butters

he can kessel but we've already had a kesler.

you will regret those words when he unretires

that was the secret purpose of my last post, I won't persist tho. But you gotta bump it one more time

did this question ever get resolved?

"Will no one think of the fans?"

this gif legit stresses me out :D

Probably because you are thinking of him only in terms of how much he spent on a hockey team.

what a terrible take

Thx! If this is meant as an encouraging mental health comment then thank you! Although luckily I am not prone to that. If its a meta comment on my presence on the board, I didn't think I posted enough to be know to anyone

mental health is from lockdowns and social distance, not vaccine mandates.

Its not even a good joke. Its stolen from American jokes about the south and doesn't really fit for Albertans. But that's not the problem. If you haven't noticed the USA is veering towards violence between its two political wings, which pretty much boils down to rural culture vs urban culture. That's all on the back of social media bull$&!# that is warping everyone's minds. And we are heading that way here too. Adding any fuel to those sorts of fires seems pretty irresponsible.

this sort of divisive crap is lame, and in a post social media world isn't innocent anymore

you would not be getting his body of work, as that is in the past and time runs in one direction

it used to seem more legit ya. But at the end of the day, unlike most news, the point of sports journalism is to keep you engaged with your team and buying tickets.

sports journalism is marketing. They are giving the people what the people want.

and?

What I am really hoping is that all the malcontents simmer down for a while. But I figure the next lynch mob is a couple weeks away.

*aforementioned buzz may only be among the writer of this article and those who read it

you took the bait!

-or- go play in the states, avoid the hassle and live a life outside of the fishbowl.

even during 2011 we were eating this team alive for any mistakes, 30 years without a cup in Canada is no coincidence. Don't blame Bettman.

"you see, when you start making millions of dollars you simply gain a natural aura that makes you impervious to loud and obnxious media fans that are on your case all the time. And I pay good money to be loud and obnoxious".

I want the team to be run by a collective of the loudest most disgruntled fans, That would be absolutely entertaining,

there were people complaining during the team's best years. Vancouver sports fandom comes with a guaranteed minimum level of toxicity

All I know is that if what he did was ok, then anybody there would have been within their rights to shoot him too.