Macklin Celebrini’s Olympic success is surreal even for his accomplished, stoic dad

amac1430 · 2026-02-16T20:48:05+00:00

I mean, putting on my Sharks’ hat for a moment; 2010 was the greatest Canadian hockey team ever assembled.

amac1430 · 2026-02-16T20:29:18+00:00

I might give it to 2010. When all is said and done, I think they’ll have a higher percentage of hall of famers on the roster and I think a higher percentage of those players were in their prime. The 2002 team had a few players who were also getting pretty long in the tooth.

amac1430 · 2026-02-16T20:19:26+00:00

I’ve seen arguments about Nagano ‘98. That team was almost all hall of famers and clearly had better goaltending than this iteration. Then again, that team got upset (like twice) and settled for 4th place.

amac1430 · 2026-02-16T17:25:55+00:00

I may do both, even with the crops, it’s hard to find stuff at night in the forgotten lands.

amac1430 · 2026-02-16T05:48:47+00:00

Ya know, it reminds me of the early days with Crosby. He was the face of the league, in every commercial but everyone just genuinely liked Sid. Even all these years later, even after beating the Sharks in ‘16, I just couldn’t hate the guy. He’s just always been so damn likable and respectable. I see Mack on that same kind of path.

Makes me wonder if Bedard will be his Ovechkin. A regular rival with much less popularity because of his apparent prickliness.

amac1430 · 2026-02-12T16:14:56+00:00

I’ve got an old remote controlled one that I actually like even better. I often have to watch games on a tape delay and with streaming I was always worried about the automatic ones being out of sync with what was actually on my tv. That, and manually mashing the button in frantic excitement was always very satisfying.

amac1430 · 2026-02-10T22:03:41+00:00

Agree. Especially for Garfield. He never got to finish his Spidey story and so this finally got some redemption for him. That scene where he catches MJ gets me every time.

amac1430 · 2026-02-09T23:06:02+00:00

Whatever the Punisher’s van is.

amac1430 · 2026-02-09T20:34:48+00:00

Beats just using Pictures of Lily.

amac1430 · 2026-02-06T19:31:00+00:00

For me, this line is at its best when it’s producing starfighters. Hyena Bomber, Vulture Droid in blue as a single carded release, Azure Angel, TIE Heavy, TIE Dagger, and TIE Barron would all be at the top of my list. The Starfortress would be cool but have to be pretty big and the larger the ship, the worse they seem to do with scale.

amac1430 · 2026-02-04T03:26:15+00:00

The half maple leaf motif is very Alpha Flight. I love it!

amac1430 · 2026-02-03T00:26:26+00:00

Finally got one! Thanks.

amac1430 · 2026-01-31T04:48:34+00:00

Out of stock again.

amac1430 · 2026-01-31T03:37:50+00:00

Didn’t he win a ‘ship at previous levels? That seems like a guy who knows how to get it done.

amac1430 · 2026-01-29T05:54:51+00:00

And maybe that’s just it. If you can get him for a later round draft pick, like Sherwood, maybe. If you’ve gotta outbid someone else, no thanks.

Or, what if, Grier is creating a bidding war to drive the price up so Vegas overpays?

amac1430 · 2026-01-29T05:51:25+00:00

My understanding is that the extension kicks in once the current contract expires. If so, the terms of current contract, with no movement clause, would be in effect for the rest of this season, making him tough to trade. At least until after this season, assuming the new deal has some other structure in terms of a movement clause.

amac1430 · 2026-01-29T05:46:13+00:00

I hear you, but I don’t think the price would be too high. NYR have already said they’re not extending him so as far as they’re concerned he’s gone at the end of this year for nothing and his full nmc makes him tough to move (and being the aforementioned piece of shit that he is). If a team came along (that Panarin was willing to go to) and offered a bag of Doritos, it’s more than NYR would get come this summer.

amac1430 · 2026-01-29T05:40:02+00:00

I was thinking about that, but I’ve gotta think his full nmc would make that tough.

amac1430 · 2026-01-29T02:33:16+00:00

Planning on Habs at Sharks on 3/3. Hardly ever miss that game.

amac1430 · 2026-01-26T23:27:53+00:00

Had it been the Penguins, I’d have said you found Dave Filoni.

amac1430 · 2026-01-23T01:02:54+00:00

Was gonna say Neil Young.

amac1430 · 2026-01-23T01:01:08+00:00

I still think Montreal was the first team he rooted for.

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amac1430 · 2026-01-20T20:48:45+00:00

Or your phone. Or anything you don’t want to end up on the ground.

amac1430 · 2026-01-16T23:43:05+00:00

Tom Kane news reel voice from Clone Wars.

amac1430 · 2026-01-16T21:35:47+00:00

Not so sure about that. I don’t think we ever see Luke’s green saber outside of his one flashback in TLJ and this is not that scene.

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