Conor McKenna

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The Canadiens leaving California with three points.

very clever.

This feels a bit unfair for the Kings, sure.

But man, have the Canadiens had this exact thing happen to them a lot of times this season.

Maybe there is justice in the world.

to me it rocks that this company that has never come within light-years of making money and has a bad product with zero practical use cases is the pivot point of the global economy because a bunch of embarrassing Burning Man dorks just decided it should be

I miss David Aebischer

Boy has everything broken the Habs way since I sent this out. I should do it more often.

Everything for Habs post-Olympic break has been a reminder that despite how well the rebuild has gone, things don’t always go the way you want them to. Things broke their way a lot, for a long time, before the break. Early days yet, but it’s not happening for them so far since.

Scratch that!

Probably a coincidence, but I wouldn’t say this is an encouraging response by the Habs to their lack of activity of deadline day.

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

Prashanth Iyer: Diving In On the Red Wings! The Morning Show with Conor McKenna and Shaun Starr | iHeart <p>Prashanth Iyer covers the Detroit Red Wings and he joined Conor and Shaun to talk about their season and how they're going to approach the deadline!</p>

Was on the TSN 690 Morning Show with @conormckenna.bsky.social this morning to talk a bit about the Red Wings

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3 Starr Quiz: What Do We Read Into THIS Habs Decision?

When Jesse Jackson Came to ‘Sesame Street’: ‘I Am! Somebody!’

I wrote about the time Jesse Jackson brought the movement to Sesame Street. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Happy retirement to Robert Woods, who helped define the “Sean McVay offense”, was totally fearless across the middle, full of great personality, and had the coolest nickname ever. “Bobby Trees”.

Great thread on that incredible halftime show.

Tuning into Olympics coverage takes me from “who is Hashimoto?” to, three minutes later: “wow, this really isn’t like Hashimoto.”

Why does it feel like everything that was once good and nice is being taken away, piece by piece?

Should have said hasn’t lost a game *in regulation*

Jakub Dobes may not make it look pretty, but he gets run support and hasn’t lost a game since the infamous one vs TB that prompted the Fowler call up on Dec 9th. I realize he hasn’t played a ton since then, but still very impressive.

A lot of bad calls on the Guhle injury by the doctors here on BlueSky lol

Imagine being able to write like that? Staggering.

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

if I'm Joe Brady, I am absolutely trying to hire Sean McDermott as my DC. it's a good scheme fit with the players they have

It's wild that Sam Montembeault's excellent play cost the Canadiens a shot at drafting the likes of Celebrini, Bedard and countless others in years past. It's even more wild that now that they have a good enough team to win a round or two, he isn't good enough to hang onto a game they have in hand.

It's because he's small, you see. It's not in the rulebook, but it's a thing.

Glass half full perspective: The Canadiens are the youngest team in the NHL, and if they could get a save when they needed one they'd be a lot better than they currently are.

Take that, Jake Sanderson!

Cole Caufield est le premier joueur du Canadien avec un tour du chapeau contre les Bruins depuis Mike Cammalleri le 4 déc 2009 (match du centenaire).

Dernier tour du chapeau d'un joueur du CH à Boston : Mark Recchi, le 4 oct 1997

Pour citer le grand @so-lorange.bsky.social, c'est bien pour dire

I thought the a Hab was gonna have to get murdered to get a PP here.

How about the nights Cole Caufield and Lane Hutson just had against USA GM Bill Guerin's team?