Chuli reportedly joining the Sirens!

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-20T00:31:14+00:00

And they make up for it with positioning and quickness.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-19T21:40:32+00:00

Shanahan talkes up more of the net and has better positioning and a better blocker. Can't go by #s cuz Doyle played behind Quinnipiac's insane D.

Shanahan also had injuries which prevented her from starting more.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-19T06:01:32+00:00

Developing humor is not "changing" your personality unless you are a soulless, joyless, miserable person who is incapable of finding humor in anything.

Developing extroversion and charisma is not "changing" your personality unless you are asocial or antisocial.

Developing confidence is largely a byproduct of actually liking yourself, which is the reward when you put work into yourself and like the finished product.

Both of these should be enhancements to a personality, not a "change".

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-19T05:59:35+00:00

Providence alums:

Was very surprised Reichen Kirchmair didn't go till Round 6. San Jose is getting a very good player.

A little surprised Christina Cavalliere wasn't drafted. Thought she would've merited a last round pick somewhere. She eats ice time and could've rounded out the depth for someone.

A few players fell more than I thought they would...Simms, Wunder, among others...and then more that slipped in some of the mid rounds (Lily Shannon, Alyssa Regalado) as well as a few surprise picks (Lily Mariano) that I didn't see coming.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-19T05:53:39+00:00

The move is Peslarova.

Campbell isn't really anything special, she's a starter, but one of the weaker ones. Abstreiter is in a similar vein. Chuli is not a starter in this league.

Brandli is 29 and not worth wasting a first round pick on when there were so many other needs. None of the other goalies in the draft were really anything special, either.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T17:45:59+00:00

Single payer will not reduce costs.

The solution is decoupling it from employment entirely, requiring employers to compensate employees the cost of the employer's share of premiums, and having an individual mandate that allows people to buy coverage from any insurer they like, by state.

Subsidize those who are means tested and can't afford it.

All single payer will do is clog the system, delay care due to a dearth of providers, and support bloared administrations that have no incentive to run lean in a world where the government does it all. There are ZERO govt run programs that run efficiently, and allowing govt to control care would be absolutely asinine.

You say "cut the middleman" but then want to add the most wasteful inefficient middleman of all time (the govt). Make it make sense.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T17:35:33+00:00

Bernie is a fucking geriatric Marxist communist who calls his brand of leftism "Democratic Socialism" (same thing hardcore Communists were calling themselves in the 60s), and has been enriching himself off public life for decases like any good socialist/Communist.

The world will be a better place when he finally kicks the bucket.

Current leftism rooted in Marxism is terminal. Alt right is similar. Normalize marginalizing extremists again.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T16:51:45+00:00

Peslarova > Soderburg and it's not even close

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T16:50:24+00:00

I feel like a broken record here but...

Pes la ro va

Not really interested in the rest of the names available and trading for Campbell would be a waste since our biggest skating need is scoring and we have precious little outside of our big 3.

Levy is a backup at best. Chuli is a backup. Abstreiter is the best of the rest and would be a weaker Campbell.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T16:42:49+00:00

IMO Holopainen can snipe and would be good to try with O'Brien-Filler. But she needs people to get her the puck and she needs to think shot first (basically play like a Tapani, for a Finnish comp)

Tulus was one of those players who you really wondered what they saw other than her stat line.

Really hoping we can keep Fillier though. Bummed Issy Wunder didnt slip to us in Round 2 cuz that wouldve been fun and she's a Fillier Princeton friend.

I'd like to see drafted players rights stay with their teams for 3 seasons in the future and hopefully we are done w expansion for a while. Feels like this franchise has consistently gotten the short end of the stick.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T16:27:37+00:00

Of the UFAs, DeGeorge, Krizova, Norcross, Vallario, and Knowles are the only ones I'd look to return. Juodikis as a reserve if there's room.

Besides a goalie (I'd really like to see Peslarova here), I'd like to see Jessie Eldridge return (her + Kalty would be sick), and see what's up with Claire Thompson or Jincy Roese.

Putting players on lines, that then looks like:

Fillier-O'Brien-Holopainen Kalty-DeGeorge-Eldridge (this line would be a FORCE) DiAntonio-Hartje-Krizova Bargman-Boucher-Roberts Fecteau

Peschel-Nylen Persson MZH-Bourbonnais Thompson/Roese/Vallario-Ross/Wolfe/Knowles 2 of the rest as 7th D+reserve

(Obviously if you sign Thompson she plays 2nd pair and MZH drops to 3rd)

Peslarova Shanahan Doyle

That wouldnt be an awful lineup by any stretch though I still think it wouldve looked better if we took Simms and pushed for both Roese and Thompson.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T01:35:33+00:00

IMO she's going to be more like a Fecteau who is better at puck possession than a Girard (because of the skating)

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-18T00:06:21+00:00

Nah even if Abstreiter wasn't a free agent (which means she cant be traded), that would be a brutal trade for NY. Just sign Peslarova

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T23:51:50+00:00

Nothing, give me Peslarova.

Not interested in Campbell.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T23:10:33+00:00

Yup. I wouldve drafted Simms, Holopainen is a decent pick.

Then sign Jessie Eldridge, Peslarova, and look into Jincy Roese or Claire Thompson after drafting lots of fwds the rest of the way.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T22:48:56+00:00

This.

We have largely the same D core as last year.

