Category: Sports
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What A Mess
Attribution to Elliot from Castro Valley, California The Winnipeg Jets, in 1996, moved their team to Arizona. The player above is Shane Doan, one of Arizona’s stars , since the move. The team has been plagued with financial issues and bad management since their arrival, in Arizona. The NHL, under Gary Bettman keeps pushing and…
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Screwed
Edmonton has a rabid hockey fan base. It is now the playoffs. There are a number of fans who follow the Edmonton Oilers, on the road, during playoff time. The Oilers are now in round two, against the Vegas Golden Knights. The, Gary Bettman led, NHL announced the schedule for the first two games, in…
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Conspiracy Theory
Conspiracy theories are usually the domain of right wing wack jobs. For example, John Kennedy jr. did not die in a plane crash and is still alive. The January 6 insurrection was organized by ANTIFA. And so on. However, there is one conspiracy theory that is getting more and more traction with Canadians. The person…
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Big Day
By Extracted from http://www.nait.ca/docs/NAIT_CSR_Report.pdf, Fair use Two major events happening tomorrow. There is this Fox vs Dominion lawsuit trial starting tomorrow where Fox is being sued for a miniscule amount of $1.6 billion. People have asked why Fox has not settled. Probably because one of the terms of any agreement would be Fox announcing every…
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Tarnished Jet
Bobby Hull died last week, at the age of 84. He was my first hockey hero. In my home town I could easily pick up the Chicago games, at night. Given a six teal league, Chicago was on tv on a number of Saturday night Hockey Night in Canada games. They were also on a…
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Nice Story
Sourced from Daily Faceoff This picture is from a game last Saturday night between the Edmonton Oilers and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Oilers won 7-3. But that was not the main story from the fame The goaltender in the picture is Matt Berlin. Unless you go to the University of Alberta, you probably have never…
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Mental Health Issue
Attribution to Marcusvfz – Own Work This is Bruce Boudreau. Je has been in professional hockey for 48 years. He played for 17 years, include 9 years in the Toronto Maple Leaf organization. He has been in coaching, ever since. He has had a relatively successful coaching career, including one year where he won an…
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We Are All Guilty
Attribution to All-Pro Ree ls from District of Columbia The is Ivan Provorov. He is a defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers. He has been with the Flyers since 2016. He is also one of the alternate captains for the Flyers, giving him leadership responsibilities. Earlier this month, he boycotted a pregame skate where the team…
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Pendulum
The year 2022 was a pretty rough year for a number of reasons. Roe vs Wade was overturned. Russia invaded Ukraine. Republicans were looking at a red wave in the midterms in November. Donald Trump looked like a shoo in for President, in 2024 Canada was paralysed by the Freedom Convoy. Pierre Poilievre was nominated…
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No Love For OneLove
Attribution to Deccan Herald OneLove armbands were originally started as part of a 2020 inclusiveness campaign launched by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). The KNVB opposes all forms of discrimination, including by race, gender, skin colour and culture. The red, black and green colours symbolise race and origin. The pink, yellow and blue colours…