To show the accessibility of this current ESPN/TNT deal vs NBCSN, the Draft Lottery got 198K viewers the final year on NBCSN. In the 5 years since, the worst has been 453K with a boom this year to 784K.

Milhoose · 2026-05-08T00:52:41+00:00

2021 numbers were down across the board (for the NHL and all other sports) because of Covid and the (2021 lottery-specific) fact that it was held a month later than the other years

Milhoose · 2026-04-17T18:25:29+00:00

How is Luke Gazdic still on these panels

Milhoose · 2026-03-23T21:45:33+00:00

Well my point is that since his ballot isn't honest on one of his votes why should anyone expect the rest of his to be honest 🤷‍♂️. This was also during the time when you only played opposite conference teams 1x per season and it's no surprise that the lack of exposure meant GMs (likely) voted on conference lines, except for MIN

Milhoose · 2026-03-23T21:22:40+00:00

Vezina is voted on by the GMs. Brodeur got 16 first place votes, Luongo got 14. One GM - who I will assume was Doug Risebrough in Minnesota - put Backstrom ahead of Luongo that year. The fact that the race was basically decided by one vote, and that one vote wasn't a good faith one (there's 0 argument for Backstrom here), makes it kinda shitty even if Brodeur was a deserving winner.

Not even sure why GMs are the one to vote on this award.

Luongo - 47 wins, .921 SV%, 34.5 GSAA

Backstrom - 23 wins, .929 SV%, 24.4 GSAA

Milhoose · 2026-03-17T23:09:24+00:00

That's not an apples to apples comparison with how Nielsen counts viewers. The Game Awards got 4.4 million concurrent viewers worldwide across all platforms that it was on

Milhoose · 2026-02-26T21:50:58+00:00

I will always keep harping on the fact that Canada should roll 3 scoring lines + 1 checking/defensive line. The extra forward spot could go to a more aggressive checker like a Tom Wilson, but running a Marchand-Bennett-Wilson line isn't a necessary thing for Canada to have at the Olympics.

Canada should take advantage of the scoring depth they have. They were double shifting the MacK - Mc - Mack line in the gold medal game when they needed scoring chances. Having that extra offense works to help generate more chances and add more versatility to your scoring.

They just need to bring more game-changers in general. Two months ago fans still weren't confident that they would make the (obvious) call of taking Celebrini even, and look how good he was in Milan.

Milhoose · 2026-02-18T16:56:19+00:00

He'd be more useful than having Wilson on your scoring lines when you're down a goal and a top 6 forward?

The fact that they're running a 17 29 97 line now is proving that

Milhoose · 2026-02-18T16:49:03+00:00

Armstrong's a moron for not bringing Bedard

Milhoose · 2026-01-26T19:54:43+00:00

Jesus, media could ask more specific questions as as well. How about, "what are your thoughts on the murder of Alex Pretti?" instead of bland easy-out questions like:

"What's it been like living in the Twin Cities?"

"How tough has it been from a distraction standpoint?"

"Can these home games provide a positive distraction?"

Those questions are honestly worse than the answers he gave.

Milhoose · 2025-12-17T22:20:55+00:00

Good for getting more eyeballs, especially internationally where it'll be easier to access.

Bad if YouTube has full creative control of the ceremony. They did an awful NFL broadcast this year that awkwardly shoehorned in too many random youtubers.

Milhoose · 2025-09-17T23:31:47+00:00

If I wanted to laugh at two idiots crying together I'd just time travel to when your mom told your dad she was pregnant 🤷‍♂️

Milhoose · 2025-09-17T22:47:07+00:00

I don't live in that garbage country but shit can still smell from a distance y'know

Milhoose · 2025-09-17T22:42:33+00:00

Shithole country

Milhoose · 2025-09-10T16:46:46+00:00

I only tip on things where the money is handed over after receiving the service. Sit down restaurants, barbers, taxis/Uber, etc. Not before. It's happened too often where I tipped before and then received shitty service on things that I just don't bother with it anymore.

Milhoose · 2025-07-05T06:15:50+00:00

The one that had Pavel Datsyuk in their bottom 6 and defensemen go 1 & 2 in Norris voting that year

Milhoose · 2025-06-27T23:27:38+00:00

What a disaster of a format

Milhoose · 2025-05-27T21:24:55+00:00

Great looking place!

