Matthew Horne

Sales @WeAre8am / @MyCaseInc, ex-@SpellBookLegal, ex-@GoClio , Entrepreneur, Beer Snob, Canucks Fan

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@TheStanchion Larscheiders night 🤝

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@LVceli @Valsts_policija Clear now

[Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie]

The trade is one for none.

Which is to say I’m exchanging my semi-retired TSN life of the last five years — doing the World Junior Championships, NHL Draft Rankings, a handful of Toronto Maple Leaf broadcasts, TradeCentre and Free Agent Frenzy — for a fully-retired life of doing absolutely nothing.

Well, nothing work related anyway.

Today’s Free Agent Frenzy is the last working day in a 48-year professional career that included stops at The Sault Star, The Globe and Mail, The Hockey News (twice), The Toronto Star, TSN, ESPN and NBC, amongst others.

It’s been quite a ride.

I’ll be 69 years old in August. I decided a few months ago it’s as nice a time as any to call it a career with the expiry of my current contract. If I had been so inclined to continue doing the World Juniors and draft rankings etc. at TSN, the opportunity was certainly there for me to do so. And I’m so grateful to TSN for that.

Honestly, though, I am looking forward to waking up on Christmas morning this year and NOT flying to Minneapolis-St. Paul for the World Juniors.

I’m also looking forward to doing more travelling with my wife Cindy; having more time to give my sons Mike and Shawn unwanted (and unneeded) advice; playing even more golf than I am now; and having my two wonderful grandchildren Blake and Gunnar running my show on a full-time basis.

After almost 50 years in the business, there are far too many people to thank individually, so I won’t even try to name any lest I leave some out.

Just know that I’ve been blessed to work for, work with and work against so many great people who gave me boundless opportunity, incredible support and intense motivation. The nearly five decades have gone by in the blink of an eye.

I certainly never set out to be the TSN Hockey Insider. It never occurred to me that I would work in television. All I wanted to be when I grew up was a hockey writer, to have a “job” to watch, write and talk about the game. You know, tell a few stories and try to capture the spirit of the thing.

Mission accomplished, I guess.

I couldn’t say goodbye now without a special thanks to everyone at TSN, past and present.

I first started showing up on the network in or around 1986-87. In the 1990s, I was working full-time hours at TSN but still had a full time newspaper job, too. Since 2000, 25 years ago, TSN has been my primary professional home.

It’s been a very special place on so many levels. The best part of TSN has always been the people. The best people doing the best work. What an honour to be one small part of the unsurpassed excellence that is TSN. Every time I’ve walked out of Studio Six at the end of Free Agent Frenzy on July 1, I’ve said to myself: “It doesn’t get any better than that.”

And it doesn’t. That’s especially true on this Canada Day because I’m so very proud to be a Canadian. 🇨🇦

I’m a very lucky guy. I owe the game of hockey, and all the people within it — the players, coaches, managers, executives, scouts, agents et al — so much; I owe my family and friends even more. 

Finally, thank you to anyone who has ever read, watched or listened to any of my work in any form at any outlet over the last 48 years. It’s been a privilege to share some information with you all, and try to have a few laughs along the way on social media or whatever they’re calling it these days.

I’ve cherished it all.

Fully Completely.

✌️and 💕 

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[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@NeedsTheHam @SatiarShah @sportsnetmurph the Ferraro is a good look.

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@SatiarShah @Sportsnet650 @BikNizzar Regular season can’t come soon enough! Looking forward to the great analysis as always!

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@buckfoston https://t.co/IJLGZmCvGD

[Dr. Harjas Grewal @Harjas_Grewal]

Assuming this is a blood clot in his arm or leg. Concern is these can travel to your lungs and cause a pulmonary embolism which is a life-threatening issue

Long list of possible causes but most likely would be some sort of trauma to the area and then a clot forming (1/4)

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@TheStanchion High stick but the embellishment was worse for sure

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@JasonGregor lol wut?

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@lemonlespa85012 @BizNasty2point0

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@scottastevenson @MonicaNGoyal @pulley @scottastevenson check out @waltersoftware if you want an intro let me know.

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@dennisy__ Momesso

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

Awesome progress @Colin_Sully & @MintGreenHQ Team!

[MintGreen @MintGreenHQ]

The debut of HOT SLICE 🍕

1:12 scale Digital Boiler

District Heating 🤝🏻 Bitcoin Mining

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

Nothing like a little bit of Saturday humour. This is such a gift for @Dave_Eby and the @bcndp.

@voteBCUnited remains unelectable with @KevinFalcon’s lack of leadership on the actual housing issue in BC.

Hope that $5,000 dollar donation was worth it.

[BC United @voteBCUnited]

💫🎶#TaylorSwift is gonna 'Shake It Off' in Vancouver!

But thanks to the BC NDP's Airbnb ban, finding a 'Blank Space' to stay just got trickier.

With 164,000 Swifties over three nights, and only 23,000 hotels rooms, we've got a 'Bad Blood' situation on our hands! #bcpoli

[Allan Walsh🏒 @walsha]

The NHL’s decision to ban players from wearing specialty jerseys in pre-game warms up is gutless. Pride Night, Military Appreciation, Hockey Fights Cancer, Black History. 99% of players had no issues wearing a specialty jersey. Typical NHL, going 60 Miles per hour in reverse.

[CityNews Vancouver @CityNewsVAN]

The Ovaltine Café needs your help.

The iconic diner — seen in films and T-V shows like “I, Robot,” “The X-Files,” and “Da Vinci’s Inquest” — was seriously damaged by a fire last Sunday.

https://t.co/CZ6quKOaFC

[Matthew Horne @HorneMatthew]

@scottastevenson @SpellbookLegal Congrats @scottastevenson & team!!

[Scott Stevenson @scottastevenson]

1/ We're thrilled to announce that @SpellbookLegal has raised $10.9M USD!

Last summer, we launched the first generative AI copilot for lawyers. Since then we've had our heads down shipping 30+ features, expanding to 600 legal teams & growing a waitlist of 54,000!

👇

[Wyatt Arndt @TheStanchion]

I cannot explain how much I enjoy the fact that Brad Marchand cannot win a Cup with him being the main guy.

[Wyatt Arndt @TheStanchion]

Hail to our king John Garrett. It won't be the same without you. You brought a natural charm and charisma that is a much needed commodity in sports and I always looked forward to any game you were a part of calling.