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Morning, folks!
First:
— Wayne Gretzky (@WayneGretzky) March 5, 2021
RIP Walter Gretzky.
As is fast becoming Friday tradition around here, I’m going to say I’ll be brief before taking too long to shut the hell up.
The major story for most of yesterday, as far as I could see it anyway, continued to be this weird wagon-circling from the local writers as the fanbase took Leon Draisaitl’s side in Sarcasticgate. I know I should be able to relate to this next point in some way, but that all of these guys continue to have the platforms they do to spew the garbage they do is astounding. Truly boggling.
For 15+ years, these guys have only asked the teenagers and the superstars the hard questions while the Andrew Ferences, the Bob Nicholsons, the Kevin Lowes and the Daryl Katzes seem still to be absolved of any of the responsibility that should accompany icing the actual worst team in the fucking league for over a decade.
Happy Friday.
the absolute phalanx these guys jump into the minute one of their own is questioned at all is so viscerally off-putting to me. the very SECOND one of their guys gets it (even if it's justified) the power rangers theme song starts blaring and it's time to form up. god damn https://t.co/81LnCkKCOn
— keith (@keyantonyo) March 4, 2021
It’s not easy to ask EDM’s superstars why they failed yet media has done so for 15 years
— Weebo (@OilersPain) March 4, 2021
Why not ask Bob Nicholson why he’s failed? Or Chiarelli when he was here? Hell, Holland
You can pat eachother on the back when your tough questions aren’t cherry picked double standards https://t.co/kaK3AYWVbC
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