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I saw a previous post/ask for fic recommendations and saw Three Blind Tooke. I've been reading it all week and *SPOILER ALERT FOR THE FIC* I fucking screamed when a character went blind. I had to stop reading. My heart hurts and I can't pick it back up hsdjkughdsk I just needed to share this with someone because I'm still internally screaming

OHHH honey. @elmidol‘s DMs are always open--there’s definitely emotional stuff in the fic. TwT But yes TBT is amazing.

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CANTLON'S CORNER: SCHOENFELD STEPS DOWN

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT -  With New York Rangers' President, Glen Sather announcing his departure near the end of the season, it comes as no big surprise the team declared that Senior Vice President and Assistant GM, Jim Schoenfeld, 66, has officially stepped down from his positions.  This move was seen as a fait accompli. Schoenfeld served 14 seasons as the General Manager of the Hartford Wolf Pack / CT Whale from 2003-04 until the 2016-17 season, He served as the Pack’s Head Coach for two seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07) where he mentored his replacements, Ken Gernander, and JJ Daigneault, who were just starting out their pro coaching careers. During his tenure as General Manager in Connecticut's capital city, players such as Ryan McDonagh, Mats Zuccarello, J.T. Miller, and Artem Anisimov all made their professional debuts in the AHL before they were called up by the Rangers. Ironically all four players are no longer with the franchise. Additionally, in Schoenfeld’s two seasons as Hartford’s Head Coach, he oversaw the progression of players such as Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi, and Brandon Dubinsky before they joined the Rangers on a regular basis. In July of 2016, Schoenfeld received the Thomas Ebright Award in recognition of career contributions to the American Hockey League. In his playing days, Schoenfeld played just two AHL games where he had two assists with the old Cincinnati Swords. The big redhead was always a colorful character. It didn't matter whether he was mad at a referee or a player, he always sported a big smile, a laugh and a great sense of humor! He once threatened the mercurial and coach-killing, Evgeni Grachev in the locker room hallway with banishment to Charlotte, who back then the Wolf Pack’s ECHL affiliate, if he didn’t play better. It scared players and media alike. Schoenfeld baptized goalie Cam Talbot as the Pack playoff goalie in front of everybody with a big slap of his paw on his shoulder in front of the media. Another mercurial player, Jarkko Immonen, who was struggling mightily, a reporter told him his agent said he was depressed he wasn’t in New York. Schoenfeld shot back. “I’m depressed too. My best player is playing like (crap) at minus-16!” As tough as he could be, Schoenfeld also defended his players with the same fervor and loyalty. In a playoff game in Portland, Maine, referee, Francois St. Laurent, made two horrible calls. The first was overruling his linesman and nullifying an Artem Anisimov goal. The second was tagging Alex Bourret with a major and game misconduct with under five minutes to play in regulation with the Pack trailing by a goal. It would be a game they would go on to lose. Despite a 102 degree fever, Schoenfeld punched and dented a metal office door, walked past everybody and stood just outside the ref's room and let St. Laurent have it, but without entering the ref room. Schoenfeld's sense of humor was probably best on display after a comical situation when former Hartford morning radio jock, Jeanine Jersey, famously forgot the words to the National Anthem and blurted out for all to hear, “Oh, crap, I forgot the words,” before a big crowd with Schoenfeld, Sather, and lot of other Ranger brass in attendance. Following the game, Schoney, as he is known by those close to him, exited the coach's room and put his arms around the shoulder of the team's, then game night Operations Director, Danielle Levy, and said in a voice for all to hear, ‘Whatever happened to Teresa Rodriguez?” Schoenfeld was referencing the former anthem singer who was let go two weeks earlier. He also had a great running feud with former Lowell head coach, Tom Rowe, in his last coached playoff series in the 2004 lockout year. Rowe told this reporter, “Tell Schoeny they still have his chair warm at ESPN since he talks so much!” Schoeny had worked at The Worldwide Leader doing NHL games when they were broadcast by the network. The response can’t be printed here, but it was extremely funny. Schoenfeld was involved in the hockey business his entire adult life prior to being a coach and executive with the Rangers, Schoenfeld served as a Head Coach in the NHL for parts of ten seasons. He served as a Head Coach for 580 regular-season NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, and Phoenix Coyotes, posting a 256-246-78 record (.509 points percentage), and he guided his team to a playoff berth in six of the ten seasons. In 1987-88, Schoenfeld was named the New Jersey Devils’ Head Coach with 30 games remaining in the regular season. He guided the Devils to a 7-0-1 record over their last eight games that season, including winning the final five games in a row, to help the team clinch its first playoff berth since moving to New Jersey. Schoenfeld proceeded to lead the Devils to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final during the 1988 Stanley Cup Playoffs. He is most famously remembered for his confrontation with referee Don Koharski in a hallway after a controversial 1988 playoff series. He shouted, “have another doughnut you fat pig.” It was all caught on camera and played all over the US and Canada. It led to a referee boycott of the next game in the series with Boston. See it HERE. When the senior Koharski came to see his son Jamie do one of his first AHL games as a referee, he stopped by to see Schoenfeld prior to the game and brought with him - a box of donuts. Schoenfeld was born in Galt, Ontario, but grew up in Cambridge, Ontario. Schoenfeld played parts of thirteen NHL seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins. The defenseman skated in 719 career NHL games, registering 51 goals, and 204 assists for 255 points, along with a plus-236 rating and 1,132 penalty minutes. He was a tough and fierce defenseman in his playing days. One of his more memorable battles was with the Bruins' Wayne Cashman. After a jarring Schoenfeld hit, the pair fell through the unsecured Zamboni door at the Boston Garden and they got up and starting tossing haymakers. See it HERE. Schoenfeld played in two NHL All-Star Games and was named to the NHL’s Second All-Star Team in 1979-80, as he led the NHL with a plus-60 rating during the season. Schoenfeld served as the Sabres’ captain for three seasons, and in his first season as the team’s captain in 1974-75, he helped Buffalo advance to the Stanley Cup Final where they lost to the Flyers. The Sabres featured the fabled French Connection line of Gilbert Perreault, Rene Robert, and the late Richard Martin. Teammates included ex-Nighthawk head coach, Rick Dudley, Danny Gare, Craig Ramsay and fellow defenseman Jerry “King Kong” Korab. Schoenfeld played his junior hockey with OHA (now OHL) with the London Knights, who drafted him in the third round, (25th overall), Hamilton Red Wings and Niagara Falls Flyers in 143 games 15 goals, 90 assists and 105 points and 555 PM. He was drafted as the first pick and 5th overall in the 1972 NHL Draft by Buffalo. Schoenfeld is a member of the Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame, the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Cambridge (Ontario) Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. Read the full article

