Hell yeah Second Row Guy.

mitch on the web@howintensive.bsky.social · yesterday

i just remembered this video where alan thicke sings a weird song about canada and a guy in the second row of the card-flipping group has the worst two minutes of his life youtu.be/24svxMlLJMc?... (thank you for everything over the years @downgoesbrown.bsky.social)

Who's up for a summer edition of The Contrarian? www.downgoesbrown.com/2023/10/help...

Who's up for a summer edition of The Contrarian? www.downgoesbrown.com/2023/10/help...

New post: I wanted to figure out the best NHL team in the salary-cap era to not get a single Hart Trophy vote. Then I found something kind of weird... www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

What’s the best NHL team in the salary-cap era to not get a single Hart Trophy vote? (Gift Article)

We found something weird while trying to find the best team in the cap era that was completely shut out of the Hart love.

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Glen Sather. Brian Burke. Ken Holand. And now Steve Yzerman, the latest GM to be a genius at one job and then crash and burn at the next. This pattern repeats *a lot* in the NHL. It's weird. I got into why it happens and what it could mean for how we view GMs. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

What’s the deal with NHL GM geniuses who fall flat after switching teams?

Here are a half-dozen of the most notable GMs who failed in their second jobs, and the lessons we can learn.

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Glen Sather. Brian Burke. Ken Holand. And now Steve Yzerman, the latest GM to be a genius at one job and then crash and burn at the next. This pattern repeats *a lot* in the NHL. It's weird. I got into why it happens and what it could mean for how we view GMs. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

What’s the deal with NHL GM geniuses who fall flat after switching teams?

Here are a half-dozen of the most notable GMs who failed in their second jobs, and the lessons we can learn.

nytimes.com

New post: Steve Yzerman was a genius at his first GM job. Then he took a second job and failed spectacularly. This happens kind of a lot in the NHL. What's the deal? www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

What’s the deal with NHL GM geniuses who fall flat after switching teams? (Gift Article)

Here are a half-dozen of the most notable GMs who failed in their second jobs, and the lessons we can learn.

nytimes.com

New post: Steve Yzerman was a genius at his first GM job. Then he took a second job and failed spectacularly. This happens kind of a lot in the NHL. What's the deal? www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

What’s the deal with NHL GM geniuses who fall flat after switching teams? (Gift Article)

Here are a half-dozen of the most notable GMs who failed in their second jobs, and the lessons we can learn.

nytimes.com

New post: Which draft year can produce the best lineup of players traded for first-round picks? And can any of them come close to the all-star roster of deals we've seen in 2026? www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

Which NHL Draft year makes the best lineup of players traded for first-round picks? (Gift Article)

Exploring which year can make the best six-man lineup of players who were traded for first-round picks in that year’s draft.

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New post: Which draft year can produce the best lineup of players traded for first-round picks? And can any of them come close to the all-star roster of deals we've seen in 2026? www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

Which NHL Draft year makes the best lineup of players traded for first-round picks? (Gift Article)

Exploring which year can make the best six-man lineup of players who were traded for first-round picks in that year’s draft.

nytimes.com

If you're wondering, my book, Black Aces, is available as an eBook! (I haven't done a good job of promoting it, so I'm making up for lost time!) Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Kindle (U.S. site): www.amazon.com/Black-Aces-E... EPUB version: www.booksellers.ca/books/black-...

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Read "Black Aces Essential Stories from Hockey's Black Trailblazers" by Julian McKenzie available from Rakuten Kobo. An essential collection of stories from notable Black hockey players, personalities...

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Me to every soccer player who falls down: OH GET UP FAKER! Me to that guy who just got launched to the moon: Yeah you can roll around for a bit if you need to.

New post: You think offer sheets are wild now? The system used to be so much crazier, involving forced player trades. We brought that system back. Let’s see how history changes after offer sheets to Sergei Fedorov, Shea Weber, Sebastian Aho and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

NHL offer sheet rules used to be wild. Here’s how history looks if that never changed

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Red Light newsletter: - Thoughts on the Yzerman fallout - Lessons the NHL should and shouldn't learn from the World Cup - The night Patrick Roy broke a rule so obscure the rulebook forgot to assign a penalty to it - Trivia, links and more... www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

The NHL offer-sheet system used to be BONKERS. So @downgoesbrown.bsky.social, @jkamckenzie.bsky.social and I created an alternate history in which that system still existed. Let's make some league-shaking trades. Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

NHL offer sheet rules used to be wild. Here’s how history looks if that never changed

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New post: You think offer sheets are wild now? The system used to be so much crazier, involving forced player trades. We brought that system back. Let’s see how history changes after offer sheets to Sergei Fedorov, Shea Weber, Sebastian Aho and more. www.nytimes.com/athletic/744...

