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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 13h

Now watch this drive.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 13h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr03...

Are these NHL front offices properly ranked?

YouTube video by The Athletic Hockey Show

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 13h

Geroge Bush deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with this game.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 14h

Right?

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 1d

New post: There are 24 NHL rivalries that have earned the honor of having their own Wikipedia page. I ranked them all, based on their single wildest passage.

- Brawls
- Flare guns
- Whoopi Goldberg for some reason
- Santa fight!
- and lots more…

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

The 24 Wikipedia pages for NHL rivalries, ranked by their single wildest passage

From Whoopi Goldberg sitcoms to framing innocent away fans to brawls in Santa costumes, there's a lot of gold in NHL Wikipedia writeups.

www.nytimes.com

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Unc is so cooked.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 1d

When the show goes up on YouTube, you will be able to pinpoint the exact moment my soul leaves my body.

Sean Gentille @seangentille.bsky.social · 1d

New TAHS with DGB and Frankie

I got McIndoe. I got him so good.

pod.fo/e/34264e

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Post just went up and we already have a guy in the comments demanding I be fired for making fun of The Sweater. It's going to be a good day!

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 1d

New post: There are 24 NHL rivalries that have earned the honor of having their own Wikipedia page. I ranked them all, based on their single wildest passage.

- Brawls
- Flare guns
- Whoopi Goldberg for some reason
- Santa fight!
- and lots more…

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

The 24 Wikipedia pages for NHL rivalries, ranked by their single wildest passage

From Whoopi Goldberg sitcoms to framing innocent away fans to brawls in Santa costumes, there's a lot of gold in NHL Wikipedia writeups.

www.nytimes.com

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, outside the crease, screen to your heart's content.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Basically interference is anything that prevents the goalie from doing his job in his crease. So contact, obviously, but also screening. And even contract initiated by the goalie.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 2d

If I had to guess I'd say they told him "it's close, might get overturned but our odds aren't great" and he made the final call.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 2d

(I also wonder if Berube was thinking "I told my players they'd better defend their goalie, even if they risk a penalty, so maybe I have to do it too.)

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Those aren't as consistent as the pure crease/no-crease ones, so in theory the question is whether your odds of getting the goal waved off are better than your odds of killing a delay-of-game. Did this challenge have, say, a 25% of succeeding? Probably not, but it was higher than zero.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Not surprised the Leafs' challenge didn't work, but don't think it was a terrible decision.

Lack of contact isn't the issue -- you can interfere just by screening the goalie -- but I'm assuming the question of whether he was pushed into the crease was the problem.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Red Light newsletter:

- As he returns to Boston, is Brad Marchand a Hall-of-Fame lock?

- Using the NFL to remind NHL fans that it's still early

- Can a team put its opponents offside?

- Plus trivia and more...

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

A much closer examination of Brad Marchand’s years-long Hockey Hall of Fame debate

As a guy who loves a good Hall debate, I've been fascinated to track Marchand’s candidacy over time.

www.nytimes.com

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DAC POSSÉDÉ PAR SATAN @dacworkshop.bsky.social · 3d

Ohtani on a plane to Toronto for real this time

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 3d

🍁🍁🍁

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 3d

GAH!

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 3d

Every Canadian quote-tweeting this Vlad photo like it’s the @stefanheck.bsky.social tarot card tweet

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Dude I love the Leafs more than anybody but we need to tear that jersey off of him, kick him outside and make him re-enter the building right now.

Ben Steiner @bensteiner00.bsky.social · 3d

A wild choice from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as he arrives at the Rogers Centre in a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey.

Clearly some thinking behind it — but not exactly the Game 7 history you want to be replicating tonight.

Just four hours away now.

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 3d

New Weekend Rankings:

- The Red Wings are the league's best team

- The Lightning are cooked

- The Kraken are good

... and other early stories I'm not buying (yet)

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

NHL weekend rankings: 5 surprising early stories I’m not buying quite yet

As you may have heard, this ranking prefers the long-term view. A bigger sample size is needed before some of these early mirages look real.

www.nytimes.com

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 3d

New Weekend Rankings:

- The Red Wings are the league's best team

- The Lightning are cooked

- The Kraken are good

... and other early stories I'm not buying (yet)

www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

NHL weekend rankings: 5 surprising early stories I’m not buying quite yet

As you may have heard, this ranking prefers the long-term view. A bigger sample size is needed before some of these early mirages look real.

www.nytimes.com

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 4d

First Blue Jays game seven in 40 years. Can’t wait! (Vomits.) This will be fun!

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 6d

Mailbag time:

- A major TV show serves up the most on-the-nose metaphor for being a Leafs fan ever seen

- How do Leaf fans feel about the Habs rebuild?

- Would McKenna to the Pens make people madder than McDavid to the Oilers?

- And more…

www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

The worst and most perfect metaphor for being a Maple Leafs fan, and more: DGB mailbag

Plus a reason to believe for Sabres fans, and the potential ramifications of the Penguins winning the lottery and selecting Gavin McKenna.

www.nytimes.com

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