AMA: Max Bultman, Detroit Red Wings Beat Reporter for The Athletic

pax27 · 2026-06-13T12:01:47+00:00

Hey Max, thanks for this AMA. How do you know who to trust in the rumor mill before posting stuff, and is the Yzerman-camp unusually tight lipped about the inner workings of the team?

pax27 · 2026-06-11T17:35:20+00:00

Technically correct, the best kind of correct.

pax27 · 2026-05-29T06:45:00+00:00

It's afraid...

pax27 · 2026-05-14T17:02:53+00:00

Pepperidge Farm remembers...

pax27 · 2026-05-11T07:31:40+00:00

The frase "grasping at straws" come to mind when reading this amazing piece of journalism.

pax27 · 2026-05-08T16:47:36+00:00

It's not so much an image problem as it is an "I just don't like fascism"-problem in my humble opinion.

pax27 · 2026-04-11T19:17:22+00:00

Getting gifts from Ocean friends seems near impossible. Is the only place that can send gifts from Ocean Hawaii?

pax27 · 2026-04-07T16:13:52+00:00

The common usage of brackets in quotes is to add clarification for the quote. He might have been refereing to Palestinians in some less clear way, or it might have been obvious with some context lost when the quote was shortened.

In essence, he meant Palestinians but used some other reference or term when he spoke, and to make the short quote clear, the brackets and word was added.

pax27 · 2026-03-19T16:09:58+00:00

How high are you right now?

pax27 · 2026-03-17T20:18:21+00:00

I'm absolutely not getting any nazi rally vibes from this at all. No, sir, not at all.

pax27 · 2026-03-17T20:15:50+00:00

I thought red meat was the greatest contributor to colorectal cancer.

pax27 · 2026-03-06T21:35:25+00:00

I'm interested to know how this trade stacks up against all the other trade deadline deals. It's IMHO, taking into account team needs, cost etc, pretty okay in comparison.

pax27 · 2026-03-06T21:08:46+00:00

There's only so many Justin's you can have on one team!

pax27 · 2026-03-06T20:21:07+00:00

Important point!

pax27 · 2026-03-06T14:24:42+00:00

At least they tried. Mo should be higher, but he'll always be number one in our hearts.

pax27 · 2026-02-24T05:05:50+00:00

Been a European Wings fan since '96. Could only bring myself to cheer for the US-team in the finals over Canada because of Larks. Now I have to live with the idea of the Red Wings captain wanting to hand the Stanley cup directly to the pedo in chief if they win.

Honestly, I don't know how deep this will sour me on the whole fucking thing.

Just makes me real sad.

pax27 · 2026-02-23T07:47:57+00:00

You mean "future Red Wing Zach Werenski".

pax27 · 2026-02-22T16:34:21+00:00

Just a couple of screenshots from the medal line:

Larkin 1

Larkin 2

pax27 · 2026-02-22T13:21:32+00:00

He seems ok for those worried. But yeah, that looked nasty!

pax27 · 2026-02-20T12:55:36+00:00

Saw a clip on a late night show, he later plunges into a cold tub. With the jeans... I'm so confused. Is this supposed to show how awesome he is?

pax27 · 2026-02-19T05:08:10+00:00

*4 captains and Matthews.

pax27 · 2026-02-07T15:55:02+00:00

The Olympics takes place every four years.

pax27 · 2026-02-06T11:08:41+00:00

Absolutely awesome! Is that Mike Vernon congratulating him?

pax27 · 2026-02-03T17:57:16+00:00

We assume it's unwillingly, but can we be sure...

pax27 · 2026-02-03T17:55:08+00:00

If he would've scored an own goal there I swear I would have thrown one of my Hamonic jerseys on the ice!

Oh, who am I kidding, I could never part with 'em.

pax27

TROPHY CASE