Addicted To Rust

@ThePGACaniac @Canes @LenovoCenter @AddictedToRust

Thank you for not kicking me out @Canes and @LenovoCenter. It was a fun season. Lot of great memories. But most importantly, we got a great hockey team. Onward, Forward. See you next year Caniacs. Stay Loud. #RaiseUp

@atrione15 @Canes @HarrisTeeter With a keg of Bill &Ted's Excellent Amber Lager from @lynnwoodbrewing pouring from its tap!

@Canes @HarrisTeeter Steampunk Stanley, created by @AddictedToRust will be there.

Dreaming of an ECF tailgate 🔜 #RaiseUp | #CaniacTailgates

@StanleyCup The question is, who will be worthy to lift Steampunk Stanley, weighing in at 160 lbs.

I'm ready to be wooed.

@Bruser365 @Canes Paul is the best, look for him every game. He loves Steampunk Stanley too!

@canes Okay #canes fans. Take a stand. Our beloved Paul has been told his fedora is not within uniform code and he is no longer permitted to wear it. For all the #STM and everyone that loves Paul, his professionalism, and how he represents the Canes and Lenovo needs your voice!

@AGoldFan Could watch it 1000 times....wait, I think maybe that was #1000. None better.

Dying

@Vampyira @TacoBravo77 @NHL Lots of heating, bending and welding, probably 120 hours of work, weighs 160 lbs. I bring it to most playoff games, probably not game 6 Thursday but will have it for Game 1 of the ECF.

@AddictedToRust @TacoBravo77 @NHL That is really cool! How'd you do that? I come to games a few times a year and might just have to come view it in person.

Warning: very long post. So I just got a DM from an #NYR fan lambasting me for having "so many" #CauseChaos followers and "fraternizing with the enemy". I get it. I really do. Here's the thing: in my experience and opinion, you will enjoy the @NHL in general and the #StanleyCupPlayoffs in particular FAR MORE if you're a hockey fan/lover of the game first and foremost and only then a fan of a particular team. Don't get me wrong, I fucking ADORE my Rangers, and I have for almost 40 years. I curse like a sailor and throw things when they lose and I hoot and holler and jump around like a little kid when they win. If you're like me and can't help but tune in regardless of which teams are playing (and regardless of whether or not your team is still alive), you understand exactly what I mean. It's an addiction. An obsession. But a good one. I also know this: I will never lift the Stanley Cup over my head. Even if the Rangers win the Cup and I am offered the opportunity to do so at the parade or some random event later that summer, I would decline it. I firmly believe that only those who have earned the right should touch it (tho I don't blame anyone who feels otherwise). My reverence for that glorious chalice which represents the pinnacle of the sport I love is greater than my selfish desire to touch it, I guess. I get misty-eyed every June when I watch the members of ANY team lift the Cup. To wit: I cried when John MacLean, an early childhood favorite of mine (I just love the way he played), hoisted Stanley in '95. I wept some more when Steve Yzerman finally won in '97 and again the following year when Vladdy showed up at Game 4 in DC. I once again went multas lacrimosas when Brett Hull (somewhat illegally) won his first in '99. Ray Borque? I cried. Martin St. Louis (who befriended me when we worked a summer camp together in '96) in '04? Yup. I was blown away when RBA finally won in '06 (I was at Games 1 and 5 of that series btw). Fuck man, I was even moved watching Cindy Crosby win in '09. And on and on and on. You know why? BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WORLD LIKE THE STANLEY CUP. I played in college. I played semi-pro (with a bunch of other Wall Street guys who - in many cases - were good enough to play in ECHL or AHL but were making too much money to risk it). I worked my butt off to become a pretty darn good hockey player and never got within shouting distance of the NHL. So I have mad respect for what it takes to be one of the guys who not only makes it but actually gets his name engraved on the holy grail of sports. I think it's harder for fans who didn't play the game. Their attachment to the team they root for is purely emotional, whereas for those who played and coached the game there's an additional, almost spiritual dimension to it. I'm no Mark Messier, but you could see on his face in the postgame that even though he was disappointed in the Rangers' performance he was totally inspired by the Canes' guts. That's pretty much how I feel. I can't imagine not feeling that way. I think I'd go fucking berserk if I could only find respite in Rangers wins. Sorry for the novel. Go Rangers. Go hockey.

@Takeflight681 @BR_OpenIce Recognize this guy, yeah, so cursed he scored the GWG 9 seconds after Aho tied it.

@BR_OpenIce They just cursed themselves to lose

They got a Stanley Cup made from wrenches and metalwork down in Raleigh for the Canes 🤯🛠️

@Kryptonite1938 @BR_OpenIce @NYIslanders @Canes He was telling me stories about him working in a factory in the early days of his career, he was really interested in how I made it. I also posted a pic of Jon Ledecky who was tailgating with Tonelli and Carson Daly. Crazy game tonight !!

@AddictedToRust @BR_OpenIce @NYIslanders @Canes That’s AMAZING ‼️ John Tonelli was my favorite player when I was a kid! I met him several times. My late grandfather used to golf with him. That CUP is made beautifully! I was just kidding around earlier. Good game yesterday, Freddie Andersen was UNSTOPPABLE!

@GoldenCaniac @BR_OpenIce Really appreciate that! Here's one with the beer tap, I'll have it at more playoff games so stop by the east lot for a beer.

@BR_OpenIce Whoever created this art - you are a badass!!

@Kryptonite1938 @BR_OpenIce @NYIslanders @Canes Those were from last year, didn't see them today.

@BR_OpenIce Looks AMAZING 🤩 but gotta say as a diehard #Isles fan, that’s the only Cup Carolina will enjoy this year! (This will probably comeback to bite me in the a** for saying this 😂) May the best team win 🏒🥅 @NYIslanders @Canes #NHL #StanleyCupPlayoffs

@Kryptonite1938 @BR_OpenIce @NYIslanders @Canes Your owner liked it!!

@atrione15 @HughJazzole @adamdupre @BR_OpenIce @atrione15 is right, 160 lbs. About 120 to 130 hours of work.

@HughJazzole @adamdupre @BR_OpenIce Nope. As someone who has hauled it back and forth feom the car to the tailgate, I can tell you it’s more than that, closer to 160 lbs.

@JustinWilliams If they made the NFL owners pick up my @SteampunkStanley @ 160 lbs they'd say, ah, let the captain have it first!!

@JustinWilliams @Canes I Definitely got choked up during the ceremony, well deserved Willy. Come by sometime and see if you can raise Steampunk Stanley, 160 lbs of recycled scrap metal and tools. And your name is the only one of the Hurricanes players on the cup, courtesy of a vintage Williams wrench.

@KateRogersonTV Go Bucks!

Let the CFP drama begin.

@jarvydrury17 @ashelai_

7 years of bad luck to anyone who scrolls past this tweet without leaving their lock screen JARVY AND KK THANKS TO @ashelai_ 😎

@AnnaNoelleDua A bunch of Jerks!

Tell me what your favourite hockey team is without telling me what your favourite hockey team is 👀

@AnnaNoelleDua @BJaffe @Jackie_Redmond I'll be pouring @RaleighBrewing Blatherskite scottish ale on Wednesday at our @Canes home opener vs @Senators

@AddictedToRust @BJaffe @Jackie_Redmond This is so cool !!!

My 2023-2024 NHL season predictions, let’s go 🫡