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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Mar 4

Not sure how many people this will reach here, but there is no Pick 'Em or Weekly Preview this week.

My attention is on preparing some great conference championship game and NCAA Tournament content for you all right now, and I'd like to take the full 3 weeks leading up to it to make it special.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 26

Mitch Marner, holy shit lol. What an overtime.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 26

Wow! The Struble-Hutson pair has 2 combined Beanpots. That's pretty cool.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 24

If Ovechkin continues to be on pace to break the record anywhere close to the game in Boston I’m gonna be so annoying for the next 6 weeks.

I apologize about it.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

Wonder how much higher this could’ve gotten on ABC — I think everyone who wanted to find it did, but maybe some more channel flicker traffic there.

Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · Feb 21

Source tells @theathletic.bsky.social:

Canada's 3-2 win over the United States last night in the 4-Nations Face-off final averaged a massive 9.25 million.

This is an incredible viewership number for pro hockey.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

Damn. Oh well. I’m sure Cooper was relieved to be on the right side of one of these for once after the Kadri GWG against Colorado a few years ago.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

Does Team USA win that game if Harley doesn’t play? He was great, and Morrissey doesn’t have that same lockdown ability.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

The crowd actually ended up singing along to both songs - Americans and Canadians - it was really cool.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

Can someone who watched on TV inform me as to if the too many men no-call in OT was that bad?

I honestly wasn’t really convinced one way or the other and they didn’t give us in the venue a replay.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

I should probably go to bed instead of posting about how Matthews was actually really good and all of the players I don’t like were bad, but why would I?

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

I dunno if it was as much of a misread and more so the team was stuck between man-to-man and a box + 1.

If he’s in the slot he’s still not really covering McDavid, who can just step around or still get the shot off.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

Lessons learned for Milan I guess.

Hoping we take just the best 4 lines instead of building whatever you wanna call Kreider/Nelson/Trocheck.

Skill guys can always grit it up… but the grit guys will never be able to skill.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

McDavid is his guy as much as Matthews too. Generally the weak side winger should be close enough he can make a play on this.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

Is Matthew Tkachuk guilty of perjury for making it seem like he was healthy when he wasn’t? People are saying.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

No no no I was told Auston Matthews was bad

dom 📈 @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social · Feb 21

CAN-USA Ratings

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

He still had a GREAT game. Doesn’t get to OT without him.

I’m personally more disappointed in Matthew Tkachuk saying he was healthy when he clearly wasn’t, or Jack Hughes getting knocked off the puck over and over.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

This screenshot will do numbers but also this take kind of ignores the 2 primary assists, 83% xG For, and very clearly observable play driving.

He’s still in the passing lane too! It just got by him. Oh well. Run it back in Milan.

Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · Feb 21

Auston Matthews missed multiple point-blank winners in OT, lost the faceoff and drifted into the corner to leave Connor McDavid in the slot for the winner for Canada.

Can't have that from your captain, USA. Can't have it.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

That was the best hockey game I’ve ever been to. Amazing night.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 21

While I can’t speak for the whole stadium and suspect things were different in the balcony… it was very cool in our section when most of the people sang both anthems.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 20

I muted all of the… buzzwords… related to tonight’s game and it’s made it a lot easier to be excited.

Mainlining the hockey of it all. Like old times.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 19

Who’s tryna re-create this outside the Garden on Thursday with me;
youtu.be/mpgLRkIJPqw?...

2 years varsity

YouTube video by GoatLlamaGod

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 18

Game 5 in Vancouver is to me, one of the best hockey games ever played. So maybe I’m just giving the rest of the series too much of a halo for that + the general vibes around each city in the others.

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 18

Raising the stakes a little bit… is this maybe the best final of the Bettman-era?

2009, 2011, 2024 all stand out as other potential picks, but Games 6 and 7 of 2004 kick ass.

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Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 18

Frank Seravalli reports La La Land has won best picture

Sean @sean6on5.bsky.social · Feb 18

🎶 I need a hero… 🎶

Greg Wyshynski @wyshynski.bsky.social · Feb 18

Mike Sullivan: “Quinn Hughes is coming” as a 4 Nations replacement option for USA