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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 20/08/2026

sir topham hatt gonna slap a bitch

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 06/08/2026

I wondered why the Penguins would be giving a Victor Rask-ass contract to Ville Koivunen, but then I remembered

A clip from Google that reads:

What does Ron Francis do now?

Ron Francis serves as the Special Advisor of Hockey Operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins, assisting the front office with strategic planning and roster construction. He took this role in
June 2026 after stepping down as the President of Hockey Operations for the Seattle Kraken. ®
Current Role & Responsibilities
• Rejoined the Pittsburgh Penguins front office under President of Hockey Operations and GM Kyle Dubas.
• Provides strategic planning and expertise on roster building and internal processes.
• Consults during major events like the NHL Draft.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 05/08/2026

Me with my NHL Discover card at the NHL match

Rob Lowe wearing his iconic and stylish NFL hat

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 05/08/2026

RIP Carolina Hurricanes Discover card Cause of death: Capital One

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 04/07/2026

A reminder that today is the only day drinking these things is acceptable

A bottle of Smirnoff Ice Red, White, & Berry, colored like Windex. Also my out-of-focus feet

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 01/07/2026

On the first day of the NHL year and free agency day, I have received this in exchange for financial considerations.

A box for a Ninja Slushi on a kitchen island table.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 01/07/2026

I mean, you kind of understand why Nikishin would be asking for crazy monkeyballs money if his agent is seeing that. (Contract reported by LeBrun/Dreger)

JFresh tweet with a chart and the text: Bowen Byram, extended 6x$12.5M by CHI, is an offensive defenceman with a roving, aggressive game built on carrying the puck up-ice and activating in the o-zone. Great shot and ability to create for himself, but a fair question how much he can legitimately drive play.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 30/06/2026

I love this trade because it makes absolutely no fucking sense and it’s going to drive “smart fans” absolutely nuts.

Walt Ruff tweet reading: The #Canes have reacquired the rights to defenseman Kyle Masters from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for the rights to forward
Noah Philp.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 27/06/2026

Jokes aside, those critical of an acquisition of John Carlson may not, in fact, know ball.

Hockeystats card for John Carlson. I can’t really explain it here.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 25/06/2026

Bah - I guess it doesn’t anymore. I remember it did when I was a kid - freaked me the hell out.

Giant big white duck head with glowing red eyes

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 25/06/2026

Every hometown's got the ominous megastructure, what's yours'?

A photo of “The Big Duck”, currently in Flanders, New York. The Big Duck is a 20-foot (6.1 m) tall ferrocement building in the shape of a duck: a canonical example of novelty architecture. Built in 1931 in Riverhead, New York, United States, it was moved several times to various locations on eastern Long Island, ending up in Flanders in 2007. Well-known for its distinctive appearance, this structure inspired the word duck as a common term in academic literature used to refer to buildings shaped like everyday objects or describe excessive ornamentation used in graphical presentations of data.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 24/06/2026

Sometimes… you don’t have to make a trade. You can just hang up the phone.

Tweet from Frank Seravalli:

Full trade, per sources:
To #Blackhawks:
LD Bowen Byram
LW Jordan Greenway
To #Sabres:
2026 CHI 1st Round Pick (No. 4 overall)
2026 NYl 2nd Round Pick (No. 45 overall)
LD Louis Crevier

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 22/06/2026

Was it… 240 dollars worth of banana pudding?

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 21/06/2026

Florida heard people saying how Vegas was the most hated team in the NHL and was like

Michael Jordan “…and I took that personally” meme

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 15/06/2026

boy this guy is an idiot source: workrate-hockey.ghost.io/workrate-hoc...

Text box that reads: Side note: if you're curious how serious the Canes are about Bussi's future with the organization, Bussi was originally assigned #30 when the opening night roster was revealed. Then someone realized that Cam Ward was going to come down and slap a bitch, so Bussi was reassigned #32.
Chances are he's not going to wear either number.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 02/06/2026

Five o’clock and it’s a lot more crowded here.

Lenovo Center parking lot looking a lot more occupied

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 30/05/2026

Ten fucking seasons ago, we were sitting in a half-empty barn wearing other teams jerseys to try to kill bad juju with the team and playing Seven Nation Army on kazoos because we were doing anything we could to entertain ourselves and now I’m going to be going to a Stanley Cup Final game

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 15/03/2026

Ready for Alabama. I’ve always hated @ravanos.bsky.social

My wife and I at an NC State/Hofstra basketball game, wearing Hofstra gear

The family at a NC State/Hofstra basketball game

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 05/03/2026

Just saying, if Evan Rodrigues is available and the price is right, I think you make a call.

There’s a lot of stuff here; line charts and percentages for Evan Rodrigues’ Hockeystats player card.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 04/03/2026

“You paid how much for a goalie helmet? Dumb woman and kid trying to buy what the pros wear instead of being smart with their money. Just Google, sheesh”

Google shopping screenshot for bike helmets and hardhats $10 and under

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 25/02/2026

Head pat rescinded. May he just live with Dougie’s condescending one.

