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Keith YandleKeith Yandle

Goalies should never ask defensemen to block shots because it is the goalie's job to stop the puck

I always said like I, I never asked the goalie to go play the power play for me. You know, he should never ask me to block the puck... it's the goalies. It's more the coaches.

This is an internal hockey cultural opinion.

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Adam Silver is the number one cuck commissioner in sports because he allows the players to bully him

Adam Silver though. He kind of, is he the number one cuck commissioner now? He doesn't do shit. I mean, Roger Goodell, he does get bullied, but he get... He just gets bullied by everyone.

Silver's perceived 'player-friendly' reputation is a well-documented point of debate in sports media.
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The NBA All-Star game should be changed to a 'White vs. Black' format

What about the Rashard Mendenhall rules? What if we make the All-Star game white versus black. So who's the white starting five? Luca [Dončić], Jokic, Caruso, Kristaps [Porzingis] and Grayson Allen. I'd put that five up against [everyone else].

This will almost certainly never happen in the modern NBA.
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To fix the All-Star game, the losing team should pay the winning team $10,000 per point scored

Losing team has to pay winning team $10,000 per point. Because now you play defense. You play defense. And it doesn't matter if you're losing, you still try. Damian Lillard would've gotten $500,000 [from them].

Financial penalties like this for All-Stars haven't been enacted.

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Connor Hellebuyck is the best goalie in the world

Connor Hellebuyck just saying, 'Hey boys, hop on my back. I got this for you. Just jump on in and ride me to this fucking gold medal.' It's incredible. We had the best goalie in the world and our defense is way better than Canada... I don't care if he gave up 50 goals before that game, the way he played that game, he should have won MVP.

Hellebuyck's status as the best is subjective, but his 41-save performance in the Gold Medal game is a factual anchor for the claim.
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The US won the gold because they chose to stay in the Olympic Village while Canada stayed at a Four Seasons

Those guys went over to Milan on their PJs and absolutely lit it up... They didn't go stay at a Four Seasons like the Canadians did. They stayed in the village because we're village people. We go in there and we muck it up. You might not get the best food, but you're gonna have the best plane ride home smashing beers over your head.

A subjective cultural assessment of team success.
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The 2026 Gold Medal will grow US hockey by bringing in kids from non-traditional states

The 1980 Olympic gold medal meant so much for guys like me... This game right now, what it can mean for a sport. You're going to get kids from different cultures, different backgrounds playing hockey that never did. It was 12 states represented [on this team]. The 1980 teams was probably strictly Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts. This effect is going to take us even further.

The long-term impact on registration numbers and NHL draft picks from non-traditional states will take years to verify.

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