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I know not everyone agrees but I love Laurie Hernandez's commentary—she's able to switch back and forth between breaking it down for the every 4 years fans and giving more technical details for the more involved fans, and her ENTHUSIASM is what we need here. She loves this sport.
whether you're enjoying the jokes or thinking things are getting too conspiracy theory, the takeaway from the kate middleton thing is this: kensington palace went into this assuming the public revered them too unquestioningly to dig into their poor comms practices & were wrong.
amazing how dave portnoy thinks that gord miller stating that he's against misogyny, racism, xenophobia and other forms of bigotry is "attacking everything [portnoy is] about"
they really do always tell on themselves don't they
lou lamoriello's whole no long hair/no facial hair thing is funny till you think about how it's really just a way for him to exert power over his players for literally no reason and also how it could actually become a legal issue were the nhl more diverse culturally/religion-wise
i'm sorry i am happy for the women hired by the blackhawks and i wish them career success but they are being used as a pr shield right now and i hate that
anyway while people are already pissed at me: the regular season has started and the guys from the 2018 hockey canada assault incident are still on nhl rosters and nothing has been said or done
I’m very fucking unhappy with the NHL cowtowing to 7 bigots so like join me in another year of the wrestling match between “I love this sport” and “I hate this league”
one of the nhl network studio guys literally just said "in the middle of the game i started thinking, could this canadian team beat an nhl team" and i turned the tv off
Deleted my tweet from last night; here's my take after I've slept:
What Milbury says here isn't just sexist, it's dangerous. Hockey culture already has enough of a problem re: seeing women as lesser than. Stuff like this is why assault accusations etc aren't taken seriously.
Dave Portnoy is a scumbag of a human and Barstool is trash because their values are precisely the same as his.
Leagues & teams that read the most recent reporting & still willingly do business with him/Barstool: thank you for publicly revealing who we already assumed you to be.
look I dislike Tim Peel's reffing as much as the next gal, but you cannot tell me you're gonna make this man the scapegoat for something every official does just because he was dumb enough to say it out loud
@jtbourne
@SWhyno
I know one of final straws w/Bruins was a team trip to Vegas after season ended where every player on team went. Except for Dougie & Reilly Smith and they were both gone that offseason. I wouldn't say he was a bad kid at all. Just a combination of too sensitive & too self-focused
Michael Phelps saying Katie Ledecky would've "destroyed" him during their training in 2016 and sounding absolutely DELIGHTED about it is making my night
How do you watch Kyle Beach break down and say he's sorry to the young man who Aldrich assaulted after him and not just want to burn the NHL to the ground?
#lrt
people saying "way to post the photo so dermott can get fined" are you......aware that this hockey game is happening in the physical realm, and being broadcast on television, where anyone can see it
There’s no reason any senior Blackhawks management who were around in 2010 should be allowed to continue working right now. Suspension until an impartial investigation is concluded is the only course of action.
Jacob Trouba wasn't quiet about Kelly's residency being why he signed in New York so I'm really not sure why all of you are acting like he's some soulless demon for not wanting to leave the Rangers. grow up.
If you’re calling what happened to Adam Johnson intentional/saying it’s “anti white terrorism”, log off and throw your phone in the sea. What I’m seeing directed at the player who accidentally cut Johnson is absolutely disgusting. Please report any video you see of the incident.
playing in the nhl is a privilege and not a right, and you are not entitled to it, and if you cannot somehow keep yourself from committing sex crimes I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say you don’t deserve that privilege ✌🏼
Time for my annual WJC reminder: these are kids playing in this tournament. Kids who have the weight of a nation put on their shoulders. They can see your comments, & so can their families. Follow my Memaw’s advice: if you don’t have anything nice to say...
the dems finally realizing they can campaign on “get a load of these freaks” is fascinating to watch unfold in real time, just a constant heightening of the “these guys are so weird” vibe
if you are saying a female coach on the bench during a preseason game is going to make an NHL team *leave the league* I need you to turn off your phone, go outside, and get a real problem
oh so when i write fanfiction it's "bad" but when men on hockey twitter write fanfiction about how a captain they hate and have no insider connection to has lost the room it's just "smart discussion"
i am still sitting with "hockey canada uses money from registration fees to create a fund that pays out settlements for sexual assaults" and i don't think i'm going to be over that basically ever
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#rape
// what I am going to remember about Patrick Kane’s hockey career is this: the way the allegations were handled by the Blackhawks and the way the survivor was talked about by everyone involved was the reason I stopped pursuing team jobs
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what price was that again frank? the price of uhhhhh getting drafted in the first round, signing an nhl contract and making his nhl debut? fuck off with this
Logan Mailloux is writing another chapter in his story tonight at Bell Centre.
