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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦

@risingaction.bsky.social

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Sports guy. Some yelling about other things too. I had a blue check once, but Elon took it away. 🇺🇦 @loveyourcake.bsky.social tolerates my snoring

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · Mar 26

Thinking more and more about how much certain actors are pushing us towards a post-truth, post-data world, a world driven purely by narratives and vibes

It's not good.

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 6h

‘In reality, what’s taking shape is less a global festival of soccer than a fintech laboratory for everything that has made contemporary entertainment so exhausting.’

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 7h

I mean, given how FIFA has led the way to our current shitty state of public affairs, none of this is surprising

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

Fans bought the ‘right to buy’ 2026 World Cup tickets. Now they feel ‘ripped off’

Fans were left disgruntled as details of the connection between FIFA collectibles and World Cup game tickets emerged

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 16h

So will we call this the BC Series?

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

Some notes out of Canucks practice for you: Cootes will play again tomorrow, pondering goalies and still no Teddy Blueger

theprovince.com/sports/hocke...

Canucks Live: Canucks thrash Flames on opening night, next up, the Oilers

Well, what a start that was. The Canucks get the season off to a perfect start.

theprovince.com

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 1d

There is too much self-pitying from the people responsible for Canada Soccer’s
Olympic drone scandal. Just say what you did, clearly, and say sorry. No throwing others under the bus. Bev Priestman and now Jasmine Mander have failed that test. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...

Bruce Arthur: Canada’s Olympic soccer drone scandal culprits have been playing the pity card to a fault

Bev Priestman's assistant at the Paris Olympics, Jasmine Mander, reveals another layer of incompetence in the Players' Tribune.

www.thestar.com

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

I mean those aren’t the cookies for sale this time of year

(Does anyone want a box of mint chocolate?)

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

Filip Chytil is the first Czech forward to score for the Canucks since Radim Vrbata.

The previous Czech forward to score for the Canucks...

@passittobulis.bsky.social

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Adam Kierszenblat @adamkblat.bsky.social · 1d

#Canucks Filip Chytil is now in sole possession of 54th all time for goals by a Czechia player in NHL history

Adam Kierszenblat @adamkblat.bsky.social · 1d

#Canucks Kierszenstat of the game: Scoring his 78th career goal, Filip Chytil breaks his tie with Josef Vasicek and is now tied with Petr Prucha for the 54th most goals by a player from Czechia in NHL history.

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

A couple ice workers just cleaned up a trail of blood drips Kevin Bahl left on the ice on his way back to the bench

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot say enough how angry Boy Genius is in the press box about the Canucks' PP1 right now.

You can probably guess which forward he wants off of the unit.

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

Arshdeep Bains' offensive timing may need work but there's no doubt that if he keeps killing penalties like that, he'll stay in the lineup

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

Having now seen two (correct) boarding call reviews, I really think these ones that get a review should simply be announced as "there is a penalty on the play and we are going to review it for severity" instead of calling it a major and then downgrading it.

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

My good friend @thomasdrance.bsky.social announced earlier today that his dad Jonathan died last Friday. He’s written a touching obituary here vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/jon...

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

Beer supplies may be under pressure from the BCGEU strike but the Canucks say they stocked up weeks ago and so you won’t miss out on (very expensive) beers tonight at Rogers Arena theprovince.com/sports/hocke...

Canucks Live: There will be goals — and beer! | Canucks vs. Flames: How the teams will line up | What the hockey world is saying

The Calgary Flames come to town as they get Vancouver's season started at Rogers Arena. Here's everything you need to know.

theprovince.com

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

I also urged Har to step through the fence to take the photo

HAR JOURNALIST @harjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

#VWFC’s Jesper Sørensen was asked
by @risingaction.bsky.social if
Ryan Gauld is ready to play 90 minutes.

“No, he’s not. It would be nice. He’s ready to do more and that’s what we want from him.”

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

Pat Brisson is always a fascinating guy to talk to, especially when he starts detailing his own history with massive NHL contracts

theprovince.com/sports/hocke...

Quinn Hughes' agent thinks Connor McDavid's deal is irrelevant. Here's why.

Patrick Johnston: Pat Brisson has signed a lot of big contracts in his life. They all have unique reasons. So will Quinn Hughes's next one.

theprovince.com

Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 1d

So not one of these photos was taken at Rogers and indeed two are from before it opened.

Also ‘Ironman throne?’ When has anyone in hockey ever said a thing like that? Misuse of a semicolon? No attention to detail or just more lazy use of AI?

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Murat Ates @wpgmurat.bsky.social · 2d

Jonathan Toews is IN tonight.

Toews says the emotions haven't quite hit him yet but it's still going to be a special night in his hometown — with mom and dad in the stands.

And also: "I'm at the point where I want to stop talking about it. I just want to go play hockey."

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Donnie & Dhali @donnieanddhali.bsky.social · 3d

"When we have these platforms and things we are passionate about, I think it's our duty to say things that we believe in, even if it means a lot of people aren't going to agree with what we have to say.."

Jesse Marsch reflected on his 51st state comments.

Full interview..
youtu.be/ABFvrPsxG2w

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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 2d

And somehow I just talked to Pat Brisson 👀

Jesse Granger @jessegranger.bsky.social · 2d

The Golden Knights just made this deal official.

8 years, $108 million for Jack Eichel

Jesse Granger @jessegranger.bsky.social · 3d

Jack Eichel to sign contract extension with Golden Knights: 8 years, $13.5 million AAV

First reported by Darren Dreger

Story on @theathletic.com ⤵️

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's Four Freedoms:

Freedom from shame. Freedom from accountability. Freedom from responsibility. Freedom from empathy.

This whole stupid, destructive mess is about being freed from the obligations of reasonable, kind, responsible adulthood.

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