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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24m

Been following this thread tonight waiting for her to get to here😂

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm due to teach our 20th c. US history graduate seminar this spring, and while I don't have the new one worked up yet, here's what I taught last time around. (And I'm sorry, I can't alt-text these as they're much too long.) Part 1:

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1.) This was fun. 2.) If I win, I hope it's because I put Tage as a 50 goal scorer 3.) If I lose, I hope it's not because my sleep deprived, new-baby self put Joe Sakic as a GM to keep his job

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@mcuban.bsky.social can you help nationalize this?? Ive called my local town dept. about our playground/basketball court/baseball field every 3 months for 5 years and nothing is done. I live across this space and we'd have 15-25 families a day there to now 1-3 now that its dilapidated

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

this thread is worth reading. my goodness.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Its early in the process, but Zhilkin has that Victor Eklund feel to him coming into the season: competitive and willing to get to the dirty areas, theres skill there but still has some development, but youd bet on the way he plays the game and how all the tools mesh for him to be effective

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expectedbuffalo.bsky.social @expectedbuffalo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There are still a few more days for fans to vote, but this is how Chad, Eddy, and Austin ranked the Sabres prospects under 24 this year who have played fewer than 41 NHL games.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I wrote this almost three weeks ago. Adding in the Hlinka to this, I don't think much has changed between what I saw at the end of last year and where he is right now after the Hlinka

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Jaako Wycisk is so, so freaking good

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So...I've done a thing. I started my own scouting website. I plan on doing two free pieces of content a week and then have a paid subscription for people who want deeper dives or access to my unfiltered game reports, my raw tracking data, and full draft rankings and logic behind them

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Went to high school with Jeremiah. Hes a good egg and the Leafs should be happy with what he does

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Today marks the end of an era, as @smahtscouting.com has decided to shut down. Thanks always to @joshtessler.bsky.social for the opportunity and just being an all around good friend. So I find myself a free agent as well on July 1st. We'll see what doors open up next.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

At a kids bday party. Id have take Lars Steiner but Murnieks is interesting

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

YES!!!!! VANCOUVER. YOU BEAUTIFUL CITY. .THEY DID IT. THEY TOOK MALHOTRA. CHASE REID TO BUFFALOOOOOO C'MON

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Mark Lazerus @marklazerus.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Auston Matthews: "I am being treated very well. I have ample food and water. I do not wish to be traded, I promise you. Here is today's newspaper."

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Please, God, go back to the old draft format NHL

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Jarmo picking out his GM victims like

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Jarmo just abusing other GMs this week.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Now...now we get into the fun stuff

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The more I watch Beckett Hamilton (21), the more convinced I am that I ranked him too low. He did EVERYTHING for his junior team. He led the dataset in shot attempts/60 and was a one-man offensive show who was tenacious on pucks defensively.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I always came away from Adam Goljer's games (22) is that he's able to win puck battles, and will challenge players in transition and force them wide. Puck management has some development still, but a late birthday and a played the the majority of games against men will help him continue to develop.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Probably the most fun clip of Niklas Aaram-Olsen (17) I have and the most fun viewing was the u18 game against Germany where he scored twice within the last minute and a half to tie and then win the game for Norway. Just a laser beam of a shot.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'll be honest: I didn't clip many for Juho Piiparinen. He was just so steady in my viewings and played a simple game as a RHD against men. This isn't the greatest example of transition defense, but it does show his offensive breakout strategy of carrying to a point and then feeding his outlet

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Every year I end up with a player I love more than everyone else. This year, that player is Chase Harrington (26 in clips). He's got puck-skill, good mobility, is physical as all hell, and leads my dataset in dangerous shot attempts per 60. However, if I gave you his summation clip, it's this one

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I got into my feelings with this one. Look, I ranked Chase Reid higher than Bjorck. Chase Reid is the logical choice if he's available. Just...hear me out on why Bjorck would be special wearing the Blue and Gold

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I have no idea if/when Wiggo Sorensson goes in 2026 NHL draft. Playing Division 2 for most of the year, he exploded in the u18s to go from a fun story to a legit chance to be a mid-round player (22). He's nifty in everything offensive that he does.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Look....at 4th overall the Sabres have the OUTSIDE chance to take Stenberg if the Sharks go Reid and the Canucks go nepotism. I love Villeneuve but I can get him at 20...hell maybe 45. Reid would make the most sense if he fell, but holy hell I'd freak the f*ck out if we took Viggo Bjorck

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Vsevolod Matveyev (93) is in an adjacent archetype as Vertti Svensk: a highly mobile defender whose skating is the going to give them a shot to maybe play in the NHL. Unlike Svensk though, Matveyev has a ways to go in utilizing his speed to become an offensive weapon. An example of good:

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The physicality of this play is not a hallmark of Beckham Edwards (81) game, but the motor and compete level is what caused me to rank him He gives a hard hit in the corner and then tracks back to break up a transition two seconds later

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Evan Jardine (10) was one of my highest risers from where he began the year to where he finished the season. His combination of mental processing and efficient skill saw him thrive alongside Jack Hextall in Youngstown.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Im really hoping the delay of Zach Benson signing an extension is because hes trying to decide which crayon from his 128 pack hes going to sign it with

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Vertti Svensk (7) might be one of the more interesting mid-round swings in the draft. Just a high-octane skater who is able to move pucks with his feet and is aggressive in the way he attacks offensively. A good summation clip his skating followed by where he needs to develop once he hits the zone

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The only thing Facebook is good for is reminding me of when I first got draft pilled in the late 2000s and early 2010s and how awful my draft opinions were. Today's gem from 2012: Wanting to draft Radek Faksa and advocating for trading Derek Roy for Alex Galchenyuk.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Im doing a mock draft and I f*cking hate the people like these things. Ottawa needs like everything now and someone is going to yell at me for taking Tynan Lawrence

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Braidy Wassilyn (66) is going to be one of the more interesting players to follow over the course of the next few years. He flashes some really good skill, but the puck touches are too few and far between. He has the skill to drive more, and I like his 200 foot game, but he needs more puck touches.

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Austin Brass @austin716.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Landon Nycz (13 in clips) is a mobile, big LHD who played in the NCAA this year and held his own defensively. The big question is going to be his transition game. When it looks good, he looks like a 2nd round pick who projects to a shutdown role on in your middle-pairing

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