17 thoughts on “December 4, 2016: Super-heavy”

    1. I think half of famer is more than he deserves. I'd give him a quarter famer at most, but probably more like an eighth.

  1. Anyone following the Wild closely this year? I admit they are way down on my radar, partly to a busier life and partly due to them playing the same time as the Wolves a lot and my interests shift towards basketball. I see Dubnyk has 4 shutouts already, but the team is a roughly .500 team. (11-8-4 mind as well be 11-12 because 1 point losses are dumb)

      1. I've probably seen about 20 minutes total spread over 4 or 5 games. It seems like the exact same team as years past: the vets are decent but not spectacular; the first line is not as good as most other teams'; none of the young guys have improved much from 3 years ago; the TV broadcasters are completely awful homers.

        1. the TV broadcasters are completely awful homers.

          Part of the reason I don't make Wild my priority. For being the "State of Hockey", we should do have some lousy tv hockey announcers (Gopher broadcasts are a chore to listen too)

          Bob Kurtz and Tom Reid are great, but I don't have a Wild affiliate radio station that broadcasts all the games near me.

          1. I watch a lot of games on DVR-delay so I can skip commercials and the inane and mind-numbing (see: horrid) television crew.

            Also, DPWY's assessment is mostly accurate. The biggest problem with both the top line and youngsters isn't their quality relative to other squads, it's their inconsistency. There is a lot of talent in the room, but it seems like Boudreau's still implementing his system (they're still learning it) and figuring out what motivates these fellas.

    1. It's a shame, too, because Dubnyk is having a great season (second in GAA, first in point shares, which as I understand it is sort of a very rough version of baseball's Win Shares for Hockey, which means that Dubnyk is one of the most valuable players in hockey)... and his record is 9-9.

    1. I made the mistake of using a can of crushed tomatoes instead of whole or chopped, so it was too tomatoey. But still delicious.

      The roasted eggplant definitely added depth and mouth feel.

      1. It was very good. I don't think anyone missed not having meat in the sauce.

        Minor modifications: I used only white mushrooms; I used closer to 1.5 cups of diced carrot; and about a cup of whole milk rather than the almond milk.

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