On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 11:02:01 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 8:52:51 AM UTC-5, Nyssa wrote:

I'd heard about OV and his claim about the Olympics. I'm
wondering if Bettman would fine him or something for
going with the Russians if the NHL doesn't participate.
That could very well drive him to the KHL instead of
staying with the Capitals, with the NHL losing one
of its top-drawing stars. (Although my opinion of him
is less than stellar because of his hot-and-cold attitude
about playing at his best every game.)

There was a brief discussion on Sirius radio yesterday
about how Bettman may be pulling the same trick as he's
done before, mainly holding out for a better deal for
the NHL before agreeing to participate. It worked last
time, and as you point out NBC has a big reason to want
the NHL there too so they may put some pressure on as well.

I'd bet along with a bigger slice of pie from the Olympic
committee, the players will get some concessions over
lodging, meals, and so forth. I remember the jokes about
the short beds in the Olympic village from a couple of
cycles ago (Japan?). And I can't see the players going
for cafeteria style kim chee this time either.

So dry your tears, that elopement may be on after all.

I agree about the advertising on the sweaters. Talk so
far has only small, unobtrusive logos such as the ones
already there for Reebok or Nike. But as with everything,
it's all about the money, so once it starts we risk
ending up with the billboards like they have in many of
the European leagues. ick! The word is, if advertising
goes on, fans will still be able to buy non-advertising
sweaters for their own collections though. I still don't
like the whole concept. It's not like revenues aren't
already rising and they need the cash to pay for ice time.

I'm wondering about those temperatures you've been posting
for Pyongyang. When I was in South Korea in August, it
was hot and extremely humid during the days with cooler
temperatures, but high humidity levels at night. You
couldn't walk a block down the street without needing a
shower and a change of clothes. 70s in August in Pyongyang?
Maybe at night. It's not that far north of Seoul to drop
twenty degrees in temperature on hot August days.

Meanwhile, shifting topics entirely, I'm just getting ready
to post a review to Amazon for "Allegiance" by Kermit
Roosevelt. It's a historical fiction novel set in WWII about
the workings of the Supreme Court. It covers the Japanese
internment camps issue as well as some nice background
to how the Court chooses cases for review. It might be
of interest to some of the posters and lurkers here.

Nyssa, who needs to catch up on writing her other reviews,
but the other reading (and yard work) seems to get in the way

Ovechkin is great but I'm puzzled by his tendency to coming up small
in big situations - the Winter Olympics in Sofia leap to mind. The table was set for the Russians to finally bring home the gold but their performance was dismal. Considering he is pals with Putin who also dearly wanted the championship I thought Ovy would provide the leadership and make it happen.. Alas, it didn't happen. Speaking of Ovechkin, did you catch this story?http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks...ip-draws-fine/

Yes they are claiming that the sweater ads will only be small ones. Yeah for the first year or two. It is the proverbial camel's nose under the tent scenario. Next it will be two small ads and then three. Can we look forward to NASCAR types uniforms in the year 2020 where they are covered from head to toe? Stop this nonsense before it starts! There are just some things where it is the principle of the thing and this is one of them. Continually compromising the integrity of the game must cease before the league becomes the WWF on ice.

I can't verify the temperatures in Pyongyang but can tell you my source. It is http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...orea/pyongyang Gee whiz next you will be claiming the year 104 is wrong! Perhaps El Nino has something to do with the change in temperature?

Planning on checking out your review and will give you a favorable vote regardless of what it says. Will do the same for your other Amazon reviews as time permits. There is nothing I won't do for my future ex wife.

It is currently 12:31 p.m. and 72 degrees in beautiful Pyongyang this 26th day of August in the year 104.

Currently, 75 degrees inside my flower box on doggy's front porch, in The Great Land Mass. Some COOL Weather is headin this a way, according to local yokel TV weather news. They say it is going to get down to 59 degrees soon.