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Its not the band I hate, its their fans!

[Jay @jaybone123]

Hey @grok based on my posts and what you know about me, create an image of what you think I look like. Ignore my profile pic - no cheating.

[Western Hockey Scout @Pete___Hughes]

Way too many shitbag comments from Oilers Fans today so here we go. The Oilers have the 32 of 32 Ranked Farm System in the NHL. They have no depth at all, so they can’t turn it around at all and no Draft capital at all for trades. They’re fucked, besides trading Leon there is no way to try to keep McDavid unless he chooses the loser. The Two Cup appearances were a bad Pacific and Central Teams killing each other (can we go to 1v8). McDavid will be in Nashville, Utah, Dallas, etc soon, but good old Edmonton Fans always ready to throw rocks in glass houses, all day today. I cannot wait to watch Anaheim, Calgary, San Jose, Vancouver who all are Drafting phenomenally pound the everliving shit out of the McDavidless Oilers. Ken Holland & Stan Bowman bang up job. Katz bless you for hiring the Two most overrated GMs in History, destroying a guaranteed dynasty. No fan base shits on people more. I got out of my way to try and be nice to Oilers fans (more than any franchise and they all despise me, yet I have no Issues with Canucks Fans). I like the City of Edmonton, but god I can’t wait for a good Pacific Division (Anaheim, Calgary, San Jose, Vancouver) just smashing the shit out of Edmonton with no one good and no picks for three years. Decade of Darkness 2.0 and no franchise deserves it more.

[Arbitrage Andy @ArbitrageAndy1]

26 year olds today: "my anxiety is high, I am overwhelmed by my email job"

26 year olds in 1944:

[Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @Tablesalt13]

BOMBSHELL: Retired editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald blows the whistle on Canadian media

"they are no longer independent. They are dependent on government subsidies"

"the era of independent media is over"

[Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth]

Current and former editors just testified at Parliament that 7 years of government subsidies have PERMANENTLY COMPROMISED Canadian media.

The 2019 bailout was supposed to be temporary.

It never ended.

The payments are secret & it’s the only federal program that doesn’t disclose what each company gets.

The government decides who qualifies as a “journalist” to receive the money.

141 news corporations now receive secret federal payments.

Media that take the money get better access.

Media that don’t are left outside.

Now you know why they never ask the hard questions.

You’re no longer watching the news, you’re watching the government’s investment ☹️

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

It was my 27th time testifying in Ottawa yesterday, but my first before the House Affairs Committee. I explained what happened with La Presse, and how my 25-year collaboration with the paper was halted following personal comments I made about how public funding may be influencing editorial decisions across the country. I never once criticized La Presse itself—yet here we are.

In Ottawa, several witnesses, including Peter Menzies, former editor of the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun, expressed similar concerns. Something needs to change. The public is not being properly informed about critical issues affecting agriculture, food security, affordability, and more. No media would report on this today, for obvious reasons.

Very few media outlets examined how counter-tariffs impacted food prices. It took the U.S. Ambassador to Canada—an American—to acknowledge that Canada was in breach of CUSMA, not our own media. Prime Minister Mark Carney eliminated those counter-tariffs shortly afterward. It also took three full days before anyone asked where the $14 billion would come from to fund the grocery benefit program.

Media are not to blame—they are doing their best under tremendous pressure. Public funding for media is not inherently the problem. The issue is that funding private media has become partisan, and that, in my view, makes a significant difference. After 25 years, I can say something has changed—dramatically—and it is not good for our democracy.

[Brian Lilley @brianlilley]

This is the Heritage Minute that was deleted from YouTube by people who want to erase Sir John A. Macdonald from our history.
Let’s make sure as many people as possible see this. Make this go viral.

[Jay @jaybone123]

@terrynewman https://t.co/199lgWMTZF

[Jay @jaybone123]

@OneLuckyGirl_28 $10,000,000 USD

[Jay @jaybone123]

Hey @grok who’s the most famous person to visit my profile? Don’t tag them, just give me a name

[Johnny Drama Chase @JohnnyDramaChas]

21 years ago today Entourage premiered on HBO. RETWEET if you’re ready for a reboot.

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

1,000 retweets and they have to bring us back

[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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[Jay @jaybone123]

@LAKings Lol, Kings are pathetic!! Outcoached and outskilled, mentally weak...they are done! Oilers doormat yet again!

[Jay @jaybone123]

@GenTXer2 Van Halen

[Jay @jaybone123]

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@Julie4684496721 I’ll bet! Lucky you!

[Jay @jaybone123]

@hayden_nag5049 I hope so too, but I think that’s likely impossible at this point. If Chiefs win, I imagine Kelce proposes on the 50 yd line!

[Jay @jaybone123]

@leavitt_ni50688 @yarske Perfect, you’re hired!