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“Language imposes structures on our thinking and forces us to project a tangled network of thoughts into a linear, logical string of words and ideas.” Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher

@sidseixeiroshow He's not winning a Cup this year. Let's see how many points he gets playing against an elite club like the Avalanche as opposed to Utah or Anaheim

Leafs fans, how would you feel if Mitch Marner won a cup with the Golden Knights this season? #sick #thesidseixeiroshow

@NHLRumourReport I hope this is true. But if he won't commit long term, this might be the point of maximum trade value for him

Darren Dreger: I don't think there's any chance that Auston Matthews isn't playing in Toronto unless they come to him and say...we are going full rebuild; he's still committed...it's just, little bit of pressure to...try and make the team better - OverDrive (5/14)

thetruthaboutcars.com/cars/news-blog… GM has numerous H1B applications still on the books for 2026, most of which look to be seeing software and engineering specialists to come to the exact same parts of the country that are seeing layoffs. In fact, GM is often considered one of the largest importers of visaed workers.

Trump leaves Beijing with few wins but warm words for Xi - reuters.com/world/china/tr… All sound and fury signifying nothing

@Konman8 @HockeyPatrol Knoblauch would not be a bad choice. As you rightly note, Paul, the bad guy here is Stan Bowman, who never got him a goaltender. The Jarry trade was a disaster. He should be ringing John Chayka to see if he could pry loose Anthony Stolarz

@Mauerback @HockeyPatrol Matthews is making the ultimate decision here. What about Kris Knoblauch? He took the oilers to the finals two years running but management screwed him with their inability to get goaltending

Chayka’s two finalists are Bruce Cassidy and Jay Woodcroft. Cassidy won a Cup in Vegas, then got fired. Boston won the Presidents Trophy under him, then fired him too. Woodcroft coached McDavid to 153 points, then got fired. Both guys win. Both guys lose the room. Which one would you trust with Matthews?

The mine at the heart of Trump and Xi’s battle for superpower dominance telegraph.co.uk/gift/ae9f9d258… The Rurks trust China more than they trust the US under Trump

Who’s going to stop Colorado??

nhltradetalk.com/could-utah-pro… Personally, can't see Matthews wanting to play in Salt Lake City. I suspect he'd rather go somewhere like San Jose (where he could be with his buddy, Patrick Marleau, who would ease him in to the city).

In fairness, Brian Hayes was also pretty critical of the coach. O'Dog seems to think that it was fundamentally a players' issue. Noodles somewhere in between (goaltending a big factor). Many factors, but I can see ZERO justification for retaining Berube. Even in 2024/25 underlying metrics were very poor.

@WatchMyReview Someone takes square pegs and repeatedly tries to hammer them into round holes. Berube's fans in the media say, "It's the fault of the hammer!"

Media is protecting Berube something fierce.

@OleTimeHardball Willie Mays

You have your choice of any player, in his prime, to fill this CF spot. Who gets the call?

@WatchMyReview Good take. Wings are the easiest thing to replace, even elite ones. McKenna replaces Knies. At #4, at least one of the stud defencemen from this draft will be around for a selection. Other option is Knies for Adam Fox?

Hawt take: Edna would rather trade Knies for 4th pick from Chicago than pass on McKenna for 1st overall.

@49ersHMA @sportslarryk @grantcohn

.@sportslarryk shares a #49ers WR prediction: ‘Christian Kirk is going to outperform Ricky Pearsall.’ 👀 ‘Everybody looks at Christian Kirk as this shitty little pickup that the Niners made that’s not going to make any impact,’ Krueger said. * @grantcohn raises his hand * 🤣 Larry explained that Kirk has played with crappy QBs his entire #NFL career. ‘The Christian Kirk that you see is going to be one of the Niners’ better receivers, I’ll put it down right now.’ #FTTB FULL SHOW: youtube.com/live/pED6yci72…

@IsabelHardman's gives a good summary of the state of play in Labour. Getting more interesting all the time. Streeting says he won't contest until Burnham is able to run for a seat. Josh Simons has offered up his seat, but Reform did very well there in the last election, as @ShippersUnbound notes today. Chairman of the NEC is Shabana Mahmood. I presume she gives the OK for Burnham to run, but what if he loses? Then she's in prime position to take his place? This is stuff worthy of a Jeffrey Archer potboiler!

@TheMugNHL What do the Leafs give up to secure Pettersson? A swap of the 1st and 3rd picks of this year's draft? Feels like something else would be needed.

One team I don’t think I’ve seen mentioned much for Elias Pettersson? The Toronto Maple Leafs. Just imagine this as their top-six? Cowan-Matthews-Nylander McKenna-EP40-Knies That’s strong, and they have the cap space to do it.

@AlexSeixeiro McDavid & Draisaitl both seemed indirectly critical of him, following their exit from the playoffs this year, but hard to say that a guy who brought the team to 2 Stanley Cup finals is a bad coach.

With the Oilers firing Kris Knoblauch, he jumps to the top of the list when it comes to best coaches available for the Maple Leafs. He checks off all the boxes that John Chayka is looking for.

Leafs fan here. But FWIW, following Woodcroft's firing in November 2023, McDavid explicitly stated, "I loved playing for Woody" and "I didn't see it coming," emphasizing that the coach had not lost the support of the players. McDavid also dispelled rumors that Woodcroft had lost the confidence of the Oilers' locker room.

Oilers fans.. What was Connor McDavid's relationship like with Jay Woodcroft?

Or do the Iranians still control the Straits and get a sufficient number of boats out for their allies? Even if they do, a sufficiently high amount of leakage still reduces Iran's leverage, as it reduces the oil deficit. Either way, Trump has no choice but to stick with the current blockade because Iran's leadership won't give him an off-ramp. It's a long-term waiting game.

If there is a deficit in the market, then the oil price should go up. That's Iran's main leverage. But if there's not a significant deficit, Iran doesn't have the same leverage. If the leakage out of the Gulf, then Iran has no leverage. The US has boats in the Strait. None have been hit by mines. The mosquito fleets haven't been successful in enforcing Iran's blockade. Can the US escort a certain number of tankers out, while still not allowing a sufficient number of boats in to Iran (so that the regime is starved)?

What Xi Jinping and Donald Trump want from their Beijing summit giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac… via @financialtimes What's the basis for any agreement on Iran? Tehran now realises that all of their previous defense strategies had failed. Control of the Strait of Hormuz fell into their lap thanks to Trump. It's better than having a nuclear deterrent. Will Beijing coerce them into ceding this control? Highly unlikely. I