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Did the NJ Devils make them do it? And if they did, how much did they pay?

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Plagiarism........relentless......apparently! How funny! I take it that's the Devils' current slogan? I have no idea when hockey season is!

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Hockey season is right now! Playoffs start in about 6 weeks. I always remember when hockey and basketball playoffs are because they coincide with the start of baseball !

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Oh, OK......Did you know Houston was once a relative hotbed of hockey? Maybe minor leagues (I'm sure neither were NHL), but we had the Houston Aeros (1994-2013) and the one I remember, the Houston Apollos ('65-'69).

There've been a couple other teams, but those two are ones I remember, particularly the Apollos, when I was (in those years) 10-14 yrs old! I seem to recall the Apollos being the team that "housed" the latter years of one of the Howes....perhaps Gordie.

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Relentless...I mean, it's a word.

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And, that's why I love it! I've got the OED hanging on a chain around my neck!

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Sorry, Brad, but I believe Tay-Tay is a KC exclusive now. I don't make the rules, but I do feel obligated to enforce them. I'm just waiting for Mahomes (who is a Royals minority owner) to convince her to buy in to the Royals, and then the free agent spending spree can begin. She could make late-90's Steinbrenner look like an amateur if she wanted.

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Mahomes is so hard to not like! He's so much fun to watch (and, he's good to his Mama!) And, for him to be a Royals part owner is cool.....did not know that! Talk about being a part of the city!

"Late-'90s Steinbrenner"? Why, he died at 80!😁Your Swift wish may come true, which would make for a bring-on-the-popcorn show!

Reminds me of my bro and me (with Dad!) becoming obsessed with the Strat-O-Matic Baseball game from the late '60s (when we were in jr. hi) thru the early-'70s (high school). We kept the computer cards up-to-date with the real-life teams, consummating the same trades as the real teams, etc.

Until the Montreal Expos imploded in real life....then we affected what we called, "The Rape of Montreal," sending all their players to this team and that, completely willy-nilly! This made all the remaining teams completely unrealistic, even if each just received one player!

Just a cautionary tale!

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Thank you @bradkyle

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You're most welcome, Marty! Onward to the Series! I don't even want to tell you how close they came to "Relentful"!

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