Occam’s Hat Trick
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Occam’s Hat Trick
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The simplest explanation in hockey is usually the best one
As the Quinn Hughes trade reactions slow, tonight’s Oilers at Penguins game (Tristan Jarry vs. Stuart Skinner) is going refuel the hockey hot take machine for a few days

#LetsGoOilers #letsgopens
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
When does Jarmo Kekäläinen break the news to Terry Pegula that the NHL equivalent of Josh Allen was Mario Lemieux and he is long since retired

#sabrehood
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hope Buffalo Sabres fans don’t look up the Blue Jackets’ playoff successes under Jarmo Kekäläinen for inspiration

#Sabrehood
December 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Why does every story about the Hughes brothers sound like it could be a plot line in an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia?

#mnwild  #NJDevils
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
There is going to be a shockingly low number of Hughes brothers (just one) in this afternoon’s Canucks - Devils game

#NJDevils  #AllTogetherAllIn
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Working on an NHL Curse of Tate McRae theory:

Calgary Flames fan - newly cursed franchise

Dated Cole Sillinger - CBJ always cursed

Now dating Jack Hughes - Devils seemingly cursed now

#NJDevils #CBJ #Flames
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Bill Guerin and Jim Rutherford really didn’t consider the hockey podcast world when they completed the Quinn Hughes trade on a Friday night

#AllTogetherAllIn #mnwild
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Cannot wait for history to repeat itself with dual Kirill Kaprizov and Quinn Hughes buyouts by the Minnesota Wild in 6 years or so

#mnwild
December 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Frantically trying to find futures odds on Stuart Skinner winning the Vezina Trophy in 2026-2027

#LetsGoOilers #LetsGoPens
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Barry Trotz and the Nashville Predators better be calling teams to see what they’ll offer for Steven Stamkos after last night’s game

#Smashville
Steven Stamkos has FOUR GOALS IN TWO PERIODS 🤯🔥

(via: Nashville Predators)
December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Would really like to see Mikko Rantanen end the year as both the assists leader and the penalty minutes leader

#TexasHockey
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Love the NHL standings:

Win 3-4 games in a row, make up basically no ground

Lose 3-4 games in a row, lead the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I have a conspiracy theory that Gary Bettman paid the contractors to make the Olympic rink too small as a back door way of getting the NHL players out of playing in the Olympics (at the owners’ request)

#NHL #Olympics
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
About time the NHL had a player named Angus

#NJDevils
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Last time the Devils grabbed a former Lightning scorer hasn’t worked out so well, but I’m sure this time it’ll be different . . .

#NJDevils
If the Preds decide to tear things down, Steven Stamkos and Ryan O’Reilly could be on the move.

Digging into what these two still have left in the tank + what kind of roles are fitting at this point in their careers after a tough last year+ in Nashville

www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
What potential trade suitors need to know about Steven Stamkos and Ryan O'Reilly
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Kudos to Jacob Trouba for making it until December 5th to turn back into Jacob Trouba

#FlyTogether #ALLCAPS
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Insane that they messed up the measurements

Back in North America, MSG (and most arenas) go from a hockey rink to a basketball court to a WWE ring to a concert venue to a PBR bullring daily
Deputy commissioner Bill Daly hints at small but real risk of NHL skipping 2026 Olympics in Milan

https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/337310/

Photo credit: Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images Hockey fans expecting a star-studded NHL return to the Olympics in Milan received…
Deputy commissioner Bill Daly hints at small but real risk of NHL skipping 2026 Olympics in Milan - NHL
Photo credit: Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images
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December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The New Jersey Devils need to sport the Green and Red reverse retros every Christmas season

#NJDevils
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Breaking down the craziest things to happen in NHL players’ 1000th game is for sure a future Down Goes Brown article
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
NHL coaches and GM’s are going to be sweating out the Christmas break this year to see what other random household injuries their players can sustain
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Love this week of the NHL season - where the U.S. teams cram in as many home games as possible when their fans are back home

But they can’t even have the Canadian teams play on Thanksgiving Thursday in Canada because they need those seven teams to be the road teams in the U.S.
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Will have to remind myself at dinner today that I am not consuming hockey media today so it is just ‘Thanksgiving’ not ‘American Thanksgiving’
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Convinced that the Nashville Predators always sellout as their games are the only respite on Broadway from the bachelorette parties and generic pop country stars’ mediocre bars

#Smashville
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
When the Hughes brothers eventually end up on the same team, do they decide to get injured at the same time and miss the same 20 games each year or do they rotate which brother inevitably is injured throughout the course of the season?

#NJDevils #AllTogetherAllIn
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Kiefer Sherwood would win the Rocket Richard on McDavid’s wing

(And probably have 3-4 assists as well)

#LetsGoOilers  #AllTogetherAllIn
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM