nikita zadorov’s chin scar

she/any | twenties | masshole | black bruins, red sox, connecticut sun sideblog (/orarewegoingtofight)

[sergeifyodorov]

i love sports it's trashy reality tv it's a romcom it's a political drama it's a youtube epic fail compilation it's an exercise in manipulating statistics but most importantly: it is an easy way to acquire a collection of guys who are so shaped

[sequestering]

NHL player poll: Injury transparency? Want Ovechkin to break Gretzky’s record? Expand to 34 teams? (The Athletic) / NHL watching close after Calgary Flames players target Leon Draisaitl’s injured ankle (Oilers Nation) / Buongiorno to the Olympic Break (32 Thoughts: The Podcast) / Bruins' Brad Marchand: Injuring opponents 'part of playoffs' (ESPN) / EverythingHockey on X / Why are NHL teams so secretive in the playoffs: Gamesmanship or foolishness? (The Athletic)

[couthbbg]

the two tenets of being a sports fan that you must understand are 1. All sports fans are evil (this includes you) and 2. All sports fans are hypocrites (this includes you). once you accept these foundational ideas , it’s all good dude

[fvcking-damage]

have y’all seen this. give him all the awards

[mothrasmash-blog]

How did I know that Patrice Bergeron would eventually cross over into legitimate acting?

[realtapiocafan]

obviously jason collins’ life was far more than just this singular article but for me personally, it was one of the first articles that i read about coming out and it’s still incredibly inspiring to me.

[sashayed]

when u just moved to moscow and now ur at a party and have no idea what is going on and ur man won’t translate for u and then he gives u a sideways look like YOU’RE the one who’s embarrassing for not clapping

[sashayed]

@splitstuura respectfully. reblogging this post with these tags. in t he year of our lord 2025. is a criminal act

[ultravioletlightwaves]

yeah.

[pseudoapollonian]

(x)

#i know we like to say that sid saw geno in latvia and decided he would have this man for himself for eternity#but ovi really actually did that with nicke#he really was like#i saw you for the first time on a stage in vancouver in 2006 when i was scared to mispronounce your name#from that moment i knew that you were mine#and i don’t care if you’re awkward and swedish#i will take you everywhere with me#and we will be mama and papa to a team of horrible children#and we will win it all together (tags by @ultravioletlightwaves)

[valentinemichaelsmith]

green monsterrrr

[prokopetz]

Like, the good luck charms that many baseball fans practice are absolutely a form of ritual magic from an anthropological standpoint, there's no question there, but imagine what American baseball would look like if Protestants didn't have this whole hangup about ritual magic being Satanic and thus didn't need to maintain plausible deniability. Just openly casting curses on the opposing team, Roman style.

[thedistantone]

I believe with the recent Etsy Witch situation, it could be argued that we are moving in the direction of Openly Casting Spells For Teams. Still a bit to go towards fans engaging in ritual in the stands, but I 100% believe American society can get there. That is neither a positive or negative statement, just an observation about the trends in our society, and the intensity with which people identify with The Sportsteams.

[prokopetz]

Yeah, the Etsy witch thing still falls safely within the bounds of plausible deniability; folks selling spellcasting services on Etsy are popularly understood as offering an entertainment service, so you can play it off as a goof if you have to. It's a far cry from fans openly getting together to inscribe exploding scrotum curses on leaden tablets; I don't share your optimism that we'll get there soon, but I'd love to be proven wrong!

[soupysp00ns]

Merry glizzmas eve

[puckpocketed]

The Vegas Golden Knights are looking to sign Carter Hart. Take my hand, let's bully the front office <3

Per Chris Johnston via the Athletic (archived)

In the same article, he says the Canes have reconsidered their own hiring of Michael McLeod due to backlash:

You can and should bully the shit out of any NHL team for this. There aren't a lot of active Knights fans on here but a few are taking action over on Twitter, and it would be sweet if hockey fans across the league spoke up and added their voices to our efforts.

Here is the petition on Change.org

Relevant email addresses

Ticketing -> [email protected]

Communications -> [email protected]

General inquiries -> [email protected]

If you are having trouble with what to say, below the cut is a helpful email scaffold that @stereax kindly drafted! Please add/take away details at your discretion.

[Email subject line: something along the lines of "Please do not sign Carter Hart".]

Hi! My name is [YOUR NAME], I am a [Golden Knights/hockey] fan [since XXX] and an advocate for sexual assault survivors. I am writing to you today to implore of the Vegas Golden Knights to not sign Carter Hart.

I find it deeply distressing that [my favorite/any] NHL team would consider signing any players that were involved in the recent Hockey Canada scandal. This is not just about the game of hockey, but a deeper and more pervasive issue of the culture of sexual assault within hockey. While none of the players were convicted of sexual assault (due to insufficient evidence), the evidence is clear that these men deeply traumatized EM, trauma that has taken her years to recover from. By signing Hart, or any other player involved in the scandal, Vegas sends a message to sexual assault survivors, and indeed many female fans of hockey, that their voices are not important, and that what they have gone through does not matter if the person that abused them is marginally better at a sport than someone else. This goes against Vegas's core value of community.

[If Vegas goes forward and signs Hart, I will: cancel my season tickets/not renew my season tickets/no longer buy tickets/cancel my KnightTime+ subscription/no longer be a fan of the team/whatever other consequence you can think of.]

Please reconsider signing Carter Hart. By not signing Hart, the Golden Knights can take a stand for sexual assault survivors, underline that there is no room for such heinous actions in the NHL, and reaffirm that hockey truly is for everyone.