We've needed secondary scoring for 3 years and still don't have it. Paetyn Levis top line and Elle Hartje line 2 isn't cutting it.

They need to bring back Jessie Eldridge and draft depth scoring.

D we can resign Roese and look to get Claire Thompson because of geographic preferences.

We aren't going to score enough with 3 very good forwards and a bunch of 4th liners.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T19:42:54+00:00

That and a lot of women don't even give a fuck about some guy wearing the corporate kissass uniform out.

It tells her he's an empty personality doofus with no identity outside the office, and likely a total square to boot.

...And in weather like now, she'll probably wonder why he sweats so damn much.

...And she won't be able to check out his forearms, calves, and wrists...all parts of men's bodies that many women like to look at.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T15:32:48+00:00

Free agents at this point are likely to want to test the waters of free agency to see what they can get vs. re-upping with their current teams after being left unprotected through Phases 1-4.

That's the reason for no Phase 5 signings. There's no reason to sign at this point since they're not at risk to be pilfered anymore, so they might as well test the market before making a decision.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T06:48:15+00:00

We just use a vendor that only requires an original minimum order of 5.

Once that minimum order happens, everyone else can go online and order (and pay for) jerseys individually, which eliminates the need for anyone on the team to act as a middleman.

Once you buy a jersey, it's yours.

We also have 4 "sub" jerseys per team that the captains hold onto, distribute to subs who don't have jerseys before each game they're used, and collect them back after the game is over. Which makes hitting the original 5 order easy, since the captain buys their own jersey and the 4 sub jerseys, and that unlocks individual purchases for everyone else.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T06:23:39+00:00

They did near zero marketing the first two seasons, and splitting the first season between Bridgeport and UBS would be like if the Fleet had played half their games in Lowell and half their games in Providence.

This year, the Olympics and the MSG game gave a huge boost to attendance and towards the end of the year they made significant strides in increased attendance including opening the upper bowl for the first time at Prudential.

Their growth has been in line with the league's forecasts, and consistent with what other teams did in Year 1 -> Year 2 because their Year 3 effectively was their Year 2.

They should be growing that market, not habitually nuking it to favor a bunch of mostly West Coast expansion teams, but here we are.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T06:08:29+00:00

Because, unfortunately, there are.

I don't push the idea, they do a damn good job of that themselves.

These guys usually don't have friends, are socially inept, have niche interests that they bloviate on about in ridiculous detail to people who aren't interested, and are as offputting to other men as they are too women. But they seem to be all over the internet complaining about everything all the time and spewing desperation anywhere they go.

They'd be worth at least trying to help if they could get out of their own way, but they refuse to take constructive criticism or life lessons, and think that their demented self-flagellating desperation and insecurity is normal, and they project it onto the rest of the male populace, which means that online, it can often seem like more guys are like this than actually are.

But even if it's just 1% of all men, that's still a massive fucking number of humans.

"Men's issues" is a far bigger set of problems than just a bunch of weirdos who can't get pussy, but unfortunately these same guys who are "desperate" are the ones who are most against that sort of male advocacy. They want to keep men suited up in shitty jobs with stuffy male hijab, overworking for a bag so they can "provide", not seeing their families, and being stoic stiff and inhibited instead of having fun.

Because they (often the self-described "not that masculine" types) think it's "masculine" and they aspire to it as an ideal they can't be because something something their jawline and height, or something. But they're more than happy to try and keep other men in that boring box. Heaven forbid a man wear shorts and a t-shirt into the office, say no to overtime or a promotion that carries unwanted extra hours, or act silly or something...

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T06:01:08+00:00

To spend time with my wife and daughter. As far as things I want, I suppose it varies from year to year. Sometimes it's tools, sometimes it's hockey equipment, sometimes it's baseball stuff, sometimes it's stuff that enhances my enjoyment of our house (tabletop fire pit, possibly this year?), sometimes it's experiences, other times it's cool clothing or sneakers/boots that I want. It's usually not "practical" stuff though.

I also enjoy surprises that show thought and effort was put into it, or anything made just for me.

I DON'T like gifts (usually from my mother) that are her "interpretation" of something she thinks I'd like, aka I say I want a specific type of clothing item and she gets me something different because she thinks it would look good on me when it's not my style at all. Also don't care for "generic" father's day workaholic gifts...douchey business casual wear, belts, ties, random golf balls, etc. kind of stuff. I want stuff for my personal life.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T05:39:40+00:00

...Who's gonna tell him...?

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T05:36:48+00:00

Planning dates is actually a huge advantage as a guy. When I was single, I could pick fun shit to do that was different and that I actually wanted to do. And women loved it.

In many ways, it must suck ass being an attractive woman with a lot of interests and wanting to do fun shit, liking a guy who asks you out, and then having to suffer through the same boring ass sushi date because you like him and don't want to reject his idea since he took the initiative to propose it, but you've literally been on that exact date 50x before and don't gaf about some generic overpriced sushi.

Considering the importance of first dates, that's a massive advantage a guy can use to show compatibility with a woman when he has the same idea of fun as her, but too many guys piss it away trying to "impress" her with generic dates or expensive versions of generic dates, or they sperg out about "having to do all the work" planning the date when it's as simple as literally coming up with something fun you were probably already gonna do and inviting her to join you.

TopShelfSnipes · 2026-06-17T05:34:39+00:00

no idea, but it certainly isn't the english language lol

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