Koala Bear

Net junkie, crazy dog person, hockey fan from Australia (yeah, weird I know), baker, fan fic writer

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

I can now low key support the Ottawa Senators. My extreme dislike of Brady Tkachuk meant that I couldn't stand them. I like most teams and only dislike the Panthers and Lightning and loathe the Vegas Golden Knights. Rest of the teams I either like a lot or don't hate.

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

I keep hearing William Karlsson being injured was a huge factor in the Vegas Golden Knights not winning the 2026 Stanley Cup. Isn't that a risk issue if one player can have such an adverse effect? This wasn't the first time he was out this season - shouldn't they have had a plan?

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

What I love about the 2026 Stanley Cup Final: the Carolina Hurricanes despite being dismissed as not being a "team of stars" ended up subverting expectations & being a star team of good players who at least appear to be decent human beings. Feels like a sports feel good movie :)

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

They keep saying the Carolina Hurricanes have no stars, but I wonder if this is what helped them stay healthy and be able to have a genuine all-team contribution?

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

What I have learned this year is that if your surname is Laz(a/e)rus (like @JLazzy23 or @MarkLazerus then you are not allowed to ask the Vegas Golden Knights about goalie Carter Hart.

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

Media after the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. It was super cute how Andrei Svechnikov was given the option to bail but decided to stick around and listen to the multilingual Nikolaj Ehlers answer in German haha

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@reese_p @wyshynski @GoldenKnights Not really, though. People are still going to focus on the performance of the team. Fans and adversaries alike will be examining everything under a microscope

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@GinoHard_ But will the new guest be ok having Torts' underwear in their hotel room?

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@JLazzy23 Also I'm pretty sure I've heard stupider questions like: "Why do you think you lost/they won?" "How did you feel after that loss?" etc

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@JLazzy23 He's so rude. But apparently he's a dog lover so that makes everything ok :D

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

It's fun seeing all the hockey commentators who had backed Team Evil (Vegas Golden Knights) shuffle and sidle furtively back towards the centre again as the Hurricanes play well. Hoping so hard that the Hurricanes can win. Not even a Canes fan - just ANYONE but Vegas please.

[Vegas Golden Knights @GoldenKnights]

Official statement from the Vegas Golden Knights on Carter Hart.

More: https://t.co/7jWN6i0tzr

#VegasBorn

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@HeyHeyWadayaSay @rbarkleyhockey Follow on comment: he was acquitted so definitely should be allowed to play again - but probably doesn't deserve the hero's come back / glazing that the hockey commentators are giving him i.e. let him play, he was acquitted. He's not a hero and probably not a good guy

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@HeyHeyWadayaSay @rbarkleyhockey It was messy all round but some of the evidence wasn't admitted and if you read it, no one is covered in glory.They were all drunk, the guys covered for each other and they expect me to believe one woman 'bullied' / shamed ten 18 year old hockey players into screwing her etc

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

After game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final all the hockey media (mainstream & podcast) wrote off the Carolina Hurricanes & essentially said that Team Evil /Vegas Golden Knights were going to win the Cup ... funny seeing them walk back to the middle & wait and see who actually wins :D

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@AdamWylde Please don't let Team Evil win the Stanley Cup

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@TheAthletic The "criminal standard of proof" wasn't met so legally,Hart was acquitted & has the legal right to be employed. No one can or should stop him from working.He shouldn't be celebrated for bad albeit not criminal behaviour. Winning isn't = automatic redemption though so thank you

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

I HATE the way the hockey commentators are making it sound like it's a comeback story for the hero Carter Hart. My skin is crawling

[Avalanche Forever @citchmook]

ESPN putting this Carter Hart infographic on national TV is crazy 😂

[Koala Bear @koalaisabear]

@AdamWylde I feel nausea because Carter Hart's redemption arc should not be that disgusting behaviour is erased by being a good goalie