The build recorded for the week compares to a five-year average draw for this time of the year of 90 billion cubic feet and a similar draw of 101 billion cubic feet recorded one year ago.

With stocks at 47.9 pct above the five-year average, any upward momentum on futures prices is expected to be modest.

Natural-gas prices have been hovering around $7, which is much closer to their long-term average. More warm weather in the near future will put even more downward pressure on natural-gas prices.

It's just unfair, ... It is time to move beyond soft talk to harder talk.

First time I went on the ice and saw that crowd, I was a little nervous, but after a couple of shifts I got it down a little bit. I just realized it was hockey.

I think at this point in time that the inverted yield curve is not signaling a slowdown.