Personal opinion: We're overeager as a society to throw away the key sometimes. Especially with 17-year-olds who make awful decisions.
Horrible choices. There is no minimizing that. He's paid a real
As a women's hockey fan, I'm obviously sad that this could mean no games this year. But as a fan of *the people playing women's hockey*, I'm so proud. Go get it.
i think this may be a controversial hockey opinion but like: teams that have incredibly good regular seasons are allowed to be proud of those seasons rather than prostrate themselves at the altar of the hockey gods if they don't win the cup
Something about 'a lot of us were focused on just playing hockey' is getting me. Because it's admitting Toews tuned it out, when really as someone in a leadership position it's his job to be aware of/pay attention to the situations around him.
Toews: "We wish we could have done something differently, myself included. My heart goes out to Kyle for what he dealt with. Wish I could have done something. It's not an excuse looking back, but the truth is a lot of us were focused on just playing hockey."
he doesn’t want an official farewell tour because if people are following him around w cameras for content he can’t devise the most unhinged pranks known to man
I asked Fleury if he's ready for an official farewell tour next season: “No, I don’t need more attention. Just want to go play and try to win some games. At least I won’t have the same questions, is this it? Is this your last year? So we’re clear on that so that’ll be good.” 😂
my dad the former federal agent said the nhl is only opening an investigation into ekane because throwing games because you bet on it is a federal crime and if they didn't they'd be complicit and like. that shit holds up.
Yes! Congratulations to anyone in Raleigh who wasn't already following the Hurricanes, and has discovered how great their hockey team is. Congratulations, too, to the longstanding Caniacs who welcomed new fans with open arms & tailgate invites. It's a great community down there.
Carolina Hurricanes advance to the Conference Final. Congrats to all those long suffering hockey fans in Raleigh who’ve been following this team for the past two months.
I hope that everyone seeing people speak out against Nardini/Barstool re: that video understands the danger the video has potentially put NWHL staff and reporters in. Barstool's fanbase makes harassment of those who disagree a competitive sport.
also, DeAngelo shouldn't be on waivers. he should be on unconditional waivers for the Rangers to terminate his contract. obviously that won't happen, but that should be the response to consistent racist mistreatment of a teammate.
whole lotta men out here with oakley sunglasses in their profile picture saying Marie-Philip Poulin couldn't last in the ECHL because she would "get blown up with one open-ice hit and never come back" bucko when was the last time you lifted anything other than a two-four
like at the end of the day this is where I remain. The work Bowman did was important to make amends in life in general. It does not mean he’s equipped to run an NHL organization again.
Very real harm was done because of decisions Bowman made. I can understand that he has apparently done real work in this area. That shouldn’t mean an automatic ticket back to the NHL. We’ve gotta do better than this.
personally if I were a hockey team I would not choose for my captain a player removed from a past team for racist bullying of his teammate but maybe I just don’t know enough about leadership
@hemjhaveri
Look, 90% of players in the NHL talk this way in the dressing room, you can’t handle this, you couldn’t come close to dealing with what never gets out 😂😂
just a little disclaimer that anything pro-usa on my twitter timeline from last night should not be construed as anything other than thoughts on a hockey game lmao this country is bad and embarrassing
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#sexualassault
// i can't get over the fact that the blackhawks team psych told the player it was his fault. i don't know who you are, john doe (don't anyone dare speculate in my mentions, i swear to god) but i hope you have a good therapist who tells you often that it isn't.
anyway again i ask: why is hockey canada being allowed to participate in next month's world juniors
do not say "they're hosting" i literally do not care
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i just find this extremely interesting because william and kate were SO well insulated when harry and meghan were the main targets and now they're like well why are these goddamn leopards eating MY face
whether you're enjoying the jokes or thinking things are getting too conspiracy theory, the takeaway from the kate middleton thing is this: kensington palace went into this assuming the public revered them too unquestioningly to dig into their poor comms practices & were wrong.
He also basically sobbed and didn't leave the bench after the teams went to their dressing rooms. Let's stop policing what these kids are allowed to feel in what had to be an awful moment.
Lamoriello’s hair and facial hair policy isn’t about team-building or professionalism it’s about finding some way to make hazing behavior accepted and y’all all know it