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Ken Dryden has died.
R.I.P.
Always sad to see someone go the way he did, at least he was at home.
R.I.P. Ken Dryden
Ken Dryden had the stones to at least deal with the Maple Leaf Gardens sex scandal case. He made sure that the perverts coercing the teenagers with free hockey tickets, then sexually assaulting them, came to light. For that, he has my utmost respect.
this whole post if quite something to read, I dont know how anyone can believe that donkey will do anything good for 99% of the people. tariffs just another way to rob people and shift all the money to the rich pockets.
The proof is in the pudding. Under Biden, my portfolio only grew 3% and was eaten up by inflation. Under Trump, I’m up over 10% in the first 8 months of the Trump Administration. During his first administration, I saw returns over 10% for most of his 4 years. There was low inflation and the Biden years ate most of that up, due to inflation, hence the need to work 3 more years to try and get it back, after adjustment for inflation.
On the Trump plan to restart the economy, it’s necessary to impose tariffs to balance the trade imbalance. The U.S. has been running trade deficits for decades and it needs to stop. When you hit $37T in debt, run up from administrations going back in the late ’60’s, something needs to be done. In Canada, we have tariffs inside our own borders between provinces. You can’t even legally go into Quebec to buy alcohol without breaking the law. Our supply side management, in other words quotas, has made it expensive to buy food and commodities. There needs to be a scrapping of the quota system, to bring prices down. Canada needs to address their debt, before shelling out more money to Ukraine, or other nations that launder money for war and corruption.
This whole mess would be easier to navigate without family concerns. I have to go to the US on Thursday as my dad is not doing well
Yeah, going to retire soon. Tried twice before. The inflation nonsense pushed me back into the workforce. Just waiting on the Trump Economy to boost the investments before finally giving it up. I’ll talk to my investment agent and see if it’s smart to turn my Canadian Dollars into U.S. Dollars. Just waiting for the great U.S. devaluation that is part of the Trump economic plan. Use tariffs to bring outside industries back to America, then devalue the currency and make the U.S. products cheaper to export. It’ll take about a 1% interest rate drop to make it happen. The U.S. is fighting to stay the World’s Fiat currency, against the BRICS Nations. The only way he can do it, is make it cheaper for their products and commodities to be sold to other Nations. Canada is finished. The West will be gone in a couple of years and the rest of the provinces will follow.
I pray that you find your father well.
I’ll have to check him out, since I’ve moved to Kingston, from Belleville. Being an old Belleville Bulls fan, that’s hard to swallow. The B Sens never captured my interest and only attended sparingly.
Just came back from the States, near Cornwall. Pretty much devoid of Canadians going stateside. I’ve been across a couple of other Canadian/U.S. border crossings recently, and the same thing. It’s a great time to go stateside. Hotels are cheap, because there’s no Canadian’s staying and restaurants are not busy. Some decent deals to be had and I don’t have to look at the Elbows Up clowns that seem to be everywhere in Woke City Canada, Kingston. I’m just glad that Hockey is soon becoming relevant once again. Blue Jays are trending into collapse mode with the Jordan Romano disease being spread around in the bullpen. Let’s go Bills!
Not interested in going to a garbage 2nd world country with many restricted freedoms.
I also see you are one those who continue to misuse “woke”.Ya the Jays seem to be falling apart…..its a Toronto sports thing.[/quote]
I may not move, but my investments are going elsewhere. You can’t make decent money on Canadian investments. The low return gets eaten up by inflation and a devalued currency. I’ve contemplated moving, but I have a disable child in a group home, in Canada, and aging in-laws that my wife would have an issue leaving them to fend for themselves.
If he has a decent year, maybe that allows the Leafs to move Stolarz for a Kings ransom and restock the draft cupboard.
