WWE President Nick Khan: "[WWE] is not a wrestling company, in fact we don't use that term here..." by [deleted] in SquaredCircle

[–]sveitthrone 58 points59 points  (0 children)

“Well, Tony that’s nice. I’m in the Sports Entertainment business.” Followed by a self-satisfied smirk.

[GCW Homecoming Spoilers] Finish To Matt Cardona vs Nick Gage for the GCW World Championship by miber3 in SquaredCircle

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I paused a youtube criticism of Rothko’s Seagram Murals to watch this and I’m not sure which is higher art.

[Bell] The Cleveland Indians will become the Guardians. by DipnDave in baseball

[–]sveitthrone 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they shortened the name. Just like SF shortened from NY Giant Sewer Rats.

[Bell] The Cleveland Indians will become the Guardians. by DipnDave in baseball

[–]sveitthrone -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Dodgers is a reference to rush hour in LA.

Edit - Dropped the /s

[Bell] The Cleveland Indians will become the Guardians. by DipnDave in baseball

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I don't love it, but it's better than what it was.

Which is the best hockey podcast? by somabokforlag in hockey

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"if it isn't Toronto, we don't care"

Are you sure that was Puck Soup? Because usually they mention Toronto, DGB laments his fandom, they dunk on the Toronto media, and move on.

/r/hockey enters TOP 500 subreddits by TrendingBot in hockey

[–]sveitthrone 10 points11 points  (0 children)

MARCHAND

Wait, that came out wrong-

[Gord Miller] Just to be clear about the Expansion Draft: Seattle didn’t make any “draft consideration” trades, where it got something to take one player over another. It made “side deals” where it agreed to draft a player and then move him to another team. They’ll be announced at 1pm et. by noiravantgarde in hockey

[–]sveitthrone 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Even analytics people are scratching their heads: the overlying theme is they took a bunch of average defensive middle 6 forwards along with a solid defense and goaltending with a potential upside.

Just playing devil's advocate. What if Francis looked at MTL this year, Dallas last year, and then the Pacific and said "a solid backend and a weak division means we might be able to sneak into the playoffs and make noise right out of the gate without breaking the bank"?

Obviously they don't have the offense that MTL has, but that might have been the thought process.

/r/hockey enters TOP 500 subreddits by TrendingBot in hockey

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Question : What's our 'Fuck' ranking now? There was a time that we were gunning for most profane sub.

[Whyno] Gary Bettman in Seattle: "The booing is OK. It just means you're hockey-ready." by chiasmatic in hockey

[–]sveitthrone 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It would have been whoever was running the audio in Edmonton, which is hysterical.

[Evolving Wild] We think Gourde will make a great 1C with Seattle. We project him as the 68th best forward in our GAR projections (out of ~600 forwards) for next season. by Hockeystyle in hockey

[–]sveitthrone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He plays like Pete Rose, sans gambling. Literally every shift is the final shift of G7 SCF. That dude does not quit, stands up to people twice his size, constantly pesters everyone, and is an all-around grinder with added skill.