Happy Sunday everyone, just a reminder that my main account is now
@itsmitchmarney
- feel free to follow me over there if you care to :)
I promise I won’t keep posting this, just want to make sure anybody who missed it yesterday sees it today! GLG!
jason spezza keeping up a running commentary for more than five minutes to help john tavares stay calm and awake - john later told him that despite being in and out of consciousness he recognised jason’s voice and knew he’d been talking to him
here’s a reminder regarding the 2010 blackhawks’ locker room culture: the photos of toews & kane celebrating with the stanley cup have “[chris] pronger is gay” scrawled up on their pre-game planning board
Travis Dermott has been wearing pride tape on his sticks most of this year and part of last,to show his support for his family who are LGBT. Here’s his latest IG post ♥️
the seattle kraken are clearly a different kind of hockey organisation. something simple like this fish toss has been so carefully considered but so fun, you can tell there are minority voices in each meeting and they are listened to. great stuff.
my favourite thing about Mike Smith is how he always looks around angrily after a goal as if he was prevented from making the save by a vengeful spirit only he can see
Hot take: Michael Bunting’ mom couldn’t afford for him to play junior hockey as a kid, so he only had one AAA and one OHL year pre-draft. So obviously he took a while to develop in the AHL. Trying to say that path means he’s not a real rookie is a bad look 😒
Wayne Simmonds: “My mom made me make a promise when I was younger if I ever made it to the NHL I would give back to the community that gave so much to me....There’s a saying: if you can’t see it you can’t be it. I look to be a positive influence among the BIPOC kids out there.”
anyway please enjoy this gif of noted children’s author zach hyman doing what we’ve all wanted to do for a month or more: punching patrick kane right in the face
I hate Jon Cooper so much, the man finds a way to make everything irritating. Kadri fully embarrasses the Lightning D with a return-from-injury OT winner and here we all are scouring the rule book & grainy screenshots because Nathan Mackinnon went through a door too slow.
Kyle Dubas started his media appearance today by saying that the reason Spez announced his retirement today is he wanted to do it on a day with no playoff games, so he wouldn’t be a distraction from the games yet to be played. Which is just about the most Jason Spezza thing ever.
the Leafs trashing Steve Simmons for being trash: a short thread that will undoubtedly continue to grow
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Start with a classic: 2013// Brian Burke saying the only good thing about being fired from the Leafs is never having to talk to Steve ever again
Mitch Marner: [is literally held at gun point and robbed]
the absolute worst people on the planet: how can I make this into a joke about his hockey contract
For the first time in years, the Leafs lose a playoff series & I’m not mad at them every a little bit. Heartbroken sure, but there’s nothing I would do differently. Last year I was so mad at their lack of heart, this year it truly came down to an excellent opponent & bad luck.
Leafs in the 1st Round: you’ll be facing Andre Vasilevskiy, widely regarded as the best goaltender in the whole sport and current back to back champion
Everyone else: you’ll be facing Newbie McGoalieton, because everyone else is injured. he was actually a forward until yesterday
really cannot stress enough that if the Flames are eliminated tonight then Wes McCauley & Eric Furlatt will have now twice disallowed a goal VERY questionably that directly decided a playoff series
heard you all like william nylander: please enjoy this video of pre-draft 16-year-old willy scoring his first goal in the swedish pro leagues & celebrating with his liney, his father michael
guy meticulously crafts a roster for years only to have one of his best players hurt game one, but all this man cares about is that john’s family is watching & he needs to make sure they know what’s going on. literally running to get them updates. kyle dubas, you’re a class act.
if you want to feel okay or even hopeful about the leafs again, I strongly suggest you go watch jason spezza’s interview from today. he’s incredible. talks like a coach (his interviews are FAR less frustrating than keefe’s, imho) but still plays at a high level. just awesome.
you can be disappointed that josh ho-sang, matthew knies and nick abruzzese are out of the olympics but consider this: what better way to prove they are ready to join the leafs than getting eliminated far earlier than expected
just a reminder that every day jack eichel isn’t traded is another day while he sits in pain, prevented from both getting medical care and doing his job, all at this point seemingly to avoid the sabres ego being bruised. tho what else would you expect from the NHL at this point
William: “I’d like a bigger leadership role on the team.”
Keefe: “Okay let’s start you off slow, get you on the PK and into more team leadership meetin-”
William: “No. 😌 I’m the coach now.😌”