Tweet from Drew Livingstone that reads “3 of the 5 players not on Team USA's trip to the White House today (Nelson, Guentzel and Oettinger) are represented by Player Agent Ben Hankinson of Octagon”, with Elliotte Friedman responding “Apparently all wanted go, but scheduling made it impossible for them.”

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny? The professional wrestler?

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 31/01/2026

Hipster winter storm look achieved

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 30/01/2026

like lifestyles of the rich and famous robin leach?

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 29/01/2026

It’s funny that Philp hit waivers with the risk to lose him to clear space instead of sending down Nystrom and when Philp clears they send down Nystrom anyway. I guess they felt confident Edmonton wouldn’t claim, since they’re at the 23 man cap and would have to send someone down too.

Tweet from the Carolina Hurricanes stating “The #Canes have assigned defenseman Joel Nystrom to the @Chicago_Wolves.
Forward Noah Philp has cleared waivers and has also been assigned to the Wolves.” and with photos of Nystrom and Philp

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 08/01/2026

here at the Canes game up on press row with the rest of the media lol no my seats are better, you should buy my tickets sometime

View at Lenovo Center of Carolina Hurricanes warmups in Section 314 row B

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 06/01/2026

On Sunday he dug one off the boards to initiate a breakout, then followed the puck carrier who lost the handle, picking up the loose puck and roofing it past the goaltender for his second goal in two games.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 06/01/2026

Was a pretty good weekend for the hockey kid. On Saturday, he managed to protect the puck behind the net and feed a one-timer that the goalie saved, but then had the awareness to crash the net and backhand one past the goalie for his first league goal of the season.

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 17/12/2025

Just seen over at the other place - good on Doug.

A tweet reading: “Former Hurricanes CEO Doug Warf has been hired by Gov. Josh Stein as senior advisor for business engagement.”

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 13/12/2025

Hofstra men’s basketball 2-0 against the ACC. You’re welcome, local basketball teams

A banner showing Hofstra defeating Syracuse 70-69

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 12/12/2025

Our favorite muckraker with absolutely no ax to grind with the parent organization seems to have been caught a little off guard by this too. Starting to think this isn’t just a “change the room” move.

A tweet from Tony Androckitis reading: The @Canes have fired AHL-Chicago head coach Cam Abbott in the beginning of a second season in which his team was 11-7-3 and in third place in the Central Division?
Assistant Spiros Anastas will serve as interim head coach.
@InsideAHLHockey

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 11/12/2025

Weird to think that if @downgoesbrown.bsky.social lowers the threshold to four years, not only does Ron Francis make it, but he probably makes it twice.

Headline of an article that reads: “Who was the worst NHL general manager to keep his job for 5 years or more?”

7.5. Ron Francis, Kraken
Hired: The Kraken named Francis the first GM in franchise history in July 2019.
Fired Promoted: He was moved up to president this past April.
Wait, time out: Should Francis count?
I'm not sure that he should. In a technical sense, he was the Kraken's GM for almost six years. But he couldn't do much for the first two years, so it feels like we should really start the clock at the expansion draft. That was in 2021, meaning Francis was only a GM of a team with actual players for a little less than four years.
In between: That expansion draft was widely panned, not just because of who the Kraken took but because they failed to make any significant moves around the draft or their cap space. The Golden Knights had built a Cup contender by doing that in 2018, although it's fair to say other GMs weren't going to fall for

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 04/12/2025

Of course those seats are “sold”, because 300-level seats are an easy entry-level seat for resellers and people that were sold the “there’a a waiting list for season tickets” line. There’s plenty of better seats available, too, that aren’t third party.

A list of standard admission seats for the 12/4 Canes/Toronto game on Ticketmaster

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 04/12/2025

Can’t wait to hear about tonight’s sellout

A listing of Carolina Hurricanes tickets for 12/4 on a third party site going for below face value

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 04/12/2025

Excuse to post my latest acquisition - a Hyundai Palisade. First new car in 22 years. Seats 7, gets average gas mileage for that sized vehicle, has a stupid amount of features. Like, what current emissions standard is preventing this?

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 03/12/2025

I don’t know when my music tastes went from “Gen X dad” to “college age girl” but here we are

A Spotify top albums list that lists:
1 Charm - Clairo
2 Short n'Sweet - Sabrina Carpenter
3 Bewitched: The Goddess Edition - Laufey
4 GNX - Kendrick Lamar
5 Bewitched - Laufey

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Tom Edwards @mrworkrate.com · 23/11/2025

Me watching Canes Nation go into complete meltdown despite having one of the best records in hockey because of who’s starting in goal or a healthy scratch, while also having a newsletter to put out on Tuesday

Tweet from Darren Rovell saying “i feel bad for our country. But this is tremendous content.”

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