Graham

Sports fan, Co-Owner of NFL team. Level 45, version 3.0 🇨🇦

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

@mikemcintyrewpg Dave was thrust in to a role that he wasn't prepared for...in a very awkward 'situation' for the franchise

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

@ScottBilleck @mikemcintyrewpg his reads are poor - not all his fault either - 'play to your size' encourages him to chase physicality - which usually means odd man rushes against or out numbered situations. There must be a verbal agreement that they would give him a chance to showcase.

[Dan Rosen @drosennhl]

Sidney Crosby with magnificent puck control and protection to keep it away from Gustav Forsling, one of the best stick on puck defenders in the NHL, only to then set up Mark Stone for a one-timer that gives Canada a 3-1 lead.

Crosby has two assists and they're both terrific.

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

@SimmerDownCIH Used to think the same - but Helle is an outlier in durability and focus. Brodeur-esque. The team doesn't elevate in late February which shows in terrible playoff performance. Not singular to goalie

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

Time for a Hockey Summit

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

@NikLynam @pat_fenis_96 Similar messaging in past for Ehlers working towards his potential. That guy should not be making the mistakes he does.

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

One for the books Koné 🇨🇦

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

@WPGMurat @A6HOCKEY Is that a product of Bowness knowing he was retiring and didn't want to invest further in the time horizon the 91 needed?

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

Hockey Parents:

I had a call last week with a youth hockey player who is still…in the spring…practicing twice a day.

This is not the time to have the foot on the gas pedal. This is a time for rest and recuperation.

Burnout is a very real thing in youth sports and particularly youth hockey, which is becoming a twelve month a year sport.

Overuse injuries have become a very real problem in youth sports and particularly youth hockey with kids having hip and groin issues due to skating too much.

Now is the time to recharge the battery, play other sports, hell go on vacation. It's not the time to continue to pound it and work work work.

[Mike Commodore @commie22]

Folks..I never do this..full disclosure I wasn’t asked to do this nor am I getting anything..but these things are so good you gotta try em. Dale Hawerchuk family recipe @DuckysDills …incredible…only in Winnipeg & TO areas for now..I should have taken a pic before I opened bottle because they didn’t last long.

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

Jets Nation is timid. Need a statement #NHLJets

[Winnipeg Sports Talk @SportsTalkWPG]

Standing ovation for Bob Cole during his final game in Winnipeg.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

As part of its recent $3 billion fundraising round, the PGA Tour will start issuing equity payouts to its top players today, according to @jcorrigangolf.

Top Projected Payouts
• Tiger Woods: $100 million
• Rory McIlroy: $50 million
• Jordan Spieth: $30 million
• Justin Thomas: $30 million

These equity payments will vest over eight years, with 50% coming by year four, another 25% in year six, and the remaining 25% in year eight.

The payments are small compared to what LIV has handed out—Tyrrell Hatton has a $60M+ deal with LIV—but they represent an essential step for the PGA Tour.

These payments will help the PGA Tour retain talent by locking up big-name players with multi-year equity vesting agreements (like a startup would).

There will be little to no liquidity in the secondary market, so players can't take the payment, sell shares, and then jump to LIV later on for a larger check.

And it could even expedite the PGA-LIV merger.

For example, many people say it wouldn't be fair for LIV golfers to collect a huge check and then be allowed to join the PGA Tour again with no consequences, especially because some big-name PGA Tour players turned down nine-figure contracts with LIV Golf.

However, this levels the playing field, opening the door for LIV golfers to rejoin the PGA Tour, with the idea that they could keep their LIV golf money because they won't be getting upside in the PGA Tour's new for-profit entity.

There is still a long way to go to make that happen.

But this is unlike anything else we have seen in professional sports, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

That Winnipeg barn was PHENOMENAL

"The Jets could win the Stanley Cup..

They've got the players and they could have the best goalie in the NHL" ~ @espnSteveLevy

#PMSLive #HockeyIsAwesome

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

@BizNasty2point0 Paper cut reading his press clippings

[Mike McIntyre @mikemcintyrewpg]

#NHLJets end regular-season with 4-2 win over Vancouver. In doing so, they...

-win the Jennings Trophy
-tie franchise record for wins in a season (52)
-tie franchise record for wins in a row (8)
-finish as top Canadian team in NHL
-finish 2nd in West, 4th in NHL

Next: Playoffs.

[Scott Billeck @ScottBilleck]

#NHLJets did this tongiht:

Matched franchise-record regular-season win total at 52.

Matched franchise-record winning their eighth straight

Earned the crown as Canada's best team with their 110th point

Won the William M. Jennings Trophy, allowing a league-low 199 goals.

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

Is Bones wearing Vancouver colours from Vittorio Rossi? @snseanreynolds @WiebesWorld

[Toronto Sports Network @TSN_Parody]

"We are contractually obligated to start with the Toronto Maple Leafs on this network" - Jay Onrait

You have to appreciate the honesty

[Graham @GrahamHeather4]

@hustlerama And Jennings up for grab. A signal of how well the team and goalies have played in the Bowness blueprint. The system works.