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RANGERS: JIM SCHOENFELD STEPS DOWN

BY: The New York Rangers NEW YORK, May 16, 2019 – Rangers Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager Jim Schoenfeld stepped down from his position today. “In nearly two decades with the Rangers, Jim made an impact on every level of the organization,” Rangers President Glen Sather said. “His tireless efforts and contributions were vital to the extended run of success we experienced during his tenure in New York.” Schoenfeld was a member of the Rangers organization for 17 seasons (2002-03 – 2018-19), dating back to when he was named an Assistant Coach with the Blueshirts on June 12, 2002. During his tenure in the Rangers organization, he served in several capacities, including as an Assistant Coach with the Rangers, the Rangers’ Assistant General Manager, the General Manager of the Rangers’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate (either the Hartford Wolf Pack or the Connecticut Whale), and the Wolf Pack’s Head Coach. He served eight seasons as the Rangers’ Assistant General Manager, Player Personnel prior to being promoted to Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager on July 1, 2015. Schoenfeld served 14 seasons as the General Manager of the Wolf Pack/Whale (2003-04 – 2016-17), and he served as the team’s Head Coach for two seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07). He played a vital role in developing the organization’s pool of prospects, as several Rangers developed under his guidance in the AHL before becoming key contributors in New York. During his tenure as the Wolf Pack/Whale General Manager, players such as Ryan McDonagh, Mats Zuccarello, J.T. Miller, and Artem Anisimov made their professional debuts in the AHL before being called up by the Rangers. In addition, in Schoenfeld’s two seasons as Hartford’s Head Coach, he oversaw the progression of players such as Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi, and Brandon Dubinsky before they joined the Rangers on a regular basis. Through his work at the AHL level, while simultaneously serving as the Rangers’ Assistant General Manager, Schoenfeld helped the Blueshirts achieve a sustained level of success. Over a 12-season span from 2005-06 – 2016-17, the Rangers were one of four NHL teams that reached the playoffs 11 times and were the only NHL team that was not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs prior to the start of a regular season game during the stretch. New York played in more playoff games than any NHL team over a six-year stretch from 2011-12 – 2016-17 (93) and was the only NHL team that won at least one playoff series in five of those six seasons. During this stretch, the Rangers advanced to the Stanley Cup Final in 2013-14, won the Presidents’ Trophy for having the best regular season record in the NHL in 2014-15, were Division Champions twice (Atlantic Division Champions in 2011-12 and Metropolitan Division Champions in 2014-15), and advanced to the Eastern Conference Final three times (2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15). In 2014-15, the Rangers and Wolf Pack were the only NHL and AHL teams from the same organization to reach the Conference Finals in their respective league, marking the first time in franchise history that the Rangers and their AHL affiliate reached the Eastern Conference Final in the same season. In July of 2016, Schoenfeld received the Thomas Ebright Award in recognition of career contributions to the American Hockey League. Prior to beginning his tenure as a coach and executive with the Rangers, Schoenfeld served as a Head Coach in the NHL for parts of 10 seasons. He served as a Head Coach for 580 regular season NHL games with the Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, and Phoenix Coyotes, posting a 256-246-78 record (.509 points percentage), and he guided his team to a playoff berth in six of the 10 seasons. In 1987-88, Schoenfeld was named the Devils’ Head Coach with 30 games remaining in the regular season. He guided the Devils to a 7-0-1 record over their last eight games of the season, including a five-game winning streak over the final five games, to help the team clinch its first playoff berth since moving to New Jersey. Schoenfeld proceeded to lead the Devils to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final during the 1988 Stanley Cup Playoffs. A native of Galt, Ontario, Schoenfeld played parts of 13 NHL seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins. The defenseman skated in 719 career NHL games, registering 51 goals and 204 assists for 255 points, along with a plus-236 rating and 1,132 penalty minutes. Schoenfeld played in two NHL All-Star Games and was named to the NHL’s Second All-Star Team in 1979-80, as he led the NHL with a plus-60 rating during the season. Schoenfeld served as the Sabres’ captain for three seasons, and in his first season as the team’s captain in 1974-75, he helped Buffalo advance to the Stanley Cup Final. Schoenfeld is a member of the Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame and the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame. In addition, Schoenfeld was inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. Read the full article

