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also while we’re at it miro heiskanen is fackin elite and don’t let anyone tell you differently

[Nicole Shirman @nicolefshirman]

I very much want the PWHL to continue to expand and grow the game, but watching it happen in real time makes me realize why the NHL had only six teams for 25 years

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As a side note, people are grossly overestimating median salaries in big cities. $40k USD is above the median individual salary in Toronto.

Ideally players should make more, but they’re earning, at like minimum, > 50% of the population in their city. That’s an ok starting point

[Smeegs @smeeegs]

Yet to see a normal reaction to this

[Kyle Cushman @Kyle_Cush]

The PWHLPA has voted to publicly disclose player salaries for the first time.

A guide is now available on the PWHLPA website revealing all salaries for the 2025-26 season.

https://t.co/K3gmi9PnFp

[Smeegs @smeeegs]

Like yeah the league’s 3 years old and makes ~$15m a year, so there’s not a lot of money to go around.

But people watch, and viewership, merch, ticket sales, etc are increasing substantially YOY. Need a tv deal + only 30 games is an issue but it’s obviously gonna grow

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@erikwillander This but with blue lines

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@JFreshHockey Jake Oettinger

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Then there’s the odd think piece about the Rantanen trade as if 2 elite players making $24M a year combined is somehow inconceivable in a rising cap world

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Every day there’s a tweet from this account quoting Friedge or Marek saying something like “Robertson might sign, he might not, who knows 🤷‍♂️” and gets quote tweeted with the most god awful, rage inducing mock trades you’ve ever seen

[NHL Rumour Report @NHLRumourReport]

Elliotte Friedman: I think Jason Robertson's gonna be an interesting one, I think the Stars will have a line and I'm not convinced they'll be willing to go past that line...around Mikko Rantanen's number - DMase Vingan & Daunic (5/7)

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@LEHK0NEN @Wirfs2Canton Haha sorry yeah should clarify that I meant EH and HockeyStats rely on priors more than sG, so using them in a “who deserves the hart” conversation is kind of mute

Also agree about Celebrini

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@LEHK0NEN @Wirfs2Canton Aren’t those cards also 3 year weighted average?

For the sake of a *yearly* award, no input from previous years should matter for this context

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@ShortHandedZS Such a good product, and the league is run exceptionally well

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@DarkCMF Johnston and Harley. Mikko, Miro, Otter, Robertson all spoke, but not those 2

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Undrafted rookie on a league min deal the next 2 years spoke to the media but two players with some of the biggest contracts in Stars history didn’t? #whatdatmean

[Abby Jones @_abigaiiiil]

Justin Hryckowian on his effort/and the Dallas Stars’ performance in the playoffs.

“We didn't get the job done, so that sucks. Obviously, I think we all want to go on a run and win the thing. I think all the intentions were there. I think we did some good things, maybe, and but ultimately, you gotta preform and have some gotta have a big moments or a big play in a big time.
And felt like, you know, personally, I didn't deliver there and didn't hold up my end of the bargain.”

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Nils Lundkvist chance assist / 60 leader among defencemen in a series that had Hughes Faber Harley and Heiskanen is wild

[JFresh @JFreshHockey]

The top 5v5 scoring chance creating defencemen in round one of the NHL playoffs, per @PDOcast:

1. Cale Makar
2. Quinn Hughes
3. Shea Theodore
4. Sean Durzi
5. Kris Letang

⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Smeegs @smeeegs]

Don’t want to read too much into it but 53 & 55 not speaking is interesting

Big ups to Ritzy for speaking though

[Sabremetrix📊 @Sabremetrix]

They have an eye test that can sort out the nuances in an NHL defenseman’s game but can’t correctly identify an AI woman

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This was a WCF Game 6 you know, I don’t think I’ll ever get over it

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If I had a nickel for every time a Canadian team closed out a playoff series over a no income tax state team being outshot 3-1, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it’s happened twice

[Elliotte Friedman @FriedgeHNIC]

Canadiens outshot 29-9, but Dobes is an absolutely impenetrable brick wall

Canadiens/Sabres for the Atlantic, beginning Wednesday

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@JuroKral @WollmanRobert Also would have cost them Mavrik Bourque to re-sign (3rd rounder would have upgraded to a first in the 2020 draft)