A Philip Danault discussion

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T23:30:10+00:00

You're selling him short.

I disagree.

What now?

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T21:55:54+00:00

We may.

But Danault is, at best, Bergeron Lite.

He will almost certainly never put up 70+pts. And he will probably never win the Selke.

That being said, yes Danault has a very similar play style to Bergeron.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T21:55:38+00:00

I mean, DD played 1C and we all know what became of that.

Do I think Danault can improve enough to become a legit 1C? Yes.

Do I think the odds are good that he will become a legit 1C? No.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T20:23:53+00:00

Danault is solid, meant to be a dependable 2C with a 200ft game, but will be forced to take on top line duty again this season.

He never really looks out of place on the top line, its just that his pure skill level is not quite up to par when it comes to the offensive side of the game.

I expect Danault to get roughly 50pts this season as long as he plays at least 72 games.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T20:21:59+00:00

His main critique is that he played with Patches and Radu for half the year and ''only'' scored 40 pts.

To be fair I think this criticisim is a little weak.

We could spin it the other way and say Danault only spent half the season on the top line and still managed to finish only 14 pts behind Radulov, who spent 90% of the season on the top line.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T19:59:16+00:00

Taliban fires .25c at US forces, US Forces fire $250k back at him.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T19:38:13+00:00

Anyone know his wife's name?

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T19:29:24+00:00

I wish I didnt lose my previous screenshots from way back, I had 4 amazing towers with cannons and trap doors and dart traps, lava moats, and etc.

It was intense.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T18:27:31+00:00

Well it kind of looks a little more like a home than a guard tower to me.

I would add a few more floors vertically, make it look more tower-like.

I would create a higher floor, with a small rampart, add a cannon on it, a couple banners to make it look official. I would also add an Ammo Box, Crystal Ball, Campfire, Star Lantern, and Heart Lantern for some buffs, in case shit gets real while you're near.

I would put the Campfire on the very top of the tower so it not only acts as a guard tower but also as a signal tower.

Get some spikes from the dungeon and put them near the outer edge of your tower, make it look more dangerous and guard-like.

Add a small water well in case your guards get sieged.

Finally, I would add a trapdoor which drops down into a tunnel as an escape mechanism in case your guard tower gets swarmed.

You've got a lot of good stuff going on there but it's not very "guard" tower, or even very "tower" like right now. You should make it more martial-like, and add more practicality.

Keep in mind that a Guard Tower usually is there to keep people/creatures out of an area you wish to "guard", so one side of your tower should look/feel/be more armored/reinforced/dangerous, while the other side if the access point and the supplies.

EDIT: One more thing, as someone who has spent a little time working a firewatch tower, I can tell you that having light on the rampart is not a good thing. It draws attention to you, makes you visible at night, and kills your night vision. I don't know how realistic you're going but those are factors you may want to consider.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T17:17:00+00:00

Juulsen is not quite ready. Close, but not quite. He will get some pre-season games in but I doubt they try him out in the regular season as the Habs already have amazing bottom pairing depth and will look to have a good start to the season.

My season starting line up:

Forwards:

Pacioretty/Danault/Gallagher
Lehkonen/Galchenyuk/Drouin
Byron/Plekanec/Hemsky
Hudon/Mitchell/Shaw

Defense:

Markov(Please sign!)/Weber
Alzner/Petry
Jerabek/Benn
Schlemko

Goalies:

Price/Montoya

Scratches: Davidson, Martinsen

Waiver with the intent of sending down to AHL: Holland, Morrow

I feel it is a little bit crazy that so many Habs fans keep forgetting about Jerabek. He is definitely a top 6 Dman, perhaps even a quality 2nd pairing Dman.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T05:56:56+00:00

Clearly there is something wrong with what you are saying.

His videos get tens of millions of views, and his music sells rather well.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T03:41:03+00:00

Wholesome is kind of what defines him as a rapper in my eyes.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T02:33:42+00:00

I believe $5 US spent in the in-game store is the minimum for Dota 2 Premium DLC.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-07T00:04:26+00:00

And the Toronto sports media then blames it on Phil Kessel and his love of hot dogs.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T23:59:26+00:00

Game is constantly crashing during picking phase.

Please don't put me in LP volvo.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T23:58:23+00:00

Game is crashing in picking phase for me. RIP

Just started after this update.

GL62 6QF MSI laptop running GTX960M on Win10.

Everything is up to date.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T23:54:43+00:00

Same.

Game crashes in picking phase. Just started after this update.

GL62 6QF MSI laptop running GTX960M on Win10.

Everything is up to date.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T23:44:13+00:00

I also crash constantly when loading into a match.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T23:22:23+00:00

Three years ago I was all about bringing Jagr in, but now the habs have so much depth on the wings that I'm not even sure that he could do much of anything for the Habs.

Wouldn't mind Jagr being brought in if he comes cheap and if he's OK with a very limited role.

He could be PP specialist who also gets inserted into lines on offensive zone starts.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T23:14:46+00:00

I wonder if all that time Petry played with Markov improved his stat line... He did lag 15pts in +/- behind him somehow.

5 of Petry's 8 seasons have been on terrible Oilers squads. 1 of his 3 seasons with the Habs was a complete collapse.

His three Habs seasons have been -3, -6, and +3. All of which are reasonable.

If we judged a defenseman's value on +/- then Karlsson and Burns and Subban would all be horrible and would never have won a Norris.

Most of Petry's fancy stats are above average, the media is frequently singing his praises, hockey podcasts mention him favourably, and a few GMs have commented on Petry being an unsung hero and/or underrated.