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CANTLON: PACK DOWN DEVILS 6-2 IN SUNDAY MATINEE

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The Hartford Wolf Pack scored three goals in the second period and five unanswered goals overall to help them overtake and defeat the Binghamton Devils, 6-2, snapping a six-game losing streak in a Sunday afternoon matinee at the XL Center. Steven Fogarty tallied two goals and an assist. Ryan Gropp scored a goal and had two assists while the four newly-minted rookies earned their first pro points and Lewis-Zerter Gossage, his first pro goal and game-winning goal paced the offense. This was the Pack’s first six-goal output since January 18th against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and only the fourth time this season they achieved that goal plateau. The Pack pulled away in the third period with two goals to seal the win. They increased their record when leading after two periods this season to 19-3-3-2 and conversely when trailing after two periods is an atrocious 3-24-3-0. The Wolf Pack record falls to 29-34-7-3 (67 pts) are off until Friday when they face the Hershey Bears in their regular season home finale before finishing the season with two more road games at Lehigh Valley (Allentown) and Hershey. Nick Jones scored his second AHL goal, by winning a battle for position on the Devils' Ryan Murphy and was able to push Darren Raddysh’s rebound past the Devils goalie Evan Cormier to make it 5-2 at 10:09. Jake Elmer picked up the assist for his first pro point. “Once our lines got a feel for each other we started to generate a little bit of chemistry. We finally started to capitalize on our chances,” said Pack head coach, Keith McCambridge. The scoring closed out an empty-netter which is usually nothing big to celebrate, but Steven Fogarty passed up getting a hat trick and dished the puck to Gropp to finish off his three-point effort. Plays like that don't go unnoticed by a head coach. “To pass up a hat trick with the pass to Ryan, it speaks volumes about a player. Steven Fogarty is a high quality, young man.” The gesture also wasn't ignored by his linemate, Gropp, the recipient of the play. “That’s the kind of guy he is. He plays the right way every night. I'm lucky to have a teammate like that. I really didn’t expect the pass.” The Wolf Pack had two penalty kills, a short five-on-three and a longer four-on-three that was a catalyst that got the team moving. “We got a lot of momentum out of those kills, and we finally found our legs and got going after that,” Gropp stated. The second period seemed to be a ref’s contest to see how many penalties they could call in a 20 minute period the Pack used one of their powerplays to tie the game at two. Fresh back from his NHL recall, John Gilmour started the whole scoring sequence with a sharp pass from the left point to Gropp in the right wing circle. He ripped a shot that Fogarty redirected by a completely screened Devils goalie, Evan Cormier, by the Pack's Tim Gettinger. It sailed over his shoulder into the top shelf on the stick-side at 9:12. It was Fogarty’s 20th of the year making him the third Wolf Pack player to cross the twenty goal plateau this season. “We found some chemistry when we have been together and Keith put us together tonight with Vinni (Lettieri) back (from New York) and those two guys are very reliable and it was a fun game for the three of us,” remarked Gropp. McCambridge was pleased with the efforts of putting his number one line back together. “They all complement each other well, and Ryan has a strong shot. He kept good possession of the puck. Steven created the separation that we needed on his first goal and Vinni has been an offensive catalyst all year. It was just what we needed. That line and the Fontaine line were able to lead for our other two lines to see how they were playing, as they followed them and took the pressure off them,” McCambridge said of his first line that had a combined seven points. For Fogarty familiarity breeds success. “We missed him (Lettieri). He was up there where he should be (in New York) and it was nice to have him back. We have worked well together... the three of us. We had just four shots to start, but once we got those, we two kills. We started