Thanks, I hate it 😡

In terms of pure hockey, excitement and drama it is hard to ask for a better first three games.

We can’t exactly watch the finals game tonight - it’s on in the background - but I hate what I’m intermittently seeing

I'm getting really sick of websites randomly updating certain parts of their UI when absolutely nothing was wrong with it in the first place. I get used to a website and I want it to *stay the same*. I don't want to constantly navigate new UI changes like it's some type of stupid puzzle. Stop it!

Bluesky has the juice

It’s embarrassing how often I run out of toothpaste and then only remember I ran out of toothpaste later when all the stores are closed.

Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner

For the first time in years, I’m actually really invested in the Cup Final. Like a fan really. I thought it was mainly because of our model liking the Canes and others not as much, but I’ve realized now it’s because I really do just hate Vegas that much. It’s important to embrace the hate sometimes.

Heartbreaking: The worst powerplay you’ve ever seen just made a good goal

As much as I hate Vegas, I do unfortunately have to admit that this Cup Final is off to an incredibly entertaining start. What a series it’s been so far.

Oh my god this game holy shit

The Tortorella experience in Vegas has been wild. Lot of wins Cost them a draft pick Cost himself a lot of money Challenging random shit. He's just in absolute "who gives a shit" mode.

Lmao of course Carolina scores after that horrendous challenge by Vegas. You love to see it

Hold on, what is Vegas challenging exactly?

Intent to blow?!!!

HOLY F

Imo the Carolina Hurricanes should play more like this where they’re scoring the goals and not like the other way they were playing where they’re giving up the goals.

Are we back to revisionist history with Brett Howden again? He was not good with #NYR. Happy he's succeeding with VGK. But let's not make this out to be a guy that got away. He's not K'Andre Miller, who was clearly good but misused w/NYR. Howden was not good here. He figured it out. Good for him!

It feels like Vegas specifically planned for an opportunistic style against the Hurricanes, however a team would go about doing that I don’t know. But they didn’t look like this in the prior rounds - at least to my eye. Kinda interesting to see it playing out perfectly, even if it feels quite lucky.

I don’t like this at all. I don’t like it when Vegas scores goals. I don’t like it when Carolina can’t score goals.

Shot attempts 17-3 and then that happens 😬

EvolvingWild album of the week #66 Tom Waits - Swordfish Trombones Tom Waits is the kind of musician where calling one of his albums (this one) my third favorite within his discography is actually a compliment. This album is phenomenal and often goes overlooked.

For Christmas last year, Luke and I purchased the Criterion "Essential Fellini" boxset. Here are "our" ratings so far. It's kind of insane how good he was at making movies. # 5 stars: Nights of Cabiria 8 1/2 La Dolce Vita La Strada # 4 1/2 stars: I Vitelloni # 3 1/2 stars: Satyricon

Moron bosses rule the world and god damn are they stupid. Them and the money people. Morons.

Carolina can’t complete a pass to save their lives. This is actually irritating to watch lol

God damn Ehlers is a treat to watch.

Actually very funny that Carolina scored immediately after that *very questionable* icing against Vegas. Usually players complain but nothing happens. Not this time!

The Hurricanes look very out of sorts. What happened to the team that went 12-1 up to this point

Well, we spent the first period trying to figure out how to watch the Stanley Cup finals, finally got it figured out, and then the team we are cheering for looks terrible once we start watching. Maybe we should go back to not being able to watch

You’re telling me we have to upgrade our sling package to watch the Stanley cup finals?? I hate all this shit

Tulsky would have been such an easy GM of the year finalist. Crazy he was not in the top-three.

For anyone who's a fan (or not), we listened to the new Boards of Canada record "Inferno" from start to finish today and both thought it was phenomenal. Like any new album, I always wait a few weeks to let it marinate in the brain. I'm biased here, but it really is great after first listen.

It should be Carolina vs. Colorado in the 2026 Stanley Cup Finals and I’m going to be irritated that it’s not for a bit

My honest opinion is “I don’t know” lol. Goaltender interference is like pass interference in football. I have no idea what is going to be called at this point.

This is an absolute beatdown

It has to be absolutely exhausting being Dobeš here. Five games in a row facing a shot attempt in some form every second. Seems horrible.

The Carolina hurricanes Corsi so hard they take shot attempts away from the other team

Absolutely trademark Hurricanes goal right there

Oh what a wonderful world we live in. Jesus christ almighty

Bingo When I "use AI" for something, it is because some jackass has shoved it in somewhere it doesn't need to be, often in place of a non-AI version of the feature that worked just fine

We weren't able to watch game 4 of the eastern conference finals, but I had to double check to make sure there wasn't an error with the shot attempts and xG numbers... Good lord Carolina is putting on a show

EvolvingWild album of the week #65 Sonny Rollins - Way Out West Probably my favorite record from a true master. Still think this is under-listened and possibly underrated. Truly a masterpiece. Rest in peace to a true giant.

This has gotta be the most unlikely sweep since the 18–19 Lightning were swept by the Blue Jackets, right? Nothing really feels close tbh.

I hate

Welp…….

Holy shit what a sequence from Vegas. Blackwood was standing on his head this power play

It’s pretty funny that a team stronger from top to bottom than any we’ve seen in at least 6 years, the Avs’ powerplay is somehow horrendous.

I forgot that hockey sucks and I was supposed to set my expectations much lower.

[heavily breathing, struggling to get the Wild fan in me back into the jack-in-the-box] LETS F’ING GO COLORADO!!

Not entirely sure why this needed to be framed as a paradox. "He looms as large as anyone" and "he means many things to many people" do not contradict one another. lol