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Category: Hockey 🏒

  • It is NHL playoff season again and as is tradition I have made my absurd bracket picks by gut alone. Somehow I ended up with an all Canadian final and I really don’t feel good about it

    NHL playoff bracket made at NHL.com showing a Jets vs Leafs final with the Jets as the Champions

  • After spending the fall watching me teach skating lessons Gwen joined the program to learn to skate. She insisted on carrying her own bag.

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  • A green, blue, and white hammock hanging on a black hammock stand in the corner of our front porch

    I celebrated the official start of summer, the Maple Leafs losing to the Bruins in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, by setting up my hammock this morning.

  • It’s that time of year where I capture my wholly incorrect thoughts about how good or bad NHL teams are and record them in a playoff bracket.

    My 2024 NHL Playoff bracket. In the Western Conference Vegas defeats Dallas 4-3, Colorado defeats Winnipeg 4-2, Vancouver defeats Nashville 4-1, and LA defeats Edmonton 4-2. In the Eastern Conference Florida defeats Tampa 4-1, Boston defeats Toronto 4-2, New York Rangers defeat Washington 4-1, and Carolina defeat New York Islanders 4-0. The predicted final matchup is Carolina vs Colorado with Carolina victorious.

  • Usually there is nothing going on in August when it comes to the NHL but I am very excited about the news today! This is the sort of thing I would try to pull off in an EA Sports game.

    Erik Karlsson in a Sharks Jersey on the left with a title to the right saying Trade. The right side details that the Penguins receive Erik Karlsson, REM Pitlick, Dillon Hamaliuk, 2026 third round pick. The Sharks receive a 2024 first round pick, Mikael Granlund, Jan Rutta, and Mike Hoffman. The Canadiens receive a 2025 second round pick, Jeff Petry, Casey DeSmith, and Nathan Legare.

  • As has become tradition over the years I have pulled together my NHL bracket. Very strange to be doing it and not being overly optimistic about the Penguins winning.

    2023 NHL playoff bracket predicting that the Colorado Avalanche will defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup final
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    On Christmas Eve we had a little family outing to the rink and I got to take Gwen for a bit of a spin around in addition to playing some hockey with my cousin’s children.

    Gwen in a red snowsuit sitting in her stroller while I am pushing her around the ice surface of Kentville arena while wearing a hockey helmet and holding a hockey stick in my other hand.
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    First televised Penguins 🐧 game was today so Raquel broke out the tiny jersey she got Gwen when she saw us watching the game.

    James and Gwen sitting on the couch in matching black and gold Pittsburgh Penguins jerseys
    Gwen and I watching the Penguins preseason game together
    Gwen crawling around the floor with her tongue stuck out
    Gwen realizing there are more interesting things than preseason hockey
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    Image of the NHL Playoff Bracket Challenge showing that I selected Minnesota to win the cup over Florida in the final.
    It’s that time of year again for me to make some wild predictions that definitely won’t hold up past next week.
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    That moment when you realize that the developers on the NHL app never expected a team to have a points percentage of less than 10% and sanitized the leading 0

    I’m sure the Yotes would appreciate a .620 points percentage 🤣

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    Hugo and Luna have embraced the second intermission as an opportunity to snuggle each other instead of me.

  • Luna demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding about the excitement of playoff hockey overtime by falling asleep.
    Luna asleep on her back, resting her head on my lap.

  • Watching the Penguins 🐧 vs Islanders 🎣 playoff game and Luna can’t bring herself to watch the penalty kill.
    Luna has her nose and face buried under my leg.

  • The 2021 NHL playoffs start today so I filled out the bracket challenge. Couldn’t help but hope for a 🌸 vs 🐧 matchup in the finals!
    NHL Bracket challenge showing the Penguins, Hurricanes, Leafs, and Golden Knights advancing to the final four.Stanley Cup final bracket showing the Penguins defeating the Golden Knights in the final.

  • After watching the Red Penguins Documentary about the NHL’s brief foray into Russia in the 90’s I ended up on an eBay adventure to acquire this beauty.
    Russian Penguins jersey crest featuring a hockey playing penguin on a silver star

  • Just received my new office decoration this morning compliments of @IneffectiveMath’s HockeyViz

  • It is also important that my tree has a Zamboni on it.

  • Choosing to not go play hockey tonight hours before the rink is closed for a few weeks is probably one of the toughest calls I have had to make in 2020.
    At the same time, staying home was also a real easy choice.

  • It is a puzzling feeling to not be rooting against Philly for once.
    The sooner this election is over and the NHL returns, the sooner balance will be restored 🏒🐧

  • Tonight is the first time since March that I get to play hockey.
    My skates aren’t sharpened and this is the longest one been off the ice in 15 years.
    At least I have freshly taped sticks. Looking good is 90% of being good… right?