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@IslesUpNorth Outside of players that will never be available, this might be my #1 #ISLES wishlist player

Dear Lord, I don’t ask for much but if you could see your way to making this happen I would be forever grateful and thankful. #Isles

@ChrisBottaNHL I think they fold tomorrow. Tonight was the game... I hope im wrong

Almost every #Isles game this season has been a 3-act drama, some with OT. Except tonight. Almost every loss in the last six weeks has felt like the end of the world, and so far they have always bounced back. Tuesday in Buffalo presents a massive challenge. It’s moments like these when you learn about your head coach. Patrick Roy needs to find a way. It’s a brutal business. A very good, Cup-winning coach just got fired. Plenty of coaches would kill to have the opportunity to coach Matthew Schaefer. The NYI job has now entered the category of “great” coaching jobs in the NHL. It hasn’t had that reputation since I was in high school. I’m still rooting for Roy. I’d love to see him be the coach still standing when this team contends. I also believe he’s back next season whether they crap out or win playoff rounds. But this is a stretch that will define him. Can I say one more thing? To all the good people in Lou’Anon or still trying to win a contest to prove that Schenn was an overpay — I get it, we get it — can we please drop the algebra and schtick for just a few weeks? Heck, I was bummed by the NJ trade but even I’ve tried to convince myself that Darche got Palat for the pa-layoffs. There will be plenty of time to second-guess, whether it’s in two weeks…or after the first round of the playoffs…or the second round…or Might as well enjoy the ride.

@Boily13M @IslesFix They are as good as every Eastern conference team on any given night. Now, beating the West, maybe you're right... but that gauntlet could produce surprises. There is no series in the East that's scary, and if they did their business at home, they would be home in the 1st round

@Zip33 @IslesFix Lol relax. These guys had no shot at winning the cup… whether they snuck in or not.

Bewildering #Isles

@TheVolumeSports @getnickwright @dpshow was robbed.

A HUGE shoutout to @getnickwright on the Emmy nom 🏆 Nick opened up about the journey to get there 🙏

@Nige_S4 @Magpie24_7 There's a difference between diving & making a "meal of it." IMO, this was theatrical after the fall. I dont view that as simulation, just what the rules have encouraged. I would love 2 see post-match cards given out 4 simulation, lets start making people miss games 4 theatrics

@Zip33 @Magpie24_7 That doesn't explain the rolling around clutching his shin, and then complaining when he didn't get a penalty. Clearly played for it, and took a dive

The dust has settled at Stamford Bridge, and while the 1-0 win shows the world that this Newcastle United squad has more heart in its little finger than the 'billion-pound bottle jobs' combined, we need to talk about the absolute circus act refereeing the game and the clown in the opposition dugout. Once again, we find ourselves dissecting a performance from the officials that didn't just border on incompetent—it felt like a scripted episode of "Look After the Big Six." ​Let’s start with the laughable attempt by Cole Palmer to buy a penalty. It was a staggering display of desperation from a player who spent more time looking for the turf than he did for the back of the net. The fact that he was even entertaining the idea of a spot-kick after treading on Nick Woltemade’s foot is a joke. It’s the kind of modern 'gamesmanship' or cheating as I call it, that’s rotting the sport, yet we see it week in and week out. If that’s a penalty in today’s game, then the rules have officially left the building. ​But the real kicker—the one that really boils the blood—is the Malick Thiaw incident. How on earth Reece James is allowed to literally wrestle a man to the floor in the penalty area and walk away without a care in the world is beyond me. Thiaw was completely taken out of the play, hauled down like he was in the middle of a rugby scrum, and yet Paul Tierney and the VAR crew apparently decided that 'wrestling' is now a legal defensive maneuver as long as you're wearing a blue shirt. We’ve seen these given against us for far less, and the lack of consistency is becoming a tired, pathetic narrative that we are forced to swallow. ​Then we get to the post-match comments from the Chelsea camp. To hear their manager—who is quite clearly feeling the heat of a failing project—try to justify these calls or act like his side were hard done by is absolutely laughable. It reeks of a man who is under immense pressure and is desperately grasping at straws to distract from the fact that his team got outworked, outplayed, and outclassed by a more disciplined Newcastle side. It’s weak, it’s transparent, and it’s the hallmark of a manager who knows the clock is ticking. ​We aren't asking for favours; we’re just asking for a level playing field. But as long as the 'cartel' clubs get these soft decisions while our players get mauled in the box without a whistle, the sense of injustice will only grow. We won despite the officials, but we shouldn't have to play against twelve men every single week! Rosenior is bang out of order here: "If Paul had focused more on his job, which was to make the right decision, we have a penalty today. I don't think anybody in this room can say that Woltemade doesn't kick Palmer down in the box" The bloke is cringey as, and is living on borrowed time already! To me it's just deflection and excuse making - the better team won at Stamford Bridge! #NUFC #NUFCNews #Newcastle #EPL #Chelsea