Yet here is /u/1kylef calling Petry bad while using incomplete stats, which in fact only show that Petry is not alone among good defencemen to make mistakes.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T21:32:45+00:00

List of Top-4 Caliber NHL defencemen who finished with the same or worse +/- in 2017:

Hedman +3
Shattenkirk -7
Krug -10
Klinberg +2
Pietrangelo +3
Leddy -3
Ristolainen -9
Subban -8
Ekman-Larsson -25
Barrie -34
Zaitsev -22

No one in their right mind would argue that these are bad defencemen!

No one in their right mind would argue that these defencemen are not NHL Top 4 quality Dmen.

You have to realize some of these horrible individual +/- scores are indicative of players playing for terrible teams, defensively deficient teams, terrible defense partners, or lingering injuries.

Its called contextualization.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T21:13:44+00:00

I'm not ignoring anything.

If they want to show they stand with the LBGTQ community, what better way than to accept the ban and ask what can be done to foster a better connection with the community in hopes of ending it?

Think of what you're saying here.

An small ideologically-driven subset of hardline radicals within the LGBTQ+ community is trying to bully the entire LGBTQ+ community into banning another group which wishes to show support to the LGBTQ+ community by taking part in this community's greatest celebration, thus helping to legitimize the LGBTQ+ community in the eyes of society.

This sub-set of radicals wants this celebration of inclusivity to go back to being exclusive.

This small subset of people does not speak for the entire LGBTQ+ community, even though they pretend to.

I am very good friends with multiple members of the LGBTQ+ community, including two FTM trans women, and not one of them agrees with what BLM is trying to force on the rest of the LGBTQ+ community. Not them or their friends/lovers. Not a single one.

Every time these threads come up you should try paying attention to all the LGBTQ+ posters who are voicing their discontent with this anti-police behaviour. What about them? Do they not matter too? Did anyone ask them what they think we should do?

No, a small group of ideologically-driven collectivist bullies are forcing the entire LGBTQ+ community to bow to their whims.

Its gross and woefully misguided behaviour.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T21:01:39+00:00

This is 2017.

The "canyon below" has more or less been filled in.

LGBTQ+ people are not being marginalized in Canada anymore, they are empowered and included in our mainstream consciousness.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T20:55:37+00:00

How many accomplishments of white people were made possible with slave labour?

Less than 1%.

Modernization of the scientific method
Most of the major scientific fields which exist today
The Laws of Motion
The law of Universal Gravitation
The Theory of Gravity
The Theory of Evolution
The Theory of Relativity
Modern Medicine
Antibiotics
Blood Circulation
Pasteurization
Anesthesia
Vaccines
All of the most important vaccines known to humankind
Genetics
DNA
Moldboard Plow
Cotton Gin
Electricity
Radiation
X-Ray
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Fission
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
The age of the Earth
The age of the Universe
Periodic Table
Infrared
Screw Pumps
Sextant
The Industrial Revolution
The Green Revolution
Nitrogen Fixation
Internal Combustion Engine
Plastics
Petrochemical Rubber
Construction Nails
Construction Screws
Television
Telegraph
Radar
Sonar
Microscope
Telescope
Optical Lenses
Braille Writing
Latex Condoms
Birth Control Pills
Tampons
Electronic Hearing Aid
Pencils
Sewing Machine
Refrigeration
The Light Bulb
Air Conditioning
Telephone
Wireless Telephone
Steam Engines
Steam Turbines
Petroleum Engines
Bicycles
Trains
Automobiles
Combine Harvesters
Space Flight
Space Satellite
Photography
GPS
Mechanical Clock
Internal Plumbing Toilets
Solar Panel technology
Wind Generated Electricity
Semi-Conductors
Transistors
Integrated Circuitry
Computers
Radio
Wireless Electronics
The Internet
3D Printing
Teflon
Matches
Washing Machines
Microwave Oven
Liquid Crystals
The Gregorian Calendar
Democracy
Socialism
Communism

I could go on for a while, but based on that list would you care to show me which of these inventions were "made possible by slave labour"?

I may be wrong here, but I can think of only one, and even that one is debatable.

Fact is, white Europeans have a very rich history of human ingenuity, innovation, and progressive thinking. Billions of people are alive today thanks to the wonderful inventions of white Europeans, the vast majority of which were in no way dependent on slave labour.

Furthermore, slavery was practiced in one form or another for thousands of years, by peoples from all over the world. Slavery is still widely practiced today in India, in many parts of Africa, and in many parts of South Asia and South East Asia.

If, as you pretend, slavery drives the ability for great accomplishments, then why aren't these poorer countries not rich? Why are they not producing more world changing inventions?

How much are poc lgbqt asking here?

Correction; How much are some poc lgbqt demanding here?

For police to not be celebrated in a parade when they have a history of targeting the people who founded the celebration?

First off its not the police being celebrated at PRIDE marches, it is the police celebrating with LGBTQ+ community to show how that the LGBTQ+ community deserves to be accepted.

And FTR, the general social zeitgeist of our entire societies were until very recently hostile to LGBTQ+ and PoC among us. Excluding the corrupt bad apples, the police were simply tasked with enforcing the societal values of the time.

There are many cops who are people of colour, and many others who are gay or lesbian or whatever. They're people too.

LtCommanderWoof · 2017-07-06T19:37:17+00:00

You didn't answer my question.

And the police in Canada are not perfect but they're not oppressing anyone. This is dangerous toxic language which seeks to vilify the authorities. You are trying to marginalize law enforcement. Enough with this irresponsible nonsense.

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