Mark Lazerus

Senior NHL Writer, The Athletic |
Co-host, The Athletic Hockey Show |
Co-host, Powers & Laz |
Old enough to feel ways about stuff

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@benjaminzalman Yeah, the Mets are in awesome shape. You're right.

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The Mets traded their entire pitching staff for prospects and didn't get a single guy good enough to be in their mediocre pipeline's top 10? Another David Stearns masterclass.

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@BComptonNHL That's just my soul.

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@JacketsInsider Sorry to see this, Jeff. Good luck with the next step. Shame what's happening over there.

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@ColBourbon The Mets keep me honest, haha.

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On today's episode of The Athletic Hockey Show, @Peter_Baugh and @vzmercogliano try to fix the Rangers. It's quite a task.

Watch here, or listen on your podcast app of choice:
https://t.co/0j6LYYWct3

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https://t.co/aKF5ibRn5V

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Man, I guess inflation hasn't hit starting pitching. Supposedly high-end arms are coming awfully cheap.

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Just saying: Being power-bombed all the way down to the floor would hurt way more than being power-bombed onto a high table.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Roman sent Seth Rollins through the table...

Then Seth repaid the favor 🤯

[Patrick Mooney @PJ_Mooney]

Story with @sahadevsharma: On eve of trade deadline, Cubs weigh pitching options after Tarik Skubal goes to Dodgers https://t.co/665HTXecQa

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@ByScottPowers Looks like an accountant.

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Sorry not sorry, Stars fans.

(Also, @byscottpowers' pick for the Blackhawks is NUTS.)

https://t.co/pFkGLxLAOF

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This is like one of those silly names in Super Mega Baseball 3.

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@ChristopherHine You can just commute the two hours like LeBron!

Congrats, Chris. Really happy for you. Let's grab a beer next time the Hawks are in Philly!

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@schwhitecastle I feel like it's too late. This has become my Letterboxd account, haha.

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I know the whole thing about this film is that Brady Corbet had final cut. I respect and appreciate that and laud that. Art, baby! But maybe he needed someone's voice in his ear here and there. And not because it's long. Long is fine! (Related: Normalize intermissions in movies!)

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SPIDER-MAN 4: Maybe I'm as big a tool as Tim Robinson in "Friendship," but there really is nothing like opening night at a new MCU movie. This one was really good. No spoilers, but between the dozen trailers and the nerd circles I travel in, I do wish I knew less coming in.

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AVATAR AANG: Flameo, Hotman! This was fun. Had the spirit and silliness of the original (which the live-action remake is sorely lacking). Baffling they didn't release this in theaters, given the enduring popularity of the show. Also, hardly any Suki? That's rough, buddy.

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We don't cry and whine and complain in the Midwest? Clearly this guy's never met my 10-year-old.

[On3 @On3]

NEW: Indiana's Curt Cignetti says the Big Ten is the best conference in College Football👀

"We don’t run a hype machine up here in the Midwest. We believe everything is earned, not given. When we fall short, we say we fell short. We don't cry a river and whine and complain. All right, and that's why we're the best."

https://t.co/7zTz86TCnU

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You should read @ByScottPowers' story on Artyom Levshunov because it's very good. You also should read it because it includes a photo of Levshunov and a comically giant strawberry shortcake.
https://t.co/QmWkJbADqr

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Sox fans Mets fans
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Hating the Yankees