Jeff Ryman

Happy Birthday to Eddie Van Halen, who would have been 71 today! Here's Eddie Van Halen performing "Eruption" with one of the greatest guitar solos in the history of music.

Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at the age of 76. I still can't believe it. A few weeks ago he was giving his final concert. I hope you came home, Ozzy ❤️

Which song gets you like this?

Hosting Kelly and Company for almost 9 years fulfilled a lifetime dream for me. I thank all of you for giving us your time to be part of the company.I’ve been blessed at AMI for the last 15 years to have been involved with so many wonderful projects. Time for next steps.

Travis Hunter says he can play both ways full time in the NFL. 👀

Today, we remember the 23rd anniversary of the day we lost Layne Staley. His raw vocal power was the unmistakable force that shaped the sound of Alice in Chains.

Happy heavenly birthday to legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Here's Eddie Van Halen performing "Eruption" with one of the greatest guitar solos in Rock History.

Terry Fox will be featured on the new $5 bill. He will replace Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who will now appear on the next version of the $50 bill. Something I think all Canadians will agree is a good thing, honouring a young man who represented the best of us.

Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones & The Beatles are NOT available… WHO’S YOUR TOP 3? 👇🏻

Imane Khelif is a biological woman and if you want to protect our daughters, you should protect her. If you don’t do the research to find the truth, then we should be protected from you.

Who are your 5 favourite guitarists? This is not a best guitarists post, simply your 5 personal favourites. Mine: 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Eddie Van Halen 3. Eric Clapton 4. Mike McCready 5. George Harrison Your turn 👊🏻

Something to keep an eye on today is whether some NHL teams structure deals with “deferred compensation.” I’ve heard there’s been more a lot more talk of it this year. It’s a legal (within the NHL CBA) maneuver that can be used ostensibly to help a player with tax considerations, but the too-complicated-for-me-calculation explanation is that it can also work to reduce the AAV. It’s done a lot in baseball apparently (Ohtani!). A player in a high tax jurisdiction, for example, could defer significant amounts of money beyond the playing term of the contract and if, after he stops playing, he moves to a lower-tax jurisdiction, there are significant tax savings on the deferred monies. It was done many years ago when Shane Doan (now working for TOR) was re-signing with ARI when current TOR GM Brad Treliving was AGM with the Coyotes. The circumstances back then, IIRC, were mostly ARI not wanting to pay out cash in the short term (go figure). As I understand it, there’s a present-day dollars calculation that is done on the deferred money and that is where, under the right set of circumstances, it could have an influence on the AAV. Anyway, as I said, something to keep an eye on. They said there would be no math!!