Steen

PSU Class of 2018 TheBentTreeUniversity

[Drew Peltzman @dapeltz13]

Johni Broome is the last Sixer to have his name called by Sixers PA announcer @MattyCord

An absolute legend who deserved a better exit than this

[Pittsburgh Penguins @penguins]

A warm welcome in Philly 😌

[Philadelphia Eagles @Eagles]

lol, go @NHLFlyers

[Steen @matt25x]

Folded just like last Penguins owners

[PickensBurgh 🫡 @PickensBurgh]

I will be stepping away from Twitter

Thank you everyone 🙏

[Crossing Broad @CrossingBroad]

the Flyers have won a playoff series more recently than the Penguins

[Steen @matt25x]

RT @espn: Zach Werenski and Dylan Larkin bought Johnny Gaudreau's children on the ice for their gold medal photo ❤️ 🥇 https://t.co/SERvo3mh…

[Steen @matt25x]

Canada had a line of Connor McDavid, Nathan McKinnon and Cale Makar and complained about the OT rules

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Honoring Johnny Gaudreau.

[Jon Tweets Sports @jontweetssports]

If we don’t get this when Ole Miss plays LSU in Oxford next season, what are we even doing

[John @iam_johnw]

Devonta smith robbing the Salvation Army bucket is still a top 5 touchdown celebration of all time

[Tottenham Tiers @TottenhamTiers]

Mr Tottenham.

Thank you, Heung-Min Son 🤍

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

He took us to victory – a tribute to Diogo Jota ❤️

[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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[Sleeper @SleeperHQ]

@espn Acting like he’s got an incurable disease when in reality he just can’t make a free throw

[Bastien Fachan @BastienFachan]

Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy.

The only two men in the last 50 years to complete the Career Grand Slam.

As the prophecy foretold ✨

[🅆🄷🄾🄻🄴 🄻🄾🅃🅃🄰 🅂🄰🅄🄲🄴 @WholeLottaSauss]

Paul Skenes has become too powerful. He’s gotta be stopped😭

[Fireball sommelier @Sheehan_Sports]

Kansas basketball ever since every other program could pay players.

[Nick Foles @NickFoles]

It's really cool that Tom Brady got to be there for the Eagles' two Super Bowl wins! He might be a good luck charm.

Have a great night!

[MavsMuse @MavsMuse]

Boy Mahomes sure is struggling in the championship, perhaps they should trade him in the dead of night and call him fat on the way out

[Jack Milewski @Jack_BMilewski]

Don’t look now, but the SEC continues to dominate the hypothetical college football playoffs