@dpshow How come no one is mentioning Kobe's 81 point game also was a blowout, and Kobe scored 12 points in the final 5 minutes? @HiMyNameIsSeton @PaulPabst @brooklynfritzy

@DomScurr Do NOT let this result get Peter Bankes off the hook. Astonishing

FT: Newcastle United 2-1 Manchester United William Osula keeps NUFC's Premier League season alive with a sensational late winner. Great performance with 10 men against of the division's in-form sides. Justice after the scandalous red card.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters Btw, I like whiskey too, but I would have preferred Johnny "Toronto" to win something.

@Zip33 @markhmasters That’s doesn’t even make any sense.

Matthews on how winning will help him moving forward: "I'm trying to live in the moment" Jack Hughes interjects: "Doesn't matter what anyone says now Auston Matthews is a winner." Quinn: "That's what the media in Toronto should be talking about. Auston led us to a championship"

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters Then you aren't very bright.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters And lose. You're lucky Matthews had his child hood team leave his city.... or it'd be Coyote pj's for your fanbase

@Zip33 @markhmasters And? He didn’t. He came here to Toronto, and took a very team (fan) friendly deal in order to stay and continue playing here.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters Johnny Toronto would have had a cup in 2020 if he stayed on Long Island

@Zip33 @markhmasters Johnny Toronto thanks.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters Johnny Pajamas?

@Zip33 @markhmasters I would say go back and what the last games in the playoffs, and the interviews and the last 5 months. I know who my Captain is.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters OK, fair enough, but you were not at a loss for words in your take that Matthews "is not CAPABLE" opinion

@Zip33 @markhmasters I am not the right person to answer that.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters This started with your direct quote "too bad he's not capable of doing it in Toronto." What's your definition of success for Auston in Toronto?

@Zip33 @markhmasters Define “anything”. There have been plenty of wins over the years. Sure the cup is the ultimate goal, but it’s not the only thing.

@312sportsguy @Buccigross USA's betting odds went down going into OT, based on Canada's skating of the top lines. Eddie O, said that cause the US was taking haymakers at the time... but OT was not ideal for the Americans

@Zip33 @Buccigross It only evened things up. That's why Edzo openly said "just try to get to OT."

I've said all week I'm OK with 3 on 3. Always INCREDIBLY exciting. And with these Olympic mutants it's guaranteed to be. It's always a BEAUTIFUL goal. Not a 50 foot wrist shot off two skate blades and an ass. Poetry. Could have been McDavid/Makar, instead it was Werenski/Hughes.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters I think the "rent" is the heartbreak of NEVER winning anything.

@Zip33 @markhmasters In this case the “user” is continually brought up and topic of a conversation. Because the “user” lives rent free in the minds of a certain community.

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters I stand corrected. I guess if it satisfies the needs of "the user" it is relevant. You win. In this case, the user doesn’t do a lot of winning.

@Zip33 @markhmasters I was not, which is exciting for me. Lots of time to find the right team to do it. Did you figure out the definition of relevance yet?

@LoveLikeWhiskey @markhmasters You're right, lets just focus on the Leafs. How many teams competed for the Stanley Cup the last time they won? Were you alive?

@Zip33 @markhmasters Guess what, there’s only 1 team that would be considered “relevant”. That would be the cup winner who is currently where in the standings?