I don't give a fuck that Toronto has been described as the center of the hockey universe.
As a Canadian, a Canuck Lifer, and a fan of this fucking beautiful game, IMO the greatest city on this planet to watch a hockey game live is in...
MONTREAL!!!
The End, Full Stop.
@BrianFisherLORW Mantha in PIT and Mantha in DET are two different scenarios. In the former, he plays hard and shoots the puck a lot. In the latter, he skates around aimlessly. Must be the environment.
Anthony Mantha had a shooting percentage of 21.7%. 5th best in the NHL. That is absurdly high and not sustainable.
I’d bring him back, but not at what his market will price be demanding after this season.
@NHL@BetMGM Both Boston and Edmonton are depleted. Boston for talent, and Edmonton for having played too much over the last few seasons. They are not coming back. I said the same when Florida was up 3-0 in the finals... but this Edmonton team is cooked.
@MeidasTouch The strategy was always to limit China's influence and access. Whether the US exfiltrates Iran this way or that way is a matter of detail.
German Chancellor Merz: It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever.
And the fundamental problem with these kinds of conflicts is always the same: it is not enough to simply get yourself in—you must also figure out how to get yourself out.
We witnessed that reality quite painfully in Afghanistan over the course of 20 long years. We saw the exact same thing happen in Iraq.
So this entire situation, as I have mentioned previously, is at the very least ill-considered. I do not see, at this present moment, what strategic exit the Americans are choosing—especially since the Iranians are either negotiating very skillfully, or just as effectively, refusing to negotiate at all.
Making the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave empty-handed—there is a sense that a whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, particularly the Revolutionary Guards.
As Europeans, we have extended an offer to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz once hostilities come to an end. We have also offered to deploy specialized minesweepers from Germany to clear the strait, which appears to have been mined.
But first, the fighting must stop.
And right now, I do not see how that is achievable in the short term. The Iranians are proving stronger than initially expected, and the Americans do not appear to have a convincing or coherent strategy for negotiations.
This is a complex and very difficult situation.
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Did some AI puck-tracking on that controversial Oilers/Ducks call. As an Oilers fan it pains me to say it, but the math doesn't lie — it's a goal. By 3 pixels. @Sportsnet
@thereallorilove The only hot girls are the ones who don't know they are hot. Megan is too self-conscious about her looks, so it doesn't really work for her.
@pucksanddreams_ Come to Detroit. We get together and have a few drinks. You score a goal every 30 games, and we pay you millions. Interested? XOXO /Yzer.
What city in America have you visited and been most disappointed with?
I’ll go first: Albany, NY
I went there for the weekend a few years ago expecting it to be a really cool capital full of trendy wine bars, boutique restaurants
Boy was I disappointed! What was I thinking
Crosby's down 3-0 in the series to his rivals in Philly
- Lebron has the 3-1 finals comeback
- Brady has the 28-3 superbowl comeback
- Tiger has the 2008 U.S. Open comeback
How you going to respond Sid?
‼️NEW: Trudeau goes on American TV and says that Canadian aluminum WON'T be available
"when the US finally wakes up" ..... "its not your aluminum anymore"
and that Trump drove Canada to China.
Tim Walz: "It’s okay in America to be successful, we should celebrate that. My beef is once you get successful, don’t be a greedy bastard and not pay your taxes. What we should demonize is people like Elon Musk."
The prevailing theme from Yzerman today, in his words: "We need to change some things, but we're not gonna just go and get rid of everyone. There's gotta be some very blunt conversations with some of our players, and challenge them to do more and be better."
Steve Yzerman opens his Red Wings season-ending press conference addressing what this team needs to do to improve.
“The most obvious would be need better players. We need to improve in particular areas, goal scoring, particularly five-on-five,” he said.
Yzerman said it’s on him and his staff to improve that.