Van Alan
@van-alan.bsky.social
Bruins outsider. Zero Fs given. Twitter personality in exile. Producer of OneVanArmy w/ @jwirb.bsky.social and Snack. Recurring character @shortshiftpod.bsky.social. Has a day job.
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A New Year a New Bruins?
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Patriots in the Super Bowl. Honestly lol.
January 25, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Patriots in the Super Bowl. Honestly lol.
The Patriots look like they don’t belong here.
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The Patriots look like they don’t belong here.
The Patriots haven’t looked good all playoffs, but this is the most unprepared they have looked.
The offensive coordinator is already completely stumped.
The offensive coordinator is already completely stumped.
January 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The Patriots haven’t looked good all playoffs, but this is the most unprepared they have looked.
The offensive coordinator is already completely stumped.
The offensive coordinator is already completely stumped.
Every game this playoffs I’ve thought “ok, we should win”.
Then I remember the guy who calls the plays is incompetent.
Then I remember the guy who calls the plays is incompetent.
Over the course of this playoffs is has become more and more apparent that Josh McDaniels is a terrible coach.
Real ones already knew.
Real ones already knew.
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Every game this playoffs I’ve thought “ok, we should win”.
Then I remember the guy who calls the plays is incompetent.
Then I remember the guy who calls the plays is incompetent.
Over the course of this playoffs is has become more and more apparent that Josh McDaniels is a terrible coach.
Real ones already knew.
Real ones already knew.
January 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Over the course of this playoffs is has become more and more apparent that Josh McDaniels is a terrible coach.
Real ones already knew.
Real ones already knew.
If Geekie had missed that one I would’ve swan dived off the balcony
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
If Geekie had missed that one I would’ve swan dived off the balcony
I have never needed to lose myself in a hockey game so badly.
But also Judd Sirot sucks.
But also Judd Sirot sucks.
January 25, 2026 at 1:43 AM
I have never needed to lose myself in a hockey game so badly.
But also Judd Sirot sucks.
But also Judd Sirot sucks.
The only people who shoot someone and flee the scene are murderers.
Walz: "You kill a man, and then you just leave? You're law enforcement -- you just leave? Is there a single case in American history where you just, like, walk away and say, 'I guess that just happened and we're not gonna clean up our mess?'"
January 24, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The only people who shoot someone and flee the scene are murderers.
So I think if the Trump campaign had told people that, by voting for him, you were voting to get shot Kamala probably would’ve won.
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
So I think if the Trump campaign had told people that, by voting for him, you were voting to get shot Kamala probably would’ve won.
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
ICE is a lynch mob that the executive branch has set upon its own people and Congress could stop it at any time.
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
ICE is a lynch mob that the executive branch has set upon its own people and Congress could stop it at any time.
The GOP is funding a lunch mob that is terrorizing their own people and they could decide to stop at any time.
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The GOP is funding a lunch mob that is terrorizing their own people and they could decide to stop at any time.
Back the blue am I right?
Michael Fanone confronted Ivan Raiklin at today’s hearing. Fanone and Harry Dunn are heroes. Watching them be treated with anything less than respect today tells you exactly how broken we are at this moment.
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Back the blue am I right?
Oh btw, here’s the latest episode of OneVanArmy: open.spotify.com/episode/1pPv...
Rasmus Andersson and the Trade that Never Was
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January 23, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Oh btw, here’s the latest episode of OneVanArmy: open.spotify.com/episode/1pPv...
Lohrei looks confident right now.
If he and Lindholm can be a viable 2nd pair they really changes things for Boston. Suddenly their RHD problem is way less of an issue.
If he and Lindholm can be a viable 2nd pair they really changes things for Boston. Suddenly their RHD problem is way less of an issue.
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Lohrei looks confident right now.
If he and Lindholm can be a viable 2nd pair they really changes things for Boston. Suddenly their RHD problem is way less of an issue.
If he and Lindholm can be a viable 2nd pair they really changes things for Boston. Suddenly their RHD problem is way less of an issue.
Andrew Peeke might be the only Bruins who I’ve ever wished would shoot less.
January 23, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Andrew Peeke might be the only Bruins who I’ve ever wished would shoot less.
Proud of the Bruins for doing a real hockey is for everyone event.
Last time I posted something nice about the Bruins 4 Montréal people blocked me and I got 2 very funny DMs but they’re trying and this is more than they’ve ever done so Imma put them in the thread, die mad.
January 23, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Proud of the Bruins for doing a real hockey is for everyone event.
Great deal for Buffalo
Josh Doan and Buffalo will be 7 x $6.95M
January 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Great deal for Buffalo
This is actually an extremely stupid contract by Don Sweeney.
You should not be giving career AHLer more than what you can bury in the AHL.
A team probably would have taken a flier on Steeves were he a pending UFA. Now you're asking them to commit real $$. You just made him un-tradeable.
You should not be giving career AHLer more than what you can bury in the AHL.
A team probably would have taken a flier on Steeves were he a pending UFA. Now you're asking them to commit real $$. You just made him un-tradeable.
The Bruins announce a two-year extension for Alex Steeves. AAV of $1.625 million.
January 21, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is actually an extremely stupid contract by Don Sweeney.
You should not be giving career AHLer more than what you can bury in the AHL.
A team probably would have taken a flier on Steeves were he a pending UFA. Now you're asking them to commit real $$. You just made him un-tradeable.
You should not be giving career AHLer more than what you can bury in the AHL.
A team probably would have taken a flier on Steeves were he a pending UFA. Now you're asking them to commit real $$. You just made him un-tradeable.
Swayman held the fort as long as he could in that 1st period.
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Swayman held the fort as long as he could in that 1st period.
You cannot do this then say “we’re the good guys”. I’m sorry, you just can’t.
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
You cannot do this then say “we’re the good guys”. I’m sorry, you just can’t.
He. Is. A. Russian. Asset.
WSJ explains here why Vladimir Putin has pushed Trump to make claims against Greenland for more than a decade, and has worked relentlessly to make it come to fruition—it's a torpedo to the bow of NATO, accomplishing what Putin has worked to achieve across his entire career.
In Trump’s Drive for Greenland, NATO Is the First Casualty
The threat of a new trade war with Europe is pushing the trans-Atlantic alliance into its deepest crisis since World War II.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
He. Is. A. Russian. Asset.
I am not enjoying Drake Maye’s Rhamondre Stevenson impression
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I am not enjoying Drake Maye’s Rhamondre Stevenson impression
I think Marat Khustnutdinov is the only forward on the team who makes Pastrnak better.
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I think Marat Khustnutdinov is the only forward on the team who makes Pastrnak better.
“Oh no, we suck again.”
-The Bruins
-The Bruins
January 18, 2026 at 2:06 AM
“Oh no, we suck again.”
-The Bruins
-The Bruins