to pick up the pace, got a few and that helped us turn this (game) around." The Wolf Pack exploded offensively with two goals in thirty seconds to stake out a two-goal lead. The first came as rookie Shawn McBride worked the puck to fellow first-timer Ryan Dmowski, who got the puck in the left wing circle, corralled the biscuit, turned, and fired a shot with a screen provided by the Binghamton forward checking him and goalie Evan Cormier, who was screened in front by traffic from Lewis Zerter-Gossage, who redirected the puck for his first professional goal. It was the eventual game-winner as Dmowski and Shawn McBride tallied their first pro points with assists. The redirect was so deftly done it took the upstairs off-ice officials to catch it. They did a great job. Zerter-Gossage knew right away it was his, but he was doing the honorable thing when Dmowski was initially given credit for the goal. “I knew right away that I got it. I don’t think Ryan did though,” Gossage said with a big, bright smile. “I tried not to make a big scene about it. First was a great play by everybody. Shawn did some hard work and Ryan made a really smart play and we're just trying to simplify things and get pucks deep and we got rewarded for it. I was just coming here to learn from the older guys to get my first pro goal in my second game, that was the cherry on top.” Fogarty showed the offensive harmony that was missing for the team in the first period, playing catch and go as he sent a quick pass over to Lettieri on the right. He quickly sent it back and while on the left wing, Fogarty buried his second goal in a row for the 4-2 lead at 17:52. Even with three big pieces of the team playing in New York, the Wolf Pack got off to another laisse-faire start to the game. For the ninth time in the last ten games surrendered the game’s first goal. The Devils won a right corner battle among four players and the puck came out to Brandon Gignac. He sent it over from the right wing to defenseman Colton White who was wide-open and he zipped a pass to ex-Pack, Alex Krushelnyski, alone at the right side of the net with an open side to easily deposit his second goal of the season at 2:21. The Wolf Pack offense was at very least, anemic. They didn’t register a quality shot until they scored a goal at 13:09 for the entire period. The Pack got a break when Binghamton’s Nick Lappin’s pass to the left point found nobody and allowed the Pack to break out on an odd-man rush. Gabriel Fontaine on the right wing was on a two-on-one shorthanded break with Tim Gettinger on the right wing was his decoy and as a lefty shot zipped a wrister over the glove of Devils goalie Evan Cormier for his 11th goal and the Pack had some life tied at one. It didn’t last long as the Devils cashed in on their next powerplay with a Charlotte Checkersesque four of five players touching the puck inside the Wolf Pack zone by the AHL’s second-worst team record wise. Nick Lappin was able to feed Ryan Schmelzer who curled and peeled down into the right wing circle sent a short pass to Eric Tangredi at the goal line who sent it right back out to Blake Pietila who snapped his 19th into the net at  14:54 and a 2-1 lead. Pietila now has seven points in his last eight games. NOTES: Gilmour’s assist gives him 54 points, four ahead of Rochester’s Zach Redmond for the top spot among defensemen's scoring, which is ten shy of the Wolf Pack team record of 64, held by Andrew Hutchison set in 2007-2008 where he was third in team scoring behind PA Parenteau and Greg Moore. Wolf Pack fan jersey of the night a pair of ex-CT Whale, players Michael Del Zotto’s number 2 who is on his third NHL team this season with St. Louis. #10 Tommy Grant who played senior league hockey in British Columbia with Quesnel (CIHL). The Wolf Pack jerseys were #17 Brandon Dubinsky and #15, Greg Moore. SCRATCHES: Matt Beleskey (lower body, out) Dawson Leedahl (lower body, out) Rob O’Gara (lower body, out) Bobby Butler (healthy) Matt Register (healthy) Julius Bergman (healthy) Shawn St. Amant (healthy) Shawn O’Donnell (healthy) LINES Fogarty-Lettieri-Gropp Fontaine-Meskanen-Gettinger Ryan Dmowski-Shawn McBride-Zerter-Gossage Jake Elmer-Patrick Newell-Nick Jones Gilmour-Lindgren Day-Raddysh Wesley-Crawley Read the full article

