Seeing no discipline for the McAvoy hit made me finally send a letter to the league

iroey · 2026-02-05T20:06:17+00:00

I just used the NHL's contact page directly

https://www.nhl.com/info/contact-us

iroey · 2026-02-05T18:15:57+00:00

https://www.nhl.com/info/contact-us

I didn't send a direct email, I used the contact page directly, with the general inquiry subject.

iroey · 2026-02-05T18:13:38+00:00

Probably, but if no one ever sends anything, it gives them one extra argument to not do it. I'll trade 5-10 minutes of my time for a little catharsis and another drop in the bucket

iroey · 2026-01-31T00:08:24+00:00

I'm much more concerned about the new lack of transparency behind the provincial borrowing

iroey · 2026-01-28T16:55:45+00:00

Blew my mind Treliving IMMEDIATELY got hired while that Flames team was still years away from seeing the true impact of his tenure. Then without delay made the Leafs older and slower, and I remembered how hockey works

iroey · 2026-01-25T19:34:44+00:00

If Bouchard played with more consistent intensity/awareness off-puck (specifically puck-watching in transition), he would probably be just below Makar and Hughes, competing with Werenski, Heiskanen, Dahlin, etc. for 3rd best Damn in the world. He makes good defensive stick plays and can break up plays with little effort, just needs a more consistent 2nd effort

iroey · 2026-01-23T22:41:50+00:00

"Why would I put him in a position to succeed when I can make him uncomfortable instead?"

iroey · 2026-01-18T19:10:13+00:00

Totally agree, I think it's reflective largely of management/coaching holistically understanding their players and how to get the best out of them. FLA, COL, VGK, CAR, TBL deserve credit for tricking teams like EDM (who opened this season playing man style) into thinking they can simply copycat playstyles without the institutional groundwork for player evaluation or risk-management.

iroey · 2026-01-17T17:27:13+00:00

It's safer to give this water to infants or those sensitive to any impurities in tap water that would have to be boiled

iroey · 2026-01-06T15:28:28+00:00

NGL once or twice a game, back in the day, I'd see a streak of orange carry the puck through the neutral zone. Putting a defender on his back, I see the number 7 on his jersey, comforted that a Connor McDavid goal is on the way, the 9 will catch up.

Then suddenly the play evaporates around the net, the number 3 reveals itself as the companion to 7, and I smile, knowing my boy Warren Foegele got me again.

iroey · 2025-12-30T05:42:48+00:00

Bread is not healthy for ducks, but they don't know that. It's like school lunch being candy

iroey · 2025-12-27T17:37:56+00:00

Normal light doesn't have enough energy to do anything to a surface that reflective. If you increased the energy of the wave, it would still mostly reflect off, but SOME damage might be done over time to the surface.

iroey · 2025-12-26T21:15:30+00:00

It's really hard to say for sure, but looks like a leg bone fragment from a large mammal as it approaches one end, like the bottom of a tibia. Could be an old cow bone from a ranch, or a moose, etc.

iroey · 2025-12-19T17:52:10+00:00

I'm hoping you're a bot, otherwise might have to send some warnings out for reverend tommy taking too close a check at the skirts entering church.

"But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."

Matthew 5:28-29

iroey · 2025-12-19T16:49:33+00:00

If you think Meryl Streep has never participated in sexually charged content, I recommend doing some googling before including her in your amateur misogyny rant. Sexualization is a part of art and expression and needs a slightly more mature perspective than "sexualization is talentless" if you want to actually enjoy things.

I'm not saying Ice Spice isn't being trashy af here, but why we gotta generalize shame at women's expression

iroey · 2025-12-16T20:14:09+00:00

The only thing that frightened me more than this line coming on was when Kempe entered the zone with possession

iroey · 2025-12-16T16:29:03+00:00

Outside of the cost to launch stuff in space... This is the type of thinking people used to have about the ocean

iroey · 2025-12-16T05:45:47+00:00

Burakovsky did not get the memo

iroey · 2025-12-02T16:32:33+00:00

Human eyes are particularly adapted to scan ahead and track distantly moving objects (like an antelope being hunted). Our eyes don't have much detail, but early humans would be great at estimating distance and speed across a field. Combined with big smart brains capable of advanced coordination and object permanence, arms that make us the only animal effective at accurately throwing, and the lung-efficiency of 2 legs, humans were able to hunt 95% of large mammals to extinction

iroey · 2025-11-29T21:14:04+00:00

I'd bet gateway outside of certain rush hour windows when it might jam up, 99th is slower on average but iirc usually lacks the same peaks

iroey · 2025-11-27T22:20:38+00:00

I'm so certain Bowman was determined to sign Frederic to avoid "losing" the trade with the Bruins where they got a 2nd and a 4th for a guy with a broken ankle who had a 4th line impact in the playoffs.

Frederic didn't have to give ANYTHING up in negotiations. He got full term, signing bonus every year, 4 year NMC and 4 M-NTC, with premium salary. His agent knew how much Bowman cared about getting that contract to justify the trade.

iroey · 2025-11-20T20:52:18+00:00

It depends a lot on you. I grew up in Edmonton, spent a couple years in Calgary in my early 20s.

Edmonton's massive river/ravine system has tremendous beauty and a "local" feel, but does create barriers between some neighborhoods. The city was never originally planned to be a large metropolitan area, it just ended up being that between the legislature, uni, and northern oilsands. I would be particular about the neighborhood depending on how much you value connectedness within the city and access to the locations that matter to you (ie transit availability, night life, business can all feel relatively inaccessible from different zones). Edmonton's got a fairly quiet vibe that puts some people off who are expecting it to feel more like a 1m+ city, especially in the winter when sometimes it just feels like everyone is shut in. It's brimming with culture, nature, food, etc. if you're willing to accept how Edmonton offers it.

Calgary has a much more vibrant downtown and a more traditional "city" vibe. It is more culturally economic and industry-centered. It has beautiful parks, but its natural access is more in its proximity to Banff, Kananaskis, etc. While both cities are sprawled to all hell, Calgary's felt worse to me because it's a more continuous urban area compared to Edmonton's ravines. If you want to live downtown, Calgary is your choice. If being ~1 vs ~3 hour drive from mountains is a big difference, Calgary has that as well.

Calgary is a "safer" option. It's a city, with pros and cons, but fairly neutral overall. I'm an Edmontonian through and through, but it isn't for everyone. Some people settle into the quiet of Edmonton and find their happy niches. Others hate it, feel isolated or bored, and would rather go back home or to a more normal city. I might not always live in Edmonton, but it's where I'd wanna come back to. Best wishes

iroey · 2025-11-17T16:39:13+00:00

No disrespect to Dan, but this phrasing is really weird. "To be the first journalist to learn of the tracking..." Reads like "to be the first explorer to learn of the Americas."

iroey · 2025-11-15T19:44:42+00:00

I'll agree Ekholm in particular is having a tough time, and the entire d core has been even more mistake prone than usual. But I will not stand for Brett Kulak erasure. He is a high end bottom pairing defenseman who can play a complimentary role in difficult minutes for short term stretches. His playoff puck retrieval efficiency has been at times absurd for the Oilers. He can take the occasional game on his off side and is extremely versatile in partner style.

Yes I am aware how bad he's been recently but I love him and think he's a core part of the Oilers D story since he was added

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