I'm hoping that the blueprint is used and they sink and sink and sink (that and Gould hits 8 field goals as he's on my first money league fantasy team).

That many naked women? Man, my new place near St. Paul has a ton of hot chicks but they keep their clothes on while they are outside. haha

Lake Minnetonka was the lake my family had a house on before my parents got separated, then divorced and then my Dad's death.

That's the lake of my youth (for Southern Minnesota), otherwise it's Bear Island Lake up North, where my Gramps had a cabin.

Yes I do. December 1st, since they want the Winter Classic money (already 15m, and 100,000 tix sold) and can't start the season with that, so they'll do it a month earlier.

That's my best guess. First season I move here and get tickets and the fucking owners lock them out. Lame.

Also, since "topless" was mentioned, that was the Lake in question with the "Sex Boat" scandal. It's also the reference in Purple Rain (and Chappelle's Prince skit) among other things. Ask her if she "purified herself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka" though she may not get that reference. haha

It's pretty big territory. My neighbors were Greg LeMond (Lance Armstrong before Lance Armstrong. Three time tour winner) and Tom Brunansky (Twins and Sox).

Parentheses added just in case, but I suspect you know both since you are a great sports mind.

It's a big lake, I don't remember it (though I was really young) but I do remember a restaurant in the middle of the lake where you'd drive your boat up and park and go eat. Haven't seen many of those before---and I'm not sure if it still exists or not.

We don't need more NHL teams. If anything we need less teams, unless they are going to move Phoenix up there. North doesn't = liking Hockey (case and point Columbus).

That said I wouldn't mind them putting a team there AS LONG as they move a shit franchise, or get rid of one and make it an expansion team, then that would likely keep Minnesota more in the central if they did realignment, which stops them and Vancouver from having the most travel in the league and getting fucked over by it.