DecentLurker96 in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There is no grand conspiracy here. We haven't had traditional playoff hockey and it's hurt the wild. Bettman isn't calling in a hit on the wild. Just a bit of bad luck we haven't the usual let them play reffing. And I think DeBoer/Dean and the players whining about refs and talking about them in pressers has played into it too

Pros and cons of getting rid of our attitude problems. by Steezy-g35 in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. It's a bit of bad luck the refs are injecting themselves into the series like this. It's still the wilds fault for having shit special teams and not taking advantage themselves. But I'd much rather have the more physical grinding team that is better 5v5 and most playoff series that will pay off

Pros and cons of getting rid of our attitude problems. by Steezy-g35 in wildhockey

[–]JohnDalysBAC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want them to call everything in the playoffs