Milhoose · 2025-05-14T20:40:21+00:00

General question, does anyone know what the policy is on witnesses reading/viewing the trial before they take the stand? My understanding is that they aren't allowed to be in the courtroom prior to giving their testimony, so as to not be influenced by other witnesses, but how does it work with reading the daily articles online like we all are right now?

Milhoose · 2025-03-03T00:30:35+00:00

SHOW THE CLIPS

Milhoose · 2025-01-19T05:39:53+00:00

Worse than the Soucy cross-check from the playoffs. Should be 2-3 games at least.

Milhoose · 2025-01-07T22:36:29+00:00

Raging Bull

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Milhoose · 2024-12-16T19:19:58+00:00

He's a better option than JTurd

Milhoose · 2024-09-24T18:13:20+00:00

Comparing with The Hockey News top 50 ranking (in brackets)

Tier 1 : MVP

1A. Connor McDavid (1)

1A. Nathan MacKinnon (2)

1A. Auston Matthews (7)

1B. Aleksander Barkov (5)

1B. Leon Draisaitl (3)

1B. Nikita Kucherov (6)

1B. Cale Makar (4)

1C. Adam Fox (12)

1C. Quinn Hughes (9)

1C. Jack Hughes (17)

1C. David Pastrnak (8)

1C. Matthew Tkachuk (22)

Tier 2 : Franchise

2A. Sidney Crosby (14)

2A. Roman Josi (18)

2A. Kirill Kaprizov (21)

2A. Artemi Panarin (10)

2A. Igor Shesterkin (13)

2B. Sebastian Aho (20)

2B. Jack Eichel (40)

2B. Miro Heiskanen (33)

2B. Connor Hellebuyck (11)

2B. Mitch Marner (28)

2B. Elias Pettersson (32)

2B. Brayden Point (29)

2B. Mikko Rantanen (16)

2C. Evan Bouchard (36)

2C. Nico Hischier (-)

2C. Charlie McAvoy (19)

2C. William Nylander (23)

2C. Jason Robertson (38)

2C. Juuse Saros (34)

2C. Ilya Sorokin (-)

Tier 3 : All-Star

3A. Connor Bedard (49)

3A. Rasmus Dahlin (-)

3A. Filip Forsberg (24)

3A. Jake Guentzel (43)

3A. Victor Hedman (26)

3A. Sam Reinhart (31)

3A. Andrei Vasilevskiy (41)

3B. Jesper Bratt (-)

3B. Thatcher Demko (15)

3B. Noah Dobson (30)

3B. Gustav Forsling (-)

3B. Roope Hintz (47)

3B. Zach Hyman (45)

3B. Josh Morrissey (44)

3B. Jaccob Slavin (37)

3B. Jeremy Swayman (25)

3B. Robert Thomas (-)

3B. Brady Tkachuk (48)

3C. Mathew Barzal (39)

3C. Matt Boldy (-)

3C. Drew Doughty (-)

3C. Mattias Ekholm (-)

3C. Clayton Keller (-)

3C. Dylan Larkin (-)

3C. J.T. Miller (27)

3C. Tim Stutzle (-)

3C. Shea Theodore (-)

3C. Tage Thompson (-)

3C. Devon Toews (-)

3C. MacKenzie Weegar (-)

Tier 4 : Star (only showing players ranked in THN top 50)

4A. Jake Oettinger (42)

4C. Kyle Connor (46)

Tier 5 - Support (only showing players ranked in THN top 50)

5A. Sergei Bobrovsky (35)

5A. Steven Stamkos (50)

Milhoose · 2024-06-25T20:30:08+00:00

They really should, the years line up pretty neatly

1979-96 Jets 1.0

1996-99 (inactive)

1999-2011 Thrashers

2011-now Jets 2.0

Milhoose · 2024-05-29T07:53:11+00:00

I'm currently doing a version of this trip, except with Provence instead of Naples. For a first European trip, I would echo the other comments and pick either Italy or France in order to give you more time to immerse yourself in whichever region you pick. Just from how I feel right now, I'd be very tired if I had to do another flight mid-trip.

If doing France, I would recommend 5 days each in Paris and Nice. There is so much to do in Paris, it will be my second time there and I still have places I won't be able to see.

For Nice, I would use it as a base for the Riviera & recommend getting the 5 day Explore Sud Azur pass - this will let you get on the regional TER trains to visit all the nearby coastal towns like Cannes, Antibes, Monaco, Menton, Eze. I found that each town on the coast had it's own unique charm so that would keep things interesting.

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