He could have accepted a trade out of Toronto, anytime during the last two seasons. He wanted to hold the team up for ransom. He isn’t worth anything near Matthews. What awards has Marner won, compared to Matthews? Matthews had multiple 100 point seasons, plus multiple Rockets, and a Hart Trophy. Marner…..nothing! He’s just a teeny, tiny mercenary that’s not worth more than $10M per season. Good riddance to the soap opera and it’s time to seal this thing up and win the East and play for a Cup.
Nope, just Carney’s daily routine.
Just came back from the States, near Cornwall. Pretty much devoid of Canadians going stateside. I’ve been across a couple of other Canadian/U.S. border crossings recently, and the same thing. It’s a great time to go stateside. Hotels are cheap, because there’s no Canadian’s staying and restaurants are not busy. Some decent deals to be had and I don’t have to look at the Elbows Up clowns that seem to be everywhere in Woke City Canada, Kingston. I’m just glad that Hockey is soon becoming relevant once again. Blue Jays are trending into collapse mode with the Jordan Romano disease being spread around in the bullpen. Let’s go Bills!
So far, there’s nothing there that screams NHL player in the future. Outside of the top 3 prospects, the cupboards are bare and the Cockroaches have moved out.
Except Leafs ticket prices would be completely unaffected if they eliminated revenue sharing.
Ticket prices are not tied to costs – it’s simply supply and demand.
I hate that the price I pay for tickets partially funds weaker clubs, but if revenue sharing was eliminated, MLSE wouldn’t lower ticket prices – they would simply make more profit.
Having said that, I would like to see the NHL adopt a soft cap like MLB – I strongly believe that baseball benefits financially by having big market teams have a slight advantage.
You either love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees, but either way, you are paying attention to them.
100%.
I bet there would be a change if the Federal and Provincial governments took away the Entertainment write-off provision. If the Corporate Elites had to actually pay for their tickets, they might just say, “No Thanks!” Maybe then, tickets would become available for less. On one other note, I don’t know why that the Canadian teams and other U.S. markets didn’t fight harder in-regards-to evening up the tax situations that favour the Southern, no income tax states. There needs to be balance. Canadian teams can’t afford Canadian players, due to the taxation issues. American and some European players can have their bonuses paid in their own jurisdiction and save a lot of money. Canadians? They’re stuck with the Elbows Up your ass government that would rather have it as Hand’s up, as they steal your wallet.
There should be a soft cap of 5-10% of the total cap that teams are allowed to go over for a brief period of time. Perhaps limit teams to only 3 overages every 5 years or something like that. Additionally, include a dollar for dollar tax that goes directly to revenue sharing so that weak teams can still benefit from the system.
Perhaps also look at a franchise tag type of provision that allows teams to grossly overpay one player without it counting against the cap so teams have better odds of retaining their cornerstone player.[/quote]
They almost blew that game tonight. They were fortunate that they weren’t embarrassed, losing a game that should have been in the bag. There were some suspect coaching moves, in regards to leaving pitchers out there too long. Now they’ve wore out their bullpen. Hopefully, tomorrow’s starter can give them at least 7 strong innings.
It’s long overdue, a Maple Leafs ticket revolt. I’m tired of subsidizing 2/3rds of the NHL with Revenue Sharing. Let the southern teams dry up, whither and die. They already get all of the tax benefits and we still send them money to keep them operational. There should be a 3 year moratorium on Revenue Sharing. If you can’t make it, in 3 years, you’re franchise is relocated or folded. Enough of this sh!t!
AppleTV game…..pa fangulo! Rogers just put up their rates for streaming their service and yet a 3rd party gets games going down the stretch during a pennant race.
El Prince-o! Good to see you here too. So envious you got to see a cup!
Yeah, saw it in glorious black and white. I often think about the time. Expo 67 happened. So did the Summer of Love. The Beatles released Sgt. Peppers just after they won the Cup. Star Trek TOS was all the rage. Man had not yet walked on the Moon. Great sports cars, the Georgie Girl look was all the rage with females. A great time to grow up. I may die before I see them win a 3rd round playoff series.
