Much better jersey choice for Game 2

Why is he in high-A ball?

The derecho knocking out my power gave me an excuse to finally make this Golbat Lego set that’s been sitting on my shelf for 11 months.

4th of July baseball with a pelican watching side quest.

I never thought they could make a Cubs jersey look ugly but these accomplish that.

Bro hates fireworks too

Me: Is the rooster being silly? Alison: HIS NAME IS HEIHEI!

Coleman does fit with the Wild and how they always want to sign every forward who plays like a bowling ball.

Shoutout to Sunny Mehta for giving us an offer sheet in the middle of the day.

*deletes Carlson post for substack*

The Ryan Shea deal looks like it’s from the CPU in video games.

Mario Ferraro had some Risto-type hype behind him not that long ago as a minute eater on a bad team and he signed the most vanilla deal for a defenseman.

Catching up on signing aka remembering guys from Sharks pain years.

So long Freddie, glad you got that Cup win here. 🫡

“Okay, why?” has been my response to almost every signing today. The Jenner one is the latest.

The sigh of relief I let out when I saw Trocheck was traded & it wasn’t Carolina.

Trouba and Marchment

Do the Hurricanes sign anyone today?

I don’t have the Preds moves but it also feels like that one summer where they signed every single third liner on the market.

"This is what happens when you value stats over eye test." No it's what happens when you don't know how to read what the fucking chart says.

Alison has been obsessed with finding a blue jay so naturally there show up while she’s at daycare

“Wow way to get paid” is the ultimate backhanded compliment in sports.

Is Timo Meier the biggest bullet dodged as far as past Canes trade targets go?

Glass is like "huh, nobody's following me eh?"

Ever since my bro-in-law said that Sheldon Keefe looks like Patton Oswalt that is all I see.

Teams* have been interested in Kotkaniemi for whatever reason, so if they can get rid of the contract without retaining anything go for it. *by "teams" I mean only Vancouver

I’m still processing John Carlson on the Hurricanes even if they only traded for his signing rights. What a time to be alive.

If you thought Burns was frustrating just edit until you see how Carlson looks on some goals against.

John Carlson has avoided third pair duty for a lot longer than I expected him to.

Listening to one of your old favorite songs and realizing it's the first time you've heard it since before your child was born is a weird feeling.

I wish I was more optimistic about Justin Robidas beyond “call-up/waiver fodder” for next year.

What reputation is Mason McTavish coasting on?

Peterka had the biggest shot to scoring chance disparity if anyone I tracked in the playoffs. Just a monumental dropoff.

New A3Z: Started as a post on the Raddysh trade/signing but turned into me journaling about some of the other big defensemen moves that happened over the past week. Looking at teams that build their defense from within vs. those who pay a premium. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Ottawa has 2435 forwards now by my count.

I never really listened to Jack White's solo stuff, but I see his name on the upcoming concert calendar all the time & his shows are always sold out a year in advance.

Today’s writing soundtrack is albums I’ve always liked one song from but never checked out the whole thing. If Jack White was a streamer he would probably play this on repeat.

Robertson will holdout until Thousand Oaks gets an NHL team.

She found my traitor hat

Pelican sighting in Rockford

Her first rainbow sighting

I just assume Morgan Rielly is on a lifetime contract with the Leafs.

Does the Wirtz family owe Davidson a lifetime favor or something?

This isn't Griffin Reinhart, but you're team is heading towards an eternal rebuild and you use a top-five pick to get a defenseman whose value is a giant shrug emoji that you have to pay out the wazoo after next year.

Quick-strike offense has been Kyrou's calling card since he entered the league, so I like the fit in WSH. Good rush team but they could use a burner.

St Louis has indirectly been saying "someone please take this fucking guy from us" for two years with Kyrou so I'm not expecting a big return.

I don't hate it even if I don't like moving on from good players while you're still building.

Why are the Sharks trading Eklund?

I’ll pass

Marchand signed until he's 43 is still fucking hilarious.