Matt Dumba: "Black lives matter, Breonna Taylor's life matters."
He becomes the first NHL player to take a knee as the anthems play with Malcolm Subban and Darnell Nurse supporting him.
Incredible leadership from the #MNWild defender:
Thomas Drance
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Thomas Drance
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Senior Writer @TheAthleticNHL covering the Vancouver Canucks. Co-host #CanucksTalk on @Sportsnet650 catch us 12-2pm M-F. Author, hockey writer, former PR guy.
- Quinn Hughes literally gave J.T. Miller the shot in the butt he needed to breakup a T.J. Oshie breakaway chance...
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00:00- This is *insane*. Regardless of your rooting or personal interest, if McDavid and the Oilers pull this off on Monday it’s a “tell your grandkids you saw it” level feat.
- Repeat after me everybody: I will never (“I will never”). Criticize a player (“criticize a player”). For exercising the rights (“for exercising the rights”). They earned and negotiated (“they earned and negotiated”).Wife’s hospital residency among factors keeping Jacob Trouba with Rangers trib.al/hHbptwe
- Vancouver man signs fourth NHL contract, can finally afford to buy in this city.“Maybe I can get a house there now,” says Brock Boeser while talking about how much he loves Vancouver.
- Fact is, Tony DeAngelo doesn’t belong in the league.
- If you’re offended by how the Panthers are celebrating winning back-to-back Cups, touch grass. Hockey needs more public-facing trash talk, more personality, more rivalry fodder. Tkachuk and co. are entitled to a good time, and are moving the game in a direction it needs to go.
- M’s fan roasting Canada with a multitude of signs at the game.
- My dad died suddenly last Friday. Jonathan Drance was bright, he was a lot of fun, and he was so proud of his family. And we were so proud of him. I miss him and I always will, but I’m so grateful to have been his son: vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/jonat…
- Some confusion setting up a drill at #Canucks practice, as Travis Green discussed it at length with Boeser. Appears to be a straightforward 2-on-0 drill, but the wrong mix of players was in various ends. J.T. Miller could be heard yelling, “We don’t know what we’re doing!”
- The NHL is postponing the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs so we can get the fully scheduled 4-game dose of Ottawa vs. Vancouver. Is it really worth putting a group of athletes recovering from a respiratory illness through a unprecedented meat grinder for that?
- A Matthew Tkachuk hat trick includes: scoring an actual hat trick, copious shots of your inebriated brother in the stands and a savage chirp caught on camera.
