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@4starGeneral17 @TageForHart Right on the money again herr generally. They did the usual game 7 choke, played like shit.

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@BillHoppeNHL Great story. If only Dudly had been hired as a GM in Buffalo. Lets see if Torts can pull this Stanley cup off. Not looking great right now.

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@NealSchonMusic What a spectacular Buffalo show. Don't know how you have such tremendous energy, hit after amazing hit.

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@DeenTheDrummer @ironmikesavoia @JourneyOfficial Can't wait to see this Final Frontier! The last show a couple years ago was great!

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@smithhmackenzie Exactly. Very true

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@AjayCybulski How were his numbers in those playoff games?

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@crockpics Its still the same 2 lane long road in and out of that place. Not many restaurants or hotels.

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@thewhoarchive What a genius to create that legendary synthesized sound from the organ.

[Alfred Q Holic @JohnnyWhales3]

@4starGeneral17 Always gonna remember the Alex Tuch Era fondly.

Remember the 2025-26 series against Montreal?

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@hockey_vintage @BuffaloSabres Another bad trade from Scotty Bowman.

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@RuffBuff81 Some dopey GM thought it was a good idea to trade him for some garbage player. Part of the poor mismanagement era of the Sabres.

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@uncle_june That's too painful to watch.

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@SabresClassics The usual bad defensive coverage

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@AndrewHeaters You are right.

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@TheSopranosClub Gloria was the best.

[Toronto Bag Head @torontobaghead]

One minute you have Ron “the Snake” MacLean rambling on about his sister’s kid in Oakville marrying a deli owner who used to be an Olympic-level curler, who makes the best pancakes he’s ever had.

The next minute you have Jennifer Botterill campaigning to make face washes a suspendible offense and crying about violent actions performed in an inherently violent sport in which everyone who plays does so by their own volition.

Finally, no Social Justice Night in Canada would be complete without Kelly Hrudey trying to score some leftist points by going on and on about his or a player’s “mental health”.

HNIC was an institution—something Canadians once considered a highlight of their week. It introduced a lot of Americans to Canadian hockey culture from afar. It had a captive audience during the first intermission, when one of the most entertaining figures in NHL history, Don “Grapes” Cherry, would shoot straight from the hip with amazing and insightful hockey analysis that has not since been matched.

Today, that same program stands as a source of embarrassment for the same fans that once made it the institution it was.

The worst part is that it doesn’t have to be this way. HNIC could be resurrected by simply hiring the correct analysts for their audience—a task so easy that a child could do it.
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[Marc Procopio @Brocopio26]

It's the Stanley Cup Final and the play-by-play announcer sounds confused at a first minute goal. Sean McDonough, great at calling college football, yet absolutely putrid at calling hockey.

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@Brocopio26 Yes he definitely sucks.

[Ryan Quigley @ryanquigz]

Sean McDonough should be thrown in prison for this horrendous call.

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@AndrewHeaters @2Goalies1Mic @WGR550_Patron No, he was sick of the horrible coaching, bad GMs and constant losing. He wanted out just like Reino.