05-29-2020, 10:32 PM
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#61
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by looooob
Snow for Masterton!
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I would love to see the NHL allow the Flames to nominate him, perseverance and dedication to the game isn't limited to on-ice talent
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06-12-2020, 04:09 AM
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#62
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First Line Centre
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Francis gets (sometimes rightfully) ripped by fans for some of his edgier hockey takes, but I think he deserves credit for good work too. Eric did a nice piece on Chris Snow's fight and ALS awareness yesterday:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...als-diagnosis/
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06-12-2020, 09:39 AM
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#63
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First Line Centre
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I’m one of the rare few that actually likes Francis.
I do disagree with him a lot but I still like him.
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06-13-2020, 11:43 PM
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#65
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mile
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I don't personally know anyone with ALS but I have a hard time taking the grin off my face seeing the progression of Chris over the last 6 months, when he was on after hours and couldn't lift his arm or use his hand I thought he was done, now he's shooting pucks threw car windows from 60 feet away.
So happy for him and his family, and of course the whole ALS family fighting this monster.
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06-14-2020, 12:30 AM
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#66
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ottawa ON
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Glad to see him shooting pucks in the clip.
My Grandfather ended up with the fast version of ALS when i was young.
Believe he was in his 50's (Cant remember and have few precious memories of him)
I do know he was strong as an ox. We have a family picture of him carrying a full grown moose over his shoulders and appearently he walked about a KM with it to the truck in the snow.
ALS hit and within 2 months he was walking with a cane with his muscles shaking very badly, and another month and a half he was bed ridden and couldnt talk, and he was gone another 2 weeks after that.
Learned alot about ALS after that and our family was hugh in volunteering and fighting for the cause since that point.
Thats my story to share with about this beast.
Happy Snow and his Family get a bit more time together to make memories and i hope they have many more years to cherish.
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11-20-2020, 02:00 PM
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#67
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Norm!
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Not terrific news on Twitter today.
I'll just post the tweets from Chris and Kelsie.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1329859021998735361
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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11-20-2020, 02:07 PM
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#68
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jan 2011
Exp: 
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####ing awful. What a horrific disease. The snow family will be definitely in my thoughts this evening.
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11-20-2020, 02:30 PM
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#69
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kelowna, B.C.
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Sad to read that. Such a cruel disease, hard not to shed a tear when you see him with his kids.
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11-20-2020, 02:46 PM
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#70
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanCharles
I’m one of the rare few that actually likes Francis.
I do disagree with him a lot but I still like him.
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You like a guy that historically tries to run our star players out of town? Lovely. The guy is media cancer.
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11-20-2020, 02:50 PM
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#71
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Franchise Player
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^Let's not get into that in this thread ok?
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11-20-2020, 02:51 PM
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#72
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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That's horrifying. He seemed to be doing so well fairly recently.
I'm pretty unfamiliar with ALS. Is this something you can come back from? Kind of like how MS symptoms can come and go? Or is the disease pretty much on rails at this point?
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11-20-2020, 03:04 PM
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#73
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
That's horrifying. He seemed to be doing so well fairly recently.
I'm pretty unfamiliar with ALS. Is this something you can come back from? Kind of like how MS symptoms can come and go? Or is the disease pretty much on rails at this point?
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unfortunately no
this news is just devastating. ugh.
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11-20-2020, 03:23 PM
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#74
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
That's horrifying. He seemed to be doing so well fairly recently.
I'm pretty unfamiliar with ALS. Is this something you can come back from? Kind of like how MS symptoms can come and go? Or is the disease pretty much on rails at this point?
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No its degenerative, It'll continue to progress and rob him of functionality. They can try to treat the symptoms. which is what they're doing with a feeding tube.
Its a ####ty diesease and it robs you.
I hated reading the tweets this morning.
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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11-20-2020, 03:24 PM
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#75
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
^Let's not get into that in this thread ok?
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Sure, but maybe you should have nipped that in the bud with the post I was replying to so it never had a chance to go down that road. I was not the one who took it off topic here. Anyhow hopefully there are new advances medically against this terrible disease.
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11-20-2020, 03:26 PM
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#76
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dissentowner
Sure, but maybe you should have nipped that in the bud with the post I was replying to so it never had a chance to go down that road. I was not the one who took it off topic here. Anyhow hopefully there are new advances medically against this terrible disease.
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The post you were responding to is 5 months old.
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11-20-2020, 03:42 PM
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#77
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dissentowner
You like a guy that historically tries to run our star players out of town? Lovely. The guy is media cancer.
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Not the thread for this type of discussion.
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11-20-2020, 03:48 PM
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#78
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Alberta
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Best wishes to the Snow family as they face this terrible situation.
Last edited by Monahammer; 11-20-2020 at 03:58 PM.
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11-20-2020, 04:28 PM
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#79
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First Line Centre
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fuc#. Now I am crying at work.
Chris is a great guy. This disease is horrid.
I am completely gutted for them.
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11-20-2020, 07:24 PM
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#80
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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*sobs silently to himself*
Pardon me, I'm going to go back and read Tuesdays with Morrie again. I need some perspective.
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