here for the skating, stayed for the hockey

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[moon-honey-31]

there is no way for danny to lose. either he gets a great star center, or he entirely fucks anaheim's cap situation and ability to re-sign players. AND in the process, he's thrown a bomb at all the teams who have young star forwards they'll need to sign in the next few years... he really said what if i did some psychological warfare and (as a fun side effect) (just for me) (i deserve it), ensured a bunch of young players got bigger salaries at their next negotiation? that could be fun i think. im Old Gay Danny Briere. let's go to war

[ullybug]

one thing about hockeybloggers is that they love when their tags make someone type 'toronto hockey amulet tavares' into their search engine. it makes them feel powerful, kind of like some sort of magical token or item

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it's just never not funny

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here are some more people we've bothered <3

[iceskatingpenguins]

lol, the NHL article goes for his fucking throat get'em > The trade on Sunday comes less than two months after Brady Tkachuk said he was "fully committed" to the Senators. > “I feel like I’ve answered this hundreds of times,” Brady Tkachuk said on April 29, four days after Ottawa was eliminated by Carolina. “I feel like I’ve never shown, never said, none of those things have ever come out of my mouth, and quite honestly it’s just getting frustrating. It’s becoming a distraction. > “I have been fully committed to this team, to this city and (the talk), it’s just become a distraction. Frustrating to deal with.”

[iceskatingpenguins]

hply fucking shit what??? what do you mean he got himself traded to florida????????

was not expecting this whatsoever wtf

[grandmafc]

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[juh-was-deactivated19691231-dea]

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yeah

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[iceskatingpenguins]

ANOTHER ONE ANOTHER ONE

[iceskatingpenguins]

GOT ONEEEEE ALREADY

[timbitshockey]

anyway the main problem with this vegas preshow is they cast the worlds most beautiful woman as the representative of the hurricanes. and she’s goth. AND she’s evil. AND she can fly. who would possibly be rooting for the boring old knight with a regular sword and regular shield

[hazel3017]

hazel, do you know which article it is that's all 'sid never says anything interesting, he answers a question by telling us what we already know, but we all hang onto his every word anyway'? Thank you!

Is it this one? I’ve always love this extract about him; it’s so fantastically true:

As a rule, Crosby does his interviews while sitting. Like all genuinely strong people, he prefers the weaker position. It’s hard to badger a guy from above.

We all cluster around his locker ready to be charmed by his presence. We know he won’t say anything interesting. Crosby is an interesting guy, but he has excised that part of himself for public consumption.

There’s no advantage for Crosby to be seen as edgy or slightly ahead of conventional thinking. Few players have ever so ruthlessly exploited advantages like Crosby does.

He’s asked about a couple of the day’s Hall of Fame inductees – Dominik Hasek and Peter Forsberg. Crosby has learned the experienced interviewee’s trick of repeating your question back to you as a statement. Hasek was “unbelievable.” Forsberg “loved to compete.” This doesn’t mean anything, but everyone nods like Crosby’s handing out stone tablets.

Someone brings up the slow fade of the enforcer – a topic with small potential for controversy. Crosby says, “That’s just the way the game’s evolved. Everyone adjusts accordingly. There’s definitely been some change. That’s just one of the many things that, with time, you see changes.”

You ask him about the disappearance of fighting, and Crosby tells you fighting is disappearing. It’s a hell of a trick.

So is he for it? Or against it? Does he care either way? No one has any idea. We all keep nodding. - Article

[sergeifyodorov]

Fujoshi who got into hockey eighteen months ago because that one fic was really good: And ultimately I think that while sacrificing some defence for a little more offensive power is worth it when their historical problems have been lack of timely goalscoring, it looks like the Leafs have overcorrected -- that and the huge pile of defensive injuries have made them much worse for the sake of a few extra goals

Uncle who has watched 82 games a year since Borje Salming played: We need to throw Mitch Marner into the sun

[iceskatingpenguins]

THEY DID ITTTTTTTTTTT

[iceskatingpenguins]

cleansing ritual for the posts, we need to get rid of whatever etsy witch curse someone put on them

[iceskatingpenguins]

again???????? no!

we burn the posts at dawn

[iceskatingpenguins]

I'm listening to the radio and I keep closing my eyes I'm so nervous and that's worse that's so much worse

[iceskatingpenguins]

the number of "pad/glove/blocker save by silovs" I've heard this game? tits out for silovs always

[iceskatingpenguins]

no!!!!! almost!!!!!!