Yours, [YOUR NAME]

[puckskatestick]

As a HR person, I'm going to very gently suggest another template that gives the same message in a way that will be more received by the target audience. In the end, the HC Five were not convicted of sexual assault, so arguing 'they did it anyway' is not going to go far (even if we all know that's what happened). The judge did not say there was insufficient evidence, but rather that EM's testimony could not hold the weight of evidence. Writing either of those things is basically telling the NHL that a Superior court conclusion should simply be ignored, which is not a strong argument for those who believe Hart 'won'. It also gives you little ground to stand on, because the Knights will just point back to the case and its verdicts.

But you can still strongly argue against Hart being hired. Maybe consider something like:

[Email subject line: "Please do not sign Carter Hart".]

Hi! My name is [YOUR NAME], I am a [Golden Knights/hockey] fan [since XXX]. I am writing today to implore you not to sign Carter Hart.

I find it deeply distressing that [my favorite/any] NHL team would consider signing any players that were involved in the recent Hockey Canada scandal. It is clear from the scandal that Hart does not represent core values of our hockey community - respect, integrity, and accountability. The 2018 situation occurred during a Hockey Canada gala, where Hart was a legal adult representing a national league. His actions, and the resulting situation, should not have taken place in the workplace. While the court cannot make judgment's of a player's character, it is the NHL's duty to ensure players are well-rounded representatives of hockey's core values. Hart's behaviour that night was unacceptable, and typified the pervasive, problematic attitudes within hockey culture that have repeatedly made news in recent years, including acts of violence, discrimination, and repeated sexual assault allegations. The NHL and associated organizations have worked hard to change this culture - thus, to sign someone who is the face of that very culture is to revert all progress that has been made. It signifies hockey's refusal to change.

I cannot support a team that believes his behavior is fitting to represent our sport at the professional NHL level. [If Vegas goes forward and signs Hart, I will: cancel my season tickets/not renew my season tickets/no longer buy tickets/cancel my KnightTime+ subscription/no longer be a fan of the team/whatever other consequence you can think of.]

Please reconsider signing Carter Hart. By not signing Hart, the Golden Knights can underline that there is no room for such behaviours in the NHL, and reaffirm that hockey truly is for everyone.

[qhockeysacrament]

As I've pointed out before, use the league's own language:

troubling and unacceptable behaviour, poor moral judgment

falls short of standards we want to see in the league, not the values we want to see in role models

Be the pearl-clutching, think-of-the-children caricature that gets attention. Conservative executives listen to other conservatives. Use their language. Emphasize how we expect players to be role models for children. Even if you're a 20yo with no kids you can make up a persona (keep details to a minimum, the point is to be relatable to the audience they think they want) who won't take their kids to games, or buy merch, or will support someone else.

The league lives and dies by ticket and merch sales. Make a point that you will hit them where it hurts using language they can relate to and can't refute.

[puckpocketed]

[ID: Two article excerpts that read:

(1) …Ontario, prior to these players' arrival in the NHL, were deepty troubling and unacceptable. The League expects everyone connected with the game to conduct themselves with the highest level of moral integrity. And, in this case, while found not to have been criminal, the conduct of the players involved certainly did not meet that standard.

(2) …Caroccia in her opinion, and the players’ acquittal, the League has determined that the conduct at issue falls woefully short of the standards and values that the League and its Member Clubs expect and demand. /. End ID.]

[odense]

vgk marketing partners LINK

hockey advocacy toolkit LINK

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[gaynfl-moved]

i think about that "the pop girlies yearn for espn" tweet a lot because like. everyone is so obsessed with stats now wrt music and like. sports is the ultimate stat play. there's stats about stats in sports. they make up new stats every single weekend in the nfl. "first player since the reagan administration born in the western part of the united states to throw for 25 touchdowns over 10 yards" "first player in the super bowl era to have a twin" like they just pull shit out of their asses for the sake of it and i think people obsessed with charts and sales would LOVE the nfl.

[gaynfl-moved]

load bearing tweet for me

[sleepnoises]

just met a three month old pomeranian named horchata. her paw was the size of my fingertip. she looked like half a dandelion fluff

[sleepnoises]

this just got a hockey rpf tag. due to the nature of this website

[sleepnoises]

other hockey rpf enjoyers now expressing skepticism and disbelief at the choice of man referenced above and tagging it with their preferred and more horchataesque men. i love it here and i'll leave when i die

[realtapiocafan]

jayson tatum - life isn't fair

get well soon, jt <3

transient, Nooshin Ghanbari // Against Silence, Frank Bidart // Fortesa Latifi // Thief of Time, Terry Pratchett // Waterloo, ABBA // Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Kaveh Akbar // Some Are Always Hungry, Jihyun Yun // Love Letters or Suicide Notes, Doc Luben // The Old Catcher Considers the Failing of His Knees, Devin Kelly // Still I Rise, Maya Angelou // This Year, The Mountain Goats // august, Taylor Swift

Jayson Tatum’s unique durability

Celtics confirm worst with Jayson Tatum Achilles injury

Jayson Tatum wheeled off, Celtics stunned, and a locker room silenced: inside a despondent night at MSG

The Boston Celtics and the price of history (one of the best sports articles i've ever read, go read it!)

Connor Bedard has an electric presence on the ice, and a clichéd poise off of it (originally about hockey but the sheer beauty of the phrases transcends sports)

[oedipalrivalry]

this is what it's all about

[josephwoll]

and the league did nothing 👍🏻

[ppepohappy]

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