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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

They were probably comfortable with that arrangement, since the US team had by far the best pitching staff in the tournament, on paper… Trying to grasp on to this arrangement as some sort of dig on DeRosa when that team finished 7th in the tournament in SLG% behind…Australia is certainly a choice.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

An easy solution to this would be for our government to give Ernie honorary Canadian citizenship, so he could start at 3rd base for us.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I mean, who do you swap him out for? Bryce Turang who had a 121 OPS+ and won a platinum glove, or 2 time World Series Champion Alex Bregman who had a 128 OPS+ last year? I love Ernie, but he wasn’t going to play ahead of either of those guys. Turang is probably the very best 2B in all of baseball.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

In fairness, if Jesus Christ were cheering for one of those teams, it would most certainly be Venezuela.

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Azure @aguyuno.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN, MY FRIENDS.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This vehicle can’t go uphill on a non-paved surface…. How on earth could it be any use in the battlefield?

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

And… the 51st state stuff…? The Tariffs are like barely even a factor for most of us.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

"Diplomatic engagement is essential to avoid a wider and deeper conflict. Innocent civilians must be protected, and all parties must commit to finding enduring agreements to end both nuclear proliferation and terrorist extremism," These do not seem like statements of support…

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

"We do however take this position with regret because the current conflict is another example of the failure of the international order. And now the United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting with allies, including Canada,"

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

"We view the nuclear threat and the export of terrorism of Iran over decades as one of the gravest threats to international peace and security. In that limited sense we supported that aspect. That is not a blank cheque. That is not us participating.…”

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Yes… it’s really frustrating because there actually are a lot of reasons to like him as our Prime Minister. As always, we just can’t have anything nice…

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

That’s not exactly true. What he said was that Canada supports the US… which we essentially have to, because of our treaties… He also said "We do however take this position with regret because the current conflict is another example of the failure of the international order."

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It’s crazy how just last year we were all thanking this administration for helping wake up half our country so we could avoid a Poilievre PM…. Now we exist in a world where Carney can do all kinds of capitalist BS, and it’s basically nothing in comparison to the circus south of the 49th.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The difference is that Justin Trudeau was so bloody unlikable that Pierre’s popularity was inflated by people’s disdain for JT. Carney, on the other hand, in spite of his shortcomings is very popular among Canadians…. And quite clearly the “adult in the room” that JT never quite was.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Pierre would be an excellent SEO content writer. This guy can fit his favourite keywords in absolutely everything he says. Politics was a bad choice buddy.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just throwing this out there… but Russell Martin has expressed interest in managing post playing career. He’s been a coach with the WBC team under Whitt.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I am personally very happy to see that the Avs’ Brock Nelson did not join the US Men’s team at the White House.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I am personally very happy to see that the Avs’ Brock Nelson did not join the US Men’s team at the White House.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Early on, I am pleasantly surprised at Canada’s pace and intensity. More than they’ve showed at any point in this tournament.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

If it wasn’t for the Poulin, Fillier, Watts line… it could be really ugly.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It’s not just this game. The whole tournament has been one and done shots off the rush, no sustained pressure, disconnected passing. They skate the puck up the wing and hope a play develops upon entry…. If they stay onside. The US Women’s program has evolved to a more dynamic team game.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The coaching for this team has been atrocious. Way too committed to veteran role players while Gardener and Gosling sit on the bench. Unless Fillier, Watts, and Poulin somehow score 6 or 7 goals, they won’t beat the Americans playing the way they have.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Yeah. She is a C. Nash is a good comparison, but I think she has a better complete game than Nash did. Offensively though, yeah. That’s a good comp.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If Troy Ryan and Co. were serious about competing with the US, we would need to see more of Gardener, Gosling, Nurse, Thompson, and Jaques….

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Maybe a bit hyperbolic. They probably have a chance… But the US Women’s team is far more poised and connected as a group. Canada’s passing has been terrible. Outside of the Fillier, Watts, Poulin line there’s been no cycle, no creativity, and no sustained pressure.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Jagr is another player I would compare MPP too. That’s maybe a better comparison than Forsberg.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Yeah. Sid is a little different. I’m not sure how to describe it, but Sid is a lot more efficient with the way he plays. More often than not, Sid plays off the puck. You don’t see him carry it from end to end almost ever. He uses his teammates probably better than anyone ever has.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

And everything Forsberg did was max effort (probably a reason why he had so many injury issues). MPP is also that way.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The thing about Lindros vs Forsberg is really the shear size of Lindros. He was just physically massive. Forsberg was just hard to get off the puck due to the way he skated. He kept himself really low to the ice, and of course had incredible hands. Poulin is much the same.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If Canada’s mens team came out and looked like this in the Olympics there would be huge public outrage leading to widespread changes.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This Canada Women’s hockey team doesn’t have a hope against the Americans. Could be time for some changes to the coaching staff and front office. Considering some of the players left off the team, the way they play, and the usage of the players they did bring… It’s not close to good enough.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If I had to compare her game to anyone, it would probably be prime Peter Forsberg. The way she skates, how strong on the puck she is. She’s got a bit of a mean streak like he had. I’m not sure there’s anyone in today’s men’s game who brings all those elements the way she does.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This is a coaching problem. There’s no reason why Nurse, Fillier, Watts shouldn’t be the most used line in Poulin’s absence. They’ve been by far the best line in all 3 games. The only line that has shown any ability to pass the puck in this game.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This strategy of skating the puck through the neutral zone up the wing, and trying to force it to the middle once they cross the blue line hasn’t worked for Canada’s women in any of the three games. There are skilled players on the team… use them.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

They’re not substantially older than the US team… They are not moving the puck well at all, creating the illusion of poor team speed. But player to player skating is not the issue. They’re completely disconnected as a team. Their passing has been off in all 3 games so far.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

That goal being allowed to stand after the challenge is completely insane.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I am once again asking Hockey Canada to quit trying to force black into the teams’ uniforms

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Maybe all these kids will grow up to be radical leftists… that would be the only good thing to potentially come out of this atrocity

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I would also accept the first home game against the Yankees…. For obvious reasons.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

He should either go up on opening day… or the first time the Royals come to town. Anything after that is a disgrace.

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Jay🇨🇦🇮🇪🇺🇦🇵🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷 @poodledad90.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It’s not Russia’s athletes fault their dictator can’t keep his hands off Ukraine either… but they’re banned all the same. If you wear the flag, you represent the country… Maybe if enough athletes get booed some of the men might join the women in speaking out against the administration.

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