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[neoncat669]

if ur into hockey you also need to like at least 1 player that fucking sucks. its good for your health

[neoncat669]

hi sharks fans. um so that trade

as the resident Abbotsford guy (who just cried a lot) here's like a little intro post to Jett and why you should like him :)

some context is that I'm also a sharks fan who doesn't really like to interact with the fanbase much but I keep up with them and sometimes the Cuda

so Jett Woo is a RHD like Jack Thompson so not losing anything in that sense. He's a pretty physical player, highest franchise penalty minutes, but it's never dirty and it's usually him getting into fights for the honor of his teammates.

His play isn't super flashy and he's not exactly a points guy but he really focuses on that defense and was one of our best. He was an integral part of our Calder run both on the ice and off it as one of our As in the leadership group. Genuine heart and soul of the team having been there since it's inaugural season.

He's well loved wherever he goes and his absence at the beginning of this season was felt pretty badly. He's on an NHL contract and we never gave him a game up there but I do hope he's able to get that chance with the Sharks!

some other little testimonies from the people in Van

whole team loved him a lot. i just hope he's loved as much in san jose :'3 i promise we'll care for thompson the same

[neoncat669]

we gotta get more women of color into hockey

[neoncat669]

Rogers Sports & Media is cutting 230 positions across the division as it announces it’s shuttering six radio stations. The stations, set to go off the air today, include 1130 NewsRadio (CKWX-AM) Vancouver; Sportsnet 650 (CISL-AM), Vancouver’s last remaining sports radio station; 660 NewsRadio (CFFR-AM) Calgary; 960 AM (CFAC-AM) Calgary; NewsRadio 95.7 (CJNI-FM) Halifax; and 570 NewsRadio (CKGL-AM) Kitchener. A Rogers Sports & Media spokesperson said those licenses will be returned to the CRTC. Employees across the country were notified this morning, with 80 connected to the radio station closures. Overall, about half of the positions impacted are corporate and support roles across sales, marketing, and programming, in addition to primarily production and some on-air roles on the television side. Some unionized TV newsroom positions in Toronto and Vancouver are also affected and will begin with a voluntary departure program, set to take effect in August. “The media business continues to face headwinds driven by declining advertising revenue and changing audience habits,” a Rogers Sports & Media spokesperson shared in a statement provided to Broadcast Dialogue. “These changes are part of our plan to focus our investment in areas that will drive growth long-term.” “After a thorough review of our radio stations, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close six radio stations in four markets due to declining audience and revenue trends — we continue to own and operate 44 radio stations in nearly 30 communities across the country and to invest in local news in the impacted markets,” the statement continued. Radio production of Vancouver Canucks games will move to another Rogers Sports & Media-owned station in the market, while Sportsnet will step away from producing Calgary Flames radio broadcasts, the company said. It added that the impacted markets will continue to be served by local news content through CityNews on web and social, in addition to television newscasts in Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver, and the CityNews 24/7 news channels in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. Local news, traffic and weather will also continue across Rogers’ music radio stations. More to come.

Rogers Sports & Media cuts 230 jobs, shutters six radio stations

[neoncat669]

"Toffoli will have the A for all games while the others will have As for either home or away games." SO YOY MEAN LIKE A CAPTAIN? LIKE A C? LIKE HES THE CAPTAIN OF THE AS? THE CAPTAIN??

[neoncat669]

On Monday at Xfinity Mobile Arena, Flyers fans would boo the Vancouver Canucks, like they do with every opposing team. But one Canuck, defenseman Tyler Myers, had a cheering section to drown out the noise, led by his half brother, 76ers guard Quentin Grimes. Grimes and Myers are the only pair of brothers to ever play in the NHL and NBA. Their mother “gets on my dad a lot about who’s got the best genes in the family,” Grimes said jokingly. “She gets the bragging rights on that.” ... When Grimes was much younger, he said the two sometimes would try and play one-on-one. “Just messing around, trying to play against the tallest guy I’ve ever seen,” he said. Myers is one of the NHL’s tallest players, standing at 6-foot-8, compared to Grimes, who is 6-4. The brothers never lived together. Myers left Texas shortly after Grimes was born to live in Calgary with his father, where he grew into a professional hockey player. Grimes stayed behind in Texas, but the two of them would see each other as often as they could during the summer or school breaks. ... That means that whenever Grimes is going through something, Myers said usually has experienced it, too, and they’ll talk about it. “Watching him on the court, you can tell his confidence and his mindset just have come such a long way,” Myers said. “I remember that progression when I was a young kid from 20 to 25, it looked very, very similar.” ... Myers, who has played in cities that don’t have NBA teams his entire career, has seen Grimes play in person in the NBA only once, when the Canucks’ extended road trip to New York gave him a day off on a night with a Knicks home game. Unfortunately, Grimes played just a few seconds before he suffered an injury and missed the rest of the game. “I showed up a couple minutes in; the game had started already,” Myers said. “A couple minutes went by, he came in, and like a minute later, he was laying on the floor, hurt. I was bad luck that day, and that was the only time I’ve been able to overlap with him.” One day, Myers hopes to have another opportunity to see his younger brother play a full game in person, but he’s been following his career from afar. Grimes is a bit luckier — he gets to see Myers play about once a year, including on Monday night for the first time in Philly, since all the teams he has played on have been in cities with NHL teams of their own. He also has made trips to Vancouver and Buffalo. “This is fun for me, to be a fan,” Grimes said. “Get rowdy, because hockey fans are completely different from NBA fans. They get real rowdy. I like to get rowdy with them, talk a lot of smack with the other fans if they’re in the arena.” The Canucks had a cheering section at least 12 strong at the Flyers’ arena, including Grimes, their mother, and several other family members making the trip to celebrate having both brothers together around the holidays. The Canucks ultimately lost the game, 5-2, but Myers still gave them something to cheer about, earning a secondary assist on Vancouver’s first goal. Myers, who now has three children of his own, couldn’t remember the last time they had a group this big together around the holiday season. “Having this so close to Christmastime is a little bit more special,” Grimes said ahead of the game. “Knowing that Christmas is around the corner, our mom came up, a lot of our family came up for the game, so it’ll be pretty special.”

Sixers’ Quentin Grimes watches his brother — and Canucks defenseman — Tyler Myers face the Flyers

[neoncat669]

MANNY MALHOTRA IS YOUR VANCOUVER CANUCKS HEAD COACH!!!!

[neoncat669]

Some of yall have got to get nicer about fucked up teeth or I will kill you