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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 23h

The ice is down there. The puck somehow took out a panel up there

Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 1d

There's also that subset of people in that group that seem to want Chicago to be more successful than the Canes. Completely forgetting that it's OK if the AHL team suffers if it means NHL improvement lol.

Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 1d

Can add a tier for "Former Player Play-by-Play Provider" ensuring the world knows each time Martin Necas, Burns, etc. breathes.

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing Rempe on the PP was...something.

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 7d

The whole Canes/Hart/McLeod saga was such an insane and preventable self-own. Even without these guys signing, you now have guys like Staal and RBA on the record sounding like jackasses when there was no reason to put them in that position to begin with.

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 10d

Ticket cancellations would need to be overwhelming. Like half the arena. They are just a small piece of the pie.

Only way a true backlash would register is if Lenovo, PNC, UNC Health, etc. all go to them saying we don't want this.

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seekarete.bsky.social @seekarete.bsky.social · 13d

#PittBS

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 15d

This is a billion-dollar, for-profit business. Not some bastion of morality. You will not find that in any pro (or college) sport.

Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 15d

A lot of people are forgetting that at least 50% of the people coming through the doors on a given night aren't online enough to know what happened in this scandal. The idea that a couple dozen people sending emails will change the team's mind is setting yourself up for disappointment.

Cory Lavalette @corylav.bsky.social · 15d

FWIW, fans say this stuff a lot. Some probably will follow through, but the odds of it being enough to make it a consideration by the team are minimal, I’d say.

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 16d

They are streaming the video board feed

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · 17d

And miss out on getting $35 parking fees? No chance.

There are games this year where parking is as much as my ticket to the game. It's ridiculous.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 29d

Thinking about him

The guy who bowled a perfect game on 911

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Aug 18

Pirates Under Fire For Directly Marketing Team To Children — theonion.com/pirates-unde...

Pirates Under Fire For Directly Marketing Team To Children

PITTSBURGH—Detailing the harmful, long-term effects of early exposure to the ball club’s dismal on-field product, parents and child safety organizations denounced the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday for dir...

theonion.com

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · Aug 1

Don't get me wrong, the youth sports industrial complex is nauseating as a whole these days, but hockey has always stunk the most for a very long time.

Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · Aug 1

This sport can't help itself.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Aug 1

It's been a while since I've read a story this long, this thoroughly reported, this blunt in laying out its allegations of wrongdoing.

My jaw was on the floor from start to finish.

@kennyjacoby.bsky.social on how the Dallas Stars "bullied a community on their path to profiting off a youth sport":

‘They control everything’: How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey

Ice is power in the lucrative world of youth hockey. In North Texas, the Dallas Stars hold almost all of it.

www.usatoday.com

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · Jun 30

Call and politely explain that you’re ready to move on to a different service for your needs. It’ll be like talking to a brick wall at first but eventually you will have a good chance to get them to change your rate to avoid losing you.

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Steve Uhlmann @steveuhlmann.bsky.social · Jun 4

Didn't help he scored one goal and you had team mouthpieces talking like we were witnessing 99's debut.

Same thing happened in 2023 preseason where Felix Unger-Sorum has a couple of good games against ECHL players and the Canes make him part of the meet the team event like the next big thing lol.

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Adam Gold @adamgold.bsky.social · May 30

You really have to wonder why the Dallas Stars can't get past the conference finals. Really think they should consider changing their system. #RaiseUp