KarateKen

Haunted Reno by Janice Oberding. Since I made a trip to Reno this summer, I decided to read something spooky about the city. Perfect time of year for it.

I am not expert as I never trailed with the weapon, despite owning a pair for 20 years, but they look good to me. Enjoy!

The Killers - Somebody Told Me

Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson scored an empty net goal in the final seconds of the Wild's 4-1 win against the Blues. He is the 15th goalie in NHL history to score a goal. Dallas remains undefeated now at 4-0 after a shootout win against San Jose. Calgary is the early season surprise, and they win again tonight, now 4-0. Vegas has fallen from the unbeaten, losing in Washington 4-2, first points of the season for the Capitals. No goals for Ovi but he did have two assists, putting him at 700 for his career. Seattle spanked Nashville 7-3, while Florida, Tampa Bay, and Carolina were also winners.

Raiders have traded WR Adams to the Jets for a third-round pick (could turn into a second) and despite his injury the Jets hope he can start this week against the Steelers. The Jets are a disappointment so far this season with a 2-4 start. Jets owner Woody Johnson blamed the kicker after Monday's loss to Buffalo. Right, Woody, it is not your fault at all. Just like in Dallas, the problem with the Jets is ownership. The Jets have not been to the playoffs since 2010 and have not had a winning season since 2015. During that time, they have had different coaches, players, and GMs, but the same ownership. Go ahead and blame the kicker though, for your continued failed franchise that underachieves every season. Idiot.

Utah has fallen from the unbeaten and suffered their first franchise loss, a 3-0 shutout against New Jersey. Utah falls to 3-1. Four undefeated teams left. Another high scoring game today as Ottawa beat the LA Kings 8-7 in overtime. Lots of goals here early in the season.

Personally, I think the problem with the Cowboys is Jerry Jones. He can't be too pleased with how the season has gone so far when you look at all the money he has invested into that roster. Over 120 million this year between Prescott and Lamb alone, maybe this was a wakeup call that will light a fire under them the rest of the season. You obviously need good players to win, and above all a good quarterback, but when you put so much money into just a few guys you spread yourself too thin elsewhere. It is one of the reasons the NFL is so tough, you have to pay your top guys to keep them but then you don't have salary cap space to go out and get the other players you need. In other NFL news it looks like Tom Brady will officially be buying part of the Raiders and become a minority owner. That saga has gone on for a year and a half and could finally be ending this week.

I have a friend who is a Mets fan who I have not seen all summer, and his wife is a Dodgers fan, so I wonder how things are going in that household! I might have to message him this week and see what is going on.

Lions dominate the Cowboys in a 47-9 horror movie style massacre. They do it in Dallas while Jerry Jones was celebrating his birthday. This is the most lopsided home loss for the Cowboys during the time Jerry Jones has owned the team. If that wasn't bad enough, they are now on the bye and will have to sit on this one for two weeks. It wasn't perfect the Detroit either, though, as Aiden Hutchinson broke his leg during the game. Hutch has been the Lions best defensive player and entered Sunday leading the NFL in sacks. As Bill Parcells once said - if you win or lose on Sunday, something is bad on Monday. Feels good to see the Lions to get this win after so many tough losses down in Arlington over the years, including the controversial ending to the game last season. It has been a long time since I was so excited about a regular season victory! LET'S GO LIONS!

Yes. That fight is scheduled for November 16 in New York.

Five teams still with perfect records and they are all in the west. Calgary, Utah, Winnipeg, Vegas, and Dallas are all 3-0-0, still on the chase for the undefeated 82-0-0 season. The Oilers have three games in the bag and not a point to show for it. No need to panic with 79 games left, but another slow start for Edmonton. If you recall they had a bad start last season, fired the coach, then made it to the finals where they were down 3-0 and came back to force a 7th game. Way too soon to count them out even though they are at the bottom of the league right now. Capitals, Avs, and Predators are also pointless, but have played fewer games. Washington is only 0-1 and does not play until Tuesday. Colorado will have a chance to get on the board on Monday when they play the Islanders.

Hairball doing a cover of Bon Jovi - Runaway

Minnesota takes the loss against the Jets, 2-1, but since it was in overtime they still get a point. Wild have four points in three games, but two losses. Jets are 3-0-0.

I had another post that did not submit, it was on the hockey thread from Saturday, came back on Sunday and it was not posted and when I went to post what I had written was still there, like of like a draft of an email. *shurgs*

Minnesota Wild took their first L of the season, 5-4 against Seattle. Won't be the last. Upset of the night was in Edmonton as the Blackhawks beat the Oilers 5-2.

Curious as to why some profiles have two belts?

Nas - I Can

Minnesota Wild win their season opener! A 3-2 victory at home over the Blue Jackets. I do not have high expectations for the Wild this season, they are likely a borderline playoff team. They missed the playoffs last season and what is probably best-case scenario for this year is making the playoffs but having another first round exit. Other winners on Thursday were Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, LA Kings, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and the now 2-0-0 Utah Hockey Team, the only franchise in the league that has never lost. Every team has now played at least one game.

I'm so glad hockey is back

Bit of an offensive start to the season! Eight goals for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 8-4 win against Colorado. Rangers, Jets, and Flames all scored 6 goals and got season opening victories. Montreal did not match the scoring, putting up one goal against Toronto, but enough to get the win. All of those teams now only need to win 81 more in a row to have an undefeated regular season!!

Sheesh! The firings start earlier every year it feels like. One head coach down already in 24. I realize New Yorkers have a reputation of being impatient but wow.

Saw on the news today that the Tropicana Casino was blown up overnight to make room for the start of the A's stadium. I stayed at the Tropicana once and visited there a few times, one of the historic casinos. For those who do not know, it is located...or was located...right on Tropicana Ave and Las Vegas Blvd on the south end of the strip. The same day the Tropicana Casino came down, the roof of Tropicana Park in Tampa was ripped off during the hurricane. The roof as basically gone and will be expensive to repair. Bad day for Tropicana!

The Patriots head coach announced this morning that Maye will be starting on Sunday against the Texans.

Two other games on Tuesday...Florida starts their run for a repeat with a victory over the Bruins, and the Utah Hockey Club gets a win in their franchise debut, defeating the Blackhawks 5-2 at the Delta Center.

Nice. Plus it worked out for you, the Blues beat the Kraken 3-2 and remain undefeated.