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@AB84 You sure about that? Her son's name is Mike. How do we not know it's his?

7 months pregnant and Vrabel you on a boat with another man’s wife!? I don’t even care if Russini freaky ass thought it was ok. You can only imagine what they was doing on that boat. Mike Vrabel as a man that’s just lame as fuck. She carrying another man’s kid.

@KevinMcCurdy Perhaps look at a historically bad Western Conference outside the top 3 teams(who it's right to question to some degree how good they actually are based on that---maybe not Colorado) for the answer?

The hypocrisy of this award is on full display on two fronts: 1. If it's a point scoring award (which is basically has been for the past 20 years), not including Bouchard here is a massive snub. In that timeframe the points leader won 11 times, second won it 4 times, and the remaining times (V. Hedman (5th), D. Doughty (9th), D. Keith (6th), Z. Chára (12th), N. Lidström (5th)) closed out the remainder. I haven't checked but I would bet the leader was a finalist in all those cases. 2. If in fact it's a defensive award now, not including Moritz Seider is a snub of epic proportions. He is far and away the best defensive defenseman in the league. One has to question how the conclusions of the voters were drawn, it's not a bad list, but I'm not sure I can call it fair when the guy that led all of these guys by 14 points isn't even a finalist.

@GoldenHcky Maybe look at the competition he got to feast on in their conference. One of the worst conferences top to bottom in the history of the NHL. Compare to EC, which had 8 teams 98+ points, 5 with 100+. 7 of the 8 worst teams in the NHL in goal differential, including one at -100!

Dahlin and Makar are ranked 19th and 21st in WAR among Defencemen, per HockeyStats. Bouchard is ranked 2nd. The snub is diabolical. #LetsGoOilers

@mathewjdp Maybe because they got to feast on one of the worst top-to-bottom conferences in NHL history outside the top 3(who likely were greatly aided by that as well).

Bouchard and Seider was better than Dahlin and Makar this season. Argue with a WALL.

@TopTierPucks Their defense sure looked tremendous against Anaheim!

For the casuals who still think Bouchard can’t play defense, he had the highest EV Defense WAR out of any Norris Finalist while also leading them all in PK minutes. Why would you send out a defensive liability to PK that much?

@PierreLucMathi1 So, when Buffalo wins in 5, will you buy it?

Buffalo had an entire week off basically MTL coming off a very emotional game 7 This game was doomed from the start Bounce back game 2 The score doesn’t really indicate how that game went In not worried about it

@nhldrafter @MikeKellyNHL probably because he is a shot block monster, and in that situation, more useful defending a late lead?

@MikeKellyNHL Connor Timmins more TOI than Owen Power, including crucial time after Dahling was off after the blocked shot.

Canadiens vs Sabres - Game 1... Shots: 28-16 MTL Slot Shots: 13-12 BUF Turnover Chances: 12-3 BUF Rush Chances: 9-2 BUF Score: 4-2 BUF

@KalahadF @imralanyrx already is.

@imralanyrx Most dont realize teenage Benson put up the best defensive impacts as a teenage forward...ever. He was regarded as the best defensive forward in his draft....but he's short. Hes going to be an absolute menace.

Buffalo may not have A Cirelli, they have multiple Cirellies

@MurphysLaw74 didn't seem to have that opinion a week or so ago... youtube.com/watch?v=4pd0nh…

What an ignorant and moronic sign! When will some American fans get that NHL games aren't USA vs Canada? You are embarrassing your country and the USA hockey community! #LetsGoBuffalo #GoHabsGo

@coopuhscoopuh And also the highest EPA/game in the playoffs over the last 6 years...imagine him playing on a team where he didn't ahve to score 40 points in playoff gmaes to win

People wonder why Josh Allen gets hate? It’s shit like this. Josh is not even close to the most clutch player in football -0-7 in overtime games -4 playoff choke losses in a row -playoff clutch success rate on par with Joe Flacco and Russell Wilson His propaganda is insane

@OneBadDude_ Usually what happens when you essentially destroy the economy in a way nobody thought possible in a year, after it took 4 years to fix it after you destroyed it the first time.

This should scare the hell out of everyone. The midterms are coming. Stop the bickering, stop the infighting, head down, eyes on the prize. If we f**k this up, we lose everything we’ve worked the last decade for. If we lose the midterms, we lose the country, perhaps forever.

