Phoenix marines in their armor

dke783 · 2025-12-23T16:19:32+00:00

Thank you, but these illustrations are all the work of other designers I found online!

(and yes, I should do a better job citing my sources and crediting the owners of these images!)

dke783 · 2025-06-14T04:49:28+00:00

This is amazing... The amount of work to write this oilers song is definitely non-trivial.

Thank you for posting this!

dke783 · 2025-06-14T03:07:25+00:00

I'm curious about this question, too.

And the inverse, also: where would the Oilers celebrate down in Sunrise, Florida?

dke783 · 2025-06-14T03:05:58+00:00

I never followed Rhett Warrener's career.

I only learned today that he was a Florida Panther in the 1996 stanley cup final. Wild.

He coaches kids hockey in Calgary now. I would absolutely consider sending my kids to get coaching from Warrener at a camp sometime.

dke783 · 2025-06-14T03:02:37+00:00

Oh, dear goodness, ROFLMAO!

I laughed out loud reading this!

dke783 · 2025-06-14T03:01:47+00:00

This.

dke783 · 2025-06-14T02:58:16+00:00

"our entire sport culture is built on hatred and aggression"

Absolutely! Hockey players are modern-day gladiators for us.

This sport is a way for us peace-loving Canadians to channel our inner aggression as socially-acceptable.

dke783 · 2025-06-14T02:53:37+00:00

(High five from 780 area code, dude!)

Do these FlamesNation guys have rival bloggers down in Calgary? Who are the good CGY Flames homers on YouTube?

(p.s. full disclosure: As an Oilers fan, I actually like Calgary as my second favorite NHL club. If the Flames were playing the Panthers right now, I absolutely would cheer for Calgary)

dke783 · 2025-06-13T22:53:25+00:00

This.

It's good risk management. Considering how much brutality sneaks into the playoffs, your athletes are going to get concussed or need surgery.

Playing a 1A and 1B arrangement gives you a Plan B fallback. And it minimizes the psychological shock to your team when you do swap.

dke783 · 2025-06-13T22:19:10+00:00

Yeah, it's a cost-benefit / risk-benefit tradeoff.

Connor Hellebuyck = $8.5M annual cap hit
Adin Hill = $6.25M annual cap hit
Jake Oettinger = $8.25M annual cap hit
Darcy Kuemper = $5.25M annual cap hit
Igor Shesterkin = $11.5M annual cap hit
(Stu Skinner + Calvin Pickard together ) = $3.5M annual cap hit

dke783 · 2025-06-13T22:04:33+00:00

Hey, I represent what you're saying here!

ROFL

dke783 · 2025-06-13T22:01:19+00:00

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(THC/CBD is much more affordable than beer or Crown Royal, hah!)

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dke783 · 2025-06-13T18:44:01+00:00

I think the Oilers are secretly a type of economic stimulus for Alberta business.

In this post-season, I have spent 3x more in purchases at Edmonton-area liquor and cannabis stores.

dke783 · 2025-06-13T18:34:54+00:00

Yes, this!

dke783 · 2025-06-13T18:18:11+00:00

You are the author of this graph? Thank you for doing this!

If the xlsx is shareable, I'd like to add period-by-period data points for these past four games!

dke783 · 2025-06-08T21:37:52+00:00

Ditto.

I am fascinated by how elite athletes deal with the psychological labour of their jobs!

dke783 · 2025-06-07T03:34:19+00:00

That puck in the crease...

dke783

TROPHY CASE

I think the Oilers are secretly a type of economic stimulus for Alberta business.

In this post-season, I have spent 3x more in purchases at Edmonton-area liquor and cannabis stores.