NHL offer sheet rules used to be wild. Here’s how history looks if that never changed

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Big congrats to the Dundon family, whose members now appear on the Stanley Cup more often than the Hulls, Staals, and Hextalls, as well as (due to band removal) the Richards and Howes. Still one shy of the Sutters, though. Something to shoot for next year I guess.

The News & Observer@newsobserver.com · 4w ago

The annual tradition of engraving new names on the Stanley Cup to commemorate the latest champion is complete.

Red Light newsletter: - A week of offer sheet drama - The game theory behind pulling the goalie - Links, trivia, and more... www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...

Offer sheet drama leading to franchise-defining decision. Plus: When to pull the goalie

The suspense is building on what could be a franchise-defining decision for two teams.

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New post: It's been an insulting offseason for several NHL teams. But who's had it worse? Ranking eight teams based on who should feel worse. www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

Which of these 8 NHL fan bases should be most insulted by the offseason so far? (Gift Article)

It's been an eventful offseason, and more memorable for some fan bases than others ... and more aggravating for some fan bases than others.

nytimes.com

New post: It's been an insulting offseason for several NHL teams. But who's had it worse? Ranking eight teams based on who should feel worse. www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

Which of these 8 NHL fan bases should be most insulted by the offseason so far? (Gift Article)

It's been an eventful offseason, and more memorable for some fan bases than others ... and more aggravating for some fan bases than others.

nytimes.com

New post: Which syllable combo makes history’s best roster? - Gordie Howe and Bobby Orr on Team 2-1? - Wayne Gretzky and Doug Harvey on Team 1-2? - Mario Lemieux and Dominik Hasek on Team 3-2? Welcome to Slow News Summer. It's going to get weird. www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

Which syllable combination makes NHL history’s best roster? Welcome to Slow News Summer (Gift Article)

Sit back and relax. It's July, and that means it's officially time to start breaking out the weirder roster construction games.

nytimes.com

New post: Which syllable combo makes history’s best roster? - Gordie Howe and Bobby Orr on Team 2-1? - Wayne Gretzky and Doug Harvey on Team 1-2? - Mario Lemieux and Dominik Hasek on Team 3-2? Welcome to Slow News Summer. It's going to get weird. www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...

Which syllable combination makes NHL history’s best roster? Welcome to Slow News Summer (Gift Article)

Sit back and relax. It's July, and that means it's officially time to start breaking out the weirder roster construction games.

nytimes.com

New post: The 2025-26 prediction contest results are in. You lost. www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

New post: Let's build a ghost roster of NHL free agency regret. - The broken-down power winger - The faceoff guy who can't do anything else - The bad defenseman your uncle loves - And more... www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

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New post: The 2025-26 prediction contest results are in. You lost. www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

New post: Let's build a ghost roster of NHL free agency regret. - The broken-down power winger - The faceoff guy who can't do anything else - The bad defenseman your uncle loves - And more... www.nytimes.com/athletic/741...

Red Light Newsletter: - Happy UFA eve - 10 names I'm watching - Five teams that haven't done much (yet) - Links, trivia and more... www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...

Ten years ago right now, you were probably enjoying a quiet offseason afternoon. Then the NHL went absolutely crazy for an hour. I went back through the tweets, posts and message boards to relive the wildest day in offseason history, one decade later. www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...

Remembering the sheer joy of the NHL offseason’s wildest hour, 10 years later (Gift Article)

The gap between the draft and the opening of free agency is often quiet, but not always. A decade ago today, it was anything but.

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I was at work and was absolutely losing it with no one to yell about these moves. What a time.

Sean McIndoe@downgoesbrown.bsky.social · last mo.

Ten years ago right now, you were probably enjoying a quiet offseason afternoon. Then the NHL went absolutely crazy for an hour. I went back through the tweets, posts and message boards to relive the wildest day in offseason history, one decade later. www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...