@Tekeee Man, if you are spending $1300 a month for food, you need to really re-evaluate your choices.

Housing is about $2,450 a month. Food is about $1300 a month. Transportation is about $900 a month. That is $4650 before you see a doctor, fix a tooth, or buy shoes. This is why everything feels like a crisis.

@JDVance Still trying to make up bullshit? Does it ever get old lying through your teeth and pretending this is even partially true? Got a Goddamn Clown Car full of people running the country who all they can do is find someone else to blame for the fucking problems they cause.

⁨We’ve all seen the chaos unleashed by Democrats at airports across the country. It’s preposterous that Chuck Schumer continues to hold TSA funding hostage. Thankfully, ICE will bring sanity to our airports starting tomorrow, but it’s far past time for Democrats to fund DHS.

What would you do in this situation?

@travis4nh and he had to hire lawyers and spend a bunch of money defending himself (which he obviously won), but they seemingly have no issue letting people gaming the system sit around doing nothing without any penalties. It's complete bullshit.

@travis4nh It is held together by a bunch of titanium rods and is literally like jello, where he has to choose between doing normal things and lying in bed recovering for 2 days, or doing little to avoid that. Disability tried to come after him, saying he could work ->

Disability is mostly fake. Huge numbers of people (veterans and non) pretend "ow, my back hurts" and the rest of us pay for them to retire at 35 years old. It's disgusting.

@19consecutive The Sabres have 6 defenseman who play this position in the High Cycle Game they employ, where forwards rotate back to cover, and they have effectively implemented the NHL version of "Total Football" made famous by the great "Orange Crush" teams from the Netherlands in the 70s.

How Matthew Schaefer Is Bringing Back a Position That Hockey Lost to Time In the early days of hockey, teams iced seven players, not six: a goaltender, two defensemen, three forwards, and a versatile wildcard known as the “Rover.” The Rover had no fixed territory. He roamed freely, jumping into attacks, dropping back to defend, and creating chaos wherever the puck went. By the 1910s, the NHA dropped the position to open the ice, increase speed, and reduce congestion. The NHL followed suit in its 1917-18 inaugural season, and the core role vanished from professional hockey. Over a century later, an 18-year-old rookie defenseman for the #Isles is making a compelling case that the Rover, or his version of it, is making a comeback. Schaefer plays like a forward from the blue line. He is the youngest defenseman in NHL history to reach 20 goals (22 right now), the fourth rookie blueliner to hit that mark, and will surely pass Brian Leetch’s all-time rookie defenseman goal record. The numbers are historic. The aura is revolutionary. On tape, the historical parallel is clear. Unlike standard puck-moving defensemen who activate occasionally, he consistently joins rushes as a full participant, turning 4-on-3 situations into 5-on-3 or 5-on-4 advantages at even strength. His elite four-way skating and pace let him lead or trail rushes, catching defenders flat-footed. In the offensive zone, Schaefer roams with purpose. He walks the blue line with deception, sells passes or low wrist shots, then manipulates release point and trajectory to change angles and wire shots top-shelf like an elite forward. He generates high-danger chances from the point and mid-range at an elite rate among defensemen, ranks top-10 in high-danger and mid-range shots, and leads all blueliners in penalties drawn—opponents constantly hook and trip him. Schaefer activates high and pinches aggressively, creating passing lanes and shooting options. His hockey IQ lets him read when to jump and when to recover, with risk-reward baked into his game. In an era that’s prizing speed, skill, and creativity over rigid structure, rover-like play makes sense. The game now rewards players who blur positional lines. Bobby Orr revolutionized the blue line by functioning as a fourth forward. Schaefer feels like the next evolution: a true rover in a six-player world. The position that died in the 1920s for speed has returned because the game is now fast, skilled, and tactically sophisticated enough to support it. Matthew Schaefer isn’t just scoring goals as a defenseman. He’s rewriting the positional landscape one rush at a time. The rover is back and the Islanders have him wearing #48.

@perfect_entropy @vasalex93 @Bitcoin_Teddy so between a 0.000001 - 0.000027% chance? You have a much higher chance of having a CVD event from taking aspirin or ibuprofen. GTFO with this dumb shit.

@TyDunne 05-06 Sabres?

Buffalo Sabres transformed from wretched and unwatchable to cannibalistic juggernaut literally overnight. I cannot think of another comp in all of sports.