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Hey! I saw your illuminae/gemina/obsidio edit and sent it to Jay and he tweeted it!

JAKJNEJKNDA HI! ommmmg internally screaming right now (i. am. dead.) thanks for showing/sharing it with him (ommmg i’m still freaking out ajsdnsje lol)

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Hey! In your picture of Anna and the French Kiss there was an open book below it. I was wondering if you could tell me the name of it? Thanks!

It’s a magazine called Lost. 

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not sure if you watch it but game of thrones!

Yes I dooo! Thanks!!!

Top 5 favourite characters:Cersei LannisterMargaery TyrellBrienne de ThartSansa StarkOberyn Martell

Other characters you like:Daenerys StormbornJon SnowJaime LannisterTyron LannisterLeast favourite character:Petyr BaelishOtps:Danny/DrogoJaime/BrienneNotps:LannincestFavourite friendship:Jaime/BrienneMargaery/SansaFavourite family:The Lannisters obvsFavourite episode:The Rains of Castamere and The Lion and the Rose (I’ve got a thing for weddings)Favourite season/book/movie:Season 3 (haven’t read the books yet)Favourite quote:”I did not kill Joffrey but I wish that I had. Watching your vicious bastard die gave me more relief than a thousand lying whores.”Moment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest:Tyron’s epic speech on the trial, man that was some instense shitWhen it really disappointed you:The lack of lady StoneheartSaddest moment:Red wedding and Ygritte :’(Most well done character death:Jeoffrey’sFavourite guest star:Sigur RósFavourite cast member:Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey and Pedro PascalCharacter you wish was still alive:OberynOne thing you hope really happens:Jon Snow being Lyanna Stark’s sonMost shocking twist:Ned’s death (still not over it)When did you start watching/reading:Since the beggining of Season 1 back in 2011One thing this show/book/film does better than others:Empowered female charactersFunniest moments:The bloopersCouple you would like to see:Jaime/BrienneActor/Actress you want to join the cast:idk maybe Freida Pinto as one of the Sand Snakes?Most boring plotline:honestly, Danny’s taking over enslaved cities, I mean I get it, Danny is amazing and compasionate but wasn’t her goal to take over Westeros? She’s done so little to achieve that I feel she’s away of the main plotline.Best flashback/flashfoward if any:none i thinkMost layered character:Tyrion Lannister probsScariest moment:Tyrion killing ShaeGrossest moment:I n c e s tBest looking male:Jaime LannisterBest looking female:Margaery TyrellWho you’re crushing on (if any):watch the last two answersMost beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise):KingslandingUnanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you:WHO’S JON’S MOTHER?At what point did you fall in love with this show/book:Episode 1

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How do you like your coffee?

Splenda and milk.