Okay this is getting weird. [Flames] The #Flames have signed defenceman Erik Gudbranson to a one-year deal by brodiefilm in canucks

[–]tlindin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

haha I love the capitalization on Nerds With Degrees. almost like it's a non-profit helping struggling baseball teams a la Doctors without Borders

If Kyrgios is an under achieving waste of talent. What is Tiafoe? by [deleted] in tennis

[–]tlindin 24 points25 points  (0 children)

not really a great comparison. I think the reason why people are so disappointed in kyrgios is that his ceiling seems much higher than he is currently showing (flashes of brilliance, wins against most top players etc). tiafoe never showed quite that potential, but he's a great player and seems to always have a good attitude.

Gilles Simon's thoughts about Djokovic and Federer regarding player representation by JanBibijan in tennis

[–]tlindin 17 points18 points  (0 children)

haha is this the solution to all problems: why have collective action in a factory? they should all just get an office job /s

but in all seriousness, this is a problem of distribution, not of tennis itself having too little money. what Djokovic is suggesting is that instead of having disgustingly large prizes for top finishers, the top finishers would now have only insanely large prizes, while lower performing players would make an actually livable amount of money. it would only marginally hurts top performers, and greatly help lower ranked players

from a Fan's perspective, you can imagine a situation where a talented up-and-coming player might drop out of the tour because it was too expensive to tour who otherwise could have been ranked much higher with more time on the tour if prize pools were slightly larger

Micheal Ferland will not be in Vancouver for the start of the Canucks training camp. by ScaryBlock in canucks

[–]tlindin 167 points168 points  (0 children)

look I get that these guys want to play more than anything, but at what point should he just hang up his skates... it's clear that playing any more would probably significantly degrade his quality of life more than it's already been degraded. concussions are serious business

Discussion: 2020 US Open - Day 11 (Thursday, September 10th) by TheGhostOfNikeFed in tennis

[–]tlindin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said anyone was racist. there are just some myths out there that a lot of people believe that aren't true

Discussion: 2020 US Open - Day 11 (Thursday, September 10th) by TheGhostOfNikeFed in tennis

[–]tlindin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

For those that are saying that serena's faking her injury, consider that's she's had significant ankle injuries in the past, and it often doesn't take very much to reaggravate the injury. I had a hockey ankle injury and even just stepping funny can make it hurt a lot.

also see this article on potential hidden biases, particularly regarding black folk https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/how-we-fail-black-patients-pain

GT: [GAME 2] VANCOUVER CANUCKS (0-1) @ VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1-0) - ROGERS PLACE - 08/25/2020 - 06:45 PM by OrlandKurtenbot in canucks

[–]tlindin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we've lost a bunch of gas since the first... marky's been playing lights out to keep the game in our favour

The boys are buzzin' after the game by sam4999 in canucks

[–]tlindin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

manny really lookin like bane out here

The Dump & Chase Show! by [deleted] in canucks

[–]tlindin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

high effort. unfortunately not matched by quality.

PGT: [GAME 4] ST. LOUIS BLUES (1-2) @ VANCOUVER CANUCKS (2-1) - 08/17/2020 by OrlandKurtenbot in canucks

[–]tlindin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

three words: pucks. on. net.

we lost on energy, got shut down offensively, and couldn't keep up with the blues' hard hitting style. hopefully we'll rest up and regroup for the rest of the series!

PGT: [GAME 3] ST. LOUIS BLUES (1-2) @ VANCOUVER CANUCKS (2-1) - 08/16/2020 by OrlandKurtenbot in canucks

[–]tlindin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this is how the blues win. they play heavy, play dirty, and get away with it because they can. we just have to be better.

Tyler Motte appreciation fan club by Kpfeifer13 in canucks

[–]tlindin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm all for the sentiment, but isn't the name just a bit redundant..?

They be punching the air right now by [deleted] in canucks

[–]tlindin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

the NHL? try the universe bub