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@WarrenWilhelmSr @Laf4MVP_ Great pull

@Laf4MVP_ Peter worrell

Who is Jalen Brunson in NHL terms?

@Laf4MVP_ Kuch has always been a whiner to me. This year was a lot different, but historically, if Tampa is giving up a goal, he’s on the ice.

Nikita Kucherov is an all world player, one of the best I’ve seen. But Leon Draisaitl, to me, is still the consensus third best player in the league. Kucherov’s playoff shortcomings the last 3 seasons are more worthy; while Draisaitl elevates his game at historic rates. Do you agree, or am I being too harsh?

@MollieeWalkerr @vzmercogliano Hold on… he’s leaving and it was HIS choice?!?

Can confirm @vzmercogliano report, Jed Ortmeyer decided to pursue other opportunities after nine seasons as #NYR director of player development, per league source.

@ethanbudowsky I can’t help but to think back to Kucherov’s hissy fit in the dying seconds of that game. Throwing his gloves instead of being in the play.

Good morning everybody. Nikita Kucherov has scored 1 goal in his last 19 playoff games and Andrei Vasilevskiy is 6-15 with an .881 SV% in the Playoffs since the Lightning lost to the Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Final in 2022. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

@OhRyanMead What do you have going on in Ronkonkoma?

I'm on the train for the next hour and a half. Let's chat hockey playoffs, baseball, nonsense or unfortunately NYR. Post your questions below.

@vzmercogliano Sam Carrick

#NYR are announcing the Steven McDonald Award tonight. Who ya got?

@OhRyanMead There was a period where the only thing the Oilers could win in the post season was the draft lottery. They made out pretty well offensively.

I feel like I'm going insane

Could not disagree more with this. Franchises are changed for decades because of correct high picks. Just because Kakko didn't work out (my bad + I still think he is a good NHL player) Doesn't mean they shouldn't be trying to get the best player they can at the highest spot.

@BenBankas Thoughts on this white USA jersey?

@EmptyNettersPod Back to back

These Germany unis are GAS

@OhRyanMead Are you not coming out to the Olympics? I was fortunate enough for the initial jersey drop to sell out before I had my custom Fox jersey made.

I know I do a stupid podcast about this NYR team but might write an article on some thoughts I have on this season such as: It bothers me to absolutely no end that Miller, Trocheck, Sullivan and Drury have a chance to go for glory elsewhere during this disaster of a season.

@OhRyanMead Soucy any time goal sitting at +1300

If Spencer Martin gets a shutout tonight vs NYI I'll venmo someone who retweets this $300.

@Mappy6984 How could an insurrection cause that?

Chunks

@joanne87781 @BrodieBz It will definitely be interesting to see. My connecting flight there was canceled and rebooked and 2 of my AirBnB bookings in Milan have canceled on me for the purpose of price gouging which has been its own fiasco. I’m hoping the games go smoothly.

@joanne87781 @BrodieBz Did you buy A B or C category tickets? I wonder if certain ones will be left without due to the lower reported capacity. I purchased B tickets and my 4 games have seat assignments

A REAL inside look at Milan's (unfinished) Olympic Hockey Arena for today's first "test event". There are a LOT of unfinished details I'll be able to show you in a YouTube video tomorrow. Thank you to YouTube subscriber Shawn McCarthy who was in Italy today, and took a bunch of videos & photos for me!

@norrie1313 It’s because Guerin wants to prioritize physicality over skill to beat Canada. That’s because he’s an idiot.

*My* take on Adam Fox not making the Olympic team. Also, I went and checked; for comparison Fox has 28 points on the season and Jones has 24.

@jhcw36 @NotHockeyBurner @puckempire Name a member of the rangers team or front office and I’ll tell it how it is.Lightning fans won’t do that. Yes, going to watch the lightning has always come with an annoying fan experience. I used to give them the “new/small market” excuse, but it has gotten old. 3 cups later…

@jhcw36 @NotHockeyBurner @puckempire That argument could be made for plenty of teammates for guys that made the team. If the team wasn’t coached by Cooper, there’s no way Cirelli makes the team. Hagel would have been a bubble guy. Hockey Canada didn’t want Cirelli, Cooper did.

Armstrong says he values players like Hagel and Cirelli for their penalty killing.

@NotHockeyBurner @puckempire What bias would I have here? I hate the islanders more than anything and I can make a case for Horvat’s 57% FO and scoring upside. Possession will matter. Canada has no shortage of centers and don’t need Cirelli. You’ll see me shitting on USA if they give JT Miller a spot.

@MikeMRG90 @puckempire Lmao the guy who thinks he knows everything now thinks he knows how many games I attend. Shut the fuck up you crybaby. Nitpicking the Cirelli choice despite the obvious special teams value instead of mentioning why Mark Stone or Bo Horvat were chosen is indicative of your bias.

@NotHockeyBurner @puckempire I’ve been to more lightning games than you’ve watched on TV, bud. He has no upside vs guys that were left off the team. Scheifele should have that spot. Cooper forced his guys on the team per multiple reports and hopefully Canada will pay for it.

@MikeMRG90 @puckempire Quick! Let me run to Internet to validate my shitty opinion instead of curating my own by watching a game