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Think back to mid-March. The NHL season had been put on pause due to the outbreak of COVID-19. You were most likely quarantined inside during a new pandemic with nothing to do but watch the tube, but there was no sports on the tube, including hockey. Flash forward to the month of August, and boy, […] More
Dear Sports, Thank you for Wednesday: Thank you to the Milwaukee Bucks. On the heels of Giannis’ acceptance of winning DPOY, you halted your momentum on the court in order to fuel momentum of a larger movement that’s bigger than basketball. Thank you, Milwaukee Bucks, for not showing up to warmups and truly taking all […] More
In an eventful first day of NHL Stanley Cup Playoff action, game 1 of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets stole the night. Their first game did quite literally steal the time slot of the Hurricanes vs. Bruins game that was supposed to start at 10 PM eastern when the Lightning and […] More
Stanley Cup Playoffs: ROUND ONE! In this year’s edition of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we are already in August, there is not fans in attendance, and 12 seeds are in the bracket. If this article was published a year ago dated from the future no one would believe me and that’s an excellent description of […] More
A crazy series that has been hitting back and forth like Newton Balls continued to deliver Friday night. The Columbus Blue Jackets having to coming off a 4-3 overtime win on Thursday, were looking to put the nail in the Maple Leafs’ coffin and were on track to do so. After scoring for a third […] More
It didn’t take long but 5 minutes into playoff hockey and we already got hockey guys dropping gloves and getting into fights in the COVID-era. What’s interesting about this fight is we got a fight between two guys who rarely ever fight in Ryan Strome and Justin Williams and they were getting after it. Hockey […] More
Listening to @wyshynski on ESPN Daily and he noted that the NHL accepted recordings of "boos" from fans and that Bettman understands that this might be used when he presents the Cup and that's amazing — Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) July 31, 2020 I’ve long thought that despite all of his shortcomings in promoting the sport, […] More
Brent Seabrook will not be on the Blackhawks’ roster as part of the NHL’s Return to Play Plan in Edmonton. Seabrook was placed on injured reserve after having three surgeries: one shoulder, two hips. The reason I felt inclined to write this post was that I was certainly guilty of being frustrated with Seabrook’s obvious […] More
RELEASE THE KRAKEN! WELCOME TO THE KRACK HOUSE! Don’t LOVE the name but I do love the jerseys and colors for the Seattle Kraken + all I want is winning and I’m glad that NHL Seattle is actually a thing ?? ALL POD PLATFORMS: https://linktr.ee/stuffthatmatters Sami Jarjour – Instagram & Twitter Twitter: Stuff That Matters Twitter & Sports ON Tap Twitter […] More
Here come the Seattle Kraken! NHL Seattle officially has its name and it’s one that many love but many might hate. With that said, George & Sami of That Being Said Pod are back for Episode 32 of the Seattle SuperPod, the Seattle version of That Being Said Podcast… It has been 2 years in the making and many […] More
The time is finally here, Seattle’s NHL team gets its name. The Seattle Kraken. It’s Official: The #SeattleNHL Team name is: The Seattle Kraken@thesportsontap pic.twitter.com/lVmJ1uTGgp — Sports ON Tap Seattle (@SONTSeattle) July 23, 2020 The @NHLSeattle_ primary home jersey is an absolute home run. Welcome to the #NHL, Seattle Kraken! @thesportsontap @SONTSeattle pic.twitter.com/WZeSXOoUul — Go […] More
The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs are going to be anything but normal. The Pandemic Cup is going to be weird. NHL fans, players, etc. are going to have to just embrace it. A qualifying round, and then the actual postseason, will be played in front of zero fans in hub cities. Although Lord Stanley will […] More